Network General Corporation Established to Deliver Best-In-Class Network and Application Performance Management Solutions to Customers Worldwide
SAN JOSE, California, July 16 (ots/PRNewswire)
- New Network General Builds on 18-Year Technology Legacy, Proven Track Record, Approximately 6,000 Customers Worldwide
- Growth Strategy to Focus on Investments in Innovation, Global Presence and Customer-Centric Programs
Network General(TM) Corporation announced today its strategy to deliver world-class network and application management solutions to customers around the globe as a newly established private company. Network General Corporation was formed from the Sniffer(R) Technologies division at McAfee, Inc. (formerly Network Associates). On April 22, 2004, Silver Lake Partners and Texas Pacific Group agreed to jointly acquire this business unit. The acquisition was completed today.
With approximately 6,000 customers worldwide, Network General is building on an 18-year history of industry-leading, high-quality solutions designed to help network managers keep their networks running continuously and reliably.
"Network managers are faced with a double-edged sword of pressures driving the need for proven network management solutions," said Debra Curtis, research vice president at Gartner. "On the one edge of the sword, they are tasked with keeping up with the ever growing complexity of new and higher speed network technologies. On the other edge of the sword, they are tasked with understanding how business applications utilize the network infrastructure, which must guide their support priorities and investment decisions."
"Today Network General is a renewed company focused on customers and growth," said Bruce Fram, CEO of Network General. "With customers in over 50 countries, Network General is well-positioned to continue being the gold-standard in network and application performance management. We plan to build on strategic investments designed to significantly grow sales, service, and research and development, resulting in an expanded Network General team of 600 in the near future."
Led by a highly talented team of industry veterans that hold a solid networking and applications pedigree, Network General's strategic initiatives include the following:
Investing in Customer-Centric Programs. With solid customer focus and a proven Network General team of employees, the company is committed to working in tandem with customers to create and deliver solutions that address the needs of network managers today and tomorrow. This means that customers around the globe will experience a renewed focus from Network General's consulting and education services, and worldwide sales and support services.
Investing in Innovation. Investments in innovation are geared to strengthen Network General's award-winning product portfolio. The goal is to continue the creation of cutting-edge technologies built around the needs of network managers. A key proof point to this will be further developments in our application performance management product line -- Appera(TM), and the Infinistream(TM) network management product line. Network General will also be moving forward in revitalizing its core products, including the Sniffer Portable and Sniffer Distributed families, to address the evolving network performance challenges associated with next generation networks, as well as traditional networks.
Investing in Global Presence. Leveraging its direct and value-added reseller sales model, Network General is focused on building existing and new relationships with customers worldwide. Network General currently has employees in 23 countries around the world and offers solutions to customers in more than 50 countries.
"As a long-standing customer of Sniffer products, the State of Indiana is excited about the re-emergence of Network General. In fact, we look forward to this new relationship and commitment to providing first-class solutions and services that have helped the continuity of our business by providing excellent network availability and rapid answers to potential network challenges," said Jeff Duke, senior engineer at the State of Indiana DoIT."
"As a partner of Sniffer Technologies, Converge-Net is enthused at the renewed focus the new Network General brings in providing our customers with the highest quality in network performance management solutions," said Ryk Edelstein, President at Converge-Net. "Sniffer is the most respected name in the industry, and we look forward to building our relationship with Network General in their commitment to delivering excellent products and support that are critical in servicing our customers and their needs for a reliable and secure network."
About Network General Corporation
Based in San Jose, California, Network General Corporation is the leading developer and provider of award-winning solutions for network and application performance management. The Network General solutions portfolio consists of a family of integrated hardware and software products that enable the management of complex, high-speed networks covering virtually all wireless and wired network topologies and protocols, and the applications that traverse these networks.
For more information on Network General, dial +1-408-571-5000 or go to www.networkgeneral.com.
NOTE: Network General, Appera, InfiniStream, and Sniffer are registered trademarks or trademarks of Network General Corporation. Only Network General makes Sniffer(R) brand products. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners.
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