Bowstreet Business Web Factory earns prestigious SunTone(SM) certified status

[Ann Kelly <akelly@bowstreet.com>]

Bowstreet Business Web Factory earns prestigious SunTone(SM) certified
status

Business Web Factory meets SunTone(SM) program's availability, reliability
and performance standards


LYNNFIELD, MA, July 26, 2001 - Bowstreet (www.bowstreet.com) today announced
that the Bowstreet Business Web Factory V3.2 platform received certification
from the SunTone(SM) Certification and Branding Program. The Business Web
Factory enables enterprises to extend the value of their e-business
middleware, applications servers, enterprise platforms and data through
dynamic web services automation and assembly. The Business Web Factory is
also the foundation of Bowstreet's Business Web Portal Solutions and an
entire stable of emerging, packaged web services applications for e-business
initiatives such as enterprise information sharing, eCRM, syndicated
storefronts, corporate intranets, partner extranets and supply chain
collaboration. Bowstreet's solutions eliminate the time and cost of
developing and managing monolithic, hard-coded e-business applications
requiring multiple development platforms.

Led by Sun Microsystems, Inc., the SunTone Certification and Branding
Program provides a quality "seal of approval," confirming that Bowstreet's
Business Web Factory meets the availability, reliability and performance
standards necessary for quality deployment of applications over the
Internet. 

"Receiving SunTone certification underscores our commitment to provide the
highest quality solutions and services to our customers," said Kristen
Brown, vice president, business development at Bowstreet. "We have invested
heavily in the scalability, security and stability of our Business Web
Factory platform, and we are proud to be a member of the elite community of
companies with SunTone Certified solutions."

"We are delighted to congratulate Bowstreet on achieving this certification.
By using applications or platforms which have received SunTone
certification, customers can be confident that the solution has been
evaluated and judged to be reliable and of high quality," commented Peter
Young, vice president of market development and SunTone Certification for
applications at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Knowing that Bowstreet has received
SunTone certification will boost customer confidence - it verifies that the
Bowstreet Business Web Factory is built and managed to leading-edge,
industry-based best practices and guidelines."

About the SunTone(SM) Certification and Branding Program
Launched in May 1999, the SunTone Certification and Branding Program is a
collaborative effort with industry-wide support, led by Sun Microsystems,
Inc., to promote 7-by-24 service and reliability as a norm for consumer and
business Internet-based services. Under the SunTone Certification and
Branding Program, service providers, independent software vendors and
integrators have endured a rigorous specification process which examines the
infrastructure, operational practices, hardware, software, and overall
service delivery to help ensure that the services or products they provide
meet the program's high standards. Certification under the SunTone program
is designed to give customers the confidence that every aspect of the
operations and infrastructure has been evaluated and judged to be reliable
and of high quality. The SunTone Certification and Branding Program
currently has more than 1500 applicants for certification, including service
providers, independent software vendors and integrators, and over 100
SunTone Certified solutions available to meet a variety of business needs.
Visit www.sun.com/suntone for more information. 

About Bowstreet
Bowstreet, a recognized leader in web services, enables businesses to
transform themselves from hard-wired enterprises into agile, spontaneous
"business webs."  The Bowstreet Business Web Factory and Business Web Portal
Solutions comprise a new, dynamic assembly layer on top of middleware,
enabling enterprise components and web services to be assembled on-the-fly
by non-technical business people into mass-customized composite web
services. Bowstreet's Business Web Portals leverage the Business Web Factory
to converge separate portal initiatives (including enterprise information
sharing, eCRM, syndicated storefronts, corporate intranets, partner
extranets and supply chain collaboration), into a single, reusable platform,
enabling new revenue streams and reducing portal costs by as much as 80
percent. More information may be found at www.bowstreet.com or by calling
781-586-7100.

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Contact:	

Ann Kelly						
Bowstreet					
603-559-1557

akelly@bowstreet.com			

Tim Munroe 					 
Beaupre & Co. Public Relations Inc. 		
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