NetScout Systems: Tracking network performance
Wednesday, 18. July 2007, 10:24:33
When you want to check the efficiency of a process, you monitor its performance at various points along the way. There is an outfit in Westford, Massachusetts that successfully applies that principle to computer networks.
NetScout Systems (NASDAQ: NTCT) provides a family of integrated software and hardware products that enable an enterprise to monitor the performance of its computer network. Administrators place NetScout monitoring appliances throughout the network and then use associated software to collect information about traffic flow to optimize efficiency. The products ensure that critical business applications such as e-mail, Voice over IP, supply chain management and customer resource management run effectively and reliably. The firm works with such strategic partners as AT&T (NYSE: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/atand-38-t-inc/t/nys?tabs=quotesandne
ws">T). US Airways Group (NYSE: LCC) is a major customer.
The company pleased investors early in the week, when it raised its Q1 EPS guidance to 6-8 cents and its revenue guidance
to $27-$28 million. Analysts had been looking for 6 cents and $26.21 million. The CEO cited unexpected strength in bookings, which followed product improvements. The share price popped through 90-day moving average resistance on the news and subsequently began consolidating the gain in a bullish "flag" pattern. Prices frequently exit flags moving in the same direction they were traveling when they entered them. In this case, that would be to the upside.
Brokers recommend the issue with two "strong buys" and one "buy." Analysts see a 35% growth rate, through the next year. The NTCT Price to Sales ratio (2.74), Price to Book ratio (2.02) and EPS Growth rate (50.00%) compare favorably with industry, sector and S&P 500 averages. Institutions hold about 82% of the outstanding shares. Over the past 52 weeks, the stock has traded between $6.06 and $9.59. A stop-loss of $7.50 looks good here. Note that the firm is expected to report Q1 results in late July.
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Top 25 Stocks for the NEXT 25 Years: Blue Coat Systems
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authentication systems right down to the actual user. ProxyAV is an anti-virus appliance that allows enterprises to scan for viruses, spyware, worms and Trojans at the internet gateway level and at the email level. The product is designed to detect these viruses that bypass existing virus-scanning devices. Continue reading Top 25 Stocks for the NEXT 25 Years: Blue Coat SystemsPermalink | Email this | Comments
KPN Mobile Selects Amdocs’ Cramer6 OSS Suite
Leading European Mobile Operator Will Use Cramer6 OSS Suite to Model New Core Network
ST. LOUIS, MO - October 24, 2006 - Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of software and services to enable integrated customer management and the intentional customer experienceTM, today announced that KPN Mobile has selected Amdocs’ Cramer6 OSS Suite as the strategic platform for a new combined 2G/3+G core mobile network. This expands the longstanding relationship between Cramer, Amdocs OSS Divison, and KPN Mobile, the wireless service provider serving 8.3 million subscribers in the Netherlands. KPN Mobile will use the Amdocs Cramer solutions to consolidate its multiple operations support systems (OSS). The Cramer solutions will enable KPN to model and synchronize data across its entire mobile network. As a result, KPN will be able to utilize its network resources more effectively and rapidly deploy new services.
Amdocs’ new agreement with KPN Mobile significantly expands its longstanding relationship with the incumbent Netherlands operator. In 2001 KPN chose Cramer technology to form the basis of its next generation wireline and wireless OSS. Cramer provided an enterprise-wide solution for KPN, spanning its multiple business units, including KPN fixed line, mobile, ePacity (KPN’s corporate IP VPN offering) and its pan-European fiber optic network.
“Amdocs Cramer solutions will be an important driver of KPN’s speed to market with new network and service deployments,” said John Wittekamp, IT Manager, KPN Mobile. “We are confident that our work on the new KPN Mobile core network will allow us to move even faster towards converged networks and services.”
“Amdocs - including its Cramer division — continues to demonstrate its strength in supporting the complexity of OSS consolidation and convergence,” said Guy Dubois, president of Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division. “As a key enabler of OSS transformation projects, Amdocs will allow KPN to further reduce the complexity and costs of its OSS landscape.”
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