101communications Names Phyllis Gurgevich as General Manager, Recharger Magazine.

Business Editors/Publishing Writers

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 25, 2000

101communications LLC announced that it has named Phyllis Gurgevich as General Manager, Recharger Magazine.

A graduate of Purdue University, she has been with the organization for five years and has more than ten years publishing experience. Reporting to Publisher Tom Enerson, Gurgevich continues in her current roles with responsibilities in marketing and advertising, managing the monthly magazine production and directing the annual World Expo conference operations.

Recharger Magazine is the oldest and most widely read publication serving the $2 billion office products recycling industry. It is published monthly and distributed in more than 80 countries around the globe according to 101communications President and COO Jeffrey S. Klein. Recharger and the World Expo conference were acquired by 101communications in August 1999.

&uot;Phyllis has been the administrative and marketing backbone of Recharger for the better part of five years,&uot; commented Enerson. &uot;She also headed the team that conceived and implemented the publication's World Expo programs.&uot;

&uot;The last five years have been challenging and rewarding. I look forward to leading Recharger's future success as part of the 101communications team,&uot; added Gurgevich.

Rounding out the Recharger executive team is Executive Editor Tricia Judge, a 3-year veteran with the company, who will continue to oversee the Editorial operations.

Editorial topics covered by the Recharger publication include: legal and strategic issues, marketing strategies, in-depth company profiles, quality control/quality assurance procedures, office equipment maintenance and repair, and step-by-step instructions for the remanufacture of toner and ink jet cartridges for printer, fax and copy machines.

Each month, a special section examines industry growth and trends while providing the most comprehensive trade data available.

Recharger Magazine's World Expo is the industry's annual trade conference in Las Vegas. World Expo is the world's largest gathering of office products recycling industry members. World Expo 2000 will be held Sept. 20-22, 2000 at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas with an anticipated attendance of more than 4,500 participants and complementary exhibits showcasing more than 200 of the industry's leading supplier product lines.

The conference will offer more than 90 different seminars and hands-on labs covering repair, maintenance and remanufacture of equipment and supplies, as well as business management and marketing classes.

101communications, a private company founded in 1998, is building a portfolio of specialized information services and media that serve digital professionals and the information technology vendors who market to them.

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 U.S. and Europe, which include OOP 2000, Object Expo, XML One, Component Development and Application Development Conferences, as well as the Conference for Java Development and C++ World.