ADVISORY/RosettaNet-EIDX/CompTIA Joint Industry Conference.

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ADVISORY...for Mon.-Thur. (Nov. 11-14)

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What:       RosettaNet-EIDX/CompTIA Joint Industry Conference

When:       November 11-14, 2002

Where:      Washington Duke Inn
            3001 Cameron Blvd.
            Durham, North Carolina 27705

Overview:   Hosted by IBM, Connecting Business Intelligence with
            Supply Chain Process Integration will highlight the latest
            technologies, implementation tools and strategic processes
            critical to B2B success.

            Over the course of four days, conference attendees will
            have the benefit of participating in a variety of sessions
            sponsored by the presenting organizations. RosettaNet,
            EIDX/CompTIA and Joint RosettaNet Users Group (JRUG) will
            focus on the development and delivery of a broad range of
            topics including technical, implementation and strategic
            subject matter.

            This is a unique opportunity to interface with
            cross-industry professionals interested in solving the
            practical and strategic challenges of e-business today.
            Attendees will gain insights around the latest thinking in
            electronic data exchange, industry standardization,
            solution implementation, partner relationships and future
            technology trends will be offered.

Presenters: Keynote presentation by IBM, with additional industry
            sessions headed up by member companies including Arrow
            Electronics, Danzas, Cisco, IBM, GridNode, Oracle Corp.,
            Sterling Commerce and others. Representatives of
            RosettaNet, EIDX/CompTIA, Uniform Code Council, Inc. and
            the Joint RosettaNet User's Group will lead various
            conference tracks.

Audience:   Targeted attendees include members of the presenting
            organizations, including business and IT professionals, as
            well as non-member partners and associates.

Agenda:     Visit www.eidx.org for a complete conference agenda,
            including detailed session listings. Additional
            information can be found at www.rosettanet.org

Registration: Online event registration available at www.eidx.org.
              (Note: Hotel reservations must be made separately.)

About
RosettaNet: RosettaNet is an independent, non-profit consortium
            dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid
            deployment of open Internet-based business standards that
            align processes within the global high-technology trading
            network. More than 400 companies representing over $1
            trillion in annual information technology, electronic
            components and semiconductor manufacturing revenues
            currently participate in RosettaNet's standards
            development, strategy and implementation activities. A
            complete list of member companies and more information on
            RosettaNet is available at www.rosettanet.org. RosettaNet
            is a subsidiary of the Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC).

About
CompTIA:    CompTIA is a global trade association representing the
            business interests of the information technology industry.
            For more than 20 years CompTIA has provided research,
            networking and partnering opportunities to its members,
            developing standards and best practices and influencing
            the political, economic and educational arenas that impact
            IT worldwide. More information is available at
            www.comptia.org.

About EIDX: The Electronics Industry Data Exchange, a section of
            CompTIA is an e-Commerce organization representing all
            segments of the electronics and information technology
            industry. EIDX is a center for the convergence of
            e-Commerce standards, providing business-to-business
            e-Commerce processes, standards research, and education to
            leading technology companies. For more information, visit
            www.eidx.org.

About JRUG: JRUG (Joint RosettaNet User Group), established in 2001,
            is an informal association of the various worldwide
            RosettaNet User Groups, including BARD (Bay Area
            RosettaNet Deployment), OSCAR (Organization of Southern
            California for the Advancement of RosettaNet), RUNE
            (RosettaNet Users North East), SWRUG (South West
            RosettaNet Users Group) and TRUG (Texas RosettaNet Users
            Group) and ERUG (European User Group). The primary
            objective is to address implementation of RosettaNet
            standards, deriving recommended solutions and related
            activities to address key issues.