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Recognition of Visual Networks' New VoIP Lifecycle Management Solution Marks Fifth Consecutive Year Company's Technology Is Recognized by Leading Publication ROCKVILLE, Md., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Visual Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNWK), a leading provider of network and application performance management solutions, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine (http://www.itmag.com/) has chosen its new Select VoIP(TM) software solution as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. Select VoIP utilizes actual real-time customer application traffic to assess VoIP readiness and, once VoIP is deployed, monitors site-to-site traffic to discover the root cause of VoIP performance problems. Select VoIP, a complete VoIP lifecycle management solution, is a module of Visual Networks' flagship Visual UpTime(R) Select(TM) product suite, which provides in-depth, real-time and historical information that enables organizations to intelligently manage application and network performance and availability across the entire enterprise. "We are honored that we have received INTERNET TELEPHONY's Product of the Year Award for the fifth year in a row," said Larry Barker, president and CEO of Visual Networks. "In addition to Select VoIP, we introduced our VoIP Planner, a synthetic call generation solution that helps enterprises determine VoIP readiness and manage ongoing VoIP deployments. The combination of synthetic call data with Visual UpTime Select's actual granular network and application performance visibility helps organizations assess readiness for VoIP and optimize VoIP deployments." "Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. Visual Networks has again demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY. The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. 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/. About TMC(R) Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(R) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(TM), Speech-World(TM), VoIP Developer(TM), WiFI Telephony(TM), WiMAX(TM), Alternative Power(TM) and BiometriTech(TM). TMC(R) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(R) Labs. TMC(R) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit http://www.tmcnet.com/ for details. 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, Web site: http://www.visualnetworks.com/ http://www.tmcnet.com/ http://www.itmag.com/

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