ADVISORY/Intira CEO Bernie Schneider to Speak At Industry Standard's iB2B Conference.

Business Editors & High-tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Oct. 4)

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

Will Offer Insights on Netsourcing as an ASP Strategy for Powering

Mission-Critical E-Business Applications with Maximum Uptime

Event:      Intira Panel Presentation at the Industry Standard's iB2B
Conference
 Location:  The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago
            17 East Monroe Street (between State and Wabash Streets)
Day/Time:   Wednesday, Oct. 4, 10:45 a.m.
Speaker:    Bernie Schneider, Chief Executive Officer, Intira Corp.

Intira Corporation's Chief Executive Officer Bernie Schneider will speak at the Industry Standard's iB2B Conference, taking place Oct. 3-4 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Intira Corporation is the leading provider of Netsourcing -- the outsourcing of the IT and network infrastructure and related resources required to support mission-critical e-business applications.

On Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 10:45 a.m., Schneider will participate in a panel discussion on ASP strategies in the b-to-b marketplace. He will offer insights on the "build or buy" decision, the advantages of outsourcing, and on Intira's Netsourcing as a specific ASP-enabling outsourcing strategy for powering today's increasingly complex mission-critical e-business applications with maximum uptime.

"More and more companies are rushing to take their businesses online and are considering ASP strategies, in order to accelerate time to market," said Schneider. "As ASP offerings become integral to the success of e-business initiatives, it's crucial that companies choose a provider whose offering is supported by a comprehensive, integrated, reliable IT/network infrastructure that can deliver the highest levels of application uptime. Companies must evaluate the ASP's technical skill sets in areas such as system integration, network and hosting management, as well as security, backup and storage, to evaluate if the provider can truly guarantee and deliver application uptime they are promising."

The Industry Standard's iB2B Conference is the first major conference designed for the b-to-b industry, and provides unparalleled opportunities for learning from and networking with America's top b-to-b players. iB2B is an exclusive forum for industry leaders of the old and new economies to discuss, analyze, and dissect the components of a winning b-to-b system, and to map the operational and strategic challenges and opportunities for success in the b-to-b marketplace. For more information about Industry Standard conferences, please visit www.thestandard.com/events.

About Intira Corporation

Intira Corporation is a provider of Netsourcing -- the outsourcing of the complex IT and network infrastructure required to support mission-critical e-business applications. Intira engineers, deploys, and manages Netsourcing solutions through its technologically advanced Netsourcing infrastructure, which consists of its "lights-out" Enterprise-Class Data Centers, integrated with its own superior-quality nationwide broadband network, managed and monitored by its highly automated Service Management Centers. Direct, immediate management and control of this entire infrastructure enables Intira to provide an aggressive, all-inclusive SLA, ensuring application availability of up to 99.95 percent, as well as the OneSource-OneCall(TM) Customer Support Program, giving customers a single point of accountability across the infrastructure. Intira's customers include Fortune 1000 organizations, dot-com companies, application service providers, and independent software vendors that depend on the performance and availability of their mission-critical e-business applications. Based in Pleasanton, Calif., and with offices throughout the United States and Canada, Intira's planned international expansion includes facilities and operations in continental Europe and the United Kingdom. Visit Intira at www.intira.com, or call 888/326-3638.

Note to Editors: Intira Corporation has filed a trademark application for the mark "Intira." The mark OneSource-OneCall and Intira's logo are unregistered trademarks of Intira Corporation. Each trademark, trade name, or service mark of any other company appearing herein belongs to its holder.