Some tips on HP World/ERP World

The Press Center is room 228 at Moscone Convention Center (south hall, as I understand it). Press conference room is 200 and we have a room for interviews, room 230.

You can pick up your badge from Sunday onward (though I suspect Monday makes more sense) at the general registration area for the show (speaker/press desk). If you run into a problem look for me. I will be setting up the press room on Sunday and looking for you to make sure you get what you need.

On Monday afternoon about 4 I'd like you to wander by the press center to say hi. And to meet and chat with the PR folks who work with the exhibitors. They need to hear from you so they can do their jobs better and you need to hear from them because they are still the key sources of corporate information.

Press Conferences (Room 200)

HICOMP at 9:30 am, Michele Demos ,281-288-7438

Magellan Software at 10:15, Evelyn Sibley, 949-784-8000 x325

Camintonn Corporation at 11:00, Sinan Kanatsiz, 714.974.8760

Exhibitor & Speaker Highlights

AFP Technology (Booth #1728)

AFP's FormScape® new version 2.2 continues to simplify the manipulation, migration and distribution of print data from any host platform for viewing, printing, faxing, distributing and archiving anywhere in the enterprise network or externally. Documents created with FormScape can be customized, are visually superior and can incorporate advanced features.

Attachmate Corporation Booth Number: 309

New Product to be announced at show: new version of Attachmate KEA! 700/98 v5.1 and Attachmate KEA! X v4.1

Attachmate software and services enable people to securely access enterprise information located on hosts (mainframe, AS/400, UNIX, and DEC VAX systems). Users can use Web-based clients (Java, ActiveX, or HTML) deployed from a server, traditional desktop clients, or custom-built, server-based applications, and all of these can be centrally managed.

Benchmarking Partners

The CEO team's partner focused on reinventing business for the net economy.As the leading research-based consulting firm, we are dedicated to optimizing value from demand/supply chain and e-business initiatives. By applying best business practices and best-in-class information technology within the enterprise and across e-commerce trading partners, we help clients to accelerate strategic and tangible Return on Internet.

BindView_Development Booth # 1732 Stock Symbol____BVEW

BindView Development Corporation develops and markets a suite of systems and security management software that has been recognized with some of the industry's most prestigious awards. The Company's primary product line, BindView EMS (Enterprise Management System), assists systems managers and security auditors in maintaining the integrity and security ofmulti-platform client/server networks.

Camintonn Corporation, today announced the immediate availability of memory upgrades for Hewlett Packard's B1000, C3000 and J5000 Visualize UNIX Workstations. The new line of memory provides capacities ranging from 256MB up to a maximum of 4GB. The Visualize modules were designed to meet HP's 64-bit, dual PA-8500 processors, running at speeds up to 440MHz.

Client Systems booth 1100

Client Systems has reached agreement with HP to be the exclusive HP 3000 distributor partner for all of North America. HP undertook a rigorous partner selection process and chose Client Systems due to its singular focus and comprehensive knowledge of the HP 3000, which results in significant customer value. "Client Systems is pleased at this vote of confidence in our 100% focus on the HP 3000 product," noted CEO Pat Maley. "We will continue to be the link between HP and HP 3000 users served by resellers. And through creative marketing and operational initiatives, this arrangement will help lower costs for HP and its customers, while together we will provide optimal products and services to the HP 3000 community."

Client Systems, LLC, the leading distributor of client/server solutions based on the HP 3000, announced today the launch of 3kworld.com. 3kworld.com is a virtual community established to collect and deliver, information, products and services tailored specifically to the needs and interests of HP 3000 Server users and suppliers for the Hewlett Packard 3000 platform. Find out more at booth 1100 at HP World.

Client Systems, LLC, the only North American HP 3000 distributor, announces at HP World that Hewlett-Packard has authorized Phoenix 3000 to provide previously owned systems for HP and its customers. Phoenix 3000 is an organization dedicated to serving the rapidly expanding used HP 3000 market by offering high-quality, previously owned HP 3000 and MPE products. Phoenix products are available direct from HP or from HP Authorized Resellers. Keying in on quick turnaround, expert service and support, and the availability of fully authorized and licensed systems, Phoenix 3000 will provide competitively priced previously owned HP 3000 equipment to the marketplace. Find out more at booth 1100 at HP World.

André Dahan, president, Dun & Bradstreet U.S., welcomes all delegates to ERP World '99 on Tuesday, August 17, 2:00-3:00 PM with his presentation, "Successfully Integrate Business Information in an Internet Economy." Mr. Dahan will discuss how companies can incorporate accurate business information into their supply/demand chains, making business relationships with customers and vendors more profitable. CONTACT: Norman Iannarelli, Miller/Shandwick Technologies, (212) 591-9796, niannarelli@Shandwick.com

Datametrics Systems Corporation provides software and services that help IT Managers maximize the performance of E-Business solutions. Our flagship product, ViewPoint*, proactively analyzes, correlates, and reports the performance of system, database, storage, Internet, and e-mail servers simultaneously from one console. It is more than an alerting tool - ViewPoint also provides trend analysis, simulation modeling, and "What if" analysis of business workloads - anticipating problems before they occur. Datametrics has been delivering performance solutions to customers in over 25 countries since 1980 and is publicly traded under its parent company, Zitel Corporation (Nasdaq:ZITL).

