ADVISORY/Keynote 2000 Global Internet Performance Conference Starts in San Francisco September 6; Focus is on Best Practices for Improving Customer Quality of Experience 'QoE'.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday - Friday (Sept. 6 - 8)

Note to press: Call Keynote's media and analyst-relations hotline at 650/522-1234 to request further information on Keynote Systems, Inc. or an interview. To be added to Keynote's press-release distribution list, send an email to [e-mail] and specify your press affiliation.

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What: The Keynote 2000 Global Internet Performance Conference

features technical and business sessions discussing the latest

issues, challenges and techniques related to Web site

performance. A vendor fair of 25 companies will showcase the

hottest and latest technologies for ensuring maximum

Web site performance.

Where: The Sheraton Palace Hotel, San Francisco, California

(2 New Montgomery Street, San Francisco)

When: September 6-8, 2000

How: Press and Analysts may contact Michelle Mason of Keynote at

650/522-1063 or [e-mail] to register for the

conference free of charge. For general registration and further

information call 800/340-3010.

For additional information on the conference, please visit http://reg2.lke.com/kn0/conf.html

About Keynote 2000 Global Internet Performance Conference

The Keynote 2000 GIPC will provide an in-depth look at the technologies, practices and trends driving exemplary e-commerce quality of service necessary to companies operating e-commerce and other business-critical Web sites. Conference Tracks will be led by the industry's top visionaries including:

-- Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future, who will share his

thoughts for the future of e-commerce.

-- Marty Abbott, Vice President of Technology for eBay, who will

present a session devoted to the essentials for building

high-performance e-commerce Web sites.

-- Peter Sevcik, President of NetForecast, who will be predicting

the performance and market impact of new technologies.

-- David Cowan, Managing General Partner of Bessemer Venture

Partners, who will chair a panel on future investment

directions for the venture capital community as they relate to

Web-site speed and reliability issues.

About Keynote

Keynote, The Internet Performance Authority(R), is the world's leading provider of e-commerce performance benchmarking, diagnostic, load testing and consulting services. The company markets Keynote Perspective(TM), Transaction Perspective(TM), Consumer Perspective (TM) and Lifeline(TM), global real-time services that measure, assure and improve the quality of service of e-commerce Web sites around the world and KeyReadiness(TM), an accurate and realistic pre- and post- deployment Web-site load testing service. Keynote currently measures more than 12,500 URLs using its global infrastructure of more than 750 measurement computers connected to the major Internet backbones from over 120 statistically selected Internet access locations in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide. Internet performance and availability data are collected at Keynote's sophisticated operations center and are instantly available to customers through any Web browser.

Keynote customers include over 1,350 leading e-commerce Web sites and hosting companies including AdForce (Nasdaq:CMGI), Akamai (Nasdaq: AKAM), Blockbuster (NYSE:BBI), Compaq Computer (NYSE:CPQ), Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO), Dell Computer (Nasdaq:DELL), Digital Island (Nasdaq:ISLD), Digex (Nasdaq:DIGX), DoubleClick (Nasdaq:DCLK), Global Center (Nasdaq:GBLX), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM), SABRE Holdings (NYSE:TSG), UPS (NYSE:UPS) and WorldCom/UUNET (Nasdaq:WCOM).

Keynote is a member of the internationally known Stanford University Statistics Department's Industrial Affiliates Program and works with Stanford statistics experts within the program to help define its methodology for measuring Web-site performance and ensure the accuracy of its data.

For further information about Keynote, visit the Keynote Web site at http://www.keynote.com or contact the company at Keynote Systems, Inc., 2855 Campus Drive, San Mateo, California 94403, telephone [phone], fax [phone], email [e-mail] or call Keynote's public relations hotline at 650/522-1234. To be added to Keynote's press release distribution list, send an email to [e-mail] and specify your press affiliation.