NetIQ to Present at Lehman Brothers 2nd Annual Global Software Conference.

Business Editors, High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2002

NetIQ Corp. (Nasdaq:NTIQ), a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management and intelligence solutions, will present at the Lehman Brothers 2nd Annual Global Software Conference being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California March 12 through 14, 2002.

Chuck Boesenberg, CEO, and Jim Barth, senior vice president and CFO, are scheduled to present the NetIQ corporate and product strategy on Wednesday, March 13 at 9:30 pm PST.

A live audio webcast of their presentation and a replay will be available at our corporate website, www.netiq.com/about_netiq/investor_relations/ InvestorConferenceCall.asp. The replay of the webcast will be available until March 31, 2002 starting within 24 hours of the actual presentation.

About NetIQ

NetIQ Corporation (Nasdaq:NTIQ) is a leading provider of e-business infrastructure management and intelligence for all the components of an organization's e-business infrastructure --- from back-end servers, networks and directories to front-end web servers and applications. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with development and operational personnel in Houston, Tx.; Raleigh, N.C.; Bellevue, Wash.; and Portland, Ore. For more information, please visit NetIQ's web site at http://www.netiq.com/ or call 408/856-3000. For more information about WebTrends, the e-business intelligence product line from NetIQ, please visit http://www.webtrends.com/ or call (888) WEBTRENDS.

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