Cephren Partners With Infosys to Enhance Cephren's Collaboration and e-Commerce Framework for the Construction Industry.

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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2000

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Infosys Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:INFY), a leading IT consulting firm, and Cephren, key provider of online collaboration and e-Commerce services for the global construction industry, today announced a strategic partnership.

Under the terms of the agreement, the partnership will encompass four primary collaborative areas: product development, quality assurance and maintenance, systems integration, and professional services. All four areas of collaboration will focus on leveraging Cephren's e-Commerce and project management services for large commercial construction projects.

Traditionally, a construction project involves hundreds of individuals from geographically dispersed firms, with no established process for communicating and collaborating. Cephren allows building professionals -- architects, engineers, developers, general contractors, sub contractors and all of their suppliers -- to use the web to share documents, to collaborate on construction projects and to procure goods and services.

"Business-to-business e-Commerce for the construction industry has witnessed tremendous growth. We are excited about partnering with Cephren, the leader in this area," commented Nandan Nilekani, President and COO for Infosys. "Our knowledge of the latest technologies, combined with the Infosys Global Delivery Model, provides rapid time-to-market and other significant benefits for Cephren customers," he added.

"Our partnership with Infosys allows us to leverage not only their systems integration expertise, but also their best practices approach to product development, quality assurance and maintenance," stated Ashok Segu, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Cephren. "By utilizing our combined strengths, we can ensure that our customers will receive enterprise-class e-Commerce solutions rapidly, efficiently and cost- effectively."

To support the partnership, Infosys will provide a product competency center (PCC) that will function as a virtual extension of Cephren. The PCC's e-Commerce domain experts will manage all quality processes, including compliance with the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Level five requirements, protect intellectual property, ensure code perfection and customization, and offer 24x7 global support and coverage. The partnership with Infosys enables Cephren to address the exploding demand for its collaboration and e-Commerce services by providing exemplary product development. Other partners for whom Infosys is currently providing product competency centers include Nortel, Lucent, NCR, EC Cubed and De La Rue.

About Cephren

Cephren is changing the way the world is built with its collaboration and e-commerce framework. Through its integrated, online collaboration and e-commerce services, the Company increases revenues, reduces risk and improves time-to-market for the global building construction industry. Cephren is the industry pioneer serving this market and currently has customers in more than 800 firms using its online network, with over 10,000 registered users on five continents, representing construction value that exceeds $40 billion. Cephren's framework is being used at internationally renowned firms, including The Bechtel Group, Webcor Builders, Gensler, HOK, Odebrecht, 3Com, BSW International, Global Design Alliance, Psomas, and Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo; charter e-Commerce customers include AABCO Sheetmetal, J.A. Penny, Wesco- Liberty, Mass-Electric, E-J Electric Co., Fischbach & Moore LLC, DualStar Technologies, Forest Electric (EMCOR), Watsco, Inc., Turtle & Hughes and Midwest Mechanical of New Jersey. Cephren is based in Palo Alto, California with offices across the United States and the United Kingdom. Cephren works through resellers in Asia and Latin America. Visit its website at www.cephren.com.

About Infosys Technologies (Nasdaq:INFY)

Infosys Technologies Ltd. is a publicly held company and a world leader in providing IT consulting to Fortune 1000 and growing dot-com companies. Infosys offers services including consulting, architecture, application development (on a fixed time and fixed fee basis), e-Commerce and Internet consulting and software maintenance. The company employs more than 5000 people worldwide and is ISO 9001 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified.

By using a Global Delivery Model, the company leverages talent and infrastructure in different parts of the world to provide high quality, rapid time-to-market solutions. Infosys' US headquarters is located in Fremont, California; the company also maintains offices throughout the US, Europe and Asia. For more information, contact Infosys Technologies at 510-742-3009 or visit Infosys on the World Wide Web at www.itlinfosys.com.

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Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements included in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements". These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that may be projected by these forward looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to competition, acquisitions, attracting, recruiting and retaining highly skilled employees, technology, law and regulatory policy and managing risks associated with customer projects as well as other risks detailed in the reports filed by Infosys Technologies Limited with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Infosys undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date thereof.