Data Communications Editors Name Jyra Winner of Top 25 Hot Startups.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1997--Jyra Research Inc. announces that it was selected as one of Data Communications' Top 25 Hot Startups in its Oct. 21, 1997 25th Anniversary Issue.

Jyra Research Inc., founded in May 1996, is at the forefront of technology to measure the quality of network services delivered to end-users across large networks, the Internet, and corporate Intranets.

"After looking back at networking's past 25 years, it was even more exciting for the Data Comm editors to look to its future. That's why we selected the Top 25 Hot Startups, those innovative companies certain to help drive the enterprise network into the next millennium," commented Lee Keough, editor in chief.

Data Communications, the global enterprise networking magazine of The McGraw-Hill Companies, was founded in 1972 as the first networking technology magazine. As it celebrates its 25th year of publication, Data Communications remains the only global magazine written for enterprise network architects who plan, design, and manage corporate computer networks.

The company believes the Jyra Service Management Architecture (SMA) represents a radical departure from traditional network management solutions and is the key to managing application performance across large heterogeneous networks and the Internet. Jyra's SMA measures quality of service delivered to desktop or laptop PCs connected to large corporate networks or the Internet. As such, Jyra believes that SMA will have the potential to enable mass market electronic commerce and allow large corporations to provide Business Service Management to improve business utilization.

CONTACT: Jyra Research Inc., London

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