Lyris Enhances IDG Email Marketing Offerings

Boston, MA - 11 June 2002 - Lyris Technologies announced today that it will extend its partnership with International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media company, to deliver email marketing and email filtering software to IDG subsidiaries PC World, CXO Media, IDG.net and IDG Global Communications.

"We designed Lyris ListManager 6.0 specifically to meet the needs of major news and media companies like IDG," said Lyris CEO John Buckman. "With extensive new personalization and reporting features, we're confident that ListManager will continue to meet IDG's needs now and into the future."

"IDG's PC World, CXO Media, IDG.net, and IDG Global Communications currently use Lyris ListManager and Lyris MailShield," said IDG Global Communications President Jeff DeBalko. "The response from each subsidiary has been very positive, as Lyris's software has the scalability and flexibility they need to effectively manage their enterprise e-mail systems."

About International Data Group
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.com), which comprises more than 330 targeted Web sites in 80 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related events worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 51 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.