TechValidate Research on NETSCOUT nGenius Solution


Case Study: Lincoln National Corporation

Introduction

This case study of Lincoln National Corporation is based on a May 2015 survey of NetScout customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“The NETSCOUT nGeniusONE tool is ‘all knowing.’ It helps us with identifying who and what people — and applications — were causing network congestion and other problems.”

Challenges

  • Finds that using a single service-oriented performance management platform from NETSC OUTis the most effective in triaging service performance issues.

Use Case

  • Agrees that the top reason for purchasing NETSCOUT solutions is to optimize the performance of their IT services.
  • Considered the following vendors before selecting the NetScout solution to solve critical IT challenges like reducing degradations and outages:
    • Splunk
    • Riverbed
    • NetQoS

Results

  • Agrees that NETSCOUT’s solutions powered by Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI™) technology offer a unique and holistic view of service dependencies and interrelationships.
  • Accomplished the following to increase ROI in the short term and promote operational excellence in the long term with NETSCOUT:
    • Increased quality of end-user experience
    • Reduced operational expenses
  • Spent the following amounts of time on average in the war room resolving a core service incident before and after NETSCOUT:
    • Before using a NETSCOUT solution: Up to 5 hours
    • Using a NETSCOUT solution: Up to 5 hours
  • Reduced the mean time to resolution (MTTR) by an amazing 95% or greater with NETSCOUT’s proactive service triage compared to an alternative solution.
  • Reduced the capital expenditures associated with performance management of their IT infrastructure by 25-49% with NETSCOUT.
  • Improved the following areas by the following rates with NETSCOUT:
    • Improved problem identification: up to 10%
    • Improved service performance management: 10-24%
    • Reduced MTTK: 25-49%
    • Shortened service disruptions: 50-74%
    • Reduced time spent troubleshooting: 75-100%




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