<PAGE>   1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001

                                                     Registration No. 333-______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                FutureLink Corp.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


           DELAWARE                                              95-4763404
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                               Identification No.)

           2 SOUTH POINTE DRIVE
         LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA                                   92630
(Address of Registrant's Registered Offices)                     (Zip Code)

                    2001 VSI EMPLOYEES RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Howard E. Taylor
                             Chief Executive Officer
                                FutureLink Corp.
                              2 South Pointe Drive
                              Lake Forest, CA 92630
                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (949) 672-3000
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                  Please address a copy of all communications:

     John F. Della Grotta, Esq.                   Thomas R. Pollock, Esq.
       Stephen D. Cooke, Esq.              Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP           399 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
  695 Town Center Drive, 17th Floor            New York, New York 10022-4697
  Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924                Tel: (212) 318-6000
         Tel: (714) 668-6200                       Fax: (212) 319-4090
         Fax: (714) 979-1921

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
=======================================================================================================
                                                      Proposed
                                                      Maximum              Maximum         Amount of
Title of Securities            Amount to be        Offering Price         Aggregate       Registration
to be Registered              Registered (1)       Per Share (2)       Offering Price         Fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                           <C>                  <C>                 <C>                <C>
Common Stock,
Par Value $0.0001
Per Share                     78,947 shares             $0.54            $42,631.38         $10.66
=======================================================================================================
</TABLE>

--------
(1)  Represents shares of common stock issuable under the 2001 VSI Employees
     Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
     under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers
     an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
     employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1), based on the average of
     the high and low sale prices ($0.54 per share) of the Common Stock of the
     Company on the Nasdaq Stock Market on March 28, 2001.

================================================================================
<PAGE>   2

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*

        * Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
          prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance
          with Rule 428(a)(1) under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of
          Form S-8.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

        The following documents are hereby incorporated into this Registration
Statement and made a part hereof by this reference:

        (a)  The annual report on Form 10-KSB of FutureLink Corp. (the
             "Company") that contains audited financial statements for the
             fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and
             Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 29, 2000, as
             amended by Form 10-KSB/A filed with the Commission on May 31, 2000
             pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
             "Exchange Act");

        (b)  The prospectus dated February 14, 2001, that contains audited
             financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999,
             filed with the Commission on February 16, 2001 pursuant to Rule
             424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

        (c)  The quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the
             quarterly period ended September 30, 2000, filed with the
             Commission on November 14, 2000 pursuant to the Exchange Act;

        (d)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
             Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
             Registrant document referred to in (a) above; and

        (e)  The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
             Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the
             Commission on October 25, 1998 under Section 12 of the Exchange
             Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
             updating such description.

        In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with
the Commission.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

        Not applicable

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

        Not applicable

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law provides, in
summary, that directors and officers of Delaware corporations are entitled,
under certain circumstances, to be indemnified against all expenses and
liabilities, including their capacity as a director or officer, if they acted in
good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful; provided that no indemnification may be made against expenses in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which they shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the court shall deem proper. Any such indemnification may be made by the
Company only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the
shareholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because
the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.


                                       2

<PAGE>   3

        The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, as the same may be
amended from time to time, a director of the Company shall not be personally
liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.

        The Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company provide for
indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, as the same may be amended from time to time.

        In addition, the Company maintains liability insurance for its directors
and officers.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not applicable

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

        The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
follows:


Exhibit Number               Description of Exhibit
--------------               ----------------------
      4            2001 VSI Employees Restricted Stock Plan

      5            Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

     23.1          Consent of Independent Auditors

     23.2          Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in
                   the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

     24            Power of Attorney authorizing Howard E. Taylor to sign
                   amendments to this Registration Statement on behalf of
                   officers and directors of the Company (contained on Signature
                   Page of Registration Statement)

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

        (1) The Company hereby undertakes:

            (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                      the Securities Act;

                (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                      after the effective date of this Registration Statement
                      (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                      which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                      fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                      Registration Statement;

                (iii) To include any material informatio with respect to the
                      plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                      Registration Statement or any material change to such
                      information in this Registration Statement;

                      provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in
                      paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above do not apply if the
                      information required to be included in a post-effective
                      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
                      reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
                      Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
                      Registration Statement.

