Montvale, NJ, July 11, 2001 - SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's leading i-technology publisher and the producer of i-technology developer conferences, headquartered in Montvale, NJ, has been named by Deloitte & Touche to its annual list of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in New Jersey. As a winner of the Technology Fast 50 Awards, SYS-CON was also nominated for the national competition for the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in the United States, the Technology Fast 500 Awards as well as Inc. 500 with results to be announced later in this year.

In 1999 SYS-CON Media was ranked 194 by Inc. 500 on its list of America's fastest-growing privately owned companies. In 2000 Fuat Kircaali, SYS-CON's founder and CEO, was nominated by Ernst & Young for its Entrepreneur of the Year award. The 2001 ranking of Technology Fast 50 is based on percentage of corporate revenue growth over the five-year period between 1996 and 2000. Winners include both public and private corporations.

"We are delighted to be a 2001 New Jersey Technology Fast 50 winner," said Fuat Kircaali, founder and CEO of SYS-CON Media. "Although we have experienced consistent growth since 1994, the year the company was founded, only after SYS-CON turned 5 years old were we eligible for these nominations. This year, based on our 2000 operating results, we are confident that our company will be named as one of America's fastest-growing companies once again by Inc. 500, as well as by Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500."

 Technology Fast 50 winners will be honored at an annual awards breakfast on August 16, 2001. Winners of last year's New Jersey Technology Fast 50 included IDT Corp., Programmer's Paradise, Novasoft, Neil Laboratories, Computer Horizons, and Hexaware Technologies.

SYS-CON received the Technology Fast 50 award based on a 1,075% five-year revenue growth between 1996 and 2000. SYS-CON's prior national recognition, the 1999 Inc. 500 award, was given based on a 1,307% five-year revenue growth between 1994 and 1998.

The company's first national award, published in Inc. magazine's October 1999 special Inc. 500 issue and read by over 2.5 million readers, was an exclusive report on the companies and CEOs who are changing the face of American business. Noteworthy alumni include household corporate names such as Microsoft, Oracle, WordPerfect, CompUSA, Gateway 2000, Intuit, e*Trade, Timberland, Jenny Craig, and Domino's Pizza.

About SYS-CON Media:
SYS-CON Media, named the fastest-growing, privately held publishing company in America by Inc. 500 in 1999 and nominated again for Inc. 500 in 2000, is the world's leading publisher exclusively serving i-technology markets. SYS-CON's market leading publications include Wireless Business & Technology (www.WBT2.com), Java Developer's Journal (www.JavaDevelopersJournal.com), XML-Journal (www.XML-Journal.com), Web Services Journal (www.WSJ2.com), ColdFusion Developer's Journal (www.ColdFusionJournal.com), PowerBuilder Developer's Journal (www.PowerBuilderJournal.com), WebSphere Developer's Journal (www.WebSphereDevelopersJournal.com), BEA WebLogic Developer's Journal (www.WeblogicDevelopersJournal.com).

About SYS-CON Events, Inc.:
SYS-CON Events, Inc. (www.sys-con.com), is the world's leading producer of i-technology developer conferences and expositions. SYS-CON Events' upcoming developer conference calendar includes: JDJEdge2001 International Java Developer Conference & Expo (www.sys-con.com/JDJEdge), XMLEdge2001 International XML Conference & Expo (www.XMLEdge2001.com), WirelessEdge 2002 International Wireless Business & Technology Conference & Expo (www.WirelessEdge2002.com), and WebServicesEdge 2001 International Web Services Conference & Expo / East and West (www.WebServicesEdge.com).

Each month SYS-CON Media reaches over half a million i-technology professionals through its specialty journals, magazines, books, conferences, and the SYS-CON Interactive portal with its 87 Web sites at www.sys-con.com.

CONTACT:
Jeremy Geelan,
SYS-CON Media
jeremy@sys-con.com
or 201-802-3020.