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Top Gartner, Inc. Analysts Featured at Seminars in Chicago, New York and Silicon Valley

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SCHAUMBURG, Ill., - June 5, 2002 - Marimba, Inc.

(Nasdaq: MRBA) and InstallShield Software Corp., today announced they will host a three-city analyst breakfast tour on Windows migration issues in Chicago, New York, and Silicon Valley. Guest speakers from industry research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc. will discuss how today's corporate enterprises can lower Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP migration and management costs by implementing desktop management solutions and best practices. For

more information and to register, call 1-800-285-2498 or go online at: www.dramaticallyless.com.

During the half-day sessions, Marimba, InstallShield, and featured analysts from Gartner will present and discuss current industry trends, operating system migrations, Windows Installer (MSI) migrations, and ongoing application management challenges.

Dates and venues for the half-day breakfast's are:

June 11 - Westin O'Hare, Rosemont, IL

-Speaker: Ronni Colville, research director at Gartner, Inc.

June 20 - Sheraton NY Hotel & Towers, New York, NY

-Speaker: Ronni Colville

June 25 - Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park, CA

-Speaker: Mike Silver, vice president and research director at Gartner, Inc.

About InstallShield Software Corp. With worldwide headquarters outside of Chicago in Schaumburg, Ill., InstallShield Software Corp. is the acknowledged leader in software-Distribution and software-deployment solutions for independent software vendors and corporate IT systems administrators. InstallShield technology powers deployment for the top 100 independent software vendors and is used by more than 200,000 corporate and commercial software developers and systems administrators worldwide. InstallShield also has European headquarters based in Bristol, England. For more information, visit www.installshield.com.

About Marimba

Marimba, Inc., the Software Change-Management Company, is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. Marimba's Desktop/Mobile Management, Server Management, and Embedded Management product families allow Global 2000 companies to better manage their IT resources, increase operational efficiency and reduce IT costs. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.marimba.com.

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EDITORIAL CONTACTS:

Kurt Mumma

(650) 930-5210

kmumma@marimba.com

John McIndoe

InstallShield Software Corp.

(847) 619-2266

johnm@installshield.com