ADVISORY/Top Technology Leaders Explore Future Technology Innovations At A COMDEX Keynote Panel.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMDEX Fall 2002

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Nov. 12)

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002

CRN, COMDEX, And The Computer History Museum Come Together

To Host 'The Next Best Thing' Keynote Panel

CMP Media's CRN, COMDEX, and the Computer History Museum bring together a keynote panel of today's top technology leaders to explore the next 20 years of technology in Las Vegas, Nevada next week at COMDEX. The keynote panel is entitled "The Next Big Thing". The panel will take place on Monday, November 18, 2002 at 4:00 p.m. at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Room N255.

Michael Vizard, CRN's Editor in Chief, will moderate the panel and will be joined by respected executives and technologists in the IT industry. Panel participants include:

-- Derek Burney, CEO and President, Corel

-- Croswell Chambers, CIO, Lexmark

-- Brian Connors, Vice President Business Development, Quality & CTO, IBM

-- Allyson Fryhoff, COO, Vice President, Global Strategic Sales and Business Development, Server Technologies, Oracle Corporation

-- John Gage, Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

-- Jim Hunt, President - Cap Gemini Technologies LLC

-- Joseph Marc McConnaughey, Senior Vice President, Viewsonic Corporation

-- Mike Millikin, Senior Vice President, COMDEX Worldwide

-- Rey Roque, CMO, Samsung Electronics

-- Tony Scott, CTO, General Motors

-- Ralph Tang, President, BenQ

'The Next Big Thing' panel is targeted at IT Professionals, Solution Providers, Developers and Independent Software Vendors. It will focus on how the technology industry was defined by a single brand twenty years ago and today there are a myriad of choices. As the building blocks of solutions become more complex and business objectives more focused on ROI, the panel will discuss what innovations will come next.

About the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, preserves and presents the authentic artifacts and stories of the worldwide computing revolution and its impact on our lives. The Museum is home to the world's largest collection of computing-related items -- hardware, software, photos, films, videos, documents, and marketing materials -- including one-of-a-kind and rare objects such as the Cray-1 supercomputer, the Apple I, the WWII ENIGMA, the PalmPilot prototype, and the 1969 Neiman Marcus (Honeywell) "Kitchen Computer". Bringing computing history to life through lectures, seminars, tours, oral histories, and workshops, the Museum records these events for posterity, thereby capturing information technology innovators as they share their personal insights and stories about the invention that has permanently re-shaped our world. Significant parts of the collection are now on view in a Visible Storage Exhibit Area at Moffett Field, Mountain View, California. The Museum is relocating to a world-class facility in Mountain View; the first phase will open to the public in spring 2003. For more information, please visit www.computerhistory.org.

About Key3Media Group

COMDEX Fall 2002 is a Key3Media event. Key3Media Group, Inc., produces information technology tradeshows and conferences. Key3Media's products range from the IT industry's largest exhibitions such as COMDEX and NetWorld+Interop to highly focused events featuring renowned educational programs, custom seminars and specialized vendor marketing programs. For more information about Key3Media, visit www.key3media.com.

About CRN

CRN is the nation's leading trade newsweekly that provides timely industry news and analysis for solution providers, integrators and e-businesses building technology solutions. It is the most trusted source of news for 117,500 channel professionals. A media leader in the high-tech industry, CRN provides the most comprehensive suite of online resources: http://www.crn.com, the site where industry news breaks first; CRN Direct, a daily newsletter that brings personalized news to solution providers' desktops; and CRN Broadcast News, a daily news broadcast covering the solution provider channel and the industry.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.