DecisionPoint Applications Booth Number: 1743

New Products that have been introduced: DecisionPoint for Human Resources and DecisionPoint for Distribution DecisionPoint Applications is the market leader in packaged data warehousing applications. The DecisionPoint family of packaged data warehouse environments improve the quality, speed and effectiveness of decision-making processes. DecisionPoint provides customers with pre-integrated, end-to-end data warehousing infrastructure and applications, installed in eight weeks at a fixed cost and with guaranteed returned business value.

Forsythe Solutions, #923

Forsythe Solutions Group, Inc., announces an agreement under which Forsythe will become Hewlett-Packard's largest "Exclusive Enterprise Reseller." Forsythe will establish a new subsidiary, Forsythe Solutions, Inc., to focus on the design, implementation, management and financing of the infrastructure for technology solutions in HP environments. As a result, customers will realize the benefits of Forsythe’s preferred status as HP’s largest national partner.

IDS Scheer, Inc., the leading provider of knowledge and tools for business process improvement, recently announced that its President, Dr. Mathias Kirchmer, will hold a featured presentation at the ERP World ’99 Conference and Exhibition, August 16-19, in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Kirchmer’s presentation will focus on improving business processes based on ERP and post-ERP applications, such as SCM and CRM application. A special focus will be on inter-enterprise processes enabled through the Internet.

Logical (Booth # 901), a network integration and services group with an innovative approach to providing Internet-based solutions for major national and international businesses, will be making two announcements at HPWorld ‘99 in San Francisco. On Monday, August 16, the company will unveil the Logical e-Alliance, a program designed to help businesses of all sizes to succeed in the competitive arena of e-services. The program is intended to foster flexible strategic relationships among Logical’s growing list of best-in-class partners. On Tuesday, August 17, Logical will formally announce the formation of an alliance with Grant Thornton, one that is designed to provide customers with top-quality, complete enterprise applications software solutions based on the Oracle Applications. The Logical and Grant Thornton partnership will seamlessly create the best Information Technology (IT) solutions for mid-sized, growth-oriented manufacturers and distributors. Logical, formerly Bloomfield Computing Solutions, is recognized as one of the most experienced providers of networking infrastructure and enterprise computing environments based on Hewlett-Packard technology.

Lund Performance Solutions is a leader in providing performance solutions for HP-UX, MPE/iX, Solaris and Windows NT systems.For performance analysis, Lund provides software tools for real-time and historical troubleshooting, long-term trend analysis, and capacity planning. For performance management, Lund provides tools for disk optimization, dynamic file replication, and transaction rollback. Lund tools are known for providing a deeper level of performance information than tools being offered by others for similar purposes. Performance consulting is also available.

Lund Performance Solutions was founded in 1987 by Robert Lund, author of: Taming UNIX and Taming the HP3000 Volumes I and II. Clients of Lund Performance Solutions include Boeing, 3Com, Lucent Technologies, 3M, A.C. Nielson.

McDATA Corporation, the Enterprise Fibre Channel Company, is the first and only company to supply the ability to attach both legacy hosts and storage devices to a switched Fibre Channel fabric environment through existing SCSI adapters. McDATA's new product makes it possible for IT organizations to integrate legacy HP systems into the new, dynamic storage area networks.

McDATA will be showcasing this enterprise-class solution for SCSI-to-Fibre Channel connections at HP World, San Francisco Moscone Convention Center, August 17-19, 1999, booth 1701. Contact Linda Hardman at 303.460.4442

or by e-mail at lhardman@mcdata.com to schedule an appointment to discuss this late breaking news

Since 1993, Magellan Software, a Premier member of the HP Partnership Solution Provider Program has been the leader in providing solutions for Enterprise Report Management (ERM), Document Imaging and integrated Workflow. Magellan’s client/server based solution set, known as SpyVision, runs on HP-UX, Windows NT, and AS/400 host server platforms. Supported client interfaces include Windows 98/95/3.x and NT as well as HTML/CGI for intra/internet web access and e-commerce portal applications. The solution allows enterprises to capture multiple types of content (Electronic Reports, Scanned Images, and PC files) into a common indexed repository for later retrieval, viewing and distribution for decision support purposes. Magellan’s headquarters are in Irvine, California with sales/support offices throughout the United States, as well as international offices in The Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Singapore, Australia, and India. The installed base for Magellan’s products currently exceeds 1500 customers representing over 250,000 users worldwide, and features such household names as Hewlett-Packard, Visa, Harley-Davidson, Sony Music, Rockwell, Coca-Cola, and General-Electric. For more information, please visit Magellan’s web site at www.magsoft.com.

