FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WAYNE RASH JOINS SD TIMES AS WEB TECHNOLOGIES COLUMNIST

Regular column to focus on enterprise Internet development, Web services

Oyster Bay, N.Y., June 28, 2001 - Wayne Rash, Jr., a well-known technology journalist and observer, has joined BZ Media’s SD Times editorial team as a columnist. Rash’s “Web Watch” will focus on how the latest Internet technologies, including Web services, affect large enterprises.

SD Times is the industry newspaper for software development managers. Launched in February 2000, SD Times is published twice each month, and can be read in print or online at www.sdtimes.com.

Rash, formerly Managing Editor/Technology and Events Editor for CMP’s InternetWeek, has been a technology writer, editor, and hands-on product tester since 1973, and has long been a regular contributor to Byte Magazine and The Washington Post. Recently, Rash co-founded the University of Hawaii’s Advanced Network Computing Laboratory, and is the author of “Politics on the Net: Wiring the Political Process.”

“We’re delighted to welcome Wayne to SD Times,” said Alan Zeichick, Editor-in-Chief of SD Times. “As a writer and hands-on technologist, Wayne has demonstrated an understanding of the key business drivers that encourage enterprises to adopt emerging technologies. His insights in the fast-moving world of Internet technologies, such as XML-based e-commerce, Web services, and platform standards, will help our readers gain a clearer understanding of the value of these new technologies, and determine how best to apply them to competitive advantage.”

The first of Rash’s Web Watch columns will appear in the August 1, 2001, edition of SD Times.