Company values philanthropy in communities in which it does business

San Jose, CA - July 7, 2003 – Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. (www.siliconvalleyrg.com), a premiere marketing research and strategy development firm for technology products and services, is pleased to announce the creation of a charitable foundation to serve those in need in communities where Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. does business. The Silicon Valley Research Group Foundation gives generously to community groups, such as City Ministries, which provided the homeless with meals on Thanksgiving and on other occasions. The Foundation has also recently formalized a giving process to encourage its employees and clients to participate, and has instituted a program to encourage research participants, who receive honorariums for their valuable time, to donate to the United Way, the Red Cross, or other local charities of their choice. Al Nazarelli. President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Research Group, called the Silicon Valley Research Group Foundation an invaluable part of the company’s corporate culture. “We at the Silicon Valley Research Group believe that you get out of life what you give back ten-fold, and this Foundation is our own small way of helping out in the communities where we do business. We encourage our employees, our clients and research respondents to donate when they can. We, and those the Foundation serves, are most grateful any donations received.”

About Silicon Valley Research Group Inc.:

Based in San Jose, California and with regional offices in Seattle, Washington and Vancouver, Canada, Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. is a global marketing research and strategy development firm focused exclusively on technology. Founded in 1994, the firm is supported by an outstanding research team of analysts with in-depth technology industry experience. Silicon Valley Research Group Inc. is distinguished in the high-tech industry by its analysts' in-depth knowledge of the technology market as well as their advanced research methodologies that can obtain hard-to-get data and their ability to deliver unequalled insight into the technology market dynamics. Corporate clients that have and continue to rely on Silicon Valley Research Group research for planning marketing campaigns and strategic initiatives include technology industry leaders such as Acer, Altera, Macromedia, Microsoft, and PMC-Sierra.

For more information:

Bob Sandler
EQUS Group Inc.
pr@siliconvalleyrg.com