RSW Software Named Web Application Testing Market Mover by Newport Group, Inc.

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2000--

Outpacing Web Application Testing Industry Market Growth by Factor of

Two, Web Testing Technology Leader Secures Number One Position for

Rate of Revenue Growth

RSW Software Inc., the e-business application testing technology leader and a business unit of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER), today announced that Newport Groups' 1999 annual Load Test Market Summary and Analysis named RSW Software the market mover in the Web application testing space. The study reveals that RSW Software outpaced industry market growth for Web testing solutions, growing 381% versus the industry average of 190%--giving the company the distinction of leading market mover in 1999. As a result of delivering innovative Web testing technology products and services, RSW Software has achieved the number one position for rate of revenue growth for 1999 in the Web application testing market.

The Newport Group study discloses that RSW Software's testing tools captured additional market share in 1999, moving the company into an elevated position in the Web application testing space. With a rapidly growing base of 700+ customers, including high profile enterprises such as American Airlines, British Telecom, Sprint PCS and MCI Worldcom, as well as a host of leading dot coms, RSW maintains a reputation for providing superior products and services. As a result, the Newport Group study determines that RSW Software is positioned to make significant market strides in 2000, continuing to gain market share over less rapidly growing competitors.

"With RSW Software's strong commitment to customer service and product innovation, 1999 proved to be a record setting year for the company in terms of revenue growth," said Billie Shea, analyst with Newport Group, Inc. "RSW Software more than delivered on their market projections for 1999, securely positioning themselves to be a significant contributor to the overall market for load testing solutions."

RSW Software has been a trailblazer in the Web testing space from day one, hitting the market with innovative technologies, anticipating market trends and answering customer demand. First to offer a full solution for automatically testing Web-based applications with its flagship product e-TEST(TM) suite, RSW is known for delivering user-friendly tools that are both quick to implement and easily adaptable to varied in-house testing resources. Within a relatively short time frame, RSW Software has substantially impacted the market for automated testing tools targeting Web environments, and is optimized for multiple application servers such as Allaire's ColdFusion, ATG's Dynamo, BEA's WebLogic, IBM's WebSphere and Microsoft's Active Server Pages (ASP).

Recently, RSW announced their newest product, the e-TEST(TM) suite for WAP, which includes added functionality to test wireless applications. Additionally in 2000, RSW Software became the first to offer the market a specialized tool for testing the scalability and integrity of middle-tier applications built with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs). The product, EJB-test(TM), is optimized for leading application servers from BEA (WebLogic) and IBM (WebSphere) and generates multi-threaded Java test clients to measure performance, scalability and functionality of EJB component-based applications.

About RSW Software

RSW Software Inc., a unit of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER), provides organizations the fastest and most accurate e-business application testing solutions, allowing companies to optimize their e-business application performance. RSW Software's development-to-deployment approach to managing e-business application quality enables companies to maximize the reliability of their sites and their return on e-business investments. Comprised of hundreds of companies in financial services, communications, retail, and e-commerce, RSW's customer base includes companies such as American Airlines, British Telecom, People's Bank, Countrywide Home Loans, MCI Worldcom, Sprint PCS and a host of leading dot-com entities.

About Teradyne

Teradyne is the world's leading automated testing company whose products and services address the test requirements of a broad range of semiconductors, electronic assemblies, communications systems and software applications. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Teradyne had 1999 sales of $1.8 billion. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TER.

e-TEST and EJB-test are both trademarks of RSW Software Inc. in the Unites States and other countries. Java and JavaBeans are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other names are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

“With RSW Software's strong commitment to customer service and product innovation, 1999 proved to be a record setting year for the company in terms of revenue growth”