ADVISORY/ Register Now for IONA Technologies Total Business Integration Event.

Business/Technology Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Feb. 15)

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Who:              Barry Morris, CEO, IONA Technologies (NASDAQ: IONA)

What:             Barry Morris will unveil a major strategic
                  initiative and discuss details of the advancement of
                  IONA's Total Business Integration(TM) strategy. By
                  solving the challenges of integrating applications
                  and business systems both inside the enterprise and
                  beyond the corporate walls in business-to-business
                  integration, IONA's Total Business Integration will
                  help companies harness the power of their systems
                  and extend it to their customers, suppliers and
                  partners.

Date/Time:        Thursday, February 15, 2001 9:00 a.m. PST

Where:            W Hotel, 181 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA
                  To take part in the Webcast, please visit
                  http://www.helloliveevents.com/clients/iona

                  To participate in audio teleconference, please call
                  1-800-450-5190 (North America ONLY) 1-706-634-1783
                  (International) Please dial in at least 15 minutes
                  prior to the start of the event.

To Register:      888-423-4885 (US ONLY)
                  781-238-5985 (International)