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Computron Software Announces LINUX Support; Will Permit Company to Participate in Burgeoning Market.


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Computron Software, Inc. (AMEX AMEX

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), a leading global provider of Internet commerce solutions, today announced that it will broaden its availability of platforms to include support for LINUX.

"During 1998 and 1999, approximately 30% of Computron's licenses involved NT-based solutions," said Computron president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  John Rade John Rade, (born August 31, 1960, in Ceres, California) was a linebacker in the NFL from 1983 to 1991. , "In 1996, Computron had zero revenue from NT-based systems. We believe that LINUX has the same potential for rapid growth during the next few years. Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
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 estimates that LINUX is now used in almost one third of all Web servers on the Internet. We believe that broadening Computron's platform support to include LINUX will significantly increase the size of our potential market and give our customers a very powerful platform to fully leverage Computron's e-Cellerator(TM) technology-based product lines."

The e-Cellerator technology-based products enable the transparent flow of knowledge and automation of business processes, including powerful rules-based `self-service' capabilities and tools to assist in reconciling information discrepancies. Computron's e-Cellerator technology-based products consist of three product families -- AXSPoint(TM) solutions, TransAXS(TM) solutions and Professional Service Automation (PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. ) solutions.

AXSPoint solutions enable organizations to exchange information seamlessly over the Internet with customers, suppliers and partners. They can also be used to build and maintain central repositories of knowledge that span organizations. AXSPoint solutions allow users to subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
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 information and automatically publish information based on business rules.

TransAXS solutions enable organizations to seamlessly manage and process business transactions with customers, suppliers and partners. The first module in this new family of e-commerce solutions, TransAXS Procurement, focuses on connecting customers seamlessly with suppliers and is expected to be available during Q1 2000. The TransAXS Procurement solution allows organizations to "shop" over the Internet.

PSA solutions are a full suite of modules that enable professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  firms to effectively manage their end-to-end business process. Based on e-Cellerator technology, these solutions are fully Internet-deployable. They enable users to access core functionality on an "anytime, anywhere" basis.

At the core of these new product families is a highly scalable, robust, n-tier, network-based architecture. During 2000, Computron expects to extend this n-tier net-architecture to support LINUX on the Web server and application server tiers for e-Cellerator technology-based solutions. All of the core e-Cellerator technology components and some applications have already been ported to LINUX. Computron is in the process of porting its Oracle database runtime to LINUX.

About Computron Software, Inc.

Founded in 1978, Computron Software, Inc. (AMEX:CFW) is a global provider of application software solutions for business and finance. Used by more than 500 companies worldwide, these solutions automate business processes across the enterprise and allow organizations to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on`   

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 the knowledge within their systems. Computron's goal is to provide organizations with competitive advantage and added, measurable business value. The Company's latest Internet products will allow companies to quickly deploy e-business application strategies. For further information on Computron, its products, services and customers, visit the Computron web site at http://www.computronsoftware.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

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. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. All forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the risks detailed in the Company's documents and reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Computron is a registered trademark, and e-Cellerators, AXSPoint and TransAXS are trademarks, of Computron Software, Inc in the U.S. All other companies and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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