WESTFORD, Mass. – April 6, 2009—NetScout Systems today announced that its nGenius® Performance Manager has been named a Product of the Year in the third annual Network Computing Awards. Selected by the publication’s readership, NetScout nGenius Performance Manager was recognized as the “Testing and Monitoring Product of the Year.”

The Network Computing Awards were launched to recognize the products, services and companies that have most impressed readers of Network Computing magazine, the UK's longest established dedicated networking publication.

“To be recognized for excellence by the IT and network professionals that use our products every day is a tremendous honor,” said Steven Shalita, vice president of marketing, NetScout Systems. “The Modern IP Network, and the services and applications it delivers are the lifeblood of business. That the professionals responsible for keeping the network and its applications up and running have recognized us for being a critical component of their service delivery assurance strategy is a strong indication that we’re doing something right for our users.”

nGenius Performance Manager is a comprehensive software solution that unifies key performance management functionality in one product for lower total cost of ownership. Its ability to deliver visibility into the full context of network activity helps optimize service delivery, manage capacity, and minimize and restore degradations. nGenius Performance Manager software uses data from strategically deployed nGenius Probes, nGenius InfiniStreams, and Collectors to provide unprecedented visibility into complex networks to support application recognition and monitoring; packet/flow analysis and troubleshooting; response time monitoring; reporting and capacity planning; convergence management; and alarming and event notification.

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About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is the industry leader in advanced network, application and service delivery management solutions. For over twenty years, NetScout has delivered breakthrough technology solutions that provide trusted, comprehensive real-time and historical performance intelligence, including advanced early warnings and rapid, definitive problem analysis. These capabilities have become vital, and increasingly strategic, to IT organizations. The world’s largest enterprises, government agencies, and service providers depend upon NetScout nGenius solutions to assure service delivery to their users by preventing disruptions and degradations. More information about NetScout Systems is available at http://www.netscout.com.

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