ChannelWEB Adds The Computer Exchange For Reseller Product Sourcing.

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1999--In an effort to better serve the reseller community, CMP Media's ChannelWEB is making the services of The Computer Exchange--an online marketplace catering to computer resellers--available to its members.

"The Computer Exchange is a valuable channel to source used, end-of-line and new equipment quickly and easily," said Seth Nichols, ChannelWEB's managing director. "The site is of particular interest to resellers that have clients who aren't looking for the performance and price premium or the top of the line in technology. By going to The Computer Exchange site, they can perform a quick search that will show them the vendors that have in stock the equipment they're looking for."

The Computer Exchange site features include a unique search engine to source products from a large selection of equipment for sale in a variety of quantities, equipment wanted postings and broadcast e-mail custom tailored for subscribers. Product departments include, desktop computers, portables, monitors, servers, printers, software and various computer components and accessories from industry leaders including, IBM, Compaq, Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Digital, 3Com and Intel.

"The Internet has allowed us to reduce the cost of selling and increase volume while bringing a variety of vendors together." said Brian Parker, vice president of marketing for The Computer Exchange. "This creates a highly efficient marketplace, where merchants reach a global clientele and the customers purchase from a larger selection of high quality computer equipment at unbeatable prices. The Computer Exchange offers better deals and more variety in product and quantity than the largest auction sites. Buyers and sellers always win because they set their own prices and terms in the most efficient marketplace."

The Computer Exchange (http://www.thecomputerexchange.com) is a pioneering service by Softeck Innovations, a premier Web-site development company, in business since 1992. Additional information is available from Sal Italiano at [phone] or [e-mail].

With over 1.5 million page views per month, ChannelWEB is the Web's most highly trafficked, reseller-only online community. It includes several sites designed exclusively for the technology-distribution channel, such as Computer Reseller News, Computer Retail Week, VARBusiness, CMP's XChange Conferences, Channel Information Services and Online Technology Investment Network, which helps channel members seeking to acquire strategic assets or divest existing businesses. In the last seven months, ChannelWEB's registration base has swelled 200 percent to 65,000 members, qualified to ensure that they are active resellers or retailers.

CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq:CMPX) is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com. NSTL, the company's independent testing lab and consulting organization, serves government, corporate and technology vendor clients around the world.