NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Alan Shulman, DCI Media Relations
(978) 470-3870

Release Date: April 18, 1997

New Product Announcements To Highlight
DCI's Internet Expo and Sales Force Automation Conference in Chicago

Best-Selling Authors Stephen Covey and Harvey Mackay Will Be Featured Speakers at Chicago's Largest 1997 High-Technology Trade Show, April 22-24

Andover, MA -- More than 30 leading information technology firms will introduce new products or services at DCI's Internet Expo and Sales Force Automation Conference and Exposition, April 22-24, 1997, at McCormick Place in Chicago. The DCI conferences running concurrently will comprise the largest high-technology trade show in Chicago in 1997. More than 30,000 persons are expected to attend the world's premier event showcasing the latest Internet and sales and marketing automation technologies, trends and tools.

Exhibitors that have pre-scheduled announcements at the show to date include:

In addition to the new product and service announcements, the DCI event will feature exclusive presentations by best-selling authors Dr. Stephen Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and Harvey Mackay (Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive). The conference includes more than 200 educational sessions featuring many of the world's foremost information technology experts, and demonstrations of the latest Internet, intranet, e-mail, and sales and marketing automation tools and solutions by more than 200 of the world's leading information technology firms.

Other notable presenters include Kim Polese, Founder and CEO, Marimba, Inc.; Joseph Marengi, President, Novell, Inc.; Barton Goldenberg, President, ISM; and Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies.

DCI's Internet Expo will also be held in Boston, MA, August 12-14, 1997. Additional 1997 venues for DCI's Sales Force Automation Conference and Exposition are New York, NY, July 28-31, which will have author Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence) as a featured speaker; San Jose, CA, Sept. 16-18; and Boston, MA, December 2-4.

DCI, headquartered in Andover, MA, is a world leader in high-technology education, trade shows and management consulting.