Leads The Way With First-Of-Its-Kind Virtual Conference On Web Services; Will Provide Just-In-Time Education Taught By Industry Gurus For IT And Business Professionals

Gaithersburg, Maryland - January 28, 2002 Intellor Group, Inc., an independent knowledge exchange company and provider of next-generation learning programs that target IT and business professionals, announces today that the company is expanding its knowledge exchange programs to include first-of-their-kind reality-based, IT-focused, virtual conferences taught by industry-respected thought-leaders. Intellor Group has developed and will deliver a series of collaborative Intellor Reality Conferences to IT and business professionals worldwide and leverage its virtual classroom capabilities and expertise in delivering strategic IT education programs. The first of this series is Web Services Reality Spring 2002 from April 1 - June 30 (http://www.intellor.com/links/?pg=WSRCPR).

"Current economic and worldwide influences are having a negative impact on the ability of businesses to educate IT professionals for strategic IT initiatives. Our entry into the virtual IT conference market represents our commitment to provide a next-generation learning environment that is based on the instruction of industry-respected thought-leaders, who were traditionally only available through brick-and-mortar classrooms and conferences to anyone anywhere anytime with Internet access," said Richard Rist, Founder and CEO, Intellor Group, Inc. "Through our virtual conferences, Intellor Group will provide companies all over the world with a new option to expose more IT employees to the highest level of content available at a fraction of the cost of traditional education programs-without the expense and productivity impact of time out of the office and travel."

Intellor Group, Inc.'s virtual conferences are designed to bring together industry-recognized IT thought-leaders, leading technology and solution providers, and IT and business professionals worldwide with an interest in developing their knowledge about some of the fastest growing, strategic e-business technologies and solutions. Intellor Group will partner with industry-respected thought-leaders to deliver just-in-time, high value education over the Internet based on uncovering the unembellished truth and core knowledge needed to implement these new technologies and solutions.

Intellor Group will provide the technology, marketing, support and administration required for industry thought-leaders to be successful with virtual conferences and reach IT and business professionals worldwide. In addition, Intellor Reality Conferences will provide solution providers a new, more cost efficient option through which to reach qualified prospects.

Intellor Group Virtual Conference Features

Intellor Group's virtual conferences will incorporate many of the features and eliminate many of the physical restrictions of a traditional conference to provide attendees more value.

Some of the features that add value to Intellor Group's virtual conferences include:

• No travel; little to no time out of the office.
• Keynotes, tutorials and track sessions can be taken at any time from anywhere there is an Internet connection.
• Keynote sessions, in-depth tutorials, and topic-based track sessions delivered live and recorded. All live sessions are recorded so attendees never have to miss a session that would typically be offered at the same time as another session at a traditional conference.
• Content delivered by industry-recognized thought-leaders.
• Conferences are based on the real, unembellished truth-not hype-about key technologies for 2002.
• Virtual conferences are held for 90 days rather than 2-5 days, which means attendees can completely customize their conference experience. The time it takes to attend sessions can be spread out over a longer period of time, and more sessions can be taken in order to increase the level of knowledge exchange derived from the conference.
• Organizations can send more of their team to get educated at Intellor Reality Conferences since there is no travel cost and little to no time out of the office involved. This gives them a competitive advantage because they will have a greater percentage of their employees educated about the strategic technologies that count.
• All members of an organization's team who attend get the same message.
• Targeted virtual exhibit hall available for attendees to learn about key technologies and products provided by solution providers.
• Flexible package and pricing options allow attendees or entire departments to attend as much or as little of Intellor Group's Reality Conferences as desired.

"Intellor Group's Virtual Education Programs provide organizations and individuals with the power to control their education schedule. Attendees can attend as many or as few Conference sessions as they desire when they wish from where they wish," said Rist. "And, for an added knowledge exchange punch, we will supplement our virtual conferences with collaborative solutions for attendees to share knowledge and network with their peers and conference speakers."

To add additional value and increase knowledge exchange around its conferences, Intellor Group will combine its real-world virtual education with community-based collaboration and in-depth research and analysis. Intellor.com is Intellor Group's e-Business Intelligence and e-Business Integration community where IT and business professionals research companies and their products; read white papers; talk with their peers and solution providers; provide their opinions, via polls and surveys, about certain technologies; and sign up for virtual conferences, seminars and conferences. Intellor Group also completes more extensive research through surveys to various sub-sets of IT and business professionals and supplements its analytical research with best practices, and tips and techniques to remember when designing, building, or maintaining an e-business system environment. Intellor Group's on-staff analysts analyze survey and analytical data and publish several types of research products ranging from an online newsletter to an in-depth research paper that are often shared with Intellor.com members and conference attendees.

About Intellor Group

Intellor Group, Inc., located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is an independent knowledge exchange company and provider of next-generation learning programs that target IT and business professionals.

Intellor Group's unique business model connects companies seeking knowledge with solution providers, industry-recognized thought-leaders and peers who can provide that knowledge. Intellor Group surpasses the capabilities of traditional learning methods and delivers high-quality, industry-expert-led virtual education programs to the desktops of Information Technology (IT) and business professionals. The company combines the input and dissemination power of the Internet via real-world education conferences, seminars, and courses delivered using a state-of-the-art virtual classroom; a community-based knowledge exchange-www.intellor.com-and in-depth community-based research and analysis.

For more information, visit Intellor Group at http://www.intellor.com, or call 301-208-6766, x116.