AltoWeb Appoints Katherine Barnhisel as Vice President of Marketing; Former BEA Executive Brings Start-Up Marketing Expertise to Seasoned Management Team.

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PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002

AltoWeb, Inc., the leading application production platform company, announced today that Katherine Barnhisel has joined AltoWeb as Vice President of Marketing. Ms. Barnhisel will be responsible for all corporate, product, field, and channel marketing worldwide, and will focus immediately on demand creation and positioning of the AltoWeb(R) Application Platform. Ms. Barnhisel comes to AltoWeb from BEA Systems(R) where she held senior director and vice president of marketing roles covering all areas of marketing. In her most recent role as Senior Director of Developer Relations, she was responsible for launching the BEA Developer Program -- including the BEA dev2dev Online developer portal -- and for growing the BEA developer community to over 400,000 registered developers.

"Katherine and I worked closely at WebLogic in 1998 where she played a critical role in putting WebLogic on the map and driving marketing for BEA post-acquisition," said Ali Kutay, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer for AltoWeb. "I know that her contributions to AltoWeb will be very significant both as a marketer and a leader."

Ms. Barnhisel joins a team of seasoned executives boasting a solid track record of successful start-up initiatives. Leading the team is Ali Kutay. Mr. Kutay was most recently President and CEO of WebLogic, Inc., which was acquired by BEA Systems in 1998. Prior to WebLogic, Mr. Kutay was Founder, President and CEO of Formtek, Inc., which was acquired by Lockheed Corporation in 1989.

Ms. Barnhisel also joins Dan Elsen, Senior Vice President of Operations and Services, and Jim Barton, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Elsen brings over 17 years experience in management at Netscape, Ernst & Young, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, and KPMG. Prior to joining AltoWeb, Mr. Barton was Chief Technology Officer for Persistence Software, and held senior-level technology positions at ParcPlace Systems, Object Design, and Rational Software.

"I am very excited to join the leading company in the emerging application production platform market, and to assume leadership of the marketing team," said Ms. Barnhisel. "Having worked closely with developers in this space for over six years, I believe that AltoWeb's offering is an enormous breakthrough in putting the J2EE and Web services within reach of developers everywhere."

At BEA Systems, Ms. Barnhisel also held positions as Senior Director of Americas Field Marketing and Vice President of Marketing for the BEA WebXpress Division. Prior to BEA, Ms. Barnhisel served as Director of Marketing for both WebLogic, acquired by BEA Systems, and NetDynamics, acquired by Sun Microsystems, and held senior management positions at Visa, Citibank and Andersen Consulting. She holds a B.A. in Economics and a B.A. in French Literature from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

About AltoWeb

AltoWeb is the leader in application production platforms and Web services. Global 2000 companies, system integrators, and independent software vendors rely on the AltoWeb(R) Application Platform to deliver, manage and maintain more J2EE applications and Web services faster with existing staff and their current skill sets. Built entirely on open standards, the AltoWeb Application Platform delivers highly scalable and reliable e-business solutions that fully leverage the power of leading application servers including IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, and JBoss. Based in Palo Alto, California, AltoWeb is privately held with investments from Accenture Technology Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and individual investors. For more information or to download a free evaluation copy of the AltoWeb Application platform, visit http://www.altoweb.com or contact AltoWeb at 650-251-1500 or [e-mail].

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