Corporate Software & Technology Solutions Meet the Software Licensing and Services Needs of Small to Medium-Sized Businesses.

NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998--

Reseller's Comprehensive Solutions Offer One-Stop Outsourcing

for Software Procurement, Technical Consulting and Support

Corporate Software & Technology, Inc. (CS&T) today outlined its growing range of software outsourcing services, tailored to meet the needs of small to medium-sized businesses. As the world's largest reseller servicing the Fortune 500, CS&T's licensing and technical consultants have been helping corporate customers get the most of their software assets for more than 15 years. CS&T has enabled its clients to save money on software purchases and lower their total cost of ownership through use of CS&T's consultative services on licensing alternatives and compliancy management as well as software implementation and support.

"The rules have changed because of new licensing agreements from publishers such as Microsoft and IBM/Lotus. Small to medium-sized companies are now facing the same complex software procurement issues that larger companies have always faced," said Howard Diamond, Chairman and CEO of CS&T. "As an authorized reseller for all major publisher licensing programs, CS&T is committed to providing customers in the small to medium-sized business market the consulting expertise to navigate the myriad of procurement options, from shrinkwrap and multi-pack licenses to multi-year license contracts."

Compliancy and Electronic Commerce

Responding to the increased enforcement of compliancy terms and conditions by software publishers, CS&T is helping customers become compliant by providing a wide range of reporting capabilities, all certified as "Proof of Purchase" by the Software Publishers Association (SPA). CS&T advises its clients on how to achieve and maintain compliance in a cost-effective way, maximizing return on investment and ensuring successful audits, while avoiding costly fines.

"We chose CS&T to assist us in our software and licensing purchase because of their expertise and ability to service all the software needs of our 650-person business," said Colleen Parrot, project manager of Forbes Magazine's IT department. "CS&T provided us with a one-stop shop for all our software needs and helped to streamline our disparate purchase and licensing agreement processes. With a relatively small IT and support staff, evaluating and managing these complex agreements internally was not cost effective."

Through CS&T's electronic commerce site (www.corpsoft-ec.com), customers are able to place and track orders and the status of shipments online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Online services are linked directly to internal CS&T systems so that a small to medium-sized business captures the most current information at all times, quickly and simply. CS&T's e-commerce site provides a less complex means of purchasing software, while allowing for the same compliance control as offered with traditional purchasing methods.

CS&T's Technology Services and Y2K Support

As a single-source software provider, CS&T offers clients technical support and consulting services before and after the purchasing decision. CS&T's certified and experienced consulting professionals can also assist in software migrations, deployments, application development on platforms such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes, web site development and help desk support.

CS&T's Year 2000 (Y2K) desktop assessment service, in partnership with Tally Systems, provides customers with complete physical inventory of their environment. CS&T conducts a software inventory of each PC and provides a complete Y2K assessment of the inventoried software and hardware. As companies tackle the Y2K challenge, CS&T's outsourcing services provide an alternative to internal IT resources, enabling companies to stay on schedule with its other business-critical IT projects.

"It is in the small to medium-sized business market that we expect to see the most demand for software procurement and services expertise in the future," said William Kerrigan, senior vice president of sales and marketing. "As the industry leader in the market, we have carefully optimized our offerings to help these companies realize the same total cost of ownership benefits as those we have been delivering to our Fortune 500 clients for years."

Enhancing Software Purchases Through Application Development

In addition to helping small to medium-sized businesses with compliance and infrastructure services, CS&T is a leader in developing enterprise-wide electronic business, messaging and groupware applications. The company's highly-qualified development professionals can provide a range of services from staff augmentation to full project outsourcing. CS&T's expertise in Internet, intranet, database and client-server development is attractive to companies whose internal teams may not have the capacity to accomplish all of their application development goals.

About Corporate Software & Technology, Inc.

Corporate Software & Technology, Inc., (CS&T) sells more of the world's top business software titles from leading publishers including Microsoft, Lotus and IBM, than any other software reseller worldwide. CS&T is the number one reseller of software to the Fortune 500, and is a trusted software and services partner to the globe's most important and influential corporations. CS&T helps corporations maximize their return on software investment by developing a comprehensive and integrated Software Asset Management Process. The company employs more than 1,000 people in 14 countries, with more than 300 professionals dedicated solely to technical services and consulting. CS&T resells products from leading independent software publishers including Adobe Systems, Attachmate, Computer Associates, Corel, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft, Netscape Communications, Network Associates Inc., Novell, Symantec, Visio, Wall Data, WRQ, and others. For more information, visit the CS&T web site at www.corpsoft.com.