WESTFORD, Mass., Oct 04, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, today announced that Jim Frey, NetScout's vice president of marketing, will be a featured speaker at the Next Generation Telecom China conference taking place October 11-12 in Beijing.

As fixed-line and mobile service providers in China and around the world continue to deploy new IP voice, video and SMS/MMS data services, network and application performance management is becoming increasingly critical to meet requirements for network availability and service quality. NetScout's presentation, "Assuring Application Services with High Definition Performance Management (HDPM)," will illustrate how service providers can leverage NetScout's HDPM technology through real world examples that highlight the power of combining comprehensive, consistent and scalable performance data collection with analysis by multi-function, proactive performance management software.

NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System combines real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, capacity planning, reporting, forensic analysis and Progressive Analytics(TM) capabilities into an integrated solution to optimize network operations and protect the integrity of fast-growing IP services. The nGenius Solution is used by more than 3,000 leading companies worldwide, including dozens of global telecommunications service providers and network operators.

NetScout's presentation will take place on Wednesday, October 12th, as part of Next Generation Telecom China's Next Generation Network & Service Performance program track.

Next Generation Telecom China strives to foster and increase global service providers' understanding of advanced technologies so they can evolve their business strategies and technology infrastructure to profit from the future growth of voice, data and multimedia services -- all while laying foundations for the future. More details on the event can be found at http://www.nextgenchina.com.

About NetScout Systems, Inc.

NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of integrated network and application performance management products and solutions that unify performance across the enterprise. NetScout's nGenius Performance Management System is helping more than 3000 leading companies increase their return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of networks and applications according to business priorities. NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has offices worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.netscout.com. NetScout and the NetScout logo, nGenius, and Quantiva are registered trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. The CDM logo, MasterCare and the MasterCare logo, are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. Other brands, product names and trademarks are property of their respective owners. NetScout reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make changes at any time in its technical information and specifications, and service and support programs.

SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc. Chris Johansen of NetScout Systems, Inc., +1-978-614-4113, johansenc@netscout.com Brian Alberti of SparkSource, 781.274.6061 x203 netscout@sparksource.com (NTCT)