Concert Communications Services Selects NetScout Systems' Web-Based Network Management Solutions.WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 1998-- Agreement with the world's leading provider of advanced communications services bolsters NetScout Systems' worldwide sales effort NetScout(R) Systems, Inc., a leader in business-oriented Application Flow Management for the enterprise network, today announced an agreement with Concert Communications Services Concert Communications Services was a $1 billion joint venture, oiginally launched June 1994 by BT Group and MCI Communications. Concert was the first multi-service global end-to-end telecommunications provider [1] [2] , Reston, Virginia Reston is an internationally known planned community whose goal was to revolutionize post-World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in American suburbia. , to deliver web-based network management solutions to Concert customers in more than 50 countries. Under the terms of the agreement, NetScout Systems will provide Concert with products from its family of enterprise network management solutions, which track application flows and their impact on network operations and business productivity. Concert will bundle NetScout Systems products with its Concert Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. Service, which is available to international customers from Concert's 47 worldwide distributors. NetScout Systems' solutions for Concert's Frame Relay Service include intelligent probes and agents; NetScout Server(tm) for data collection and sorting; and a range of data presentation, reporting and analysis products. Among these are NetScout Manager Plus(tm), for analyzing and reporting data from network devices; WebCast(tm), for providing Web-based views of reports; and AppScout(tm), for monitoring browser-based reports on specific applications, such as SAP/R3. "We chose NetScout Systems because of their sophisticated, standards-based management solutions, which will provide more proactive and efficient network management capabilities for Concert's customers," said Tim Arnold, director, Concert Frame Relay Service. "NetScout Systems' products are enabling us to develop a range of services to ensure that Concert Frame Relay Services best supports our customers' mission critical applications." "NetScout Systems is delighted to be associated with one of the world's leading providers of global telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. ," said Nate Kalowski, vice president of business development for NetScout Systems. "Our agreement with Concert will immediately boost our international sales presence through their alliance with 47 distributors in 52 countries. In addition, because Concert takes the same business-oriented approach to network management as we do, this will bring innovative, cost-effective solutions to customers." Business-Oriented Application Flow Management for the Network Through its family of products based on the Application Flow Management architecture, NetScout Systems provides business-oriented network management to its customers. Business-oriented network management helps customers use their investments in enterprise network infrastructures and mission-critical applications more efficiently. This ensures optimum network performance to serve the ever-changing needs of the global enterprise, while preventing unnecessary investments in new network resources. NetScout Systems' Application Flow Management solution addresses the enterprise network as both a system of complex technologies and a business enabler. It provides network managers as well as application and business managers with the information required to effectively control the network. It also provides a common platform on which they can communicate, allowing them to manage networks by tracking application flows and their impact on network operations and business productivity. Bridging the Gap Between the Network and the Business The Application Flow Management architecture connects the network to the business by offering solutions that manage both the network infrastructure and the applications flowing across it that support the business. NetScout Systems offers comprehensive, standards-based, Application Flow Management solutions that deliver real-time visibility of applications running on the enterprise network regardless of protocol or topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. -- supporting shared and switched LANs, VLANs, OC3ATM, WANs, Frame Relay, T1/E1, T3/E3, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , and Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. . These solutions provide a view into network performance that enables network and application managers to troubleshoot To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem. Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software. See debug. network problems, identify network capacity requirements, optimize optimize - optimisation network performance, develop and measure network policies and deliver on service level agreements. About Concert Communications Services Concert Communications Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. plc headquartered in Reston, Va., develops advanced networking services for global companies. Today, Concert's intelligent network platform provides an array of global communications services to more than 4,400 companies in over 50 countries. Concert services are available through 47 distributors worldwide. In July 1998, BT and AT&T announced an agreement to form a new global joint venture to serve the communications needs of multinational companies. The joint venture, which will include Concert, is expected to be completed by fall 1999. For further information, access their web site at www.concert.com. About NetScout Systems NetScout Systems provides organizations with business-oriented network management through its Application Flow Management family of products. The company pioneered standards-based network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. technology for application-aware network planning, troubleshooting Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving. It is the systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved. Troubleshooting is often a process of elimination - eliminating potential causes of a problem. and service level management. NetScout Systems' achievements as one of the industry's most successful network monitoring companies have led to numerous product awards and corporate honors, including ranking among the Inc. 500 fastest growing companies for the last two years, and winning Ernst & Young's national Entrepreneur entrepreneur (än'trəprənûr`) [Fr.,=one who undertakes], person who assumes the organization, management, and risks of a business enterprise. of the Year in the technology division. NetScout Systems is headquartered in Westford, Mass. Further information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.netscout.com. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : product screen shots are available NetScout is a registered trademark, and the NetScout logo, AppScout, NetScout Server, and NetScout Manager Plus are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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