BST SOFTWARE AND PROJECT INCENTIVES ENTER SOLUTION IN THE MICROSOFT PROJECT 2002 BUSINESS VALUE CHALLENGE.

New Project Management Solution Focused On Professional Services Firms Will Harness The Power Of New Enterprise Functionality Provided By Microsoft Project And BST Enterprise

BST Software and Project Incentives announced their participation in the Microsoft Project 2002 Business Value Challenge (BVC), which runs April 1- July 15, 2002.

John Mathew, BST Product Manager, stated, "The Microsoft Project 2002 BVC is an excellent way for us to prepare to build new project management solutions for our large- and mid-sized customers. The new solutions offer true enterprise-class functionality. The BVC competition, prizes and recognition are great incentives for our team to learn these products today-further supporting our goals of having comprehensive and integrated customer solutions ready to sell when Microsoft Project 2002 and BST Enterprise Version 8 are available to the public."

The Microsoft Project 2002 BVC is a program designed to assist any Microsoft partner to learn Microsoft Project 2002 and begin building business solutions now for customer deployment in June. Partners are creating their solutions using Microsoft Project Professional 2002 and Microsoft Project Server 2002 (beta code) integrated with a variety of applications into a competition to win one of several prizes totaling over $50,000. Prizes will be awarded during Microsoft Fusion 2002, a partner event held July 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The BVC program is open to any Microsoft partner and more information is available by emailing [e-mail].

With new enterprise functionality and analytical tools, the expanded Microsoft Project 2002 family combines intuitive project management, accessibility and collaboration, and a powerful project management platform to foster greater productivity and knowledge management with better business results.

"We're excited to have BST Software and Project Incentives participate in the Microsoft Project 2002 Business Value Challenge," said Robert Crissman, director of marketing, Business Tools Division, Microsoft. "Integration of project management within organizations is a growing economic business driver. Building solutions now during the BVC gives partners a head start to hone their Microsoft Project development expertise on this new platform. Their customers will reap the rewards of cost reduction and increased efficiencies through effective project management processes."

Microsoft expects to deliver the final version of Microsoft Project 2002 in June of this year.

BST Software will be demonstrating a variety of its solutions at upcoming tradeshows including: June 3-6; AEC Internet Strategies - Anaheim, CA, June 4; ACEC Canada 2002 Annual Convention - Charlevoix, Quebec, June 26-29; Microsoft Fusion 2002 - Los Angeles, July 12-15; FIDIC 2002 Annual Conference - Acapulco, Mexico, September 29-October 2; The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2002 Conference - Boston, October 9-11; EFCG CEO Conference 2002 - New York City, October 16; ProjectWorld Midwest - Chicago, November 11-14; and ACEA Awards for Excellence 2002 - Melbourne, Australia, December 6.

BST Software is a provider of e-Business enterprise software solutions to Professional Services Organizations (PSOs). The Company's integrated applications facilitate the management of projects, financial processes, resources and employee time & expense across the global enterprise.

BST's flagship product, BST Enterprise, is a highly scalable web-based solution that leverages Microsoft's .NET platform, methodology and tool sets. The BST Enterprise computing environment includes Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft SQL Database, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS.)