Computerworld, Inc. Selects Inquisite for Web Surveys; Inquisite Survey System Handles 'Best Places to Work In IT' Poll, Market Research, Editorial Surveys.

Business/Technology Editors

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000

Catapult Systems Corp., a premiere provider of e-business products and services, announced today that Computerworld, Inc. is using Catapult's flagship product, Inquisite, to conduct research for Computerworld--an information services company for the IT Leader community. Computerworld chose Inquisite because it provided an easy-to-use, flexible solution that cut the cost of development and sped the process of building and posting surveys to its Web site.

Inquisite is a survey system that allows respondents to fill out questionnaires electronically, eliminating manual data entry, improving accuracy, and reducing response time. The system's robust, easy-to-use feature set lets users create intelligent, effective surveys in minutes, bringing absolute control and flexibility to the survey process.

Computerworld currently uses Inquisite for online market research on everything from career topics like the IT Job Satisfaction survey, to brand preferences and the National Survey of IT executives. Computerworld magazine is currently using the product to survey companies for its 7th annual "100 Best Places to Work in IT" study, which polls CIOs, vice presidents, directors, and managers of IT at US-based companies on employment statistics, benefits, policies, and programs related to their companies' IT departments. The results of the study will be published in a four-week series of articles beginning in June 2000.

"Computerworld conducts numerous short-term, online surveys, so they needed a better solution to cut costs and streamline the process of designing and administering Web surveys and collecting and analyzing responses," said Sam T. Goodner, CEO and founder of Catapult Systems. "Inquisite's interface was familiar to the experienced research professionals at Computerworld, so building and administering the surveys became easier and faster almost instantly."

Inquisite automatically collects and stores survey responses in an open database, and its powerful Analyzer tool creates rich and detailed reports of resulting data. By quickly gathering and analyzing significant information, Inquisite gives Computerworld the strategic intelligence it needs to make critical and timely business and editorial decisions.

About Computerworld, Inc.

A unit of International Data Group, Computerworld, Inc. is a complete information services company for the IT Leader community, providing print and online publications, books, conferences, and research services. The company's flagship weekly newspaper for IT Leaders has been recognized numerous times by Folio: Magazine and the Computer Press Association as the best computer newspaper. Computerworld, with a circulation of 250,000, is read by more senior-level managers than any other IT Newsweekly, according to IntelliQuest CIMS v.6.0. News and resources for the IT Leader community are available through Computerworld's Web site at www.computerworld.com. Computerworld is based in Framingham, MA, with a significant Silicon Valley presence in San Mateo, CA.

About Catapult Systems

Catapult Systems Corp. is an Austin-based, privately-owned company that delivers a focused range of e-business products and services that solve real business technology problems and effect growth at Internet speeds. Additional information about Catapult Systems' solutions and services is available through the company's corporate and product Web sites at www.catapultsystems.com and www.inquisite.com, or by calling [phone].