Aberdeen Group Appoints New Research Directors and Analysts.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999--

IT Research and Consulting Firm Expands Coverage in

Internet Commerce, Internet Advertising, Telecommunications

and Data Knowledge Practices

Aberdeen Group announced today that analysts Judith Rosall, Teresa Wingfield, Kent Allen and Andrew Cray have joined the firm, expanding Aberdeen's Internet Commerce, Data Knowledge, Internet Advertising and Telecommunications practices. Aberdeen also announced the promotions of analysts Robert Dorin, Tom Dwyer and Valerie O'Connell to Research Directors.

Teresa Wingfield joins Aberdeen's Enterprise Business Applications group as Research Director. Wingfield covers Data Knowledge/Decision Support (DKDS) and the gamut of technologies necessary to achieve a successful implementation. Specific areas Wingfield covers include Web-enabled query, reporting and analytical software, data mining, vertical application solutions, data transformation and cleansing, metadata management, and performance enhancement software. Wingfield brings over fifteen years of experience in information technology with expertise in requirements analysis, design, implementation, training, product management, sales and marketing, and advisory consulting. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Wingfield was Vice President and Research Leader at Giga Information Group where she interfaced with suppliers, the end-user community, investors and industry peers to assess data warehouse technology potential. Additionally, she holds an MS from MIT's Sloan School of Management. Wingfield will be based in Aberdeen's Silicon Valley office in Palo Alto, CA.

Judith Rosall joins Aberdeen's E-Business group covering Internet commerce, bill presentation and payment technologies as well as business-to-business and business-to-consumer virtual markets (portals). As Research Director, Rosall brings a seasoned multi-faceted professional background in high-tech-related business planning, primary market research and industry analysis. Rosall provides strategic marketing consulting and is responsible for the development of primary market research projects and online (Web-based) research services. Before joining Aberdeen, Rosall was president and founder of Worldscape Strategies, an Internet business consultancy and market research firm, and Research Director at IDC's Electronic Messaging Program. She will be based in Denver, CO.

Kent Allen joins Aberdeen's Enterprise Business Applications group as a Research Analyst. Allen covers Internet advertising, promotion, content, sales and marketing technologies, including catalog management and sales order processing. His initial research has focused on personalization, e-mail promotion, execution technologies and ad server technologies. Based in Aberdeen's Palo Alto office, Allen provides custom consulting and analysis for market leaders and strategic positioning services for more recent market entrants. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Allen spent six years as a senior reporter for McGraw-Hill's Information Services group. He holds an MBA from the University of Washington where he was awarded the Frankland Marketing Scholarship as well as the top honor for developing an integrated advertising campaign for P&G.

Joining Aberdeen's Networking and Telecommunications group, Research Analyst Andrew Cray covers business, product and technology trends in the carrier equipment market. Based in Aberdeen's Boston office, Cray focuses on the delivery of voice and data services over IP and ATM networks. In particular, he researches the critical new product pieces that carriers must buy in order to build an end-to-end multi-service infrastructure, including voice/data convergence switches, edge access concentrators, and integrated access devices. He also is looking at core IP routers (including terabit routers) and ATM switches, examining how they fit into the architecture of a multi-service carrier network. Cray brings over four years of experience researching and reporting on telecommunications and networking technology for Data Communications magazine, where he was wide-area networking equipment editor and won several prestigious awards for editorial excellence. Cray has also worked as a software engineer at Sandoz Pharma AG (now Novartis) in Switzerland.

Aberdeen Group announced the promotion of Robert Dorin to the role of Research Director. In his new role, Dorin will continue to provide thought leadership in Aberdeen's Enterprise Business Applications group, paying particular attention to enterprise market leaders SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft and Oracle as well as platform-specific characteristics, such as price-performance and scalability, that contribute to market competitive advantage. His practice monitors the suppliers' efforts to optimize performance engineering and analyzes their benchmark programs and services. He has written extensively about Unix and NT platforms and their respective strengths and weaknesses for enterprise application deployment. Dorin is based in Aberdeen's Boston office.

Aberdeen announces that Tom Dwyer has been promoted to Research Director. In his new role, Dwyer leads the newly launched Enterprise Java Practice. This practice, which is part of Aberdeen's Network Services group, will help enterprise decision-makers understand the business and technology drivers in this fast-growing market so that they can better plan and implement Enterprise Java strategies. Dwyer is based in Aberdeen's Boston office.

Aberdeen announces that Valerie O'Connell has been promoted to Research Director. Working with Aberdeen's Network Services group, O'Connell will continue to cover the management of systems, networks, and applications with particular emphasis on shifting market dynamics driven by emerging standards, technology, products, and partnerships. O'Connell is based in Aberdeen's Boston office.

About Aberdeen Group

Founded in 1988, Aberdeen is an information technology research and consulting organization that closely monitors user needs, IT technological innovation and market developments. It focuses its research efforts on the business impact of technology changes. Aberdeen Group has offices in Boston, MA, and Palo Alto, CA.