Are You Getting the Most from Your Host?

Upcoming InformationWeek Vendor Perspectives TechWebCast Features WRQ and IDC's Lucinda Borovick

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Jun 14, 2004

Today, InformationWeek announced it will produce a TechWebCast sponsored by WRQ, Inc., (http://www.wrq.com/) discussing how companies can realize the value of their host systems. The TechWebCast will feature IDC program director of Datacenter Networks, Lucinda (Cindy) Borovick, WRQ director of product marketing, Anoma Olmedo and InformationWeek columnist, Lou Bertin. Eben Yong, Health Plan of San Mateo MIS manager, will describe his success with extending the life and value of host systems. The Webcast airs on Thursday, June 17 at 11:00 a.m. PDT, 2:00 p.m. EDT.

The TechWebCast, titled "Are You Getting the Most from Your Host?", will focus on how companies can take the critical information stored in host systems and integrate it with existing applications. Topics to be covered during the Webcast include:

   * The continuing value of legacy systems
   * Trends in the host access market
   * How terminal emulation fits into larger IT issues, including
     standardization, security, IT efficiency/cost cutting, and end user
     productivity
   * How to make the most of host systems

Participants can register for the TechWebCast at http://www.informationweek.com/events/wrq/. The TechWebCast will be available on demand following the initial June 17 airing at http://www.informationweek.com/events/wrq

About WRQ

WRQ builds software for accessing and integrating legacy applications. WRQ Reflection® software provides a broad range of terminal-emulation and PC X server solutions. WRQ Verastream® integration server provides a single platform for reusing legacy logic and data in web applications, CRM applications, or portals. Our products help companies get the most from their hosts today as they advance their long-term IT strategy.

Established in 1981, WRQ is one of the largest privately held software companies in the U.S. It has over six million users worldwide and the highest customer-support rating in the industry. Four out of five Fortune 500 companies rely on WRQ daily. Learn more at http://www.wrq.com/.

  Access.  Integrate.  Transform. ®

  About CMP's TechWeb Network

CMP Media's TechWeb (http://www.techweb.com/) is the network for Business Technology professionals with purchasing power. With up-to-the-minute IT-related news and information, TechWeb continues assisting business technology professionals make timely, well-informed buying decisions. CMP's news and information is created and managed by a team of experienced and talented journalists that know the IT industry inside and out. TechWeb debuted in 1994 as the first online news source for IT news and information on the Web.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media LLC (http://www.cmp.com/) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers' comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

WRQ, the WRQ logo, Reflection, Verastream, and "Access. Integrate. Transform." are either registered trademarks or trademarks of WRQ, Inc., in the USA and other countries.

   Contacts:
   Michael Grover
   CMP Media's TechWeb
   781-839-1213
   mgrover@cmp.com

   Susanne Smith
   WRQ, Inc.
   206.301.6655
   susannes@wrq.com

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CONTACT: Michael Grover of CMP Media's TechWeb, +1-781-839-1213,
mgrover@cmp.com; or Susanne Smith of WRQ, Inc., +1-206-301-6655,
susannes@wrq.com

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