CiscoWorks2000 Connects to Jyra Web Monitor.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept 22, 1998--Jyra Research Inc. announces integration of its successful Service Management Architecture (SMA) with the forthcoming release of CiscoWorks2000. Jyra SMA has a certified Cisco Management Connection which allows CiscoWorks2000 customers to measure overall network performance and to manage Cisco devices in a web-based management environment.

Web monitoring functionality integral to Jyra's SMAs will be available On-line to the entire CiscoWorks2000 customers base for evaluation.

The Jyra SMA application provides Cisco customers business level insight into network performance including measuring mission critical applications for response time and quality of service. This provides CiscoWorks 2000 customers with a convenient business orientated view of their networks at a time when networks are increasingly seen as the critical business infrastructure.

CiscoWorks2000 is a suite of Web-based products offering a new method of integrating management applications with a vast scope of network information across various vendor platforms. Through standards-based Web technologies, third party applications are now easily integrated with CiscoWorks2000 giving users unparalleled management capabilities.

Jyra Research Inc. is a leader in Java-based network performance monitoring. Jyra's Service Management Architecture "SMA" measures quality of service delivered to the Desktop user, connected to large corporate networks or the Internet. As such, Jyra believes that "SMA" will have the potential to facilitate mass market electronic commerce and allow network operators to provide business-oriented service level agreements.