Yankee Group to Host Networked Home Symposium.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--

Event to Feature Presentations by Prominent Yankee Group Analysts

and Distinguished Industry Leaders

The Yankee Group announced today it will host the Networked Home Symposium on October 19 and 20, 1999 in Santa Clara, California. The event will bring together a number of industry leaders and Yankee Group analysts to discuss the strategies and solutions necessary for incorporating value-added, emerging networking technologies and products in homes of the future.

"The potential for home networking is enormous when you consider the applications that will be enabled by the advances in high speed connectivity around the home combined with high speed Internet access," said Boyd Peterson, Yankee Group Vice president. "Just as we saw growth in the modem market, we anticipate that home networks will become pervasive and embedded in all types of computing, communications and entertainment devices."

The symposium will feature in-depth analysis from the industry's most senior and well-respected analyst from the Yankee Group, including Brian Adamik, vice president Small and Medium Business Communications; Boyd Peterson, vice president, Consumer Market Convergence and Karl Jessen, director, Retail Energy.

In addition, leading keynote speakers scheduled to present include: Bruce Claflin, president and COO, 3Com Corporation; Leo Hindery, president and CEO, AT&T & Internet Services; Michael Robertson, CEO, MP3.com; and William Joy, Chief Scientist and Founder, Sun Microsystems.

Attendees will include professionals from telecommunications, utilities, networks, ISPs, consumer electronics, information services providers, computer and home appliance manufacturers, entertainment content providers, as well as construction and homebuilders.

For information about sponsorship opportunities at the Yankee Group Networked Home Symposium, please contact Jill Dennard via phone [phone] or email ([e-mail]).

About the Yankee Group

The Yankee Group, (a subsidiary of Primark Corporation) is an information technology market research and communications firm, specializing in helping users and vendors link their technology strategy to their business strategy. Established in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970, it has built a solid reputation worldwide for analysis of the key issues. Yankee Group clients number more than 700, and represent a wide range of businesses and industries. Each year, the Yankee Group sponsors numerous technology-related conferences around the world. For more information please visit the web site at http://www.yankeegroup.com or call 617-956-5000.

Primark Corporation (NYSE/PSE:PMK) is a global information services organization headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Primark provides financial, economic, and market research information services to the financial, corporate and government markets. Additional information is available at http://www.primark.com.