BSG Alliance/IT Opens Worldwide Learning Center and Office in Austin; State-of-the-Art Center to Provide Advanced Technology Training for BSGs Information Technology Professionals.

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1995--BSG Alliance/IT, Inc., one of the fastest growing companies in the information technology services industry, announced today it has opened its worldwide Learning Center and eleventh U.S. office center in Austin, TX.

The BSG Learning Center will provide a state-of-art facility for training the corporation's employees in a wide range of advanced technology applications and client/server systems, as well as business process innovation. BSG expects to train nearly 1,000 people at the center over the next year.

"BSG has worked hard to develop a culture that stresses people first," according to Steven G. Papermaster, chairman and CEO of BSG. "Opening the center was the logical next step in our commitment to develop the technical skills and leadership capacity of BSG's information technology (IT) professionals."

BSG is an industry leader in providing a comprehensive program of continuing education for its employees. Each new BSG professional takes four weeks of initial training in the company's "Quantum Leap" program. The coursework involves a wide range of technologies, including the latest in client/server approaches and other advanced systems.

However, Papermaster notes, "We focus not only on technical skills but also leadership, personal development, and interpersonal skills -- the ability to interact with each other, have a personal mastery and apply technology. When they have finished with Quantum Leap, they are project-ready, able to apply the skills they have learned and put BSG's values into action."

BSG also provides an aggressive ongoing program to continually sharpen skills and develop new ones, with every BSG professional required to complete up to 20 days of continuing education annually.

"In our program of continuous skills development, we emphasize teamwork, innovation and imagination, as well as a solid foundation of technical skills," Papermaster continued. "In our partnership with our customers, we constantly stress the need to stay ahead of the rapidly accelerating pace of change -- and we can certainly do no less ourselves."

"The IT services industry has undergone a transformation -- from focusing primarily on system operation and maintenance to playing an integral role in business reengineering and the productive implementation of a wide range of advanced technologies," concludes Papermaster. "The next generation IT service company is a partner in business transformation, committing to its customers for the long term and willing to share the risk of striving for competitive success through the implementation of a new information infrastructure."

BSG is the leading next generation IT services company. BSG's Stransformation(SM) approach -- for "Strategy Transformed into Action" -- combines process innovation, client/server systems integration, consulting, and knowledge and skills transfer. Led by Mr. Papermaster, BSG partners with companies worldwide in applying emerging technologies to create value and lead the change in business processes and culture. Privately held, BSG has experienced strong growth since its founding in 1987, exceeding a 75% growth rate every year. The company had 1994 revenues in excess of $43 million, and employs 600 people in centers in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, and Washington D.C.

CONTACT: BSG Alliance/IT, Inc.

Steve Guengerich, 512/703-1000