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Network Instruments (News - Alert), a source of network and application performance monitoring, has recently unveiled that its revenue grew to record levels, increasing by 11 percent over 2011. In fact, the company achieved double-digit growth by addressing the needs of Global 2000 organizations for performance monitoring solutions, providing unified communications (UC) coverage with end-to-end monitoring of multi-tiered applications.

"Our performance monitoring innovations and ability to deliver solutions that lower overall total cost of ownership have fueled our consistently strong growth rate," said Douglas Smith CEO, president, and cofounder of Network Instruments.

Today, Network Instruments provides application and network management products that optimize performance problem resolution, helping ensure the delivery of critical applications for businesses all over the world. 

Smith continued, "We offer deeper analysis and a more streamlined troubleshooting process that yield immediate and actionable resolutions. With our ability to provide unified performance views from the application to infrastructure, we're adding more than one new customer every day."

Over the years, the company has achieved significant milestones by addressing the needs of network teams to monitor complex applications with in-depth visibility and analysis for fast issue resolution.

"Utilizing application-aware network performance monitoring solutions like the Observer platform offer a cost-effective way to immediately slash troubleshooting times, optimize service availability, and ensure a positive user experience,” said Bojan Simic, president and principal analyst for TRAC Research.

An example of in-depth transaction analysis contributing to revenue can be seen in the number of IT teams utilizing the Observer platform for assessing the performance of VoIP and videoconferencing platforms.

"UC monitoring and management solutions like the Network Instruments Observer platform are in demand because they leverage deep-packet inspection combined with detailed analysis and correlated infrastructure viewpoints," said Jim Frey, managing research director of Enterprise Management Associates (EMA (News - Alert)). "Such views of the complete communication and services platform in full context of the shared delivery infrastructure are of value for assuring success across the entire lifecycle of UC, from planning to piloting to operations monitoring and troubleshooting."

To date, Network Instruments has delivered performance monitoring solutions unifying Layer 4-7 application management with underlying network health, which has been demonstrated through achievements in 2012 including mobile carrier market expansion, UC innovations, streamlining application problem resolution, and more.