SNS in the News - September 1, 2002

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Strategic News Service Announces First Annual 'Future in Reviewî' Conference
Event hosted by International Technology Analyst Mark Anderson


SEATTLE, WA - September 2002 - Strategic News Service founder and president Mark Anderson announced today that the first ever 'Future in Review' Conference is now scheduled for May 19-22, 2003, in San Diego, California. This meeting will be a gathering of world leaders in technology, focused upon what is likely to happen in this sector over the next three to five years.

"This is going to be a remarkable gathering. We're making it an invitation-only event for our SNS readership to make sure we make this first event a small, intimate experience," says Mark Anderson, president and founder of Strategic News Service.

Executives already registered to attend include top leaders from U.S. PC and software companies, a Hong Kong investment banker, top venture capitalists in Silicon Valley and New York, one of the most brilliant geneticists in the world, and Japan's most controversial tech leader.

Michael Dell, CEO and president of Dell Computers, is expected to keynote the four-day conference, which will be held at Hotel del Coronado in San Diego.

About Strategic News Service SNS is the most accurate predictive letter covering the computer and telecom industries. It is personally read by the top managers at companies such as Intel, Microsoft, Dell, Compaq, Sun, Netscape, and MCI, as well as by leading financial analysts at the world's top investment banks and venture capital funds, including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Hummer Winblad, Venrock and Warburg Pincus. SNS is regularly quoted in top industry publications such as BusinessWeek, Newsweek, Infoworld, Institutional Investor, Upside, the Financial Times, the New York Times, and elsewhere.

About Mark Anderson Mark Anderson is president of the Strategic News Service(tm) LLC and Technology Alliance Partners (TAP). TAP was founded in 1989, and provides trends and marketing alliance assistance to firms leading the convergence of telecom and computing. Mark is a Seybold Fellow. He is founder of two software companies and of the Washington Software Alliance Investors' Forum, Washington's premier software investment conference; and has participated in the launch of many software startups. A past director of the WSA, Mark chairs the WSA Presidents' Group. He regularly appears on the Wall Street Review/KSDO, CNN, and National Public Radio/KPLU programs. Mark is a member of the Merrill Lynch Technology Advisory Board, and is an advisor and/or investor in Authora, Ontain, Ignition Partners, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Voyager Capital, and others. He also serves on the board of the not-for-profit Hybrid Vigor Institute, and is a principal in the investment advisory firm Resonance Capital Management LLC, which manages the accounts of institutions and high-net-worth investors, focused on technology markets.

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SOURCE: Strategic News Serviceô, LLC.

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