American Airlines Taps RSW Software to Help Expand Capacity of Web Site

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000--

RSW Software Inc., the Web testing technology leader and a business unit of Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER), today announced American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) has selected RSW Software for American Airlines' high profile travel Web site, www.aa.com. American Airlines now uses RSW's e-TEST(TM) suite and consulting services to ensure dynamic site performance for AA.com, a BroadVision (Nasdaq: BVSN) One-To-One(TM) powered site.

Ranked the number two direct supplier of online travel by Forrester Research, American Airlines expects significant growth in its online business over the next five years. marchFIRST, Inc. (Nasdaq:MRCH), American Airlines' Internet professional services provider, evaluated a number of testing solutions and recommended RSW's e-TEST suite. A seamlessly integrated, total lifecycle solution for testing business-critical Web applications, e-TEST suite ensures that AA.com delivers optimal service to each and every customer.

"RSW's e-TEST suite handles both functional and performance testing, making it easy to certify all aspects of the site, and RSW offered extensive testing services that provided us with valuable expertise," said Scott Hyden, managing director-interactive marketing for American Airlines. "RSW Software's consulting services, Web-focused product line, and strong integration with BroadVision's application suite made RSW the appropriate choice for the American Airlines Web site. The broad testing effort orchestrated by RSW Software was critical to a recent major site upgrade."

"e-TEST suite gives marchFIRST a robust testing solution that we can depend on to exercise all aspects of AA.com's end-to-end transactional environment," said Tony Schmitz, managing partner for marchFIRST, the new global Internet professional services company created by the merger of Whittman-Hart and USWeb/CKS. "It allows us to perform testing in an intelligent, integrated and iterative fashion."

About American Airlines and AA.com

The award-winning American Airlines Web site, www.aa.com, is among the top travel sites on the Internet and is recognized as one of the largest e-commerce sites (Media Metrix). American Airlines is the second largest carrier in the world. Along with its regional airline affiliate, American Eagle, it provides service to more than 50 countries and 243 cities worldwide. Last year, American flew nearly 85 million passengers, while American Eagle boarded more than 14 million passengers on a fleet of 268 airplanes. American operates more than 2,400 flights a day with a modern jet fleet of 700 aircraft. American Eagle has over 1,700 daily departures. The two carriers combined have more than 112,000 employees.

About marchFIRST

marchFIRST is a leading global Internet professional services firm that creates winners in the new digital economy by helping companies build visionary business models, brands, systems and processes. This multidisciplinary approach empowers companies to fundamentally transform their business, drive innovation and become market leaders. Headquartered in Chicago, the Company has approximately 9,000 employees in 14 countries worldwide. Its Web site is www.marchFIRST.com.

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 Web 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 is a trademark of RSW Software 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.

“It allows us to perform testing in an intelligent, integrated and iterative fashion.”