Kaiser Permanente Selects Visionael to Manage Network Resources

Visionael announces that Kaiser Permanente, Americas leading integrated non-profit health care organization, has selected its Visionael 6 network resource management (NRM) solution to document its internal network.

PALO ALTO, Calif. – June 24, 2002 – Visionael today announced that Kaiser Permanente, America's leading integrated non-profit health care organization, has selected the Visionael 6 network resource management (NRM) solution to document its internal network. The organization's current network supports approximately 100,000 technical, administrative and clerical employees and 10,000 physicians.

Visionael, which provides carrier-grade service creation and inventory-based NRM software solutions, helps enterprises and service providers reduce the operational costs associated with network design, configuration and service level management. The Visionael solution will help Kaiser Permanente develop and maintain a centralized repository of network inventory and configuration information, giving network engineers a complete, real time view of all physical network elements.

Kaiser plans to complete the Visionael 6 NRM implementation by Fall 2002.

"Today knowledge is power, and companies must understand how every element of their network is being utilized to support the business goals of the organization," said Jeff Cotrupe, senior product marketing manager at Visionael. "We are pleased that Kaiser Permanente has selected our NRM solution to provide the essential inventory data needed to fuel mission-critical operations."

About Visionael
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Visionael transforms the economics of deploying, delivering and managing network services, providing carrier-grade service creation and network resource management (NRM) software solutions that form a key component of any operations support system (OSS). Visionael 6 is widely regarded as a top-tier NRM solution and was a Best Inventory Management Product finalist at the TeleStrategies 2002 OSS Excellence Awards. It combines autodiscovery and data collection, validation/reconciliation, engineering and network change management, circuit and cable management, engineering design and workflow to deliver an accurate, real-time view of network resources. Visionael ServiceBase works seamlessly with Visionael 6 to deliver the market's first open, automated multi-service creation engine, empowering service providers and large enterprises to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver high-demand services to their subscribers and users. Visionael, recognized in 2002 as one of UPSIDE magazine's "Hot 100" private companies, has more than 50 service provider, outsourcer, enterprise and government customers including AT&T, BT Ignite, Cable & Wireless, Comcast, EDS, Fidelity, IBM, Ionex, Kaiser Permanente, Omnitel, OptiGlobe, Sprint, Telseon, Verestar, Verizon, White House Communications Agency and XO Communications. For more about Visionael, please visit www.visionael.com or call 650.470.8920. In Europe, please contact Visionael SARL in Paris at +33 140.71.28.28 or emea@visionael.com.

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