(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 05, 2001 ) Seattle, WA –- StarBak Communications, the leader in advanced streaming media solutions, and Lariat Software Inc., developer of streaming media business reporting and broadcast solutions, today announced their strategic partnership to provide comprehensive solutions for the streaming media industry. Interoperability between Lariat’s MediaReports application and StarBak’s Torrent Streaming Media Engine allows users to monitor their streamed content and reduce overhead associated with streaming.

“At StarBak, we are committed to providing comprehensive streaming media solutions that are readily available and easy to use. Our relationships with content industry leaders like Lariat, reflect our aim of providing truly seamless solutions, supported by rigorous interoperability testing,” said Garret Dreier, StarBak’s President and CEO. “We are pleased to work with Lariat to provide end users with a complementary solution that allows them to monitor their streamed content while quickening their return on investment.”

“At Lariat, our goal is to reduce overhead associated with streaming and improve ROI with high-performance solutions designed to improve delivery strategies.” said Andrew Fry, Lariat’s founder and president. “Our shared vision with StarBak for delivering high-performance best-in-class products, makes it natural for us to partner in delivering optimal streaming solutions.”

StarBak’s Torrent 100 Streaming Engine has been optimized for streaming large volumes of audio and video data, including support for Windows Media Audio and Video, offering industry-leading audio and video quality in the lowest bandwidth. Lariat MediaReports is a scalable application that collects and analyzes streaming media records across multiple servers and platforms.

About Lariat Software
Lariat Software Inc. develops solutions that enable businesses using streaming media to improve their content strategies. MediaReports, MediaReports online, and StationManager are high performance, scalable software solutions that enable corporations to analyze their streaming activity, and deliver streaming content intelligently and profitably. Lariat is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Strategic industry partners include Arbitron, RealNetworks, Microsoft, and Apple. For more information, please visit www.lariat.com or www.mediareportsonline.com.

About StarBak
StarBak Communications, privately funded, is dedicated to reducing the cost and complexity of delivering streaming multimedia to customers, employees, and business partners. The company has implemented high performance Windows Media and RTSP streaming and cache proxy engines running under various UNIX operating systems including Linux. These solutions are easily integrated into existing network infrastructures while providing performance far superior to competitive products, including the ability to stream multiple formats from a single unit. The company was founded last year in Cleveland, Ohio, and its first product, the Torrent streaming media network appliance, was launched in Q2 of 2001. For more information, please visit our website at: www.starbak.com.

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