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Monday November 3 9:23 AM EST
Company Press Release
ZDNet's NetBuyer Recognizes Leaders in Web-Driven Computer Product
Sales with First Annual 'Best Buy' Awards
Gala Ceremony Honoring Winners to be Held at COMDEX, November 18, 1997
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- ZDNet's Computer Shopper NetBuyer, the largest marketplace of computer
products on the Web, today announced the finalists for its first annual ''Best Buy'' Awards. The finalists represent the top
computer products and manufacturers that are currently driving buyer interest and sales via the Web. The Best Buy Award
finalists were selected by users of the NetBuyer site (www.netbuyer.com), who placed ''votes'' for individual computing
products in the past several months by clicking through to the point of online or telephone purchasing.
NetBuyer is the largest and most successful multi-vendor shopping site on the Web. It combines comprehensive product
information from its advertisers -- including nearly 100 of the top computer resellers and manufacturers in the direct
marketplace -- with ZDNet's unmatched editorial, including its collection of more than 20,000 labs-generated product
reviews. Favored by Web users for its ease-of-use, broad selection of products, authoritative editorial guidance and innovative
comparison shopping grids, NetBuyer generates an estimated $2 million per month in product sales for its advertisers.
''Today's direct computer product buyers rely on NetBuyer for comparison shopping,'' said Al DiGuido, executive vice
president for Computer Shopper magazine and NetBuyer. ''As the largest multi-vendor shopping site on the Web, NetBuyer
has by far the best vantage point for monitoring Web-based buying habits. Our sophisticated Executive Summary reports,
which provide detailed sales tracking information for our advertisers, also enable us to identify the most popular product
categories, and the most popular products. By honoring the most successful players, the Best Buy Awards will indicate trends
in direct sales on the Web and reveal what it takes to be a success in this exploding marketplace.''
According to a study Computer Shopper commissioned last September in conjunction with IntelliQuest, the direct channel is
now the leading purchasing source for computer products among business buyers across virtually all product categories, with
over 80% of business buyers having purchased a product direct. From all accounts, the direct market will continue to
experience exponential growth.
About the Awards
See attached document for complete list of Best Buy finalists. All Best Buy award winners will be honored at a gala ceremony
during COMDEX Fall on November 18, 1997.
Using its one-of-a-kind Executive Summary database, which provides a detailed summary of buying activity on the site,
NetBuyer conducted a three-month analysis to determine award finalists. Top categories and best-selling products are
determined by tracking individual visits to vendors ''buyer consideration'' pages, which indicate that a user has researched to
the point of purchasing either online or via the phone. Following the first-annual awards, NetBuyer will begin awarding ''Best
Buys'' on a monthly and annual basis.
Advertising on NetBuyer
For more information about online advertising on NetBuyer, marketers can contact Al DiGuido, executive vice president and
group publisher, at 888-463-8289 or al_diguido@zd.com.
About Computer Shopper
Computer Shopper is the number one computer publication on the newsstand today, selling more single copies each month
than Forbes, Fortune and BusinessWeek combined. Weighing in at over five pounds an issue, Computer Shopper is the
''biggest'' magazine in the world and the largest marketplace for computer products and vendors in print, drawing over 2.7
million business and home readers every month. Geared towards active buyers who purchase direct, Computer Shopper's
editorial helps buyers make decisions on what, where and how to buy.
About ZDNet
Based in San Francisco, Ziff-Davis' ZDNet division develops and maintains the ZDNet Web site (www.zdnet.com), the
Internet's undisputed source for the most authoritative and comprehensive information on computing and the Internet. ZDNet
combines groundbreaking, interactive technology with editorial from Ziff-Davis' worldwide network of journalists to produce
original, compelling content and create communities of common interests in computing. ZDNet is consistently ranked by Media
Metrix, the Neilsen-like survey of Web usage, as the number-one news, information and entertainment Web site.
Ziff-Davis, a Softbank company, is the leading provider of content about computers and the Internet. The quality and quantity
of this content attracts the largest and most powerful audience of people interested in the Internet and computing around the
world. Ziff-Davis enables advertisers to reach this audience effectively and efficiently through an integrated system of media.
Computer Shopper NetBuyer Best Award Winners
Category Manufacturer Product
Desktop systems Quantex M Series
Desktop systems Comtrade Multimedia 3-D Screamer
Desktop systems PC Importers NuMedia MP5-166
Portable systems IBM ThinkPad 365XD
Portable systems Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDS
Portable systems Compaq Armada 4120T
Motherboards ASUS P/I-P55T2P4
Motherboards ASUS TX97
Motherboards FIC PA-2005
Hard drives Western Digital Caviar AC33100
Hard drives IBM Deskstar 3 DAQA-32160
Hard drives Maxtor DiamondMax 85120A
Processor Chips Intel Pentium Processor MMX
Processor Chips AMD K6-200
Processor Chips Intel Pentium 200 MHz
Monitors ViewSonic Optiquest V775
Monitors MAG InnoVision DX700T
Monitors MAG InnoVision DX1795
Printers Epson Stylus Color 600
Printers Epson Stylus Color 800
Printers HP LaserJet 6P
Scanners Microtek Lab ScanMaker E6
Scanners Microtek Lab ScanMaker E3
Scanners HP ScanJet 5p
Graphics cards ATI Technologies 3D Pro Turbo PC2TV
Graphics cards Matrox Graphics Mystique
Graphics cards Matrox Graphics MGA Millennium
Modems US Robotics Sportster Faxmodem
28.8/33.6 Internal
Modems US Robotics Sportster 56K Internal
(1787)
Modems US Robotics Sportster Faxmodem
28.8/33.6 External SOURCE ZDNet
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Monday November 3 10:19 AM EST
Company Press Release
AMD Orders Teradyne J973 VLSI Test Systems For Worldwide Chipset
and K6 Testing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE:TER) announced that it has received a large
multiple-system order from Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) (AMD) for its J973 VLSI Test Systems to test AMD's
high-speed chipsets and K6 microprocessors. The first system was shipped to AMD's plant in Sunnyvale, California; other
systems are slated for shipment to facilities in Texas and Singapore. The value of the order was not disclosed. The
announcement was made at the International Test Conference here.
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