Dirig Software Debuts First Complete Ebusiness Infrastructure Management Solution.

Business/Technology Editors

NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2001

Fenway makes premiere public demonstration amidst praise from beta

customers, industry analysts and corporate partners

Dirig Software, a developer of leading application and system management solutions, today announced the successful launch of its latest management product for application server component management, officially named Fenway. Introduced to the market in January, Fenway is the industry's first product capable of proactively managing a complete eBusiness infrastructure, from front-end Web server, through the application server and its components, to the back-end database, on both Java and Microsoft platforms.

To celebrate the first public demonstration of Fenway and the successful launch of the new product, Dirig sponsored an industry event last Thursday at Boston's Marriott Long Wharf hotel, showcasing presentations from industry analysts Bruce Richardson, AMR Research and Corey Ferengul, Meta Group, Fenway beta customers and Dirig executives. The exclusive list of attendees included representatives from the press and analyst communities, financial investors, strategic partners and valued customers.

Fenway is the industry's first solution capable of managing a complete e-business infrastructure from front-end Web server through the application server and its components to the backend database. Fenway is also the only solution of its kind to support both Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft based application server platforms. Enterprise organizations and service providers are able to proactively manage their online business to protect against loss of revenue and increase customer retention.

"Since our original announcement earlier this year, the response to Fenway has been tremendous," stated Robert Hoyt, president and chief executive officer of Dirig Software at the Fenway launch event last Thursday in Boston, MA. "Industry analysts continue to underscore our position as a first mover with this technology, and our prospects for partners and customers looking to both protect and generate revenue from their eBusiness solutions is larger that ever before."

Fenway Beta Customers

ManageIT, a Houston-based IT Management services company offering Management Service Provider (MSP) services, was represented by its President and CEO Jeffrey A. Gibson. Fenway was deployed in the ManageIT Operations Center (MITOC) to offer capabilities in managing multiple applications on both Windows NT and Linux operating systems, integrated into HP OpenView. "Fenway provides the range of functionality and ease of integration we needed in delivering services to ensure eBusiness performance levels," said Gibson. "We now have an addition to our suite of service offerings for those customers in need of premium management solutions for transaction-based eBusiness infrastructures."

Ajunto is a leading provider of B2B collaborative commerce solutions for increasing the efficiency of information technology buying and selling for the Global 2000. Through its patent-pending IT Automation Software platform and Intelligent Sourcing Service, Ajunto enables organizations to create buy-side and sell-side business webs to drive top-line revenue growth, reduce IT sourcing costs and increase the overall efficiency of how they do business with customers, prospects, suppliers and partners. Doug Young, Ajunto's general manager of Technical Operations, also deployed Fenway for monitoring and managing a version of the company's custom e-commerce platform based on Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) as well a Microsoft IIS front-end web server. "Ajunto is a vertical platform leader that has created an innovative online IT sourcing service. Fenway helps ensure that this service is not only available, but also meeting our defined performance standards that lead to successful transactions and a positive customer experience," added Young.

Pricing and availability

Fenway is currently available and is priced on a per-server basis. Typical solutions include a management console, Specific Application Managers and multiple Application and Component Agents with an average solution starting from $15,000-$30,000.

About Dirig

Dirig Software develops and markets applications management products for e-business. The product supports systems running on Windows NT, Linux and UNIX. The company focuses on providing products that deliver real-time feedback and actions to manage customers' applications and environments, while also making these products easy to install, configure and upgrade. These solutions include xSPress for service providers, RelyENT for enterprise and dot coms, and Proctor for OEMs. With it's latest product offering Fenway, Dirig offers the industry's first eBusiness management solution capable of managing component level objects on both Microsoft and Java-based platforms. The company's rapid growth is fostered by partnerships with major industry leading organizations including Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP), Cabletron Systems (NYSE: CS), Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) and Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS). Founded in 1997, Dirig is headquartered in Nashua, NH and has been selected as one of the top 21 privately held companies to watch in 2001 by Boston.Internet.com. For more information, visit Dirig at www.dirig.com or call 603-889-2777.

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