Netsysco Booth#1142

Netsysco Infrastructure Services has launched a pioneering training program called Building HP-UX System Administrators. It is an intensive course in a hands-on, real-world HP-UX environment where students acquire the experience needed to function successfully in the job of System Administrator. To compliment this new service, Netsysco is giving away provocative management advice in the book "A Message to Garcia", as well as our signature gift from KY.

Pericom Software, Inc. Booth Number: 545

New Product to be announced at show: teemtalk for Windows CE, teemX for Linux, Pericom develops advanced terminal emulation and legacy rejuvenation software. Established in the seventies, Pericom gained their expertise as manufacturers of intelligent text and graphic terminals designed to emulate those produced by a variety of mainframe developers. Pericom is announcing two new products: teemtalk for Windows(r) CE and teemX for Linux.

QAD, Booth #1441 Nasdaq: QADI

New product to be announced at the show: QAD/Deloitte&Touch/HP Beverage Bundle. These three industry leaders will team to offer a complete package of ERP software, hardware and services to mid-market beverage companies.New Products that have been introduced that you want to have profiled in a media alert: QAD version 9.0 enterprise software.

See a demo of QAD's new enterprise software featuring a Net UI for access to the full functionality of MFG/PRO using any Web browser. With its QAD/Connects architecture, the application now provides seamless connectivity to a variety of internal and external applications and information systems to support dynamic collaboration among all users.

Leveraging the Internet is about opening up your internal business systems to make available the wealth of information there and create value for the customer. In this session, you will hear how QAD, a leading developer of Internet-based enterprise and supply chain applications, is helping companies become e-businesses. With QAD’s new enterprise software, manufacturers and distributors are leveraging the power of the Internet and Web-enabling their internal business systems. Core QAD applications feature a browser-based user interface called Net UI and a flexible QAD/Connects architecture which offers seamless connectivity to a variety of internal and external applications and information systems to support dynamic collaboration among all users. CRM, business intelligence, and extended supply chain applications allow your information systems to reach from the back office to the front office and out to the supply chain. And QAD e-business applications utilize your existing IT infrastructure to make it

easier for customers to do business with you.

HP, QAD AND DELOITTE & TOUCHE TEAM TO OFFER BEVERAGE-SPECIFIC ENTERPRISE SOLUTION

Who: Dan Glessner - HP Business Unit Manager, N.America Marketing; QAD Product Marketing Managers Johan Arts and Gary Wasserman; David Sweetman, QAD Beverage Industry SalesWhat: Interviews with HP and QAD at ERP World discussing how these industry leaders will deliver hardware, services and fully integrated

Internet-enabled ERP software with Decision Support, Pricing and Materials Management functionality

Call or email Mike Harris for appointment.

New Product to be announced at show: Redwood 5 and support for Baan

New Products that have been introduced:Redwood4 Support for Oracle Applications and SAP R/3. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA, Redwood America markets, sells and supports Redwood5, a common platform for processing and delivering information to end users in complex business environments. Redwood’s solution offers flexibility and ease-of-use, enabling corporate decision-makers to directly access and report valuable information.

World class organizations such as Abbott Labs, CS First Boston, Lockheed Martin, Nortel and Philips Electronics rely on Redwood solutions to help them leverage their applications by providing an advanced information delivery solution that is easy to use and integrate into one complete solution. Redwood America is an Oracle Business Alliance Partner (BAP) and is an active member of the Cooperative Applications Initiative (CAI) and the Oracle Systems Management Tools Initiative (SMTI). Redwood is also BAPI certified on SAP for R/3. With over 1000 production sites worldwide, Redwood has a global presence with offices in The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, in addition to the U.S.

Smith-Gardner Booth Number: #542 Stock Symbol: SGAI

New Products that have been introduced: The WebOrder(tm) system, an Internet commerce solution.

Smith-Gardner is the leading provider of enterprise-wide software solutions to the direct commerce industry. Clients include traditional direct marketers and retailers, manufacturers and Internet-only retailers. Smith-Gardner's WebOrder(tm) offers dynamic personalization, shopping carts and order taking, payment and security, order management, warehousing and shipping, customer service, real-time inventory management and accounting.

Speedware Corp. Booth Number 1509

New Product to be announced at show: Speedware Autobahn II

New Products that have been introduced: Speedware Professional Services & Visual Speedware

e-solutions.now! Speedware Autobahn II is the latest in comprehensive Web application development for your HP 3000! It offers Web solutions for e-commerce and other Web transaction services for Internet, Intranet and Extranet environments fast and simple. The security of Speedware Autobahn II coupled with the stability of the HP 3000 provides you with the ultimate in Web solutions. (Booth 1509)