VISIBLE SYSTEMS APPOINTS VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Visible Systems appoints a new Vice President of Business Development for all its Model Driven Architecture solutions including that of its Enterprise Framework product editions.

LEXINGTON, MA - February 26, 2004 -- Visible Systems Corporation ( www.visiblesystemscorp.com ) announces the appointment of a new VP of Business Development. Jeff Smith, who has 25 years of experience working as a Principal Technology Consultant in cooperation with AT&T Bell Labs, IBM, DEC, Siemens, SAP, & others, has agreed to join Visible. Mr. Smith who holds an MBA and other degrees from Babson, Bentley, Harvard, MIT, WPI, and Assumption College, will be in charge of Visible's Model Driven Architecture product line which features Zachman Framework and Enterprise-wide solutions. These Enterprise Editions featuring The Zachman Framework represents leading edge modeling technology that provides full scalability and industrial strength for an enterprise of any size - especially for that of very large complex projects or systems.

Mike Cesino, President of Visible Systems stated: "We are pleased to have Jeff on board with us. With his knowledge of Enterprise Architecture technology, he will be instrumental in helping our customers build and deliver enterprise solutions on time and within budget. Through his experience with products that are similar to Visible Analyst, I believe we have a win-win scenario for our customers". The Enterprise Framework Editions that we offer represents one of the most advanced modeling tools in the world, at an exceptional value. "The appointment of Jeff to manage this product line represents Visible's commitment to the enterprise engineering market place and our customers who are in that market", added Cesino.

About The Enterprise Framework Edition .

http://www.visiblesystemscorp.com/Products/Analyst/UniversalModel/index.html Engineered to support Zachman Framework technology, and ultimately other frameworks, this product represents leading edge technological value for the government, education, and commercial markets. It provides CIOs, Enterprise Architects and System Architects with an anchor for IT Governance.

This capstone achievement currently supports all cells of the Zachman Framework and is compatible with the Department of Defense C4ISR efforts. For over 20 years, Visible has been a leader in modeling tools to "ENGINEERING THE ENTERPRISE FOR EXCELLENCE" ®. This new tool provides a standard for the development of Enterprise Architecture.

The Enterprise Framework Edition has evolved from the Visible Analyst family of products that all represent a remarkable achievement in terms of breadth and robustness. Amongst modeling tools, for example, Visible Analyst excels in the areas of supporting wider ranges of methodologies, providing tight coupling of functional areas, including unsurpassed excellence in coordinating the modeling efforts of large software teams, and bringing world-class modeling software to customers at an affordable price.

Pricing and Availability

Prices start at $49 for educational editions up to $5,000.00 for Enterprise editions that represent state-of-the-art solutions at about half the cost of many of our leading competitors. Competitive Education and quantity discounts make our product suite one of the best values in modeling solutions available today.

About Visible Systems Corporation (www.visiblesystemscorp.com)

Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Visible offers end-to-end, lifecycle solutions for developing and managing large-scale products and applications. Visible has over 100,000 users of its products worldwide. Besides Model Driven Architecture solutions featuring the Zachman Framework, the company's products include Visible Developer, a model-based, technology-neutral code engine for Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET generation, Razor, its flagship integrated software configuration management product and Visible LCSIS, an easy to use yet powerful Product Lifecycle Management solution. A growing list of Visible customers include AEA Technology, AT&T, BAE Systems, Boeing, Booz, Allen, & Hamilton, Computer Sciences Corporation, DASA Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Eagle Systems Inc., Federal Aviation Administration, Foster Miller, General Dynamics, Integral Systems, Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin, Los Alamos National Labs, Motorola, NASA - Kennedy Space Center, NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center, Naval Air Warfare Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, National Security Agency, National Severe Storms Lab, NLX Corporation, NOAA, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Orbital Science, Raytheon E-Systems, Robins Air Force Base, SAIC, Sandia National Laboratories, Social Security Administration, Sensis, Shell, Seagate Technology, State of Arizona, Tundra Semiconductors and the US Navy Coastal System Station.

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