CTG Joins Siebel Alliance Program.

BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1999--

CTG (NYSE: TSK), an international information technology services company, has announced it has joined the Siebel Alliance Program as a Consulting Partner. Siebel Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: SEBL) is a leading supplier of front office software systems.

Through its Alliance Program, Siebel leverages select partnerships to provide a complete front office solution addressing the areas of sales, marketing, and customer service. CTG's alliance with Siebel as a Consulting Partner will combine CTG's expertise in systems integration, data warehousing, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) with Siebel's Web-based front office system capabilities. CTG also will contribute organizational change management to help clients make the best use of integrated front office solutions.

By working with Siebel, CTG will add front office solutions to its list of business solutions capabilities, which already includes enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, e-business, and business application management. As a result, CTG will be able to provide an integrated software solution that addresses clients' customer relationship needs.

"CTG has a long history of excellence in development and integration, and Siebel is clearly an industry leader in front office solutions," said Gale S. Fitzgerald, CTG's chairman and chief executive officer. "This alliance will strengthen CTG's ability to provide end-to-end solutions to our clients as they seek to respond ever more effectively to the demands of their markets and their customers."

The front office market is the fastest growing segment in the packaged application software industry. Web-based relationship management, in particular, is viewed as an increasingly efficient way to handle large portions of the sales, marketing, and customer service processes.

CTG (NYSE: TSK) is a $500 million information technology (IT) services company that provides IT solutions to Global 1000 companies through strategic partnerships. Backed by more than 30 years' experience, CTG manages IT services for some of the world's leading companies so they can focus on their core businesses and use IT, which has become vital to competitiveness, to excel in their markets. CTG's resources include its 55 offices in North America and Europe, 6,000 IT professionals, a suite of proprietary service methodologies, strong project management expertise, and a proactive recruiting approach, CTG-SmartSource.

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