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Home > News & Events > 2000 Press Release Archives > April 4
NetScout Systems Expands International Sales Operations; Corporate Dependence on E-Business Drives Demand for NetScout Products in Worldwide Markets
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000--NetScout(R) Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a global provider of business-critical network management solutions, today announced the opening of its new European headquarters, based in Slough, England. Expanding marketing and sales staff in the European region, NetScout aims to develop new relationships with key distributors and resellers as well as strengthen existing partnerships with systems integrators such as Logical Networks and Siemens Network Systems.
Complete with a new training center, laboratory and customer support facility, the office will co-ordinate the activities of NetScout's personnel in Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt and Oslo and service NetScout customers such as British Airways, AT&T, Sun Microsystems, 3M Corporation and Deutsche Bank AG London.
"We are seeing major demand for NetScout's products from large scale enterprise users across Europe as well as telecommunications service providers," said Jon Axon, area vice president of international sales, NetScout Systems. "Our offices across Europe will provide support for our push into the key European markets: Germany, United Kingdom, France and Southern Europe, the Benelux countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) and Scandinavia. At the same time the facilities in Britain will be the backbone around which we will expand our operations in Europe."
According to a recent report from analyst firm, Infonetics, worldwide enterprise network and systems management hardware and software expenditures are expected to grow from $9.5 billion in 1999 to $16.7 billion by the year 2003. Research indicates that corporate dependence on the Internet, web applications, web sites, intranets and e-business are driving the need for enterprise solutions that more effectively manage the network infrastructure.
Based in the United States, NetScout maintains international offices in Europe and Asia as well as a sales presence in Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. NetScout's ongoing global expansion enables the company to meet the growing demand for network management solutions worldwide. NetScout's localized staffing and sales model, enables the company to build tighter customer relationships, deliver superior customer support, and better respond to market needs.
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT) is a leading provider of business-oriented network management solutions. NetScout enables large enterprises to depend on their network to deliver business-critical applications in areas such as e-commerce, enterprise resource planning and supply chain management. The Company's solutions are based on its unique Application Flow Management (AFM) technology, which uses the rich set of application traffic information collected by NetScout's instrumentation. NetScout's AFM solutions address network optimization and fault isolation, capacity management, application performance measurement & reporting, and usage-based billing. Headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, NetScout has over 250 employees and offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Further information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.netscout.com
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.
Copyright © 2001. NetScout Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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