ADVISORY/Aberdeen Group Hosts a Webcast on the New Rules of Sales Engagements in the Internet Economy.

Business/Technology Editors

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (March 20)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

"eBusinessAcceleration" Combines IT Market Analysis, Sales Training,

and eLearning

Who:        Peter Kastner, Executive Vice President, Aberdeen Group
            and Janice Lawrence, President, Aberdeen eLearning

What:       Informative, 30-minute Webcast outlining
            eBusinessAcceleration, an eLearning solution which helps
            clients:

                    --Gain greater market credibility;

                    --Shorten sales cycles; and

                    --Increase sales.

When:       Tuesday, March 20, 2001, at 2:00 PM (EST)


RSVP:       [e-mail]
Background: By training an organization's sales force, Aberdeen
            eLearning ensures that a consistent and compelling message
            is delivered to potential customers. Using contextual
            marketplace analysis, Aberdeen empowers sales
            professionals to put their solutions in the context of the
            Internet economy.

            Aberdeen Group is a leading market analysis and
            positioning services firm that helps Information
            Technology vendors establish leadership in emerging
            markets. Steeped in technology and armed with end-user
            field research, Aberdeen answers clients' critical
            business and technology questions in the context of the
            Internet economy and across the product lifecycle. Founded
            in 1988, Aberdeen is headquartered in Boston,
            Massachusetts, and has research divisions in Palo Alto,
            California; Fort Collins, Colorado; and Amsterdam, the
            Netherlands. Aberdeen is accessible via the Web at
            www.aberdeen.com