Visual Network Systems Announces Integration with IBM Tivoli® Netcool®

Visual Performance Manager™ Achieves Ready for IBM Tivoli Software Certification; Integration with IBM Tivoli® Netcool® /OMNIbus Enables Quick Identification of Business Level Impact of Enterprise Application Issues

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Visual Network Systems, a leading provider of application and network performance management solutions for IT organizations, today announced its Visual Performance Manager has been validated as 'Ready for IBM Tivoli' software.  Visual Performance Manager is now seamlessly connected to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, allowing customers to quickly identify business level impact of application performance issues across the enterprise and provide optimized workflow for quick problem resolution.  

"The integration of Visual Performance Manager with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus provides enriched event reporting that helps customers quickly identify the business impact.  The launch-in-context capability right from the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus console allows you to deep dive into the issue and quickly troubleshoot, thus reducing MTTR and increasing ROI," said Manoj Khabe, CTO and Vice President of Strategy, i3 Software, a business partner of both IBM and Visual Network Systems. "The pre-built integration package is simple to install and the process can be completed in hours instead of days."

Visual Performance Manager is a unified system that provides enterprise service intelligence to help organizations correlate client performance with application server metrics, better utilize IT resources to support users, identify root cause, problem domain and performance variables for end-to-end performance management.  The combination of Visual Performance Manager's comprehensive service visibility and Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus' real-time service management streamlines the process of identifying, analyzing and resolving application performance issues.  

With the integration Visual Performance Manager provides Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus detailed alerts to aid in understanding the business impact and speed problem solving. New details in these alerts include application name, the event that generated the alert and the site that has been impacted.

"Visual Performance Managers' certification as 'Ready for IBM Tivoli' software ensures IT organizations can leverage their existing investments for accurate identification and resolution of application performance issues," said Daryle Debalski, Executive Vice-President and General Manager, Visual Network Systems. "The integration with IBM is essential as we continue to build out a robust application performance solution for our customers."

For more information or to download Visual Performance Manager with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, visit the IBM Integrated Service Management Library

http://www.ibm.com/software/ismlibrary?NavCode=1TW10NC84

For more information on Tivoli Netcool, please visit: http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/solutions/network/index.html

About Visual Network Systems

Visual Network Systems provides innovative solutions that support IT professionals responsible for enterprise-wide application, network and VoIP performance. The company's flagship solution, Visual Performance Manager, is a unified system that provides enterprise service intelligence to help organizations effectively deliver these services. Its solutions are available directly to enterprises or as part of a managed services offering. Visual Network Systems is headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, and distributes its products in more than 50 countries. More information can be found by visiting Visual Network Systems web site at: www.visualnetworksystems.com or by calling (888) 293-5853 or +1 (425) 446-6400.

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