CAP-TREND From Magnum Technologies Provides Automated, Web-Based Trending and Capacity Reporting.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--A new tool from Magnum Technologies, Inc. will help reduce the high costs associated with network and IT downtime by indicating capacity problems -- before they become an issue, founders say.

The average business experiences two hours of network downtime per week, or 12 days per year, according to a Benchmarks magazine survey. Ten percent of large and 6 percent of smaller businesses in the study put the cost of this downtime between $5,000 and $50,000 per hour, or between $500,000 and $5 million per year.

In a recent survey published in Internet Week, 48 percent of respondents said they don't have the time or tools they need to do comprehensive capacity planning projects. The same survey showed that the majority rely on simple performance reporting tools, such as statistics from hubs, routers and other devices, or problem alarm/events.

"CAP-TREND provides automated trending and capacity reports that equip technical staff with the tools they need to automatically identify trends by defined thresholds . . . before they become a problem," said Tim Hadden, executive vice president and Magnum Technologies co-founder together with Greg Crow, president.

CAP-TREND also monitors the health of IT by setting thresholds below problem levels, which allows IT staff to make capacity upgrades before they have problems or capacity issues. "Without this tool, it's like driving a car without a gas gauge," Hadden said.

CAP-TREND is available immediately. It has been deployed at several major companies, including KN Energy Inc., a $9 billion integrated energy services company that operates in 16 states serving more than 230,000 residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers. "CAP-TREND's simple and fast access to historical performance information allows the elimination of finger pointing and assists our customers in optimizing performance of network applications," said Bill Brownrigg, manager of strategic planning and technology for KN Energy Inc.

CAP-TREND's web-enabled presentation makes complex information easy to use and understand, improving communications between IT and other business units. And most installations of CAP-TREND can be completed within 10 minutes. CAP-TREND will automatically recognize and integrate new devices as they are added -- an important part of Magnum's zero administration approach.

CAP-TREND provides a number of additional user benefits, including:

-- Exception reporting: CAP-TREND utilizes user-defined thresholds

to proactively address capacity issues and/or performance

bottlenecks. -- Application grouping: CAP-TREND allows IT staff to group devices

based on business usage.

Minneapolis-based Magnum Technologies, Inc. helps solve IT problems and provide significant value to its clients through leading-edge network and system management tools that monitor and safeguard IT performance, increase network and system reliability, and provide the best possible return on a company's IT investment. Magnum Technologies' parent company is Global MAINTECH.

Founded in 1992, Global MAINTECH (NASDAQ BB: GLBM) manufactures and sells computer systems that monitor and control a wide range of data center computers. The company's core product, the Virtual Command Center (VCC), is a master console that provides simultaneous control, operation and monitoring for mainframe, midrange, UNIX, Microsoft NT and networks.

For more information on Magnum Technologies and CAP-TREND, visit www.magnum-tech.com.

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties, including without limitations, continued use of the Company's services, and the continued availability of labor resources.