Hewlett-Packard User Conference Sponsors First Public Forum on E-services Ann Livermore, Head of HP's Enterprise Computing Solutions Among Participants.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1999--

Interex, the International Association of Hewlett-Packard Computing Professionals, will sponsor the nation's first interactive forum for the public on HP's recently unveiled "e-services" initiative. The "E-services Summit" part of Interex's annual meeting, HP World '99 Conference and Expo, will take place in Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, on August 17, 1999.

Ann Livermore, President of HP's Enterprise Computing Solutions, will keynote the "E-services Summit" delivering the first "E-services Road Map" to enterprise users discussing how HP's e-services programs will change their businesses. The "E-services Summit" format will be interactive between HP and its partners and users, providing the forum for an on-going dialogue between groups.

     E-services Summit participants will be...

-    Ann Livermore, President and CEO of HP's Enterprise Computing
     Solutions Organization;

-    Rajiv Gupta, General Manager of HP's Open Services Operation, in
     charge of HP's e-speak language technologies;

-    Nick Earle, Senior Vice President of HP's ECSO, who will share
     details of end-user Internet and Supply Chain "pilot
     implementations" of HP e-services;

-    Strategic managers from Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems, Inc. BEA
     Systems, Inc., Ariba Corp. and BroadVision, Inc.

"We are at a point with e-services where we want people to tell us what else will make it more attractive to them, what else will make it good for them and for their businesses," said Ann Livermore, president of HP's Enterprise Computing Solutions Organization, the HP unit responsible for the e-services initiative. "From our perspective we're quite excited abo ut the timing of HP World because it's coming at a point where we're very hungry for the input and comments of customers to help drive some of this. "

"Interex welcomes the opportunity to help assure HP and our user communities that HP's `e-services' technology and services will meet t he rapidly changing Internet and e-business needs of the HP enterprise customer. This `E-services Summit' is simply the latest in [Interex's] long-standing tradition in bringing together vendor and user interests in a way that helps both parties," said Rick Saunders, Interex Chairman of the Board.

ATTN PRESS'/ANALYSTS: The Interex "E-services Summit" will be held August 17, 1999, in Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. The E-services Summit runs from 8:30am until around 4pm, and will be followed immediately by the HP/Oracle press conference. To register, please call 1 (800) INTEREX, or register on-line at www.pacificdialogue.com/hpworld99.htm

About Interex

Interex is the International Association of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) Computing Professionals, an independent, not-for-profit association providing news and information, technical education, and user-to-vendor advocacy services to some 22,000 HP computer user members worldwide. Founded in 1974, Interex maintains more than 20 Special Interest Groups and Forums, addressing HP 3000, HP-UX, NT, Linux, Legacy-to-Web integration, Internet (and electronic commerce), Enterprise Resource Planning, and HP's new e-services. Interex is also the producer of HP World Conference and Expo, E-services Summit, IPROF, InterWorks, ERP World, Learning Linux, and is a co-producer of the Internet Application Service Provider (ASP) Forum.