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SAN MATEO, Calif., — July 31, 2002 — Keynote Systems (Nasdaq:KEYN) today announced the immediate availability of Transaction Perspective™ 4.0, an important advance in its flagship Web transaction performance management service. The new version delivers the precision and detail enterprise operations groups require for managing the performance of their high-impact e-business transactions worldwide.
The availability of Transaction Perspective 4.0 underscores Keynote's leadership in the benchmarking space, where it owns 80% of the market and helps drive Keynote's new ‘Total Performance Management' strategy, announced last month at Keynote's Global Internet Performance Conference. ‘Total Performance Management' is comprised of complete end-to-end solutions delivered by Keynote and KeyPartners™ for benchmarking, testing and managing the end-to-end performance of e-business applications and systems. To view the press release announcing Keynote's Total Performance Management strategy, click http://www.keynote.com/press/html/02june10-ebusiness.html.
Transaction Perspective 4.0 leverages Keynote's worldwide infrastructure of 1500 measurement computers to deliver full network-level and user-level statistics and error messages for every element of every page in the transaction. It allows transaction performance problems to be quickly and accurately identified, diagnosed and repaired, ensuring an optimal quality of experience for end-users and mitigating bottom-line business impact.
Transaction Perspective 4.0 Provides:
For additional information and benefits of Transaction Perspective 4.0, see the earlier press release at http://www.keynote.com/press/html/02june10-trans4.0.html.
"REI continually focuses on delivering the best possible quality of service to customers," said Rod Ketchum, Systems Architect at REI. "Keynote's Transaction Perspective 4.0 supplies accurate and timely information to help REI detect, diagnose and repair performance problems within our critical Web transactions, so that we are able to maintain the high quality of service our customers expect."
"Northwestern Mutual uses Keynote's Transaction Perspective as a tool to assist us in maintaining a high availability on the Web sites we provide for our customers and our financial representatives," said Karla Klein, Information Systems Web Analyst for Northwestern Mutual. "The new features of version 4.0 give us richer detail and enable us to diagnose and do faster issue determination to maintain our commitment to our users. The enhancement of the Network level detail provided in the new version is especially useful in determining where slow downs are occurring. Potential issues can be identified before they develop into problems with our web sites."
"Enterprise customers demand a simple, cost-effective service that provides relevant and timely data for effective performance management of high-value Web transactions," said Matt Parks, director of product management for Keynote. "Keynote continues to advance the state of the art in Web application management and Transaction Perspective 4.0 addresses these needs by delivering enhanced diagnostics and detailed performance data for multi-page transactions, reducing time to corrective action and helping e-businesses deliver an optimal quality of service for end users."
Pricing and Availability
Keynote Transaction Perspective 4.0 starts at $1,295.00 per transaction/per month and is available immediately.
About Keynote
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq "KEYN"), The Internet Performance Authority®, is the worldwide leader in Internet performance management services that improve the quality of e-business. Keynote's services enable corporate enterprises to benchmark, diagnose, test and manage their e-business systems both inside and outside the firewall. More than 2,400 corporate IT departments and 18,000 individual subscribers rely on the company's easy-to-use and cost-effective services to optimize revenues and reduce downtime costs without requiring additional complex and costly software implementations.
Keynote Systems, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company can be reached at www.keynote.com or by phone in the U.S. at 650-403-2400.
© 2002 Keynote Systems. The Internet Performance Authority is a registered trademark. Transaction Perspective and KeyPartners are trademarks of Keynote in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
Jason Pfannenstiel, Keynote Systems, (650) 403-3246, jasonp@keynote.com