Covansys White Paper Receives Platinum Award at Global EAI Summit.

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. -- EAI Industry Consortium Awards First Place to White Paper Revealing the Effects of Regulations and Technology on Today's Supply Chains

Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS), a global consulting and technology services company, today announced that the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Industry Consortium has awarded the first place platinum award to the white paper entitled "Asset Tracking Regulations Boost EAI into the Boardroom," authored by Gordon Fuller, practice lead secure logistics, Covansys Corporation.

Fuller's white paper received recognition at the annual Global EAI Summit, a world-wide summit focused on innovation and thought leadership in Enterprise Application Integration. The top three case studies and research papers presented received awards, selected from a competitive list of more than several dozen white papers.

"Considering the vision of those who authored research papers and case studies presented at the Global EAI Summit, I am honored to be selected to receive this recognition," said Fuller. "This white paper supports Covansys' commitment to helping companies understand the repercussions RFID, the Sunrise Date and the Container Security Initiative have on the production and movement of goods."

Fuller's award winning white paper is available free of charge at the CSI Institute, http://marketing.covansys.com/csi_white_default.asp. A summary of "Asset Tracking Regulations Boost EAI into the Boardroom" follows:

This paper reveals the linkage between the various regulatory and technology factors affecting today's supply chains and provides a framework for companies to ensure their mandated electronic reporting capabilities not only protect them from harm, but allow them to achieve the cost reduction implicit in better asset management. The production and movement of goods is inseparable from the increasingly synchronized movement of money; as the regulations from the legislation merge in their scope, problems with one will halt the movement of the other. Electronic real-time asset tracking is now mandatory, but must incorporate a technological revolution in tracking tools thanks to RFID and the Sunrise Date. Regulatory compliance remains vital since any tracking and financial errors will directly affect executives required to certify internal controls under Sarbanes-Oxley. The regulations will eventually commoditize logistics by standardizing the data transactions across all industries. But companies remain vulnerable to legal action in areas where the regulations have not yet been agreed. EAI is perfectly situated to support the increased level of data and process integration between financial and operational systems that these regulations require.

Covansys sponsors the CSI Institute, http://csiinstitute.com, an information portal intended to help educate retailers, distributors and manufacturers about the short and long-term impact of the rapidly evolving Container Security Initiative (CSI), which is designed to improve U.S. security by tightening and expanding cargo-reporting requirements.

Covansys also offers the Covansys Secure Supply Chain Solution, a customized service offering that enables international companies to meet the new business challenges and opportunities posed by The Container Security Initiative (CSI). This solution is part of the company's application, maintenance and development outsourcing (AMD/O) service offering.

About Covansys

Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. A leader in the public sector market, Covansys is also known for application maintenance and development outsourcing in the healthcare, financial services, retail and distribution, manufacturing, telecommunications, and high-tech industries. Founded in 1985, with over 5,100 employees worldwide, Covansys was one of the first U.S.-based IT services companies to establish offshore facilities in India, and is a pioneer in seamlessly integrating offshore capabilities into its offerings. Two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are assessed at Level 5 in SEI CMM(R). All three are ISO 9001:2000 certified and assessed at Level 5 in PCMM(R). Covansys was named one of the leading IT companies for state and local governments in 2002, 2003 and 2004 by Washington Technology magazine, and one of the top 100 solution providers in 2004 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com.