CIBER Completes Acquisition of Aris Corporation.

Business Editors & Technology Writers

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001

CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) and Aris Corporation (Nasdaq: ARSC) today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Aris by CIBER, effective September 18, 2001.

"As with virtually all IT services companies, Aris is not as large as it was last spring, however, the pricing mechanisms of this combination accommodated the anticipation of this. We have confirmed our belief from June, when this was preliminarily announced, that we have found very good folks at Aris' practice/operational level. The combining of corporate offices and consolidation of certain overhead positions should put these operations on track to perform profitably at CIBER," said Mac Slingerlend, CIBER's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Aris' operations will be split between CIBER Enterprise Solutions, CIBER's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) oriented practices, because of Aris' concentration on Oracle software in the U.S. and Microsoft software in the United Kingdom, and CIBER's core branch operations for a portion of Aris' Seattle and New Jersey operations.

"This business combination is an excellent fit for our outstanding employees and world-class customers. Over the last few months, we have continued to be impressed by the experience of CIBER's management team and we are more convinced than ever that this is a significant win for Aris and CIBER shareholders, employees and customers alike," said Paul Song, Aris' Chairman and Founder.

Based on terms of the definitive agreement to merge, the purchase price will be $1.30 cash plus .1937 CIBER shares for each Aris share. Based on the pricing period established in the merger agreement, this represents $2.45 of value for each Aris share. The total value of the transaction is approximately $28 million. Aris' shareholders voted to complete the transaction on September 11, 2001, subject to final closing procedures.

It is projected that Aris' operations will represent $30 million to $35 million in annual revenue and that the Aris balance sheet as of the closing date will deliver approximately $28 million in tangible net worth.

About Aris

Aris Corporation (Nasdaq: ARSC) delivers end-to-end eBusiness consulting services, integrated strategy and technology-enabled solutions that foster interactive business. Founded in 1990, Aris is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and maintains offices across the United States and in the United Kingdom. For more information about Aris, visit www.aris.com.

About CIBER

CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a leading international, e-business integrator, providing IT services for Internet strategy and development, complete life cycle system integration (from customer quotation through cash collection), with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974, the company's consultants now serve client businesses from 35 CIBER, 10 DigiTerra, four Solution Partners and four Enspherics offices in the U.S., Canada and Europe. With offices in six countries, CIBER's 5,000 IT specialists continuously build and upgrade our clients' systems to "competitive advantage status."

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