ADVISORY/Authoria CEO to Speak at SAP 2001 HCM Conference; Tod Loofbourrow Explores Major Objectives of Global Web-based HR Information Delivery.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (March 6)

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001

Who: Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO of Authoria, Inc., the world
    leader in personalized, dynamically generated, Web-based
    communication.

What: Will present "HR Information Delivery," a discussion about the
    challenges of effective HR information delivery and the importance
    of dynamic and personalized information in reaching the global
    workforce.

When: Tuesday, March 6, 2001, from 9 to 10 a.m. in Room IV.

Where: At the 2001 SAP 2001 HCM Conference: "Back to Your Future - The
    Portal and Beyond" in the Marriott World Center, Orlando, Fla.
    March 4-7, 2001.

Details: The explosive growth of globalization is changing HR forever
    - demanding more effective workforce management and employee
    communications worldwide. More companies are implementing
    solutions that incorporate such technology-enabled initiatives as
    employee self service, to provide their employees with HR and
    benefits information.

About Authoria, Inc.

Authoria, Inc. delivers the kind of personalized, high-touch support that employees and benefit plan members need - when they need it and where they need it. Millions of people rely on Authoria's products through leading outsourcers such as Buck Consultants, Inc. and Exult and at Global 2000 industry leaders such as McDonald's Corporation, T. Rowe Price, Weyerhaeuser and Wells Fargo.

Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Authoria has been ranked twice by Inc. Magazine as one of America's fastest-growing private companies and by Deloitte and Touche in the New England Fast 50 and National Fast 500. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.authoria.com or call 781 530 2000.