Leading Technology Companies to Exhibit at Information Technology Showcase 2003
Forum offers chance for IT buyers in New York area to explore new technologies and services

New York, NY - Oct. 3, 2003 - The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announced a partial line-up of companies that will exhibit services and products at Information Technology Showcase 2003, a trade show produced by SIIA, the New York New Media Association (a division of SIIA) and CeBIT America.

The event will be held Oct. 30, 2003 in New York City, one of the largest IT buying markets and business media centers in the world. Information Technology Showcase 2003 is expected to draw hundreds of companies and thousands of IT buyers from the financial services, consumer products, media, life-sciences and other industries based in the New York area. Information Technology Showcase 2003's full day of events aims to generate deals, highlight new technologies, facilitate face-to-face meetings and explore pressing industry issues.

"36% of CIOs across all industries say they will spend more to acquire technology," says Ken Wasch, president of SIIA. "This fact, from a recent CIO Tech Poll� survey, underscores that the widely expected surge in IT sales is unfolding right now. All companies need to make sure they're ready to catch the coming wave of spending. I can't think of a better opportunity than Information Technology Showcase 2003. It will give exhibitors a great platform through which they can display their latest and greatest to some of the largest IT buyers in the world."

More than 100 companies - large companies to small vendors to start-ups - will exhibit their latest products and solutions to hundreds of potential customers, partners and investors. In addition, blue-chip companies like IBM, Motorola and Xerox will sponsor exhibits from key partners.

Featured products and services will span the full spectrum of the IT chain: hardware, software, services and solutions for enterprise buyers.

Among the exhibitors: Epson America; 1-888-Datacom.com; Accountnet, Inc.; Avocent; Barbados IDC; Business Layers; Communications Horizon; Digital NYC/DSBS; Exceed International, Inc.; Exent Technologies, Inc.; FaxCore, Inc.; Idea Integration; International Institute for Learning; Inxight Software; ITA Networks, Inc.; Kaseya; Logicworks; Manchester Equipment; Metrobility Optical Systems; NetMon2; NetPredict, Inc.; NetQoS; New York Hungarian Trade Commission; NYCITC; Ontra Presentations; Ranch Networks; Real Networks, Revelation Software; Rubenstein Technology Group; Solartech; WizSoft, Inc.

Also, leading anti-piracy firms Attest Systems, Eracent and others will participate in an Asset Management Pavilion, where attendees will see the latest solutions in maintaining and controlling digital assets in the enterprise market.

Senior IT executives and buyers from dozens of companies are planning to attend, including representatives from Ambac, Associated Press, CBS, CCBN, CNBC Dow Jones Video, Ericsson, Guardian Life Insurance, Hitachi, IBM, Invesco, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Lazard Technology Group, MasterCard International, McGraw-Hill, Mellon Financial and more.

Information Technology Showcase 2003 sponsors include Hale and Dorr; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Kindred Partners; Morgan, Lewis and Bockius; Sills Cummis Radin Tischman Epstein & Gross; Grant Thornton, Sherwood Partners, Salans; Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz; JEGI Capital; Makovsky & Company; RRE Ventures; and Reed Smith.

More information and a full program can be found at: http://www.nynma.org/technologyshowcase

Online registration is available at: http://www.nynma.org/informationtechnologyshowcase2003/register.asp

About SIIA and NYNMA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 600 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit http://www.siia.net.

NYNMA, a New York State non-profit association and division of SIIA, brings together enterprises, emerging technology companies and funders to grow the technology economy.

About Hannover Fairs USA and CeBIT
CeBIT is the world's largest and most influential information and communications technology trade fair. The flagship event, CeBIT Hannover, runs for seven days each spring and takes place at the Hannover Fairgrounds in Hannover, Germany. CeBIT 2003 used 3.82 million square feet of net display space and hosted 6,526 exhibiting companies, 562,000 visitors and 10,711 journalists. CeBIT America joins an annual roster of international CeBIT events that includes -- in addition to the original CeBIT in Hannover -- CeBIT Asia (Shanghai, China), CeBIT Australia (Sydney), and CeBIT Bilisim Eurasia (Istanbul, Turkey). Visit http://www.cebit.de and http://www.cebitevents.com for more information.

Hannover Fairs USA, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Hannover, Germany-based Deutsche Messe AG, the world's largest and most active trade fair organizer and facility. Established in 1985 in Princeton, New Jersey, Hannover Fairs USA organizes tradeshows, conferences, group exhibits and marketing programs throughout the world. Visit http://www.hfusa.com for more information. Deutsche Messe AG (the Hannover Trade Fair Authority), owner and operator of Hannover Fairgrounds, is the world's largest and most active trade fair organizer. Based in Hannover, Germany, the company employs a staff of 828 and, with its 12 subsidiaries and network of more than 60 foreign representatives, annually produces approximately 50 regional, national and international trade events that showcase between 25,000 and 30,000 exhibiting companies each year. Visit http://www.messe.de for more information.