Jyra to Release Remote Response Monitor for Large Cisco Networks.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1998--Jyra announces the forthcoming availability of its "Router to Router" response time monitor for large Cisco networks and the Internet. This product represents an important further expansion to Jyra's Service Management Architecture (SMA) and will provide enterprise and telecommunications companies with an easily understandable means to persistently monitor response times between any two Cisco Routers.

"We have focused this product on Cisco installed base as their products have become the essential building block for the Internet and large enterprise networks" said Paul Robinson, Jyra's Chief Executive. "We see application for this product in all large Cisco powered installation where network managers require an easy method of monitoring response times between multiple network nodes" he further commented.

Jyra's management believes the ability to measure response time between any two routers anywhere in the world, from anywhere in the world, should enable the users to measure Quality Of Service "QOS" between networks regardless of who owns the individual networks over which the data traffic passes. Furthermore, since no additional software or hardware has to be installed on the existing routers that are being measured greatly reduces the need to visit the individual customer sites.

Jyra plans to launch a version of this product integrated within its Service Management Architecture in June 1998 at an entry level price point of $10,000.

In addition to Jyra's existing SMA being selected by MCI to serve as a key component in MCI's new Advanced Trouble Analysis Center (ATAC), it has now been installed and is being evaluated by amongst others two of continental Europe's telecommunications companies and also in several major European banking customers of a significant systems integrator in Europe. Jyra's management believes that whilst interest for its SMA comes from many sectors, including enterprise, banking, pharmaceutical, transport etc., by far the most important sectors are the international telecommunications companies, service providers and system integrators, who each believe that they must be able to deliver a measured QOS to their customer base in order to remain competitive. The incorporation of "Router to Router" response time monitoring should only enhance this capability.

Jyra Research, Inc. is a leader in Java-based network performance monitoring. Jyra's 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. Jyra was awarded a Top 25 Hot Start-up award in 1997 by the prestigious DataComm Magazine, and won the Best Network, Systems Management or Network Analysis product award at the European Networld & Interop 97 show, Paris.

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