CASEwise and SAIC Sign a Value Added Reseller Agreement to Help Company and Government Clients Re-Invent Their Operations.

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Waltham, Mass. and London--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2000

CASEwise Inc, the premier developer of integrated software tools for enterprise-wide business process simulation and data and financial analysis, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the nations' largest employee owned research and engineering firm, providing information technology and systems integration, today announced the signing of a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement.

Under this agreement, SAIC and its 35+ subsidiaries and equity partners, now can directly offer their customers CASEwise Corporate Modeler, a fully integrated suite of business process modeling tools, add-ons, links and methods for modeling the corporation, encompassing formally diverse areas of analysis & techniques for modeling Data, Finance, HR, Process, and Operations in one shared view. SAIC has increased its use of CASEwise Corporate Modeler on foreign and domestic programs and in support of efforts for the U.S. Air Force and commercial industry over the last four years.

"CASEwise is offering an integrated solution for business process improvement and information management," claims Fran O'Connor, Vice President, Applied Systems Group at SAIC. "SAIC is currently using CASEwise tools to help some of our customers in the Government and Military re-invent their operations to become more efficient and effective."

"SAIC has established itself as a leader in IT implementation practices through a 30 year track record of helping customers navigate the rapidly changing business landscape, " adds Brad Schagrin, Managing Director for CASEwise North American operations. "Our process improvement tools are that much more powerful when coupled with proven SAIC methodology and implementation expertise."

SAIC and CASEwise have had a working relationship for more than four years, enabling CASEwise, a software developer/vendor, to better understand the needs of SAIC's clientele. This relationship has also enabled SAIC to quantify and document key systems engineering successes for application across the varied SAIC customer set. This relationship has contributed to the development of a flexible and integrated systems engineering tool. CASEwise Corporate Modeler's features include:

-- Sophisticated, `one-step' HTML Publishing

-- Excellent Discreet Event Simulation Capabilities

-- Flexible Re-use of Existing Corporate Data

-- Object Based Repository (supports object re-use)

-- Multi-User Support (for use on large projects)

-- Open Architecture - ODBC links to A/D Tools

-- Multiple Pre-Defined Views: Organization, Dynamics, Data Flow, Matrix

-- Numerous "Ease of Use" Features Requiring Less User Training

-- Flexible Diagramming Notation/Methodology

-- Dynamic Reporting and Deliverable Production

-- Direct and Indirect Cost Calculation for All Processes and Organizations

"Aside from the scope of functionality within the CASEwise products, CASEwise also shares a similar approach to customer-centricity as SAIC does," adds O'Connor. "In our experience, CASEwise has been responsive to adapting customer requirements to their product strategy."

Current joint SAIC/CASEwise customers include Air Force Material Command, Air Force Electronic Systems Center, Air Force Weather Agency, National Imagery and Mapping Agency, and internal SAIC, Intesa, and Telcordia users.

About SAIC

SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology and systems integration products and services to government and commercial customers. SAIC scientists and engineers work to solve complex technical problems in telecommunications, national security, health care, transportation, energy, the environment, and financial services. With annual revenues of more than $5.5 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 39,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com.

About CASEwise

CASEwise, a leading provider of integrated business process/data modeling solutions is located in Boston, Massachusetts and London, England. Corporate Modeler, the flagship product, utilizes a central repository to support a workgroup-to-enterprise level, team-based approach towards process improvement. Automated documentation publishing and simulation capabilities enable end users to perform decision support analysis, as well as full documentation in either HTML or hard copy format. More information about CASEwise can be found on the Internet at www.casewise.com.