Corporate Profile for Information Advantage dated Nov. 14, 1997.

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Published Date:   November 14, 1997

Company Name:     Information Advantage

Address:          7905 Golden Triangle Drive
                  Eden Prairie, Minnesota  55344

Main Telephone
 Number:          612/833-3700

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.infoadvan.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         Larry Ford

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Don Anderson

Investor Relations
 Contact:         N/A
 Business number: N/A
 Home number:     N/A
 e-mail address:  N/A

Public Relations
 Contact:         Kay Rindels
 Business number: 612/833-3923
 Home number:     N/A
 e-mail address:  N/A

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        N/A

Industry:         Computer Software

Market Makers:    N/A

Company description: Information Advantage, Inc., a privately owned company founded in 1990, develops and markets the world's leading enterprise on-line analytical processing (OLAP) software applications and toolset.

DecisionSuite(TM) is the proven server-centric relational OLAP business analysis solution and technology for data warehouses and data marts. It accelerates effective decision making for everyone in an organization with exception-based agents, the sharing of dynamic information for collaborative decision making, and a suite of applications for executives, professionals and analysts accessible from Windows client or the Web via a corporate intranet or the Internet.

The company has received recognition by winning all recent major data warehousing awards based on customer success, including:

--Excellence in Business Information Award - 1996, 1997

Best Innovation of a Data Warehouse

--DB/Expo RealWare Award - 1997

Data Warehousing to Provide New Business Opportunities

--Retail Network Innovation Awards in Data Warehousing - 1997

--CrossRoads 'A' List - 1996, 1997

AA rating, the highest bestowed

Information Advantage has an international presence in Global 1000 companies, including industry leaders in retail, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, and financial services industries. The company sells products through direct sales operations in North America and Europe and complements its direct sales operations with affiliates worldwide.

CONTACT: Information Advantage