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StreamBase Systems Introduces Stream Processing Engine For Windows

New Version Introduced at Prestigious PC Forum Event

BOSTON, MA – March 21, 2005 — StreamBase Systems, Inc., the pioneer of enterprise-class stream processing software designed to transform real-time complex events into instantaneous competitive advantage,today announced that the StreamBase® Stream Processing Engine is available on the Microsoft Windows® platform. The Windows version is being introduced at PC Forum, where StreamBase chief architect Stan Zdonik will be speaking.

StreamBase was created to address the realities of rapidly processing real-time streaming data. In financial services — one of the early markets for StreamBase — for many firms Windows is, and will continue to be, a widely used operating system. This new version has been introduced to provide customers with Windows environments the same sort of high volume stream processing and analytics capabilities previously available only on Unix and Linux platforms. The new release of StreamBase runs on Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server, in addition to previous support for Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux.

"StreamBase is committed to helping organizations process real-time information at blindingly fast speeds and to quickly build, deploy, and modify their real-time applications regardless of their enterprise operating environment," said Barry Morris, the chief executive officer at StreamBase. "Given the rapid growth of Windows deployments in enterprise environments, especially in financial services front office trading systems, introducing this new version is an important step for StreamBase."

"Many people underestimate the continued importance of Windows as an enterprise operating system — especially in specific industries," said Robin Bloor, a Partner in Hurwitz & Associates. "StreamBase's decision to port its technology to Windows is a logical and intelligent move that many of its customers will appreciate. It will broaden StreamBase's potential market."

1. Right Now Processing

The first true real-time processing architecture allowing instantaneous response, this new infrastructure platform features a high performance, highly configurable enterprise-class server able to solve the most demanding real-time processing and analytical problems:

• StreamBase achieves processing speeds in excess of 140,000 messages/second by processing data on-the-fly without the store-and-query overhead imposed by traditional systems
• StreamBase applications run in a single operating system process which provides high throughput and minimal latency, and eliminates the need for process switching between multiple systems such as application servers, messaging systems, and storage
• StreamBase's flexible integrated storage lets applications maintain state using in-memory hash tables, local disk, or remote databases via ODBC if needed
2. StreamSQL

   An extension to standard SQL, StreamSQL addresses the reality of real-time data through three new capabilities:

• User-defined windows — because live data has no beginning or end, StreamSQL provides the ability to create and query windows of data based on time, the number of messages or any other break-point
• Stream Disorder — because streaming data is live, information can occur out of sequence; StreamSQL provides the ability to handle disordered data
• Stream-Specific Operators — StreamSQL is also able to address stream-specific operations and to be modified to meet future user requirements
3. StreamBase Studio™

   The StreamBase integrated development environment (IDE) is a graphical environment that allows production-quality enterprise-class applications to be designed, tested and deployed in only hours or days. Key features include:

• A broad palette of drag-and-drop StreamSQL operators
• An accessible workflow model for joining operators
• A complete set of feed simulators, debugging tools and performance monitoring tools
4. Enterprise-Class Functionality

   StreamBase provides the availability, reliability, scalability and integration demanded by enterprise applications:

• High availability and reliability are provided by a Tandem-style process pair architecture, which ensures that critical processes are always protected
• Scalability is provided by StreamBase's architecture for distributed operation, which allows application components to be assigned to a machine with just a few simple mouse-clicks
• Integration to other systems is available through interfaces to TIBCO® Rendezvous™ and common data feeds, published Java and C++ APIs, and ODBC.

Price and Availability

The StreamBase Stream Processing Engine for Windows is available now directly from StreamBase. StreamBase is provided using an annual subscription model — typically for a three-year period. The product is licensed on a per-processor basis with typical deployments starting at $60,000-to-$70,000-per-year.

About StreamBase

StreamBase Systems was founded in 2003 to address the processing demands of low latency, real-time computing. The first in a new breed of systems software, the StreamBase stream processing engine helps organizations in financial services, telecom and networking, government and military and other industries transform streaming data into competitive advantage through applications that deliver instantaneous response. Current customers include leading exchanges, hedge funds and investment firms, where applications require rapid execution of queries, analytics and actions using real-time streaming data. StreamBase is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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