ADVISORY/Forrester Technology Leadership Forum Focuses on Open Source.

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ADVISORY...for Sunday (March 21)

Forrester Research's Technology Leadership Forum

CORONADO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004

        WHAT: Forrester Research's Technology Leadership Forum:
        Building An Effective Open Source Strategy

        Seventy percent of large companies are choosing open source
        software like Linux, Apache, MySQL, and JBoss over
        commercial software alternatives due to low acquisition
        costs and more control over software choices. While the
        bottom-line benefits of running open source software are
        real, open source can bring new risks to an enterprise.

        The 2004 Forrester Technology Leadership Forum will bring
        together IT executives, vendors, and Forrester analysts to
        discuss the risks and rewards to consider when creating an
        open source strategy. The two-day Event will help business
        executives understand:

    --  What business and technology benefits open source software
        offers.

    --  How to mitigate the technology, business, and financial risks.

    --  How to best manage open source acquisition and deployment.

    --  Whether enterprises should participate in the community as
        users or contributors.

    WHEN: March 21-23, 2004

    WHO: Featured speakers include:

    --  Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President, Technology and
        Strategy, IBM

    --  Craig Mundie, Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer,
        Advanced Strategies and Policy, Microsoft

    --  Brian P. Shield, Executive Vice President and Chief
        Information Officer, The Weather Channel

    --  Shaygan Kheradpir, Chief Information Officer, Verizon

    --  Shane V. Robison, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy
        and Technology Officer, HP

    --  Tony E. Scott, Chief Technology Officer, General Motors IS&S
        Organization

    --  Michael Tiemann, Chief Technology Officer, Red Hat

    --  Jonathan Schwartz, Executive Vice President, Software Group,
        Sun Microsystems

    --  John P. Glaser, Ph.D., Vice President and Chief Information
        Officer, Partners HealthCare System

    Featured Forrester analysts include:

    --  Christopher Mines, Senior Vice President

    --  Ted Schadler, Vice President

    --  Brad Day, Vice President

    --  Laura Koetzle, Senior Analyst

    --  Julie Giera, Vice President

    WHERE:  Loews Coronado Bay Resort
            4000 Coronado Bay Road
            Coronado, Calif.

    CONTACT: For complete information on the Event, contact Forrester
        Events at +1 888/343-6786 or visit
        http://www.forrester.com/Events/Overview/0,5158,564,00.html.

    MEDIA: To request interviews and register for the Event, please
        provide your full contact information to:

    Kristen Wilson
    Manager, Public Relations
    Forrester Research, Inc.
    +1 617/613-6205
    [e-mail]