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Resonate Extends Support for Linux
Expanding Partnership with IBM to Deliver New Service Level Management and Traffic Management Support for Linux

IBM developerWorks LIVE!, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 7, 2002 — Resonate Inc. (NASDAQ: RSNT) today announced extended support for Linux with new service level management and traffic management support for Red Hat Linux 7.2. As Resonate builds on its strategic relationship with IBM, Resonate is supporting IBM's commitment to the open source movement and Linux as a key platform for e-business.

"IBM already understands the value of Linux and open source in setting standards and offering choice to customers, enabling its middleware and services business new growth opportunities, said Pierre Fricke, executive vice president, D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. "Indeed, IBM has been instrumental in enabling and driving the Linux market to its present success."

With this announcement, Resonate is delivering Resonate Command Module™ for Red Hat Linux. The Resonate Command Module for Red Hat Linux works in conjunction with Resonate Commander Solutions™ software to deliver a powerful solution that manages the operating system in context with information gathered on end-user performance and other infrastructure components. Resonate is able to monitor statistics from the Red Hat Linux operating system including CPU utilization and memory. If problems are detected, Resonate Commander Solutions can start and stop the operating system or redirect users to unaffected servers, ensuring the optimal end-user experience at all times.

Resonate is also announcing Red Hat Linux support for its traffic management product, Resonate Central Dispatch™ 4.0. Resonate Central Dispatch provides high availability and optimal performance for online services, ensuring a positive end-user experience. Managing all requests at the Web and application tier, Resonate Central Dispatch allows multiple Linux servers to act as a single, scalable, reliable, and easily managed Internet server system. Distributed software agents collect fine-grained detail such as CPU load and memory utilization from Linux servers to determine server health. Based on the data collected from the agents, Resonate Central Dispatch can take real-time, intelligent action, routing traffic requests to ensure maximum availability and performance.

"We share IBM's commitment to Linux and the open source community, " said Karen Barnes, vice president of Product Development at Resonate. "Resonate's solutions provide Linux enterprise customers a way to guarantee positive end-user experience when problems occur in their infrastructure. This provides tremendous value as enterprises adopt the Linux platform for their critical e-business applications."

About Resonate
Founded in 1995, Resonate is the leading provider of application performance management solutions for business-critical application environments. Hundreds of customers worldwide including AT&T, AIG, Bank of America, Charles Schwab, Chase Manhattan Corporation, Citibank, DoubleClick, Eastman Chemical, E*TRADE, FedEx, France Telecom, Nippon Steel and UBS PaineWebber among others, rely on Resonate solutions. Resonate has strategic partnerships with industry leaders including BEA Systems, IBM, and Sun Microsystems.

Resonate is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

For more information on Resonate, visit http://www.resonate.com.

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