[August 29, 2005]

Gomez Achieves Record Revenue and Double-Digit Growth Adding 30 Customers; Company Experienced Strong EMEA and North American Demand

LEXINGTON, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 29, 2005 -- Gomez(R), Inc., the leading Internet performance management intelligence company, today announced record revenue and bookings for the quarter ended June 30, 2005. Gomez experienced strong demand in the EMEA and North American markets with 26 percent of new business in the second quarter coming from the EMEA market. The company has now experienced fifteen consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

Bookings and revenue increased 41 percent and 52 percent respectively, compared to the same quarter last year. New business and contract growth generated 40 percent of quarterly bookings. Contract renewals remained strong at 94 percent.

"Gomez's focus on delivering intelligent performance management products and continued execution against our core strategy has resulted in another solid quarter of growth for the company," said Bruce Reading, COO of Gomez. "We are especially excited that this record growth came from the continued addition of leading North American companies and new and existing customer growth within EMEA. We expect our leadership, expertise, and experience helping companies maximize the performance and efficiency of their critical Internet-enabled applications to continue to drive our success."

Other Q2 highlights included:

-- Gomez joined Hewlett Packard's partnership program as a Platinum Business Partner and has successfully completed certification testing of Gomez WorldView its integration with HPs OpenView Internet Services (OVIS) 6.0. Gomez WorldView for OpenView Internet Services further reduces the cost and complexity of problem management by automating previously manual tasks and providing a single management framework that allows IT staff to efficiently identify, confirm and resolve critical application performance problems whether they originate inside or outside the firewall (visit www.gomez.com/hp to learn more).

-- Gomez introduced its Private PEER testing capabilities, allowing companies to monitor applications from end-user locations to instantly identify application performance from the clients' point of view and speed root cause analysis.

-- Gomez made significant service upgrades that enhanced the Gomez Performance Network's (GPN) ability to provide problem identification and event management capabilities including:

-- Screen Capture on Error - Enables users to quickly understand the sequence of steps that led to a failed transaction facilitating faster problem identification and service restoration

-- GPN Dashboard - Continuously analyzes and presents real-time GPN information so that business executives or NOC personnel can understand web performance, availability and quality of service across multiple strategic locations and applications

About Gomez

Gomez is a leading supplier of enterprise solutions that help companies achieve and maintain high-level performance of their mission-critical Internet applications. Using Gomez products and services can help enterprises reach performance excellence as they strive to meet or surpass their business goals. Founded in 1997, Gomez provides performance measurement, benchmarking, and competitive insight to Global 1000 companies across all industry segments, including financial services, e-commerce, information technology, and travel. Gomez is Network Computing magazine's "Editor's Choice" for best Internet performance monitoring service. For more information, please visit www.gomez.com.

Gomez, Gomez.com, Gomez Performance Network, and Gomez WorldView are trademarks and/or service marks of Gomez, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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