CMP Media Launches IntelligentERP.com

Intelligent Enterprise Web Community Focuses on Utilizing ERP For Business Intelligence

PRNewswire
SAN MATEO, Calif.
Feb 22, 2000

CMP Media today launched IntelligentERP.com (announced on December 22), an independent Web community dedicated to enterprise resource planning (ERP) for competitive advantage. IntelligentERP ( http://www.intelligenterp.com/ ) includes information and resources on ERP for IT and business leaders involved in extending SAP and other environments for business intelligence, including e-business, and customer relationship management (CRM). IntelligentERP.com is a strategic component of an integrated media package that includes a print publication, research, and targeted events.

IntelligentERP.com provides a dynamic, interactive, and timely information-gathering spot for IT and business leaders who need easy access to ERP-related topics. The IntelligentERP Forum is a centerpiece of the site, providing collaborative content from managers and professionals involved with SAP and other ERP environments. This ERP-focused information source contains original features, as well as a dynamic index of relevant articles from Intelligent Enterprise, sister publications at CMP Media, and other quality sources. IntelligentERP.com also includes news stories, a bookstore, event listings, and related information. Vendor advertising opportunities include online white papers and banner advertising.

In addition to the Web community launched today, IntelligentERP will publish six print editions in 2000 as a supplement to Intelligent Enterprise, the leading magazine focused on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. The supplement, with a distribution of 30,000 copies (based on the Publisher's own data), contains new content and information compiled from the IntelligentERP.com Web site. Each print edition refers readers to detailed content and discussions contained in the Web community, creating a synergistic link between the Web and print publication. The open rate for a B&W page is $5,995 Gross. Four color process is an additional $1,325 Gross. For additional advertising information, contact Michelle Wagner at 212-615-2814 or email at mawagner@cmp.com.

"IntelligentERP is a strategic component of an on-going initiative to expand Intelligent Enterprise's coverage of emerging segments of the business intelligence market," stated group publisher David Kalman. "The goal of an 'intelligent enterprise' is to provide timely and relevant information across the enterprise for competitive advantage. Similarly, it is our goal to provide this level of information to IT and business leaders who rely on Intelligent Enterprise as a roadmap for developing business intelligence strategies, that include SAP and other ERP environments, across their organizations."

Additional information is available online at: http://www.intelligenterp.com/ .

About Intelligent Enterprise

Intelligent Enterprise focuses on enterprise solutions for business intelligence. Its print edition (published 18x annually) reaches more than 100,000 IT and business leaders who develop, manage, and purchase business intelligence solutions and related technologies for competitive advantage. The Intelligent Enterprise Web portal ( http://www.iemagazine.com/ ) offers instant access to information and expertise relating to business intelligence. Solutions covered include decision support, data warehousing, CRM (customer relationship management), and e-commerce. Qualified subscriptions are available at: http://www.iemagazine.com/subs.shtml .

About CMP Media

CMP Media Inc., a division of Miller Freeman and subsidiary of United News & Media plc (NASDAQ: UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com .

NOTE: SAP product and/or service names herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG. Intelligent Enterprise and IntelligentERP are trademarks of CMP Media, Inc. All other products and names in this document are trademarks of their respective companies.

SOURCE: CMP Media, Inc.

Contact: Paul Calento, Group Marketing Director, 650-655-4322, or
pcalento@cmp.com, or David Stodder, Editorial Director, 650-655-4290, or
dstodder@cmp.com, both of CMP Media Inc.

Website: http://www.intelligenterp.com/

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