NetScout's acquisition of Psytechnics speeds innovation as UC footprint grows

Unified service delivery specialist NetScout (NASDAQ:NTCT) is acquiring BT spinoff, and privately held, Psytechnics, a provider of QoE management technology for unified communications services. Financial terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 following standard closing conditions, were not disclosed.

NetScout said the United Kingdom-based company-which has been backed by institutional investors DFJ Esprit, Gimv and New Venture Partners-bring technology onboard that will strengthen NetScout's own QoE offering by providing more comprehensive management of the quality of IP voice, video and telepresence service delivery along with all other application and data services.

"Addressing the quality and reliability of voice, video and telepresence services continues to be a top concern for IT organizations," said Anil Singhal, president and CEO of NetScout. "To proactively manage these services, the IT organization needs application-specific details as well as IP transmission characteristics for voice and video traffic to understand what impacts user service quality and address performance issues."

The Psytechnics acquisition will give NetScout critical technology and expertise that will help it continue to build on its foundation strategy of Packet-Flow intelligence and accelerate the company's innovation to address customers' growing UC footprint.

Psytechnics' Experience Manager software has an installed base of more than one million IP Telephony users in the United States and Europe. It delivers granular real-time visibility into user QoE for collaborative Unified Communications services in a simplified and actionable manner, and supports an array of UC services, covering multiple technologies, supporting multiple vendors, and a wide range of communications media and access devices.

Upon the close of the acquisition, the Psytechnics team will be integrated into NetScout's ongoing operations.

The acquisition is expected to be slightly accretive for the full fiscal year 2012 on a non-GAAP basis. It is anticipated to be dilutive for the fiscal year 2012 on a GAAP basis subject to the finalization of the accounting for business combinations.

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