Measurement Techniques Inc. Announces Performance-Enhancing Solutions for Windows NT Environments

.....Shared LAN Cache triples the performance of traditional networks.....

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STOUGHTON, MA -- August 26, 1996 -- The LAN Police from Measurement Techniques, Inc. announced today they will be on hand at the NetWorld+Interop show in Atlanta to show network users imprisoned by slow performance how to overcome their incarceration.

Measurement Techniques, Inc., the technology leader in LAN caching, is unveiling its new Shared LAN Cache™ for Windows NT that provides users with dramatically increased performance on their networks.

Shared LAN Cache (SLC™) for NT workstations can triple network performance of PCs running applications or making file requests from existing file servers. SLC is much less expensive than upgrading a network with other performance-enhancing technologies like LAN switches or 100BaseT. And, unlike 100Mb Ethernet and LAN switches, Shared LAN Cache off-loads existing file servers and improves wide area network performance.

"Shared LAN Cache allows IT managers to maximize the performance of existing networks and to optimize networks deployed in the future," said Clinton Battersby, president of Measurement Techniques. "Upgrading to 100BaseT is both costly and time consuming. Shared LAN Cache provides an immediate solution for existing network performance problems while complementing the future deployment of high performance network equipment."

Shared LAN Cache improves network performance by storing recently accessed files in a combination of local and shared caches. For example, users may request a popular word processing application or file several times a day. By using Shared LAN Cache, the application or file is automatically cached the first time it is read. The next time the user requests the same file, it comes from the SLC cache instead of the file server. This dramatically improves performance and reduces the load on the network and file server.

With the addition of Windows NT client support, Measurement Techniques extends its lead to have the fullest breadth and depth of Network Operating System support in the industry and remains the leading provider of client network caching.

According to Mier Communications, Inc., a Princeton Junction, NJ-based independent test laboratory, Shared LAN Cache increased performance by as much as 300 percent. "Under all test scenarios, in which we applied varying amounts of load on file servers, on the LAN and on wide area links, the Shared LAN Cache client software consistently delivered performance gains, in the form of reduced application-launch time, in the specific environment where server-based applications are repeatedly opened by a user at a client workstation."

Shared LAN Cache incorporates a non-volatile cache that eliminates redundant read requests over the network. While most caches in use today are volatile, losing their contents when power is removed, data in SLC’s non-volatile cache is retained and available immediately when power is applied.

Shared LAN Cache is NOS (Network Operating System) independent and requires no maintenance. Unlike hardware upgrades, which can take weeks or months to deploy, network managers can upgrade their entire organizations with Shared LAN Cache in less than a day.

"Until now, performance issues were addressed through hardware upgrades that increased bandwidth. Shared LAN Cache increases performance by reducing network traffic," Battersby said. "Client file caching is a simple and effective method for increasing performance and productivity at a relatively low cost."

Further performance benefits can be achieved by combining the Shared LAN Cache client software with the optional Shared LAN Cache Server, which off-loads remote file servers, wide area networks, routers and bridges. MTI has plans to license it’s Shared LAN Cache technology to leading enterprise network vendors for remote office, router and LAN switch products.

The Shared LAN Cache client software is available for MS-DOS, Windows V3.1,
Windows 95 and now for Windows NT. Client software costs $99/node, with volume packages available. The Shared LAN Cache Server prices begin at $2,995 for 25 users.

Measurement Techniques, Inc., headquartered in Stoughton, Massachusetts, is a leading supplier of high performance LAN caching solutions. Its Shared LAN Cache products provide users with dramatically increased network performance, providing cost savings and increased productivity. Measurement Techniques is a privately funded corporation. For more information on Measurement Techniques or Shared LAN Cache, visit www.lancache.com on the World Wide Web.

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Note to editors: Shared LAN Cache is a trademark of Measurement Techniques, Inc. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

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