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( BW)(TN-FEDEX)(FDX) FedEx Recieves CIO-100 Award for Technology and Process Integration

    To provide a vision of ever-changing business trends, the focus of the CIO-100 changes each year. This year CIO honors 100 companies that demonstrate integrated technologies and procedures to improve products, services and relationships with partners and clients.

    "Now, more than ever, companies rely on integrated applications that freely share information," says Abbie Lundberg, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine. "This year's CIO-100 award recipients are being honored because their companies developed an integrated enterprise to enhance their business, from improving relationships with customers to creating a seamless value chain."
    Complete coverage of the 2002 CIO-100 is featured in the August 15 issue of CIO magazine and at www.cio.com.

    The FedEx companies deliver nearly 5 million packages daily to 212 counties and offer the broadest array of transportation, e-commerce and supply chain solutions in the world.

    "Part of our IT vision is to be the world's best applied technology team," says Rob Carter, "so we're always looking for innovative new technology that can speed up a process, eliminate rework and improve quality for our customers and our business."
    The recipients of this year's CIO-100 were selected through a three-step process. First, companies filled out an online application form. In addition, CIO staff and members of its expert panel nominated companies they deemed best fit the award criteria. A team of CIO editors and writers reviewed the application forms and expert recommendations and voted on the final 100. The judging objectives were to recognize positive business performance through integrated technologies and procedures.

    About FedEx

    With annual revenues of $21 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, the largest U.S. provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs clearance, international freight forwarding and trade facilitation.

    About CIO Magazine

    CIO magazine (launched in 1987) is published by CXO Media Inc. CXO Media serves CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other corporate officers who use technology to thrive and prosper in this new era of business. The company strives to enhance partnerships between C-level executives, as well as create opportunities for information technology (IT) and consumer marketers to reach them. In addition to publishing CIO, CXO Media produces www.cio.com, The CIO Insider, www.darwinmagazine.com, and www.CSOonline.com as well as CIO Executive Programs, a series of conferences that provide educational and networking opportunities for corporate and government leaders. In September 2002, CXO Media will launch CSO magazine, a resource for information security executives.

    CXO Media Inc. is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 300 computer magazines and newspapers and 4,000 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (www.idg.net), which comprises more than 270 targeted websites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide and provides IT market analysis through 50 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at www.idg.com.

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    CONTACT: FedEx Media Relations
             Traci Barnett, 901/434-7766
             tsbarnett@fedex.com
             www.fedex.com

    KEYWORD: MASSACHUSETTS TENNESSEE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: AIRLINES E-COMMERCE TRANSPORTATION
    SOURCE: FedEx