IT RADIO NETWORK IS NOW FEATURING AN INTERVIEW WITH META GROUP’S CHRIS BYRNES

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – October 25th, 2000 -- IT Radio Network, "The Voice of eBusiness," is now featuring an in-depth interview with Chris Byrnes from META Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: METG).

During the interview, Byrnes discussed the latest changes in Internet security, the influx of mergers and acquisitions within the Internet security space, wireless security and how to choose the solution that’s right for your company.

According to Byrnes, security hasn’t changed much over the last couple months, but companies have figured out how to do things just a little bit better. "The reality is the thing that’s changed the most is there’s been more compromises, more losses," said Byrnes. "Therefore, there’s a little bit more attention being paid. As more and more organizations start to pay attention to e-commerce, they start realizing either because they’re smart, or because they get hit, that security is an important thing."

Byrnes also discussed what’s wrong with wireless application protocol or WAP technology. "What happened was that the firm that designed WAP got ahead of itself and they sold a bunch of installations before the WAP standard was completed," said Byrnes. "And as a result, a lot of the deployments here are not standards based. And they’re going to take some change. So we’ve got a ways to go.

This interview and many others are available free online in RealAudio and text at http://www.itradionetwork.com.

To access Chris Byrnes’ interview directly, visit http://www.itradionetwork.com/scripts/byrnesc.cfm

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