Secure Networks for the Connected Enterprise Conference to Focus on How Companies Can Protect their End-to-End Communications and Balance Rigid Security, Availability and Performance Criteria

Business Wire, July 14, 1999

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1999--

Giga Information Group's Premier Conference will be held September

26-28, 1999 in San Francisco, California at the Fairmont Hotel

Internet luminaries will offer their unique perspectives on e-commerce communications at Giga Information Group's (NASDAQ:GIGX) premier conference Secure Networks for the Connected Enterprise, held September 26-28, 1999 in San Francisco, California. These keynote addresses will help set the tone for the conference, which will provide insights on how IT professionals can use the Internet to expedite secure and robust communications and connect with customers, suppliers and business partners seamlessly.

The event is specifically designed to help companies meet the growing management and technology challenges of developing and deploying IT infrastructures that effectively support business-critical inter-company applications. Here they will examine how to maintain the security of extranet/e-commerce applications, enable appropriate access and ensure the highest performance available and walk away with the knowledge necessary to deliver highly effective business-to-business and business-to-consumer applications.

Secure Networks for the Connected Enterprise will feature visionary keynote presentations from Jim Bidzos, Vice Chairman, Security Dynamics Technologies, Inc. and Stratton Sclavos, President and CEO, VeriSign, Inc. Also, presenting keynote addresses with an end user perspective are Fred Matteson, Executive Vice President of Technology Services, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pete Solvik, Senior Vice President and CIO, Cisco Systems, Inc. Additionally, the following members of the Giga Information Group research team will be giving featured presentations Dan Merriman, Richard Fichera, Lloyd Hession, Steve Hunt, and Kiran Narsu.

Furthermore, first-hand case studies will be heard from AltaVista Company, The Boeing Company, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., First USA/Bank One, General Motors Corporation, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Sunburst Hospitality Corp., and Texas Instruments.

To register for the Secure Networks for the Connected Enterprise Conference contact Giga's Conferences Group at (1)-(781)-792-2669 or email conferences@gigaweb.com. Information is also posted on Giga's Website at www.gigaweb.com.

Secure Networks for the Connected Enterprise Conference sponsors to date include Centura Software, Dascom, InfoWar.com, Lockstar and SystemExperts.

About Giga Information Group

Giga Information Group (NASDAQ:GIGX), founded by industry leader Gideon I. Gartner, delivers technology and management advice to IT decision-makers via innovative research processes and a leading edge Web interface. Giga's research focus is on helping companies integrate their businesses with the Internet; it also covers issues pertaining to the computing, telecommunications and related industries. Giga began providing its services in April 1996, and has become the world's fastest-growing advisory on IT with a global client base exceeding 950 organizations and over 14,000 individuals. Its enterprise clients include IT decision-makers who sell technology, who use technology, and who invest in technology.

Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Giga has 10 other offices covering the Americas and Europe. Giga is also represented by distributors in other areas of the world.

The Company's Web site can be accessed at http://www.gigaweb.com. The Company's logo with the name Giga Information Group is a registered trademark of Giga Information Group, Inc.