Combination of Sledgehammer and HDCAM-SR
Provides Best Quality Facility Workflow

Montreal, Quebec – April 19, 2006 – Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com), developers of ultra high performance software-based solutions for networked storage infrastructure and media management, announced today that they will be demonstrating an integrated RGB-based 4:4:4 workflow with Max-T’s Sledgehammer™ and SONY’s HDCAM-SR™ VTR at NAB 2006. This solution will be shown in both the Max-T booth (SL610) and the Sony booth (SU107).

Max-T’s CEO Giovanni Tagliamonti, had the following comment. “We’re very pleased to be joining forces with Sony to deliver the industry’s only 4:4:4, end-to-end facility infrastructure solution. And the combination of Sledgehammer and the HDCAM-SR VTR delivers the ideal, best quality file-based workflow married to the industry’s only 4:4:4 capable, transportable, video tape system.”

The combination of Sledgehammer and the HDCAM-SR VTR allows facilities to first digitize material from tape into file sequences, which are then accessible everywhere in the facility. The process maintains pristine 4:4:4 color information, yielding much more latitude for the editing, effects, and color grading steps of the post-production process. Once a project has been completed, the finished material is then written from Sledgehammer back onto an HDCAM-SR tape and delivered to the client.

“Post-production and broadcast facilities are transitioning to an integrated video and IT-based workflow. Sledgehammer’s capabilities in bridging these two networks makes it a very powerful non-linear and 4:4:4 capable companion to our HDCAM-SR system.” Said Shige Morikawa Senior Vice President, Marketing Broadcast and System Division of Sony Electronics.

About Maximum Throughput

Maximum Throughput Inc. (www.max-t.com) is a networked storage and media management tool developer. Max-T's storage solutions deliver SAN level performance over TCP/IP. The company's unique solutions provide many times the storage bandwidth of other NAS and SAN products, using smart software that runs on industry standard hardware. The media management tools are integrated within the storage, delivering enriched functionality in one versatile solution. Having pioneered the development of a Network Attached Media Bridge to serve heterogeneous operating environments over both data and video networks, Maximum Throughput offers products with unparalleled performance, capacity management, and capacity availability, as well as having the lowest total cost-of-ownership in their class.

For more information please contact:

John Miller
Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Maximum Throughput

Phone: (978) 946-9408
Email: jmiller@max-t.com

Maximum Throughput Inc.
1751 Richardson
Suite 5.204
Montréal, Québec
CANADA H3K 1G6

Phone: (514) 925 3350
Fax: (514) 925 3378
Web: www.max-t.com

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