NimBUS also has the ability to monitor devices and applications from an "off board" standpoint. For example, NimBUS technology can act as a remote client in client-server environments. This is effective when attempting to manage transaction-based environments, for example, a customer login to a central database or similar network service. NimBUS can even simulate complex end-user transactions and collect the true end-to-end response time of those transactions and applications. NimBUS also possesses the ability to communicate with network devices via SNMP for performance reporting as well as the ability to receive and process SNMP traps from these devices.