            (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                Securities Act, each post-effective amendment to this
                Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
                statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
                offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (c) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective
                amendment any of the securities being registered that remain
                unsold at the termination of the offering.



                                       3
<PAGE>   4

         (2) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.


                                       4

<PAGE>   5
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of California, on this 29th day of
March, 2001

                                                FUTURELINK CORP.

                                                By: /s/ HOWARD E. TAYLOR
                                                    ------------------------
                                                        Howard E. Taylor
                                                        President and Chief
                                                        Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Howard E. Taylor and James J. Sullivan,
and each of them singly, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and
in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Name                             Title                                  Date
----                             -----                                  ----
<S>                              <C>                                    <C>
/s/ HOWARD E. TAYLOR             President and Chief Executive Officer  March 29, 2001
------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer)
    Howard E. Taylor

/s/ RICHARD M. WHITE             Executive Vice President and Chief     March 29, 2001
------------------------------   Financial Officer (Principal
    Richard M. White             Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ MARSHALL S. GELLER           Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Marshall S. Geller

/s/ MICHAEL S. FALK              Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Michael S. Falk

/s/ F. BRYSON FARRILL            Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    F. Bryson Farrill

/s/ TIMOTHY P. FLYNN             Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Timothy P. Flynn

/s/ GLEN C. HOLMES               Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Glen C. Holmes

/s/ PHILIP R. LADOUCEUR          Executive Chairman and a Director      March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Philip R. Ladouceur

/s/ JAMES P. McNEIL              Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    James P. McNeil

/s/ GERALD A. POCH               Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Gerald A. Poch
</TABLE>

                                       5
<PAGE>   6

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
    --------------    ----------------------
         4            2001 VSI Employees Restricted Stock Plan

         5            Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

        23.1          Consent of Independent Auditors

        23.2          Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
                      (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

        24            Power of Attorney authorizing Howard E. Taylor to
                      sign amendments to this Registration Statement on
                      behalf of officers and directors of the Company
                      (contained on Signature Page of Registration Statement)
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1
     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001

                                                     Registration No. 333-______
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                                FutureLink Corp.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

           DELAWARE                                              95-4763404
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                               (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                               Identification No.)

           2 SOUTH POINTE DRIVE
         LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA                                   92630
(Address of Registrant's Registered Offices)                     (Zip Code)

                    2001 VSI EMPLOYEES RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                Howard E. Taylor
                             Chief Executive Officer
                                FutureLink Corp.
                              2 South Pointe Drive
                              Lake Forest, CA 92630
                     (Name and Address of Agent For Service)

                                 (949) 672-3000
          (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

                  Please address a copy of all communications:

     John F. Della Grotta, Esq.                   Thomas R. Pollock, Esq.
       Stephen D. Cooke, Esq.              Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP           399 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
  695 Town Center Drive, 17th Floor            New York, New York 10022-4697
  Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924                Tel: (212) 318-6000
         Tel: (714) 668-6200                       Fax: (212) 319-4090
         Fax: (714) 979-1921

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=======================================================================================================
                                                      Proposed
                                                      Maximum              Maximum         Amount of
Title of Securities            Amount to be        Offering Price         Aggregate       Registration
to be Registered              Registered (1)       Per Share (2)       Offering Price         Fee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
Par Value $0.0001
Per Share                     78,947 shares             $0.54            $42,631.38         $10.66
=======================================================================================================
--------
(1)  Represents shares of common stock issuable under the 2001 VSI Employees
     Restricted Stock Plan (the "Plan"). In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c)
     under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers
     an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the
     employee benefit plan described herein.

(2)  Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1), based on the average of
     the high and low sale prices ($0.54 per share) of the Common Stock of the
     Company on the Nasdaq Stock Market on March 28, 2001.

================================================================================
2

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*

ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*

        * Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
          prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance
          with Rule 428(a)(1) under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of
          Form S-8.

                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

        The following documents are hereby incorporated into this Registration
Statement and made a part hereof by this reference:

        (a)  The annual report on Form 10-KSB of FutureLink Corp. (the
             "Company") that contains audited financial statements for the
             fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the Securities and
             Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 29, 2000, as
             amended by Form 10-KSB/A filed with the Commission on May 31, 2000
             pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
             "Exchange Act");

        (b)  The prospectus dated February 14, 2001, that contains audited
             financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999,
             filed with the Commission on February 16, 2001 pursuant to Rule
             424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

        (c)  The quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of the Company for the
             quarterly period ended September 30, 2000, filed with the
             Commission on November 14, 2000 pursuant to the Exchange Act;

        (d)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
             Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
             Registrant document referred to in (a) above; and

        (e)  The description of the Company's common stock contained in the
             Company's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the
             Commission on October 25, 1998 under Section 12 of the Exchange
             Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
             updating such description.

