SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25, 2000 (PRIMEZONE) -- StreetFusion, (www.streetfusion.com), the Internet's leading financial event information network, today announced that the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) has selected StreetFusion to webcast its year 2000 and 2001 monthly meetings and annual events. This marks the second consecutive year that StreetFusion has been selected as the Chapter's webcaster.
The Silicon Valley Chapter was recently named Chapter of the Year at this year's NIRI Annual Conference in San Francisco. The Chapter membership is comprised of many of Silicon Valley's top companies, including Cisco, Yahoo!, Applied Materials, Juniper Networks and Intel.
"Our goal is to provide our members with the highest quality webcasts available. We selected StreetFusion to webcast our meetings and events because they have continually met the high standards expected of our Chapter," said Randi Paikoff Feigin, President of the NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter "We look forward to another year of high quality webcasts."
"We are very pleased and honored to have again been selected as the webcaster for NIRI's Silicon Valley Chapter," said Athan Demakos, Senior Vice President of StreetFusion. "The Chapter's recent recognition as NIRI Chapter of the Year was due, in part, to its effective use of webcasting in communicating with its membership. We are proud to provide webcasting services to the Chapter, as well as to many of its member companies in Northern California."
About NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter
The NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter was formed to advance the practice of investor relations within the local business environment. In keeping with this mission, the Chapter focuses on IR education, mentoring, and networking with the broad professional community. Our goal is to further the skills of our members, to expand their business opportunities, to increase Chapter membership, and to foster an environment that promotes IR learning for all. The Chapter was recently voted NIRI Chapter of the Year at the 2000 NIRI Annual Conference,
About StreetFusion
StreetFusion (www.streetfusion.com) is the leading network for financial events, linking approximately 6,000 public companies, 2,000 of the nation's leading buyside and sellside firms, and millions of individual investors. The company hosts the most comprehensive and accurate collection of financial event webcasts and event logistics available anywhere. StreetFusion has simplified and streamlined financial communications, enabling the distribution of time sensitive and critical information through a secure, password-protected environment. Online event planning, event publishing, and event webcasting ensure targeted distribution with pinpoint accuracy. For information on StreetFusion's services, visit http://www.streetfusion.com/ or call toll-free (877) 343-0020 or (415) 343-3000.