Torrance, CA - April 18, 2005 - Broadata Communications, Inc. (BCI), a world leader in the development of cutting edge optical communications and opto-electronic technologies, announces the release of its new Network Monitoring System (NMS), BCIView. BCIView enables centralized trouble shooting of standard BCI products, allowing for diagnosis of local and remote units from a single remote workstation over the Internet, increasing organizational efficiency. Users can securely log into the BCIView from any web browser, at any place, and at any time to monitor, configure, and/or manage differing fiber optic card based products anywhere in the world.

“Users want to have a simple-to-use, effective, and scalable network monitoring system for their audio and video centric networks. The BCIView perfectly fits with this demand,” said BCI President and CEO, Freddie Lin.

Developed by BCI to provide the highest possible quality Network Monitoring System, BCIView offers 24 hour monitoring of products including: short-haul analog video and audio, digital SDI/HDTV video, professional AES/EBU audio, Ethernet, and RS232/422, just to name a few. In addition, BCIView generates SNMP alarms for important events such as system power-on, system loss of power, link restoration, and link failure. It also implements battery backup to continue to report status for 30 minutes after power failure. This system is designed to comply with the universal SNMP and HTTP standards, and provide easy integration with other management software.

Broadata Communications, Inc. (BCI) develops, manufactures, and markets leading edge, fiber optic, multimedia communication products. The company’s patented products include audio, video, and data delivery over optical fiber for advanced multimedia, broadcast, and network transmission applications. BCI’s multimedia platforms enable end-users to implement multiple applications, conventionally requiring multiple optical transceivers and fiber links over a unified platform, needing only a single optical link. For more information visit the BCI Web site at http://www.broadatacom.com or call 800-214-0222.