NetScout Systems, Inc. engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, sale, and support of a family of integrated products that enable performance and optimization of high-speed networks. The company’s nGenius Performance Management System is an integrated appliance-based software solution, which monitors, collects, and publishes information on the behavior of individual applications; information on services, such as voice over Internet protocol, supply chain management, streaming media, and customer relationship management; and the information on the performance of the underlying network, including routers, switches, and communication links, as well as on the level of activity by end-users or subscribers. Its nGenius Performance Management System consists of integrated hardware and software components, including data collection via nGenius Probes appliances, nGenius application fabric monitors, nGenius collectors, and Simple Network Management Protocol; and nGenius Performance Manager, a multi-function performance management software application that facilitates information filtering, aggregation, recording, analysis, and presentation. NetScout markets and distributes its products directly, as well as through distributors, resellers, service providers, and systems integrators in North America, Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, and Africa. It serves financial services, retail, technology, telecommunications, healthcare, and manufacturing industries, as well as various federal government agencies. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.