Computer Concepts' SOFTWORKS subsidiary to market Year 2000 technologies from Cognizant Technology Solutions.

BOHEMIA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1997--Computer Concepts Corp. (NASDAQ:CCEE) today announced that its SOFTWORKS subsidiary has acquired, from Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS), the exclusive, worldwide marketing rights to two technologies that help organizations deal cost-effectively with the impending Year 2000 problem. In addition, SOFTWORKS and CTS are partnering to provide comprehensive Year 2000 conversion services through SOFTWORKS Services Arena.

Cognizant Technology Solutions is a leading provider of Year 2000 services, including full-system conversion solutions for the entire Year 2000 life cycle from assessment to implementation. CTS has successfully delivered tool-based Year 2000 solutions since 1994, for most languages and platforms, in mainframe and client server environments. CTS's clients include Dun & Bradstreet, the Pacific Exchange, Aetna-Canada and several other industry-leading clients. Cognizant Technology Solutions is a unit of Cognizant Corporation (NYSE:CZT), whose principal operating units include IMS and Neilsen Media Research. Cognizant Corporation also has a majority interest in The Gartner Group.

"Softworks and Cognizant Technology Solutions complement each other very well" says Kumar Mahadeva, CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions, "and together we can offer customized solutions for clients anywhere along the spectrum from those handling Year 2000 entirely in-house, to those wishing to outsource the entire process."

Under the agreement, SOFTWORKS has acquired the exclusive, worldwide marketing rights to technologies that provide an analysis of Year 2000 data code occurrences in both mainframe and UNIX systems, as well as a code conversion tool that supports mainframe environments. The CTS technologies will be marketed by SOFTWORKS' North American direct sales force and international distributors under the names HotDate 2000/DISCOVER and HotDate 2000/CONVERT, and will be available from SOFTWORKS during the third quarter of 1997, with pricing to be announced. CTS will continue to use the tools as part of its Year 2000 services.

"Since its introduction in January, our 2000 Arena has gained significant market acceptance. Our customers have asked us to round out our solution set by providing additional functionality, and we have responded rapidly with our agreement with Cognizant Technology Solutions. These are proven technologies that have been used to identify and produce Year 2000-compliant date processing in more than 50 million lines of production code," says Judy Carter, SOFTWORKS' president and chief executive officer.

HotDate 2000/DISCOVER is an impact analysis tool for MVS environments that supports COBOL, PL/1, and Assembler. HotDate 2000/DISCOVER-MP is an impact analysis tool for UNIX environments that supports WIN32, COBOL, C, and PowerBuilder applications. HotDate 2000/CONVERT is an automated code conversion tool for COBOL applications in MVS environments. It automatically inserts expansion, windowing, or encoding code for handling the Year 2000 in COBOL programs. The benefits of HotDate 2000/CONVERT are that it increases productivity while cutting the costs of manual conversion, provides consistent and accurate code changes, and automatically propagates the changes to all affected application components.

The technologies will become part of SOFTWORKS SavanTechnology (SST) solution set--a comprehensive suite of intelligent solution sets for managing enterprise-wide data and storage, systems performance, communications, and Year 2000 issues. SST is a set of core technologies and R&D principles that result in products that include a high degree of embedded intelligence, that are intuitive and easy to use, and that integrate tightly with one another. These solutions extend the life of existing systems, leverage staff expertise across multiple hardware platforms and operating systems, and provide the ability to keep mission-critical systems up and running by automatically taking action instead of merely monitoring and reporting out-of-parameter conditions. SST solution sets are focused in four key IT arenas: DataStor, Performance, Communications, and Year 2000.

In addition, SOFTWORKS and Cognizant Technology Solutions will provide, through SOFTWORKS Services Arena, comprehensive millennium services including impact analysis, simulation, testing, conversion assistance, staff augmentation and project management.

Computer Concepts develops software tools including d.b.Express(TM) that assist end users in the retrieval and visualization of all types of data across many platforms, including the Internet via its JAVA version of d.b.Express. Computer Concepts' d.b.Express Internet Server(TM) has recently been integrated with British Telecom's Syncordia Services' C-View software application. C-View will allow BT's customers to access and analyze the high volumes of technical and account information available within British Telecom's Internet-based databases without having to download the data to their own computers. The new d.b.Express Internet Server and JAVA Applet have overcome a major Internet problem, that of high data volume and limited bandwidth, which is currently responsible for the lengthy delays associated with data downloading on the Internet. Its wholly owned SOFTWORKS subsidiary is a leading global provider of IT solutions for the enterprise. Founded in 1977, SOFTWORKS responds to the data management needs of more than 1,800 organizations worldwide, supporting customers in more than 50 countries. SOFTWORKS' customers include nearly 80 percent of the FORTUNE 100. Located in Bohemia, New York, Computer Concepts and its subsidiaries employ a staff of 186. For more information about Computer Concepts and its SOFTWORKS subsidiary, call [phone] or visit Computer Concepts' web site at www.computerconcepts.com or the SOFTWORKS web site at www.softworkscc.com.

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