4FRONT SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. WINS $2 MILLION IN HELP-DESK CONTRACTS.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1997 --

- New State-Of-The-Art National Call Center To Handle

Increased Call Volume -

4Front Software International, Inc. ("4Front")(Nasdaq NM Symbol: FFST) today announced that its help-desk business has secured two contracts in aggregate of approximately $2 million from the U.K. arm of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Byte Ltd., a U.K.- based computer retailer.

The first contract involves the extension of an existing agreement with Pfizer for the provision of internal corporate help-desk services. The original annual value of this contract has been increased by about $1 million and now totals around $3 million. In addition, further service extensions are being discussed between the companies. 4Front's help-desk program recently won Pfizer the 1996 U.K. Help Desk of the Year award.

In the second contract, Byte Ltd. has agreed to subscribe to approximately $1 million worth of software support contracts for its customers for a one-year period commencing this month. With 60 outlets and 11 more planned to open this year, Byte is the third largest computer retailer in the U.K. In conjunction with this agreement, 4Front's help-desk services commenced operations from its new National Call Center, a centralized, state-of-the-art facility located in West London. The center is currently answering 1,000 support calls a day on average and has capacity to handle significant expansion of the help-desk business.

Anil Doshi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 4Front, said, "A year ago we had only a very small involvement in the young and rapidly developing U.K. help-desk services market. These contracts now firmly set 4Front on the path towards its declared aim to be one of the U.K.'s leading help-desk service providers. We expect the U.K. help-desk market to continue to grow and the opening of our new National Call Center will enable us to leverage significant further participation in this market with limited additional cost."

4Front Software International, Inc., a UK-based specialized computer services company provides a wide range of specialized high-end information technology solutions and services principally to Financial Times UK Top 500 companies and government authorities. The company provides key elements of distributed computing, including systems development and integration, storage and client-server solutions and products, as well as extensive hardware and software support services. The company's customers include National Westminister Bank plc, British Aerospace plc, Oracle Corporation, Royal Dutch/Shell Group plc, Orange plc, Cambridge University and the UK Ministry of Defense.

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