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Impact Innovations Group and John Wiley & Sons announce publication of The Executives Guide to Information Technology

Dallas, Texas., March 21, 2003 - Impact Innovations Group, John Wiley & Sons and Studio B today announced the publication of The Executive's Guide to Information Technology.

The book, authored by John Baschab and Jon Piot of Impact Innovations Group and published by John Wiley & Sons, is a comprehensive guide to running a cost-effective, efficient, and business delivery-focused corporate Information Technology department. Designed to help IT managers and top executives get the most out of their departments, the book covers such topics as managing the IT department, establishing leadership roles, assessing the organization, cost management, project demand management, operations management, infrastructure planning, vendor selection and management, technical standards setting, investment evaluation, and productivity and quality measurement programs.

In the foreword, Professor Lynda Applegate of the Harvard Business School states "This book is important reading. It offers practical, real-world insight and pragmatic no-nonsense approaches for people who have a stake in corporate IT. In today's rapidly changing and highly competitive environment, the more effectively you exploit and manage IT in your business, the more successful your company will be."

"Our book is based on our extensive experience both turning around distressed IT departments, and managing them ongoing for our clients. The book captures our lessons learned from these engagements, and is focused on the business of managing the IT department - something often neglected in favor of a technology or internal focus on the part of IT" said Baschab, Senior Vice President at Impact Innovations Group.

"This book is a valuable guide for a variety of audiences" said Piot, a company founder and the Chief Operating Officer at Impact Innovations. "IT managers will improve the performance of their departments, and senior executives will understand how to work effectively with the CIO or IT director, as well as provide constructive management input to the IT function."

"We are excited about this book, because it fills a gap in the current book offerings. We saw a need for a volume that combines practical, pragmatic advice with sound business-oriented management principles for IT practitioners, Senior Managers and technology consultants alike. The book is also appropriate for the academic channel, for both undergraduate MIS students and the MBA curriculum." said Matt Holt, Senior Editor at publisher John Wiley & Sons.

For more information on The Executives Guide to Information Technology, visit the book site at www.exec-guide.com.

About Impact Innovations Group
Impact Innovations Group is a business solutions provider servicing government and private sector clients. Known for its ability to design, implement and manage technology to drive significant value on investment, the company has unique expertise in enterprise software, content/document management, application development and IT infrastructure and operations. For the past 10 years, Impact Innovations has successfully partnered with numerous technology providers to deliver effective and award-winning solutions to its clients. Impact Innovations was recently recognized as one of the fastest growing IT firms in the United States, and has been nationally recognized for the applications development and other IT services every year since 1998. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, the company has two offices in the Washington, D.C. area to service its federal clients (Vienna, VA, and Columbia, MD), and an office in Dallas, TX. Impact Innovations can be found at www.impactinnovations.com.

About John Wiley & Sons
Founded in 1807, Wiley provides must-have content and services to customers worldwide. Its core businesses include scientific, technical and medical journals, encyclopedias, books and other online products and services, professional and consumer books and subscription services, and education materials for undergraduate and graduate students and lifelong learners. Wiley has approximately 22,700 active titles and about 400 journals, and publishes about 2000 new titles in a variety of print and electronic formats each year. Wiley has publishing, marketing and distribution centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols JWa and JWb. Wiley's Internet site can be accessed at www.wiley.com.

About Studio B
Studio B, founded by David Rogelberg in 1995, is the first agency to exclusively focus on representing leading technology authors and noted experts. By providing the just the right environment to attract authors. Studio B offers highly specialized services for the worlds leading publishers, hardware and software companies, training companies and consulting and professional services firms. Studio B can be found at www.studiob.com.