Technology Leader`s New Production Monitoring Software Provides
Customers With Critical Application Performance Health Checks
Lexington, MA-June 4, 2001-Segue Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: SEGU), the
e-business reliability experts, today staked its claim to the burgeoning
application performance monitoring market by rolling out for general
availability the new SilkVision production monitoring solution. SilkVision,
a Web-based enterprise monitoring product, allows users to manage the
performance of their online applications, and gives companies added
confidence in their e-business operations.
"SilkVision represents a dramatic turning point in the enterprise
reliability management market, and a tremendous growth opportunity for
Segue," said Steve Butler, CEO of Segue. "Following our aggressive and
successful beta testing program this Spring, we foresee great demand for
SilkVision for a broad range of demanding e-business operations, including
financial services, retail, ASPs and manufacturing companies with a global
presence.
"SilkVision is the centerpiece of a comprehensive enterprise reliability
management strategy that will include several exciting new products and
services in the coming months," Butler added.
SilkVision, based on Segue`s industry-leading SilkPerformer technology,
helps users maintain the health of their e-business systems and improve
problem identification, integrating the most accurate systems available for
high-volume Web site application reliability. Early beta version testers
included international enterprises and resellers in a variety of industries.
"We`ve had a successful SilkVision beta program for the last 30 days,
running various standard and business transaction monitors. It was easy to
set up and use, and we are definitely looking to use SilkVision in the
future for our application performance monitoring," said Dan Foley, senior
project leader at Vanteon, a leading e-business consulting company and one
of Segue`s beta sites. "For our clients, monitoring the performance of their
websites is critical, so SilkVision is an excellent reliability solution for
us."
About the SilkVision Enterprise Monitoring System
SilkVision is a Web-based enterprise-monitoring product that allows
customers to manage the performance and reliability of their Web-based
applications.
SilkVision helps users implement complex performance and functional
transaction monitoring, with support for Web, middleware, database and
proprietary server monitoring. It lets users define and schedule monitors
distributed around the globe and at the production site to measure site
health based on end-user experience metrics, such as availability, accuracy
and performance -- on an ongoing basis across all tiers of the application,
and in a single, easy-to-understand view.
Real-time reporting of collected measurement data helps users with trending
and capacity planning, as well as in resolving performance and functional
issues within the production environment. SilkVision also provides
configurable alarm notification, allowing the appropriate operations
personnel to be alerted immediately when application performance exceeds
defined threshold levels.
For more information about SilkVision, visit Segue`s Website at
www.segue.com.
About Segue e-Business Reliability Solutions
As the market leader in e-business reliability solutions, Segue Software
understands the challenges organizations face when deploying and maintaining
successful e-business systems. The Segue e-business solution set includes a
comprehensive suite of scalability, performance, monitoring, reliability,
and verification methodologies. These solutions enable clients to achieve
high levels of eConfidence, Segue`s gold standard of reliability for
e-commerce applications. Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., with offices
across North America and Europe, Segue can be reached at 1-800-287-1329 or
at www.segue.com.
EConfidence and SilkVision are trademarks, and Segue and SilkPerformer are
registered trademarks of Segue Software, Inc. All other product names are
properties of their respective companies.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward looking
statements are statements which contain predictions or projections of future
events or performance, and often contain words such as "expects",
"projects", "will", "might", or other words indicating a statement about the
future. The company notes that any such forward-looking statements are
subject to change, are not guarantees of future performance, and that actual
results may differ materially from any such projections or predictions,
based on various important factors, including, without limitation, changes
in the market, market acceptance of Segue products, new products and
announcements from other companies and changes in technology and industry
standards. Additional information on the factors that could affect Segue`s
business and financial results is included in that company`s periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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