Alertsite Adds Chicago Web Site Monitoring Location

Boca Raton, FL - (October 28, 2002) - AlertSite, a market leading Internet application performance monitoring service, today announced the expansion of its geographic monitoring locations to include Chicago. Used to provide real-time monitoring of web presences, AlertSite provides a global perspective of end-user quality of experience from eight worldwide locations, simulating what and end user would experience. The new location complements AlertSite's existing monitoring stations in Florida, Maryland, California, the United Kingdom, China, Singapore and Australia.

"The growing needs of our customers in the financial and other large industries in the Midwest prompted AlertSite's move into these significant and vital commerce areas," said Ken Gross, co-founder and CEO of AlertSite. "Chicago is a major Internet connection point (Network Access Point, or NAP) that manages Internet traffic by tying together all Internet Service Providers. Monitoring from this geographical location provides considerable feedback to a large user base of web customers. Because Chicago is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, this location provides an important point of view to our customers."

Customers can now use the Chicago location as part of the company's exclusive "MultiPOP" technology service. Before alerting users of a problem, the MultiPOP system verifies the error with up to eight diverse geographic stations. This verification reduces the number of messages a company receives for isolated Internet outages, allowing the company to focus on problems directly related to its web site.

Monthly service runs $24.95 - $250.00 based on monitoring intervals and features. Additional services and features available. A free trial period is offered to new subscribers. For more information visit www.alertsite.com, call 1-877-30-ALERT (1-877-302-5378) or email sales@alertsite.com.

About AlertSite

Based in Boca Raton, Florida, AlertSite is an industry-leading provider of Internet performance measurement and management services. Designed to help customers ensure that their web presence is always available and delivering a high "quality of experience," AlertSite's monitoring plans are tailored to meet the needs of all companies large and small. AlertSite monitors websites, eCommerce applications, mail servers, DNS servers and other devices connected to the Internet, and performs a staggering 10 million site checks/tests each month for some of the world's largest manufacturers, government agencies and ASPs. Customers include Honda UK, Gibson Guitar, Blue Martini, Cracker Barrel and Purina Mills.

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