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ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visual Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNWK), a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, today announced that longtime customer Tyco Healthcare has licensed Visual Networks' application performance management software modules and new Ethernet appliances for use in its Mallinckrodt business unit. Tyco Healthcare manufactures, distributes and services an extensive product line including disposable medical supplies, monitoring equipment, innovative wound closure products, advanced surgical devices, medical instruments and bulk analgesic pharmaceuticals. Tyco Healthcare licensed Select AppFlows(TM) and Select AppSummary(TM), Visual Networks' application performance management software modules, which are components of the company's flagship Visual UpTime(R) Select(TM) offering. Select AppFlows and Select AppSummary identify applications that are being used across the network and obtain end-to-end performance data for these applications. Visual UpTime Select provides in-depth, real-time and historical information that enables enterprises to intelligently manage application and network performance and availability across the entire enterprise. The Mallinckrodt business unit will also be utilizing Visual Network's Ethernet appliances for insight into application performance at its remote offices, which rely on Business DSL for connectivity. "Tyco Healthcare relies extensively on Visual UpTime Select for real-time insight into our WAN," said John Lamoureux, director of global network operations at Tyco Healthcare. "Increasingly, we are depending on our global infrastructure to provide stable, reliable customer service. Visual UpTime Select allows us to proactively manage our network and gives us the technology we need to troubleshoot any operational issues. Meeting our service level agreements would be difficult without being able to count on Visual UpTime Select to monitor and troubleshoot network and application performance across our enterprise." "We remain very enthusiastic about the market potential for our new Ethernet appliances and our application performance management products," said Larry Barker, President and CEO of Visual Networks. "Organizations across a variety of industries -- from retail to manufacturing to government to healthcare -- look to Visual UpTime Select as the all-in-one solution for providing real-time and historical enterprise-wide intelligence about network and application performance." About Visual Networks Visual Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNWK) is a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions. The company's technologies enable enterprises to reliably and securely manage the delivery and performance of key applications such as Voice over IP (VoIP) across their infrastructures. Visual Networks' products increase application and network availability, optimize the use of bandwidth across the network, and reduce operating costs across traditional and IP-based infrastructures. For more information, visit http://www.visualnetworks.com/. Forward Looking Statement Certain statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" with respect to Visual Networks, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company"). Forward-looking statements are based on management's views and assumptions regarding business performance and future events as of the time the statements are made. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks detailed in Visual Networks' filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which may cause actual results of the Company to differ materially from the statements. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revision or changes after the date of this release. DATASOURCE: Visual Networks, Inc. CONTACT: David Peikin of Visual Networks, Inc., +1-301-296-2262, or Web site: http://www.visualnetworks.com/

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