BDO Seidman, LLP Expands Onyx Software Relationship Through Emerging ASPiN Program.

Business & Technology Editors

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000

BDO Seidman expands web-enabled customer relationship management

(CRM) solution offering by joining the Onyx Application Service

Provider Network (ASPiN) - a global hosting initiative

BDO Seidman, LLP, an eBusiness solutions provider, today announced it has joined Onyx Software's (NASDAQ: ONXS) ASPiN program. The Onyx ASPiN program is a global network of software, hardware and services companies working together and individually to deliver a wide-ranging set of hosted offerings based on the Onyx Front Office product family.

As part of the agreement BDO will implement the full-suite of hosted Onyx product offerings for organizations seeking a secure, flexible and scalable environment throughout the enterprise. The relationship will also allow BDO to integrate the full-suite of ASPiN CRM-based solutions - which can now be externally supported and managed which may help organizations realize a more rapid delivery of applications, lower IT operating costs, reduce risk, increase reliability and lower their overall total-cost-of-ownership.

BDO Seidman provides a full range of e-business consulting services to growing businesses and high-growth divisions of Fortune 1000 companies. Onyx Software Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business solutions.

"We are pleased to have BDO Seidman join our network of Application Service Providers with their strong understanding of e-business strategies and implementations." Stated Ric Merrifield, Director of Outsourced Applications, Onyx Software. "The partnership will expand BDO's solutions strategy and give their customers more options for outsourcing all, or part, of their CRM system, including infrastructure, customization, implementation and support services."

"Expanding our relationship with Onyx to include a full-service hosting platform is a natural extension of our existing capabilities," says Mark Jones, Director of National Marketing, BDO Seidman. "In addition to already offering Onyx's best-of-breed front office solutions, we will now be giving our clients a compelling new option for implementing a CRM solution, without having to worry about the day-to-day details of managing the system."

Hosted ASP services manage and support business practices without large investments in software or support personnel. Organizations looking to expand their CRM system may find an ASP solution to have less risk, more rapid delivery times, reduced cost of ownership or lower investments in IT personnel.

About BDO Seidman, LLP

BDO Seidman, LLP is dedicated to maximizing the value of growing businesses by providing a full range of professional services. Through its Business and Technology Solutions consulting practice, BDO leverages innovative technologies and software applications to deliver solutions that can be sustained and adapted to address evolving client needs. The tangible result is an innovative and practical solution designed to help provide clients with profitable, long-term competitive advantage to grow their business. Consulting services offered include business process improvement, customer relationship management, e-business, packaged software implementations and technology infrastructure services. For more information on the Business and Technology Solutions consulting practice, visit www.bdo.com/bts.

BDO Seidman, serves clients through more than 40 offices and 60 alliance firm locations across the United States. As a member firm of BDO International, BDO Seidman leverages a global network of resources to serve clients abroad through more than 500 member firm offices in over 85 countries. For more information on BDO, visit www.bdo.com.

About Onyx Software

Onyx Software Corporation (NASDAQ: ONXS) is a leading supplier of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business applications. Onyx Software's enterprise-class software connects and powers a company's entire e-business world, including customers, partners and sale, marketing, service and call center functions. Onyx's award-winning products are known for flexibility, reliability and quick deployment, resulting in high return on investment, low total cost of ownership and industry-leading customer satisfaction. Onyx Software operates worldwide, supporting large, medium and small companies such as Agile Software, American Express, Broadwing, Cognos, CommerceOne, Credit Suisse, Dreyfus, Ericsson, FirstWorld Communications, Hummingbird, NTL Group, Portland Trailblazers, Sharp Electronics, Sierra Health Services, Singapore Cable Vision and US Bancorp. For more information call 1-888-275-6699, visit the Onyx web site at www.onyx.com or email [e-mail].

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