Business: Visual Networks is an industry leader in performance management solutions with the broadest suite of proven products for communications networks and services. In addition to Visual UpTime(R), the award-winning frame relay and ATM service management solution used by more than 2,500 enterprises and the world's leading service providers, the company's Visual IP InSight(TM) and Visual eWatcher(R) products extend the company's reach to new, fast-growing technologies such as IP-VPNs, DSL, Wireless and Web-enabled services. Predominantly deployed at the edge of the network--closest to the end-user--Visual Networks' products evaluate performance metrics and measure the service experience from the customer's perspective. Using Visual Networks' solutions, service providers and enterprise customers can increase network reliability, dramatically reduce operational expenses, and lower their total cost of ownership. Visual Networks' customers include AT&T, Cable & Wireless, Merrill Lynch, Prodigy, SBC, Sprint, Verizon, and WorldCom. Established in 1993, Visual Networks' headquarters are located in Rockville, MD, with international offices in Europe, Asia, and Canada.