NetStream Now Shipping NETGAIN Utility

Important new Windows file management utility cuts network traffic and
improves network response

(April 2, 1996 -- Carnegie, PA) -- NetStream Inc. today began shipping
NETGAIN, a file replication and synchronization utility for distributed
network file systems.

NETGAIN is a client file management utility targeted at corporate networks.
An important advance in Windows data management, it reduces network
response times, cuts network traffic, diminishes server load, and shelters
clients from network failures.

The software began shipping to resellers worldwide today at a suggested
street price of $79.95. Quantity discounts and site licenses are
available.

"NETGAIN replicates all your frequently accessed network files and
applications to your own hard drive," says Bruce DaCosta, president of
NetStream. "From then on, each time you access those files, NETGAIN loads
the replicated copy for you."

DaCosta adds, "This has two immediate benefits. First, your server access
times are now as fast as your hard drive. For most people that's a big
improvement on what they experience now. That's especially true if you
access the LAN through a slower connector like a PC Card, parallel port or
wireless adapter. Second, the amount of network traffic you generate drops
way down, because nearly all your network file requests are being serviced
from the replicated copies on your own hard drive."

NETGAIN ensures that the files it replicates onto the client hard drive are
always up to date. Each time NETGAIN starts to load a replicated file, it
checks the source copy on the server. If the file there is newer, NETGAIN
automatically throws out the outdated replica and replaces it with the new
version.

NETGAIN also makes sure that if the user modifies any replicated files (for
example, a word processor document) the modified version is written back
to the server, and thus the user and the network are always in sync. Says
DaCosta: "NETGAIN operates transparently. Users don't have to change the
way they work at all. Everything is handled in the background so that
users can just get their work done faster and more simply."

NETGAIN also improves local disk utilization. Replicated applications
require far less disk space than their locally installed counterparts,
with savings running at an average of 75%.

NETGAIN helps to improve network reliability because it does not leave
files open across the network, as is normally the case on today's LANs. It
can also contribute to controlling the hardware expenses associated with
growing networks. By reducing network traffic, NETGAIN can add additional
capacity to existing networks at a much more cost effective rate than a
hardware based solution. "Administrators can increase the number of
clients without reconfiguring their networks or increasing traffic,"
DaCosta said.

NETGAIN requires no server side installation and supports all types of
servers including NetWare, NT, UNIX and others. NETGAIN is also network
protocol independent and supports TCP/IP, NFS, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI and
others.

Early adopters of NETGAIN report receiving substantial benefits. "My
applications launch three times faster with NETGAIN, and my network
traffic has been cut by 80%," states Mike Unruh of Cellware. "It cut my
network traffic by 83%," says Paul Mele of the Defense Logistics Agency.

NETGAIN is a product of NetStream, Inc. of Carnegie, PA. Founded in 1993,
the company develops and markets Distributed File System Utilities
products targeting corporate and remote network users.
 
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