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ASP Industry Consortium Chairman Traver Gruen-Kennedy Promotes Florida as ASP Haven Friday December 17, 3:04 pm Eastern Timebiz.yahoo.com Joins Florida Gov. Jeb Bush FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1999--Joining Gov. Jeb Bush to advance Florida as an important center for the growing application service provider industry, ASP Industry Consortium Chairman Traver Gruen-Kennedy promoted the state as a leading place for ASPs to locate. Gruen-Kennedy joined Gov. Bush and Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan during a press conference yesterday at Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Discovery and Science, where Bush also announced the formation of an a new Internet Task Force that will set forth his vision, objectives and goals. The event was presented by ITFlorida.com, a State of Florida task force designed to explore communications networks and information technologies. In a presentation, Gruen-Kennedy detailed the success of the Consortium, as it has grown from 25 members just seven months ago to more than 260. Gruen-Kennedy also pointed to Florida as a fast-growing center for start-up ASP businesses. One reason for this, Gruen-Kennedy said, is that the Sunshine State features low taxes, high quality of life, low housing costs and good commuting times, when compared with some other high-tech centers. ''The continued rapid growth of the ASP Industry Consortium demonstrates that this industry is one of the hottest in the technology sector,'' said Gruen-Kennedy. ''As we continue to grow at this strong pace, we are gaining international influence. And as more and more players in the ASP industry locate here in Florida, you could say it is replacing Silicon Valley with ASP Valley.'' About the ASP Industry Consortium Founded in May 1999, the Application Service Provider Industry Consortium is an advocacy group of companies formed to promote the application service provider industry by sponsoring research, fostering standards, and articulating the measurable benefits of this evolving delivery model. The Board of Directors of the ASP Industry Consortium includes representatives of AT&T (NYSE: T - news); AristaSoft Corp., Boundless Technologies, Inc. (AMEX: BND - news); Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO - news); Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTXS - news); Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ - news); CyLex Systems, Inc., Ernst & Young LLP; Exodus Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXDS - news); FutureLink Distribution Corp. (Nasdaq: FLNK - news); GTE (NYSE: GTE - news); Great Plains Software (Nasdaq: GPSI - news); IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM - news); Interpath Communications, Inc.; JAWS Technologies Inc. (NASD OTC BB: JAWZ); Marimba, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRBA - news); Onyx Software Corporation (Nasdaq: ONXS - news); SaskTel; Sharp Electronics Corp.; Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW - news); The Taylor Group; TeleComputing, Inc.; UUNET (an MCIWorldCom Company, Nasdaq: WCOM); Verio, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRIO - news); and Wyse Technology. Information on the ASP Industry Consortium is available on the World Wide Web at www.aspindustry.org, by contacting consortium headquarters at: ASP Industry Consortium, Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 500, Wakefield, Mass. 01880; Tel: 781-246-9321, or by sending email to info@aspindustry.org. Contact: ASP Industry Consortium John Lamontagne, 781/246-9321 or lamontagne@aspindustry.org