Washington, D.C., — June 10, 2003 — Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), the global leader in Web performance monitoring, management and testing services, announced today at the E-Gov 2003 Conference its Keynote Best Practices for Total Performance Management (TPM) for E-Government that consists of two new solution-sets targeted at operations, application development and testing personnel within federal, state and local government agencies.
In addition to Best Practices for TPM for E-Government, Keynote also announced today WebIntegrity 2.1, a new version of its content integrity testing service that now includes full support for Section 508 compliance testing (see separate press release). Keynote is leveraging its years of experience and understanding as the Web performance benchmarking and monitoring leader to bring these new solutions to the government market.
Given today’s challenging economy and heightened state of security and alert, U.S. citizens are turning more frequently to government Web sites to obtain critical information during stressful periods, such as during the Iraq war, or when we are in “stage orange” alert, and to transact official government business, such as filing tax returns.
And while citizens increasingly expect responsive and reliable government Web site performance and availability, deficits at the federal, state and local level are putting tremendous pressure on government to spend IT budgets wisely and do even more with less.
Keynote’s growing portfolio of cost-effective Web performance monitoring, measurement, management, diagnostic, load, content and user experience testing services allow government agencies to extract and leverage the full value and performance from the costly enterprise management systems and Web infrastructures they have already purchased and installed.
Carol Carpenter, director of product management for Keynote said, “Our new ‘Total Performance Management’ solutions announced today provide a best practices turnkey approach for government agencies to easily and cost-effectively manage their Web apps and infrastructure.” She continued, “They can use our services to measure, monitor, manage and test multiple aspects of Web performance from both inside the firewall; for intranet and extranet applications built and used by suppliers to government and across large agencies, and outside the firewall; from the end user perspective, for ‘citizen-facing’ applications.”
Total Performance Management (TPM) for E-Government
Keynote’s new TPM solutions for e-government offer easy-to-use, cost-effective Web performance management solutions that measure the effectiveness of e-government applications, and help test for preparedness. The services leverage Keynote’s real world, real time Internet performance management and testing lab consisting of a global infrastructure of over 1,500 measurement computers, providing unparalleled accuracy, realism and assurance that e-government Web applications are performing optimally around the clock from the end user perspective.
Keynote’s TPM for e-government solutions bring a best practices approach to measuring, monitoring, managing and testing government Web sites, applications and infrastructure. They meet the cross-departmental needs of operations, application development and testing personnel and deliver in one package the best of Keynote’s benchmarking, monitoring, testing and application performance management (APM) services at a fraction of the individual costs.
Keynote Diagnostic Edge (Targeted at IT and Operations Personnel)
The Keynote Diagnostic Edge solution set is intended for government agencies that need to quickly trouble-shoot sources of Web site performance problems. Diagnostic Edge provides a wealth of data about the performance of specific Internet devices that are critical to Web site infrastructure and deliver an end-to-end view of Web application performance from inside and outside the firewall.
Keynote Diagnostic Edge includes:
Keynote Deployment Edge (Targeted at Web Application Deployment and Testing Personnel)
The Keynote Deployment Edge solution set is designed for government agencies that need to ensure their Web applications are prepared for the rigors of the Internet (and compliant with new government mandates). Deployment Edge helps assure that site infrastructure and content are truly ready for production.
Keynote Deployment Edge Includes:
Pricing and Availability
Keynote Best Practices for TPM for E-Government Solution Sets (Diagnostic Edge or Deployment Edge) are available now and priced between USD $4,995.00 and $8,595.00 per month.
About Keynote
Keynote Systems (Nasdaq: KEYN), The Internet Performance Authority®, is the global leader in Internet performance management and testing 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. Approximately 2,300 corporate IT departments and 16,000 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.
© 2003 Keynote Systems, Inc. Keynote and The Internet Performance Authority are registered trademarks of Keynote Systems, Inc.
Contact:
Dan Berkowitz, Keynote Systems, Inc., (650) 403-3305, dberkowitz@keynote.com