ATEC Group, Inc. Announces Key Corporate Developments; Company To Re-Initiate Stock Buy Back Program; Nexar XPA Market Launch Scheduled For June/July 1999.

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 1999--

-- WAREFORCE.COM To Enter Strategic Relationship With ATEC --

ATEC Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATEC) today announced that management has elected to reinitiate a strategic stock buyback of its common shares in accordance with a 1997 Board-approved resolution. Management noted that the current undervalued price of their common shares represent a significant opportunity for the Company to buy back and retire shares from its existing float to the Company's treasury. Terms and conditions of their current buyback strategy were not formally disclosed.

In addition, the Company announced that the Nexar XPA personal computer, the world's first, patented upgradeable PC platform, will be introduced to market via a nationwide sales and marketing campaign in June/July 1999. Surinder Rametra, Chairman and CEO of ATEC Group, Inc., stated, "The planned launch of the XPA system is creating tremendous excitement here at ATEC. Polling of our existing customers, as well as extensive consumer surveying, leads us to believe that we will experience a rapid ramp-up of orders for this new industry innovation immediately following our formal launch. Buoyed by an aggressive and cooperative advertising and public relations campaign, we intend to maximize early market awareness of the XPA in order to facilitate mass consumer purchase. This campaign will incorporate print and on-line advertisements targeting consumers , in addition to a pro-active direct telemarketing campaign to our ATEC clients. Each of our operating subsidiaries, to include ATEC One and Digital Arts, will play an important role in this industry-historic product launch."

Continuing, Rametra added, "Despite the terminated merger with WAREFORCE.COM, I am pleased to report that our respective management teams have elected to pursue a strategic relationship whereby we will be working together to benefit our collective clients. Through cross-referral of customers, we expect that this positive relationship will prove profitable for both parties while providing our respective clients with enhanced customer service and value-added opportunities on the world wide web."

Based in Hauppauge, New York, ATEC Group, Inc. is a PC manufacturer of Nexar XPA technology, a leading system integrator and a provider of a full line of information technology products and services. As a one-stop company for the computer needs of businesses, professionals, government agencies and educational institutions, ATEC enters the new millennium with a technological arsenal that includes Y2K remediation solutions, computer hardware, software, connectivity devices, multimedia products, data communication via satellite, video conferencing, system integration networking, high speed data transmission, graphic arts, Internet and Intranet. In addition, the Company has positioned itself for growth in telecommunications, outsourcing of IT professionals, and offshore software development. For more information on ATEC Group, please visit the Company's web site at www.atecgroup.com.

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