NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y., Sept. 23 -- Alpha Bytes, Inc. kicks off its marketing awareness campaign for the H-NET(R) Internet-based transaction network and Internet Vision Care Portal tomorrow at the annual Vision Expo/West conference in Las Vegas. Anton Stephens, Chairman and CEO of Alpha Bytes, said, "The beta test of our transaction network has been so successful we have moved the launch of our marketing awareness campaign forward to take advantage of the large concentration of vision care professionals at the conference who can benefit from H-NET(R). This will be the first opportunity for these industry professionals and leaders to see the much anticipated transaction network in action and to see live demos of the new Internet Portal for the vision care industry."

The conference is the world's leading vision care event. Last year's conference attracted over 10,000 attendees from the global ophthalmic community including opticians, ophthalmologists, optometrists, lab managers, technicians and chain store senior executives. With the venue being in Las Vegas for the first time, the conference this year is expected to attract over 15,000 vision care professionals.

According to statistics made available by Reed Exhibition Companies, the conference organizer, 75% of all attendees have the authority to recommend, specify or purchase products and services. Last year, approximately half of the attendees signed a purchase order at the show.

Alpha Bytes is the global leader in providing e-commerce business-to-business services to the vision care industry. With a streamlined network and a strong existing international customer base in the vision care market, Alpha Bytes has begun the deployment of H-NET(R) Internet-based transaction network and vision care industry portal to as many users as rapidly as possible. The company's relationships with alliance partners Microsoft Corporation and COMPAQ are designed to assure the company of the most powerful solution for an Internet-based transaction network that will set the standard of excellence in the healthcare industry. For more information about Alpha Bytes, Inc. visit our website at http://www.h-net.net or http://www.alphabytesusa.com or contact Christine Stephens at (905) 475-3249. Email info@h-net.net. For copies of press releases, SEC filings, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information, visit Hawk Associates website http://www.hawkassociates.com or contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, Inc. at (305) 852-2383. Email: info@hawkassociates.com.

VitalCast.com Offers Alternative Health Content, Features and Product Listings

November 11, 1999 -- Marketers tell us that millions of Americans use the Web to learn more about health. What of alternative health? Super-savvy web surfer and dot-com novices alike will find valuable information at the click of a mouse. What sets VitalCast.com http://www.vitalcast.com apart from other alternative health sites is its mosaic of features, its science-based content and its "smart choices" product listing.

Americans' surge of interest in alternative medicine has resulted in consumers making 200 million more visits to alternative practitioners per year than to conventional M.D.s. Never have people been more in need of trusted sources to sort through the clutter.