Segue Software Awarded `Technology Partner of the Year' by Borland Software

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2004--Segue Software, Inc. (NASDAQ-SCM: SEGU), the leader in software quality optimization, today announced that the company has been named "2004 Technology Partner of the Year" by Borland Software Corporation, a world leader in platform independent software development and deployment solutions. Segue received the award at the 2004 Borland(R) Conference opening keynote session.

The Borland Technology Partner of the Year award recognizes a partner who provides products that integrate with and add value to Borland development platforms and products. Segue and Borland have had a long-standing relationship, working together to provide customers with maximum performance in their application development efforts.

“Segue is honored to be named as Borland's 'Technology Partner of the Year,'”

Most recently, the companies have jointly marketed a comprehensive J2EE(TM) solution and methodology for optimizing the performance of enterprise Java(TM) applications. The offering is comprised of Segue's SilkPerformer(R), an enterprise load and performance testing solution, and Borland(R) Optimizeit(TM) ServerTrace, an in-depth J2EE root-cause analysis solution, the performance management component of the Borland(R) Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) technology set. With the combination of these two products, customers obtain an end-to-end solution for optimizing the performance of mission-critical J2EE applications by proactively identifying and eliminating application bottlenecks.

"Segue is honored to be named as Borland's 'Technology Partner of the Year,'" said Andre Pino, chief marketing officer, Segue Software. "We have a long history of working with Borland and integrating with their tools. We will continue to work closely with Borland to ensure value in helping our mutual customers to optimize software application quality."

About Segue Software

Segue Software, Inc. (NASDAQ-SCM: SEGU) is a global expert in delivering solutions to define, measure, manage and maintain software quality throughout the entire software application lifecycle. Segue's Quality Optimization solutions help companies reduce business risk, ensure the deployment of high quality software and increase return on investment. Leading businesses around the world, including many of the Fortune 500, rely on Segue's innovative Silk family of products to protect their business service levels, competitive edge and brand reputation. Headquartered in Lexington, Mass., with offices across North America and Europe, Segue can be reached at [phone] or www.segue.com.