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ProactiveNet 5.0 Achieves OPSEC Certification From Check Point Software

ProactiveNet Integrates Measurement and Analysis Technologies With Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 Security Solution, Delivering Comprehensive, Correlated Views of Application Performance

SANTA CLARA, CA, March 19, 2003 – ProactiveNet, Inc., the technology leader in application performance measurement and analysis, today announced that ProactiveNet 5.0 has achieved OPSEC™ (Open Platform for Security) certification from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet. Through OPSEC certification, ProactiveNet's comprehensive monitoring capabilities seamlessly integrates with Check Point's market-leading VPN-1®/FireWall-1® Next Generation™ software, providing a complete end-to-end view of application performance across the entire application infrastructure.

"Effective monitoring and analysis of security events is a critical component of a comprehensive security solution," said Upesh Patel, group manager, OPSEC Alliance, Check Point Software Technologies. "OPSEC certification of ProactiveNet's Intelliscope for Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 provides customers the ability to monitor security events and generate comprehensive real-time performance monitoring and alerting reports."

ProactiveNet is unique in its ability to provide a holistic, service-level perspective across all components of an application infrastructure. With this insight, ProactiveNet empowers operations groups to deliver measurable improvements in operational efficiency, while significantly reducing the time spent to locate the source of performance problems.

Bill Martinson, vice president of business development at ProactiveNet said, "Check Point is the leader in firewall and VPN technology. With the growing sophistication of customers' application infrastructures, especially those that are web-based, it is critical that every element be effectively monitored in real-time. Integrating with Check Point VPN-1/FireWall-1 is a real win for our customers, and OPSEC certification validates that confidence."

In compliance with OPSEC, ProactiveNet monitors three aspects of a system's performance, including availability, system and disk usage parameters. This three-pronged approach makes it possible to isolate performance problems for applications.

Pricing and Availability
ProactiveNet 5.0 is now available. Pricing typically starts at $25,000, and scales based on the type and number of entities monitored.

About Check Point's OPSEC™
OPSEC (Open Platform for Security) is the industry's open, multi-vendor security framework. With over 350 partners, OPSEC guarantees customers the broadest choice of best-of-breed integrated applications and deployment platforms that support Check Point's Secure Virtual Network Architecture. Products that carry the OPSEC Certified seal have been tested to guarantee integration and interoperability. For complete OPSEC Alliance program information, including partner and product listings, the freely available OPSEC SDK (software development kit) and evaluation versions of OPSEC Certified products, visit http://www.opsec.com.

About ProactiveNet
ProactiveNet, Inc. is the technology leader in real time, end-to-end, performance measurement and analysis solutions for online applications and their associated infrastructures. ProactiveNet can monitor, identify, diagnose and resolve performance problems for web and client server applications in a minimally invasive, holistic approach using its patented Intelligent Threshold and SmartFilters root cause analysis technologies. Customers typically report positive ROI in less than three months, enabling operations groups to reduce the time spent locating the source of performance problems, improve operations productivity and responsiveness, make proactive capacity planning decisions and assess the impact of operations on the bottom line.

Customers include leading enterprises such as eBay, eTrade, Ford, Hoover's Online, McKesson and Wal-Mart. ProactiveNet has established strategic partnerships with BEA Systems, BMC, Computer Associates, IBM, Keynote Systems, Rational Software and Sun Microsystems. The company's technology is a winner of The CrossRoads A-list Technology Award, won Network Computing Magazine's Well-Connected Product of the Year Award and is protected by registered U.S. Patents for monitoring an application infrastructure environment. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with international offices located in India. Additional information is available at www.proactivenet.com or by phone in the U.S. at (408) 935-6800.

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