MACTIVITY96 AND NETWORKS EXPO TO SHARE PLATFORM IN BOSTON

Combined Shows Create Comprehensive Networking Event

(October 20, 1995, Los Gatos, CA and Ft. Lee, NJ) -- Blenheim Group USA and
Mactivity, Inc., announced plans to run concurrent events, February
13-15,1996, at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA. The combined
events, Networks Expo Boston and Mactivity: The Macintosh Connectivity
Conference, are expected to attract more than 35,000 attendees making it
the largest networking trade show on the East Coast. 

Networks Expo has been the premier networking event in the Northeast for
eight years. Mactivity has been producing networking and communications
conferences focused on Macintosh connectivity issues for six years. The
two events will be managed independently under a collaborative arrangement
between the two firms. However, Networks Expo and Mactivity attendees can
attend both shows' exhibit floors. 

Networks Expo Boston and Mactivity will provide information systems
professionals with the most comprehensive showcase of cross-platform
networking, communications, collaboration, telephony and Internet products
available today. All the major network operating systems including
NetWare, OS/2 Warp, Vines, Windows NT and AppleShare will be showcased at
the combined events. 

"This is a significant and exciting event for the industry," said Grisha
Davida, show manager, Of Networks Expo Boston. "Networks Expo Boston
attendees will now have access to networking solutions from every major
computing platform and every major network operating system. We really
have created a comprehensive business solutions event for networking
professionals." 

"We're thrilled at the prospects of presenting Mactivity along with
Networks Expo," said Paul Kent, president of Mactivity. "For the first
time, Macintosh networking will take center stage in an event where all
major desktop environments and NOSs are represented. It's a great
opportunity for IS professionals worldwide to be educated and find
solutions for all of their computing platforms." 

Blenheim Group USA is the world's leading independent producer of trade
shows and conferences. In addition to Networks Expo Boston, Blenheim also
produces Networks Expo in Dallas, PC EXPO in New York and Chicago, UNIX
EXPO in New York, DB/EXPO in San Francisco and New York and HRMS/EXPO in
San Jose. For information on these shows, access Blenheim's Web site,
ShowNet 365, at URL address: http://www.shownet.com. 

Mactivity, Inc. has been educating Macintosh networking professionals for
over six years. Mactivity's flagship conference -- Mactivity: The
Macintosh Connectivity Conference is held in San Jose, CA and Boston, MA
each year bringing together over 10,000 Macintosh networkers and
WebMasters. Mactivity/Web is a World Wide Web Developers Conference for
WebMasters using MacOS-based tools. Mactivity also hosts Mactivity/CEO --
a strategic, executive-level conference for the Macintosh networking
industry, and publishes Connections: Journal of Macintosh Connectivity. 

Blenheim Group USA
Fort Lee Executive Park, One Executive Dr, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
800-829-3976,  201-346-1400,  Fax: 201-346-1532
 
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