ADVISORY/IT Industry Leaders to Keynote GTC; HP Chairman & CEO Carly Fiorina Will Kick off the Conference with Intel VP & CIO Douglas Busch to Follow.

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ADVISORY...GTC West 2004

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WHAT:       Carly Fiorina, Chairman and CEO of HP will open the
            Government Technology Conference (GTC). Under Fiorina's
            leadership, HP has returned to its roots of innovation and
            inventiveness and is focused on delivering the best total
            customer experience. Her keynote will be an extraordinary
            opportunity to hear her vision for the future of
            information technology and learn where HP is focusing its
            R&D efforts.

            Also keynoting will be Doug Busch, Vice President and
            Chief Information Officer of Intel Corporation. In his
            role as CIO of one of the world's largest technology
            companies, Busch is responsible for leading Intel's global
            IT organization, infrastructure and business solutions to
            enable Intel's manufacturing and engineering operations,
            e-Business processes and knowledge-worker productivity.

WHEN:       Carly Fiorina, Wednesday, May 12 at 8:30 a.m.
            Doug Busch, Thursday, May 13 at 8:30 a.m.
            The 18th annual GTC West will be held May 10 - 14

WHERE:      Both keynotes will be held in Ballroom 307 of the
            Sacramento Convention Center. at the Sacramento Convention
            Center in Sacramento, California.

WHO:        The 18th annual GTC West will be held May 10 - 14 at the
            Sacramento Convention Center in Sacramento, California.
            GTC is the nation's leading and most respect technology
            event for state and local government.