Aberdeen Group Promotes Seven Analysts.

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2000

Analysts Honored for Work in Internet Infrastructure, Enterprise

Resource Planning (ERP), Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC),

Professional Services, e-Sales and e-Marketing, Access Networks,

and Directory Services

Aberdeen Group, an IT consulting and market strategy firm, today announced the promotions of seven analysts: Tom Dwyer, Katherine Jones, Jack Maynard, Stephen Lane, Kent Allen, Andrew Cray, and Michael Hoch. These analysts have played a significant role in building Aberdeen's IT consulting and primary research capabilities in the areas of Internet Infrastructure, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Collaborative Product Commerce (CPC), Professional Services, e-Sales and Marketing, Access Networks, and Directory Services.

Tom Dwyer, Managing Director, was promoted to lead Aberdeen's Internet Infrastructure group, which covers TP Monitors, Web-to-Host connectivity, Distributed Object Computing, Application Servers, Enterprise Application Integration, e-Business Integration, Enterprise Java, Enterprise XML, Directory Services, Collaboration Technologies, and Messaging. Dwyer's group follows the underlying technologies, standards, and products that enable IT executives to create bridges between the rich set of computing services found on disparate computing platforms and the applications that need easy access to those services. Dwyer is based in Boston.

Promoted to Research Director, Dr. Katherine Jones covers traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) environments, such as business and manufacturing, as well as the application of enterprise solutions in education, the public sector, and the federal government. A contributor to Aberdeen's Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) group, Jones is currently focusing on enterprise business solutions provided by application service providers (ASPs); compensation and incentive management; process manufacturing; supply chain management (SCM) and execution; and alternative delivery methods for EBA, such as application hosting through ASPs, mid-market programs, and Web-based EBA access. Jones is based in Palo Alto.

Jack Maynard, promoted to Research Director, contributes to the EBA group and covers ERP, SCM, and collaborative product commerce (CPC). Maynard is currently focusing on the fulfillment side of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), CPC, engineering design, enterprise architectural foundations, and business-to-business Internet-enabling technologies. Maynard has been at Aberdeen for more than five years and is based in Boston.

Stephen Lane, promoted to Research Director, covers the consulting and systems integration sectors of the professional services industry. His current research focuses on the convergence of enterprise CRM and e-Commerce solutions, as well as how consulting firms and systems integrators are developing new -- and realigning existing -- practice areas to help enterprise clients address the problems of identifying, attracting, and retaining valuable customers via the Web and in multi-channel environments. Lane is based in Boston.

Kent Allen, promoted to Senior Analyst, covers e-Commerce sales and marketing channel automation. Allen's current research focuses on e-Sales, e-Marketing with an emphasis on Internet Advertising and e-mail Marketing, Personalization, and e-Merchandizing technologies, as well as Content Management and Rich Media. Allen helped open Aberdeen's Palo Alto office early last year.

Andrew Cray, promoted to Senior Analyst, covers access networks and CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) infrastructure. Cray's current research focuses on the integration of voice, data, and enhanced services onto broadband access networks, including DSL (digital subscriber line), cable, and fiber optics, with an emphasis on the equipment purchasing requirements of competitive local carriers. Cray is based in Boston.

Promoted to Research Analyst, Michael Hoch covers directory services and directory-enabled networking, including quality of service and policy management, as well as how directories work in the emerging Internet infrastructure. Hoch's current research examines the major directory suppliers' reactions to Microsoft's February 2000 release of Active Directory, and the directory's role in Web content distribution. Hoch is based in Boston.

About Aberdeen

Founded in 1988, Aberdeen Group provides IT consulting and market strategy advice to the IT supplier community. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user field research, Aberdeen focuses on answering clients' critical business and technology questions in the context of the Internet economy and across the product life cycle. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Aberdeen Group has offices in Palo Alto, California, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Aberdeen is located on the Web at www.aberdeen.com.