Bristol Technology Launches Business Advisory Council.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2004

Industry and Academic Visionaries Contribute Expertise in Banking,

Capital Markets, Telecommunications and Complex Event Processing 

Bristol Technology, Inc., the leading provider of transaction tracking, monitoring and analysis software, today announced the formation of a Business Advisory Council comprised of industry and academic visionaries.

The mission of the Council is to provide guidance on strategic direction and market positioning; provide advice and counsel regarding industry challenges that may impact the software industry; as well as help the company increase its market penetration in key vertical industries.

Founding members of the Council include:

C. Steven Crosby, Executive Vice President & General Manager, BT-Syntegra, Financial Services. Mr. Crosby is responsible for all aspects of BT-Syntegra's operations in the Americas. He brings more than 25 years experience in technology and financial services industry leadership. Previously he was a BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) Managing Director responsible for the Global Securities Industry Group. A frequent speaker and contributor on industry topics, he helped lead BearingPoint's efforts around Straight Through Processing (STP) and served as Acting CEO of the securities industry utility, GSTP AG, in Zurich. Prior to joining KPMG as a partner in 1997, Mr. Crosby was responsible for the European investments industry practice at American Management Systems.

Bruce A. Ferland, principal of MMC Capital, a global private equity firm. Mr. Ferland was previously with Fidelity Investments, where he held various senior executive positions in the Operations, Systems and Retail Groups, lastly as executive vice president for the Retail Electronic Commerce Group. Prior to Fidelity, Mr. Ferland held executive positions within American Express, including the senior vice president and chief information officer of its Shareholder Services Group, and senior vice president and head of technology for The Boston Company.

David Luckham Professor (Research) Emeritus of Electrical Engineering of Stanford University. His research and consulting activities in software technology include multi-processing and business processing languages, event-driven systems, complex event processing, commercial middleware, program verification, systems architecture modeling and simulation, and artificial intelligence (automated deduction and reasoning systems). Prof. Luckham was one of the founders of Rational Software, Inc. His latest book is an introduction to complex event processing, entitled "The Power of Events: An Introduction to Complex Event Processing in Distributed Enterprise Systems."

Brian Twibell, Founder and Managing Director, Alpha Associates LLC, an Acquisitions and Advisory group for privately held technology companies. Mr. Twibell recently completed a two year term on the Board of the International Financial Services Association, an international banking advocacy group with more than 300 members. He is also Managing Director and a Board member for Red Vision Systems, an internet based Title Search provider. In 1984, Mr. Twibell founded Microbank Software Inc., a leading provider of exception management systems for financial services institutions, which grew rapidly until 2000, when it was acquired by SunGard Data Systems (NYSE:SDS), where Mr. Twibell served as its Managing Director for Strategic Acquisitions.

Bristol CEO, Keith Blackwell, remarked, "Bristol is fortunate to have the expertise of these individuals. Their guidance will ensure that our products and services are well targeted to our customer's needs, which is a great foundation for success."

About Bristol Technology

Bristol Technology is the leading provider of transaction tracking, monitoring and analysis software. Its TransactionVision(R) product tracks transactions across each touch point, self-discovering transaction flows and content while providing real-time monitoring to pinpoint failures and ensure service levels. Bristol is headquartered in Danbury, CT and has offices in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. For additional information about Bristol Technology and TransactionVision, visit www.bristol.com.

Copyright (C) 2004 Bristol Technology Inc. TransactionVision is a registered trademark of Bristol Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.