FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SD TIMES PARTNERS WITH WORLD-CLASS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

Global ISPs now service newspaper's 
extensive, fast-growing digital audience

Oyster Bay, N.Y., November 12, 2001 - BZ Media's SD Times, the newspaper of record for software development managers, is now working with two global Internet service providers in order to best serve its tens of thousands of digital customers.

The digital edition of SD Times, which consists of an Adobe Acrobat PDF file identical with the newspaper's print edition, is now distributed by Cable and Wireless plc, using its eMessaging Solutions technology. More than 10,000 subscribers receive the SD Times digital edition.

"We chose Cable and Wireless for its ability to deliver our issues in a timely and reliable fashion," said Alan Zeichick, executive vice-president and CTO of BZ Media LLC, "while providing the extensive logging capabilities required to document our digital circulation for our advertisers. Cable and Wireless' eMessaging Solutions Group was able to accommodate our specialized needs."

SD Times' companion SDTimes.com Web site, which receives 400,000 page views per month, is now hosted by Verio Inc. on a dedicated high-volume server.

"With the rapid increases in site usage we've experienced over the past 12 months and project into the future, we needed a solid Web hosting partner," said Zeichick. "We're excited to be using Verio as the Web host for SDTimes.com, and would like to commend their Advanced Services and Site Support Division for their work migrating and enhancing our Web site's technology."