Visual Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNWK), Rockville, Md., a provider of
network and application performance management solutions, today
announced a new assessment bundle that VARs and enterprises can easily
deploy to manage the entire VoIP lifecycle -- from pre- assessment to
ongoing management. VoIP Advisor incorporates Visual UpTime(R)
Select(TM), a modular solution that provides in-depth, real-time and
historical information that enables enterprises to intelligently manage
network availability across the entire enterprise.
VoIP Advisor is available exclusively via Visual Network's VAR
partners and has a promotional retail price of $8,499. It includes two
10/100 Ethernet appliances with 20 Mbps WAN/LAN analysis, full Visual
UpTime Select software, and the Visual UpTime Select server. VoIP
Advisor also incorporates the new Select VoIP MRI(TM) software module,
which is an all-in-one solution for VoIP lifecycle management. Select
VoIP MRI 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.
"The VoIP Advisor package provides us a feature-rich, low-cost
solution for VoIP assessments that can be used multiple times in
professional services engagements and leveraged across multiple
customers and prospects," said Randy Riemersma, president of
Parabon Solutions, Inc., a Visual Networks VAR. "Additionally, we
can use VoIP Advisor as a stepping stone to deploy a complete Visual
UpTime Select solution for enterprises that require ongoing visibility
and insight into VoIP and other important applications."
VoIP Advisor helps enterprises determine readiness for VoIP by
baselining network usage and delivering in-depth intelligence into
existing performance levels and bandwidth usage at each site. VoIP
Advisor determines the number of VoIP calls that can be supported at
each site and measures key performance metrics such as jitter and delay.
For existing VoIP deployments, VoIP Advisor delivers real-time and
historical measurements and reports on key performance metrics.
"Unlike other VoIP pre-assessment solutions that only provide
a static snapshot of the network at a certain point in time, VoIP
Advisor can be utilized to manage and fine-tune the performance of
existing VoIP deployments," said Larry Barker, president and CEO of
Visual Networks. "VoIP Advisor is a powerful solution for VARs and
their enterprise customers to assess network readiness and manage the
deployment of VoIP -- or any other key application."
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 or call
301/296-2268.
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