The Performance Zone

Health Information Systems – Accuracy Improves Patient Care

Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout Director of Product Marketing

A recent report released in the January 26, 2009 Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that in Texas hospitals where electronic information technology has been implemented, patients seem to have fewer complications and lower death rates.

Riverbed Technology Named Best WAN Accelerator for 2009

Submitted by Brian Robertson, NetScout Product Marketing Manager

NetScout is very proud to offer our congratulations to our partner Riverbed…

Riverbed Technology announced on January 14th, 2009, that InfoWorld has named Riverbed Steelhead(R) appliances running RiOS(R) 5.0 as the winner of the best WAN Accelerator of 2009 award. InfoWorld has named Riverbed(R) the leader in WAN acceleration for five years in a row, beginning in 2005 when it first created the category and recognized Riverbed for its innovation and early leadership in the WAN optimization market.

See their press release here.

Spotlight on Patient Care – Adoption of Modern IP Network Capabilities for E-Prescriptions

Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout Director of Product Marketing

We have periodically in the Performance Zone Blog talked about some of the dramatic changes the Modern IP Network has had in the way ordinary people do things in new ways – most recently, the way the Obama Presidential Campaign leveraged smart devices, Web 2.0 social networking, and the Internet in his path to the Presidency.

Yesterday morning, I caught yet another example how times change – and how modern network technology is evolving to provide better, safer, and more cost effective services

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NetScout Hosts Federal Technology Day

Submitted by Heidi Gabrielson, NetScout Product Marketing Manager

On Thursday, December 11th, NetScout Systems will host an exclusive training session for the Federal Community at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Maryland.

Come see NetScout at HP Software Universe

Submitted by Heidi Gabrielson, NetScout Product Marketing Manager

NetScout Systems will be exhibiting at HP Software Universe 2008 at the Austria Center Vienna in Vienna from December 9 through December 11.  Stop by our booth (OE/17) to learn more about how NetScout’s nGenius Performance Manager and nGenius K2 solutions integrate with various HP Business Technology Optimization (BTO) products to achieve rapid resolution of network and application performance issues.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday – Which do you favor?

Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout Director of Product marketing

Thanksgiving is over, and now the mad dash to the Christmas season is upon us – made all that much more frantic this year by the shorter 27 days between the two holidays, versus 33 last year, and because of the tighter economic times we are faced with this year.  So while avoiding the actual crowds in the stores this past weekend, I did do a little web surfing and discovered some interesting shopping facts.

The Internet in Politics

Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout Director of Product Marketing

The news has settled down now three weeks after the presidential election,and yet, as I caught up on my reading, Information Week had an interesting article in the November 10th issue on the “Dawn of the Internet Presidency”.  The online version was titled “Obama Election Ushering in First Internet Presidency” and highlighted the revolutionary, strategic use of the Internet as a key element to getting out his message, soliciting advocates and volunteers, as well as contributing to the largest fundraising effort for any presidential candidate to date.

Training – Leveraging knowledge to maximize investment.

Submitted by Brian Robertson, NetScout Product Marketing Manager

Does this scenario sound familiar? You have decided that you need more visibility into your network and the applications running over it. You waded through endless meetings about requirements, vendor bakeoffs, red tape and a number of other hurdles in order to reach a decision. You got a maintenance window and you installed the system… you turned the system up…now what?

Will the G1 and iPhone withstand the "Storm"?

Submitted by Eileen Haggerty, NetScout's Director of Product Marketing

With Pre-Orders for Google G1 Phone beyond a million when it went on sale in the United States on October 22nd , anticipation is high for Verizon’s release of the new BlackBerry Storm this Friday November 21st, Verizon and T-Mobile subscribers and soon to be new customers will have a plethora of new services at their fingertips.

Tips to Boost Your Consumer’s Network Confidence

Submitted by Mike Valladao, NetScout Product Marketing Manager

October saw a record low in the  Consumer Confidence Index™.  According to Director Lynn Franco, “The impact of the financial crisis over the last several weeks has clearly taken a toll on consumers' confidence”.

However, there are always segments of the population that see the glass in a positive light.  Networking is one such segment.  Antidotal evidence shows that consumers’ network confidence is at an all-time high.  Networks are more robust than ever and consumers place great faith in them.  While, just a few years ago people often blamed the network, today the corporate network is seen as an area of stability.