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Hey folks, an UP stock in a bloodbath! News today on ZD! Conducent Teams With ZDNet to Provide Software Developers InnovativeAdvertising Opportunities Inside Software HARRISBURG, Pa., July 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Conducent, Inc. announced today that ZDNet will promote Conducent to its software developer audience as a powerful solution for enabling advertising and Internet functionality in software applications. ZDNet will promote Conducent through its popular ZDNet software library (www.zdnet.com/swlib) and through Upload.com (www.upload.com), the premier upload site on the Internet. Software developers will use Upload.com to send their ad-enabled software to ZDNet for distribution through the ZDNet software library. This move offers Conducent valuable exposure to a targeted audience of prospective new customers. Conducent, Inc. has created revolutionary technology that integrates advertising and Internet functionality (like chat, search and ecommerce buttons) in software. Categories include Finance; Utilities; Entertainment; Internet and Education. "By teaming with ZDNet, Conducent will be able to rapidly deliver quality services and technology to ZDNet's large audience of software developers," said Edwin Miller, VP of Business Development & Marketing for Conducent. "ZDNet's enormous credibility in the development community will afford us many new opportunities, above and beyond the great strides we've made so far." "This relationship will enable us to help software companies add value through advertising to the software they develop," said Preston Gralla, Executive Editor of the ZDNet Software Library. "And it will benefit ZDNet Software Library visitors by adding to the 34,000-plus titles of free downloadable software." About Conducent, Inc. Founded in 1996, Conducent Inc. has established the platform for delivering advertising and Internet functionality online and offline in PC software. Conducent's proprietary technology leverages the Internet to help portals, software developers, and advertisers dynamically reach the desktop. Partnered with over 25 of the industries premium software developers and distributors, Conducent is dedicated to converging the Internet and software. Conducent provides its technology to software developers, free of charge, from its Web site at conducent.com . About ZDNet Based in San Francisco, ZDNet develops and maintains the ZDNet Web site (www.zdnet.com), a leading source for technology and Internet content and commerce. By combining groundbreaking, interactive technology with editorial from its own award-winning editorial team, and from Ziff-Davis' worldwide network of journalists, ZDNet produces original, compelling content and communities of common interests in technology. ZDNet is consistently ranked by Media Metrix as the number-one Web site in the News, Information and Entertainment category. ZDNet is a division of Ziff-Davis Inc. (NYSE: ZD, ZDZ). For more information, contact Kathryn Geller Myers, Marketing Manager of Conducent, 717-671-3232, or myersk@conducent.com. SOURCE Conducent, Inc. CO: Conducent, Inc.; ZDNet; Ziff-Davis Inc. ST: Pennsylvania, California IN: CPR MLM ADV SU: JVN 07/29/99 08:30 EDT prnewswire.com