        In addition, all documents filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents with
the Commission.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

        Not applicable

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

        Not applicable

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

        Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation law provides, in
summary, that directors and officers of Delaware corporations are entitled,
under certain circumstances, to be indemnified against all expenses and
liabilities, including their capacity as a director or officer, if they acted in
good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if they had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful; provided that no indemnification may be made against expenses in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which they shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that,
despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses
which the court shall deem proper. Any such indemnification may be made by the
Company only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the
shareholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because
the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

                                       2
3

        The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that to the fullest
extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware, as the same may be
amended from time to time, a director of the Company shall not be personally
liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director.

        The Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company provide for
indemnification of its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law, as the same may be amended from time to time.

        In addition, the Company maintains liability insurance for its directors
and officers.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

        Not applicable

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

        The exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement are as
follows:

Exhibit Number               Description of Exhibit
--------------               ----------------------
      4            2001 VSI Employees Restricted Stock Plan

      5            Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

     23.1          Consent of Independent Auditors

     23.2          Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in
                   the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

     24            Power of Attorney authorizing Howard E. Taylor to sign
                   amendments to this Registration Statement on behalf of
                   officers and directors of the Company (contained on Signature
                   Page of Registration Statement)

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

        (1) The Company hereby undertakes:

            (a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
                made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
                      the Securities Act;

                (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
                      after the effective date of this Registration Statement
                      (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
                      which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                      fundamental change in the information set forth in this
                      Registration Statement;

                (iii) To include any material informatio with respect to the
                      plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this
                      Registration Statement or any material change to such
                      information in this Registration Statement;

                      provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in
                      paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) above do not apply if the
                      information required to be included in a post-effective
                      amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
                      reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
                      Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
                      Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
                      Registration Statement.

            (b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                Securities Act, each post-effective amendment to this
                Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
                statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
                offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (c) To remove from registration by means of a post- effective
                amendment any of the securities being registered that remain
                unsold at the termination of the offering.

                                       3
4

         (2) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.

                                       4
5
                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Lake Forest, State of California, on this 29th day of
March, 2001

                                                FUTURELINK CORP.

                                                By: /s/ HOWARD E. TAYLOR
                                                    ------------------------
                                                        Howard E. Taylor
                                                        President and Chief
                                                        Executive Officer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Howard E. Taylor and James J. Sullivan,
and each of them singly, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and
in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Name                             Title                                  Date
----                             -----                                  ----
/s/ HOWARD E. TAYLOR             President and Chief Executive Officer  March 29, 2001
------------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer)
    Howard E. Taylor

/s/ RICHARD M. WHITE             Executive Vice President and Chief     March 29, 2001
------------------------------   Financial Officer (Principal
    Richard M. White             Financial and Accounting Officer)

/s/ MARSHALL S. GELLER           Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Marshall S. Geller

/s/ MICHAEL S. FALK              Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Michael S. Falk

/s/ F. BRYSON FARRILL            Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    F. Bryson Farrill

/s/ TIMOTHY P. FLYNN             Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Timothy P. Flynn

/s/ GLEN C. HOLMES               Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Glen C. Holmes

/s/ PHILIP R. LADOUCEUR          Executive Chairman and a Director      March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Philip R. Ladouceur

/s/ JAMES P. McNEIL              Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    James P. McNeil

/s/ GERALD A. POCH               Director                               March 29, 2001
------------------------------
    Gerald A. Poch
5
6

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

    Exhibit Number    Description of Exhibit
    --------------    ----------------------
         4            2001 VSI Employees Restricted Stock Plan

         5            Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

        23.1          Consent of Independent Auditors

        23.2          Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
                      (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5)

        24            Power of Attorney authorizing Howard E. Taylor to
                      sign amendments to this Registration Statement on
                      behalf of officers and directors of the Company
                      (contained on Signature Page of Registration Statement)