ProactiveNet to Showcase Flagship Application Performance Analysis Solution at SIA Technology Management Conference

Business Wire, June 1, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SIA Technology Management Conference

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2004

ProactiveNet Inc., the technology leader in real-time application, SLA and infrastructure performance analytics, today announced that it will showcase its flagship software at the Securities Industry Association's Technology Management Conference and Exhibit, June 8-10, 2004, at the Hilton New York. ProactiveNet will be in booth 1824.

ProactiveNet representatives will be on hand to demonstrate the product's capabilities, and show how financial organizations can leverage ProactiveNet to ensure business-critical application infrastructures perform optimally and reliably. ProactiveNet's patented data correlation and analysis technology enables IT operations groups to analyze application performance data in real-time. This unique capability allows IT executives to quickly identify the probable cause of application performance problems, and preempt performance degradation before end users or customers are affected.

The SIA 2004 Technology Management Conference is the annual management education program designed expressly for individuals within securities firms who have management responsibility for technology-based support activities, including: communications, market data, trading room support, Web and Internet technology and information systems. For more information about the event or to register, please visit www.sia.com/tmc2004/html.> "The SIA's Technology Management Conference is an ideal forum for IT executives to share not only challenges, but also best practices," said David Langlais, vice president of marketing at ProactiveNet. "We look forward to networking with our peers at the event, and provide them with examples of how our performance analysis technology has helped customers within the securities industry streamline IT operations."

About SIA

The Securities Industry Association, established in 1972 through the merger of the Association of Stock Exchange Firms and the Investment Banker's Association, brings together the shared interests of nearly 600 securities firms to accomplish common goals. SIA member-firms (including investment banks, broker-dealers, and mutual fund companies) are active in all U.S. and foreign markets and in all phases of corporate and public finance. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. securities industry employs 780,000 individuals. Industry personnel manage the accounts of nearly 93-million investors directly and indirectly through corporate, thrift, and pension plans. In 2003, the industry generated an estimated $209 billion in domestic revenue and $278 billion in global revenues. (More information about SIA is available on its home page: www.sia.com.)

About ProactiveNet

ProactiveNet, Inc. is the technology leader in real-time application, SLA and infrastructure performance analytics for Global 2000, Fortune 1000, and leading e-commerce companies. ProactiveNet monitors, identifies, diagnoses and resolves performance problems for Web and client/server applications in a minimally invasive, holistic approach using its patented dynamic baselines, called Intelligent Thresholds, and supporting root cause analysis technologies. Customers typically report positive ROI in less than three months, enabling operations groups to reduce the time spent locating the source of performance problems, improve operations productivity and responsiveness, make proactive capacity planning decisions and assess the impact of operations on the bottom line.

Customers include leading enterprises such as E*TRADE FINANCIAL, Ford, Hoover's Online, McKesson and Walmart.com. ProactiveNet has established strategic partnerships with BEA Systems, BMC, Computer Associates, IBM/ Rational Software, Keynote Systems, and Sun Microsystems. The company is a winner of numerous industry awards including consecutive Network Computing Well-Connected Product of the Year Awards (2003 & 2004) and The CrossRoads A-list Technology Award. The company's technology is protected by registered U.S. Patents for monitoring an application infrastructure environment. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with international offices located in India. Additional information is available at www.proactivenet.com or by phone in the U.S. at (408) 935-6800.