Cisco Professional Services Choose Jyra To Offer Enhanced Performance Audit

Business Wire, Jan 23, 2001

Business and Technology Editors

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2001

Jyra (OTCBB: JYRA) a leading provider of service monitoring and management software today announced that Cisco Professional Services has chosen Jyra as their preferred service monitoring solution.

Jyra is an integral part of the Partner Enabled Enterprise Network Performance Programme, which is a component of the Cisco Professional Services Partner (PSP) Program.

"Snap Shot" provides Cisco PSP's with the ability to monitor and measure network performance using various service metrics including latency and throughput. The value this brings to the Cisco PSP Programme is the ability to time synchronize network performance and service delivery assisting in locating the problem areas on the network that are affecting the overall performance. In addition to the "Snap Shot" solution, Cisco Professional Services has chosen JyraScope-the flexible report viewer that enables the correlation and executive reporting of data collected by the Jyra "Snap Shot" solution. The Jyra "Snap Shot" solution has the network monitoring features enabled and runs with a time limited license.

Designed to capitalize on the joint strengths of Cisco and key delivery partners for service provider, enterprise, and small/medium businesses, the Cisco Professional Services Partner program provides customers with in-depth services for network planning, design, implementation, operation, and optimization. These partners can leverage emerging Cisco technologies and tested methodologies to develop new service opportunities. With a head start on gaining skills and technology competencies, the partners can increase service revenues, customer satisfaction, and market success.

The Jyra product measures performance of network and e-services, monitoring the speed and efficiency of the whole end to end process, from the push of a button by the user right through to the response received. Jyra enables business managers to monitor performance of core business systems allowing them to maximize revenue generation opportunities from business operations. Additionally Jyra allows network operators to provide business-oriented revenue generating services across their IP infrastructures. Further information about Jyra is available on www.jyra.com

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