ASA Corp. Announces “The Cirrus Program”

ASA to provide software valued at up to $7995 to targeted customer segments that use Agilent or Yokogawa real-time oscilloscopes free of charge

Amherst, MA USA, December 4th , 2006

Amherst Systems Associates Inc (ASA Corp.) announced today the North American kickoff of a program that will aggressively give away their premium oscilloscope analysis and productivity software package, M1 Oscilloscope Tools™ (M1 OT), to specifically targeted customers. Coined "The Cirrus Program" after an experimental cloud seeding program from the 1940's, the objective of Cirrus is to expose engineers on every major R&D team in North America, and eventually worldwide, to the benefits and cost savings they can realize from M1 OT by providing them a full license at no cost.

M1 Oscilloscope Tools is an integrated suite of oscilloscope analysis, debug, automation and productivity tools sold under a scalable pricing model at five different price levels which range from $7995 (M1 OT Expert) down to $995 (M1 OT Guide). A scope's performance and cost determine which M1 OT Companion level it is associated with.

Under the Cirrus Program, an engineer that works at an eligible company/organization, and which is in the process of purchasing, or has taken delivery within the last 30 days (moving window), of a new Agilent realtime oscilloscope that corresponds to the M1-OT Expert product (typ. $7995), a Yokogawa real-time scope that corresponds to the M1 OT Professional product (typ. $3995) or a new Agilent scope 6GHz or above can receive an M1 OT license at no charge.

“ASA has by far the best value proposition in the marketplace, and we want engineers and their managers to know about it and to experience first-hand the impact M1 OT can deliver in terms of the insights, cost savings and productivity gains,” said ASA’s president Michael Williams. “When you purchase an upper tier real-time oscilloscope, the manufacturer's software options can cost as much as $25,000 to $35,000, or more, because of the a la carte pricing strategy employed by all of the scope manufacturers. M1-OT includes everything, for one price. M1 supports more of every manufacturer's oscilloscope line than the manufacturer's own tools do. It includes everything it needs to be virtually every customer's first and only choice to make their RT scope genuinely usable. M1 OT does more... it does it better... and it costs less. W hile Cirrus is running, for many customers it's free which means they can save $25,000 or more over the native software that M1-OT can replace. The original Cirrus Project was about changing the weather. Our Cirrus Program is about changing how all engineers use their scopes, and what they pay for them.”

ASA’s Cirrus Program will launch in North America on December 4th, 2006 and run through February 4th, 2007. ASA may extend this program to other regions at a later date. Complete program information including customer eligibility and program restrictions are available by contacting ASA using the contact information listed below.

U.S. Availability

The Cirrus Program and discounted accessories are available December 4th, 2006.

For further information about The Cirrus Program, please email ASA or visit us on the web .

Information and photos of M1™ can be found on our web site .

About ASA Corp.

ASA Corp. is an engineering/technology company focussed squarely on clock & timing engineering and related measurement science. As an innovator and a leader in this field for the past 25 years, ASA has helped forge how clock & timing is done today, as well as contributing significantly to what future clock and measurement technologies will look like. ASA’s patented approach to analyzing jitter and timing in both clock and datastreams is instantiated in the M1 Oscilloscope Tools™ family, which has become the de facto standard for how high-precision timing is measured. The M1™ family of timing and jitter analysis tools is both the functionality and precision leader in every market segment in which it competes, and is the only tool which runs on the instruments of all of the major manufacturers. By combining unique know-how and experience with industry leading measurement products, ASA is in a unique position to deliver significant, genuine value to its clients and partners worldwide.

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