Computerworld Names Freshwater Software One of '100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000'.BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 22, 1999-- Industry Leaders Recognize Freshwater for Product Innovation and Management Team Freshwater Software, a leading developer of Web administration software for eBusiness and other business-critical applications, today announced that Computerworld has selected it as one of its "100 Emerging Companies to Watch in 2000." Freshwater was one of 11 companies honored in the Web infrastructure category. "We are honored to be named to Computerworld's Emerging Companies 2000 list," said CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , president and cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found , Donna Auguste. "Recognition by the thought leaders in the high-technology community reaffirms that Web monitoring See Internet monitoring. is an essential component to any successful Web environment. System administrators at more than 1,400 companies worldwide use Freshwater's products and services to keep close tabs on their Web networks, servers and applications to reduce the risk of downtime and improve the customer experience." To qualify companies had to have growth of at least 50 percent in the past two years and have earned revenues of $1 million or more, or received financing of $5 million or more. Initial selections were based in part on product innovation and availability, customer base and strength of the management team. A panel of influential information industry leaders then chose the Top 100 companies. The ranking methodology, panelist names and vendor list are available in the Computerworld's "Emerging Companies 2000" supplement (http://www.computerworld.com/emerging_companies/charts.pdf). Web administrators of business-critical ecommerce sites use Freshwater Software's products and services to verify 24x7 that ecommerce and other transactional processes are working properly and to alert them of any technical problems before they escalate to a critical level. Freshwater's customer list includes more than 1,400 of the leading Internet-based/ecommerce companies, Fortune 500 firms, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and government agencies worldwide. Freshwater recently announced SiteReliance, an annual subscription service offering fast-growing eBusinesses a turnkey managed services solution for their internal and outsourced Web environments at the network, server and application levels. EBusinesses using SiteReliance can proactively identify and address site performance, reliability and availability issues 24x7 to avoid downtime, maximize revenue generation and enhance the user experience. About Freshwater Founded in 1996, Freshwater Software, Inc., is delivering indispensable tools that help Web administrators achieve reliable World Wide Web environments, including data centers. Freshwater Software's customers include Merrill Lynch, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). .com (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), Barnes and Noble Online Bookstore, Citibank, Infoseek (NASDAQ:SEEK), CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. (NASDAQ:CNET), Compucom (NASDAQ:CMPC CMPC Classified Matter Protection and Control CMPC Compañia Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones S.A. CMPC Cisco Multi-Path Channel CMPC Children's Media Policy Coalition CMPC Central Milk Producers Cooperative CMPC Connecticut Minority Purchasing Council ), 800.com, See's Candy, Financial Times, Zip 2 Yellow Pages, Quote.com, DIGEX (NASDAQ: DIGX) and Frontier Global Center (NASDAQ: GBLX GBLX Global Crossing Ltd. (stock symbol) ). More than 1,400 companies have chosen Freshwater's innovative Web monitoring and administration solutions to address business-critical Web management issues. Freshwater Software offers SiteScope, an easy-to-use, comprehensive software suite that offers a feature-rich array of tools to simplify and automate the management of simple to complex, ecommerce-based Web sites. Freshwater also offers Global SiteSeer(tm), a Web monitoring service that enables companies and ISPs to access real-time Web site performance and availability information to identify local and global user access problems, and SiteReliance, an annual subscription service that offers fast-growing eBusinesses a turnkey managed services solution for their internal and outsourced Web environments. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Freshwater Software is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with venture capital support from Mayfield Fund and Mohr, Davidow Ventures. Company and product information can be obtained via the company's Web site http://www.freshwater.com. Freshwater Software, SiteScope and SiteSeer are trademarks of Freshwater Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their owners. |
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