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Contact:
Paul Skoog
IP Network Timing Product Manager
707-636-1955
Agency Contact:
P.J. Jennings
Jennings & Associates
760-431-7466
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. - January 29, 2002 - TrueTime, Inc. (NASDAQ:
TRUE), a leading provider of precision time and frequency products,
today introduced its WinSync software for keeping time accurately
synchronized to a high precision time reference. Clocks on computers
are notorious for drifting which can lead to serious network operation
problems. The new WinSync network time client alleviates these problems
by regularly updating the computer's clock to the correct time.
The resulting accurate synchronization is essential for many mission
critical network operations and applications. Accurate synchronization
is particularly important for network log file accuracy to improve
network fault diagnosis and forensics.
TrueTime's WinSync derives reliable time directly from a network
time server, such as TrueTime's NTS-200. The NTS-200 in turn derives
its time directly from the atomic clocks aboard the Global Positioning
Satellite (GPS) system. The high-bandwidth capability of the NTS-200
can support thousands of WinSync clients with no degradation in
timing accuracy. This is essential as modern broadband networks
grow larger and faster and the need for reliable time becomes critical
and widespread.
"Network managers need a reliable, enterprise wide synchronization
solution," stated Paul Skoog, TrueTime's product manager of
IP network timing products. "Our out-of-the-box solution of
the network time server and the network time client is an invaluable
help to our customers. Both the server and the WinSync clients are
easy to install. The highest compliment we get paid by our customers
is that they installed the product, it works great, and they forget
it's there."
Network operations require time-synchronized information to ensure
optimal network performance. When network problems surface, the
lack of time synchronization can become a key factor in the success
or failure at troubleshooting and resolving the problem. For example,
since network logs are a compilation of events from different hosts,
it's essential that the time stamps be correct. A lack of precise
synchronization creates considerable difficulty when attempting
to establish the sequence of events and identifying root-cause problems.
The combination of the network time server and distributed network
time clients, like WinSync, solves this problem by keeping the clocks
on a wide variety of network devices very closely synchronized.
The TrueTime WinSync network time client software is compatible
with Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 operating systems. The software
is available now and is included at no charge with TrueTime's NTS-100i,
NTS-150, NTS-200 and TimeVault network time servers. WinSync is
also available for download at no charge from http://www.truetime.net/software-winsync.html.
About TrueTime
TrueTime, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and markets precision
time and frequency products that are essential components used by
many technology based markets to provide greater accuracy and resolution
than can be obtained from conventional timing devices. TrueTime,
Inc. is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol
"TRUE." TrueTime's web site is http://www.truetime.com.
This press release includes "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act of 1933 and Section 21 E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
All statements other than statements of historical fact included
herein, including statements regarding potential future products
and markets, the Company's future financial position, business strategy
and other plans and objectives for future operations, are forward-looking
statements. Additional important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the Company's expectations are
disclosed in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended September
30, 2000 and in quarterly reports in form 10-Q on file with the
SEC, under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere. In
particular, without exclusion of other risks, the success of our
business involves the risks of successful strategic agreements and
entrance into new market segments, technological changes, strong
competition and dependence on component suppliers, government spending
and the general growth and success of the industries and customers
we serve. Further, all written and verbal forward-looking statements
attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by such factors.
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