Key technology decision-makers of Fortune 500 companies are invited to participate in Wave Series™ eFocus™ Group interviews via web-cast and teleconference forums to discuss e-marketplace trading exchanges.

Seattle, WA - April 15, 2001 - Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. (www.siliconvalleyrg.com), a leading high technology research and strategy development company, has been commissioned by WRQ, a leading provider of enterprise integration software, to conduct a Wave Series™ of interviews with technology decision-makers from Fortune 500 companies to discuss e-marketplace initiatives within their companies. Selected technology executives from across the United States will be invited to participate in the exclusive web-cast Wave Series™ focus groups. An initial wave of web-cast focus group sessions will be held to investigate and explore specific challenges in integrating legacy software systems to e-marketplace trading exchanges. A secondary wave, conducted through significantly smaller web-cast discussions with the same executives, will be used to probe further into the specific issues discussed during the initial sessions while exploring the solution expectations of the Verastream™ integration software product. The web-cast will be used to illustrate solution diagrams to focus group participants. “We are extremely excited to be working with such a high caliber company as WRQ in the Seattle area,” says Al Nazarelli, President and Founder of Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. “We are looking forward to continuously working with the WRQ team and building upon this mutually beneficial relationship.” Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. will conduct a final session in the Wave Series™ discussion groups through one-on-one interviews to identify potential market opportunities for the launch of the WRQ Verastream™ product.

For more information contact:

Bob Sandler
EQUS Group Inc.
pr@siliconvalleyrg.com