"Application Development Trends" Magazine Wins Maggie Award from WPA.

Business Editors

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000

Western Publications Association (WPA) announced the winners of its 2000 Maggie Awards on Friday, April 14, at the Westin Hotel in Los Angeles.

"Application Development Trends" ("ADT"), a 101communications LLC publication, received the first place award for best in overall design in the Computers/Software, Training & Program Development category. Jeffrey S. Klein, president and COO of 101communications, accepted the award on behalf of Publisher Charles P. Shively and Editor-in-Chief Mike Bucken. WPA is the industry organization representing magazines in the western United States.

"Mike Bucken and his entire team work hard to give readers of `ADT' a complete package of cutting edge news and information to help with the decisions they face every day in the workplace," said Shively. "Product reviews, trends and practical solutions are all offered in a high quality environment that readers know they can trust. We're very pleased to have been singled out for this award."

Shively is a group publisher of 101, overseeing "Java Report," "C++ Report" and "JOOP," in addition to "ADT."

Other finalists in the category were "Embedded Systems Programming," "Exchange & Outlook" and "Visual Basic Programmers Journal." Another 101 publication, "Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine," was also a finalist in this category.

"ADT" magazine is published monthly and provides in-depth, strategic information on the application development lifecycle to enterprise development managers and teams. The winning issue was October, 1999, which featured a look at the realities of outsourcing key development projects and how it is changing the role of IT departments.

"We are proud of the job that `ADT' magazine does month in and month out. It is a star in its field, providing accessible, easy-to-read, vital information to IT professionals," said Klein. "`ADT's' combination of terrific editorial presented in a clean, colorful, well designed package makes it doubly appealing to its readers, and, obviously helped it stand out in this competition. We are honored that the judges of the Maggie Awards selected `ADT' for this recognition."

101communications, a private company founded in 1998, is building a portfolio of specialized information services and media serving IT professionals and their information technology vendors and services providers. The 101communications' portfolio includes the following properties: IT Events, The Data Warehousing Institute, "MCP Magazine," "HP Professional," "MIDRANGE Systems," "Unisphere," "ENT," "Enterprise Linux," "Enterprise Systems Journal," "Application Development Trends," "Application Development Advisor," "JavaSPEKTRUM," "OBJECTSpektrum," "Java Report," "C++ Report," "JOOP," "Syllabus," "Recharger," the Syllabus Conference, Recharger WorldExpo, MCP TechMentor Conferences and the SIGS Conferences in the US and Europe, which include OOP 2000, XML One, Component Development, Application Development Conferences and E-Business Integration, as well as the Conference for Java Development. 101 also owns and operates over 30 specialized IT Web sites.