Cybermation Set To Automate Enterprise Computing In Europe, Asia-Pacific; Launches Aggressive International Expansion From New Amsterdam Base.

Business/Technology Editors

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2001

Cybermation Inc., the leading Canadian developer of integrated enterprise systems management software, has announced the opening of its new international office in The Netherlands, Cybermation EurAsia BV. David Hakkenberg has been appointed Managing Director of the newly-created operating company, responsible for increasing and supporting the growing base of European and Asia-Pacific customers who use Cybermation's solutions to gain efficiency by automating job scheduling, workload management and software change management in heterogeneous

computing environments.

Mr. Hakkenberg has already begun building the new operation, leveraging his considerable experience in business development, key account management, marketing and strategic alliances, particularly in large enterprise accounts. For the last 15 years he held several senior management positions with the Management Share Group, a Dutch ICT services provider, including General Marketing Manager, Divisional Managing Director and Corporate Marketing & Sales Director,. He also worked for the Computing and Software Services divisions of Centraal Beheer Group and at Moret & Limperg (now Ernst & Young). He has extensive educational background in marketing, management, accountancy and computer sciences and is a Chartered Marketer and Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom.

"To provide world-class service and support to our customers outside North America, we need a strong local presence. Establishing Cybermation Eurasia BV is a strategic move that allows us to help more Global 2000 companies make the most complex IT processes simple through our best-of-breed automation tools ," commented Ray Nissan, Chairman, Cybermation Inc. "We are delighted to attract a manager of David Hakkenberg's calibre to guide our operation, and we are confident he will provide the leadership needed in these crucial markets."

In addition to leading all direct sales initiatives, Mr. Hakkenberg will be aggressively developing channel sales, including management of distributors in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region as well as sales partners. He will also oversee marketing, telesales, and professional services for pre- and post-sales activities. The company's established operations in England and Australia will report to Cybermation EurAsia, as well as direct and channel sales in continental Europe, This initiative will bolster the growing Cybermation UK operation in particular and provide a valuable extra layer of support and representation for UK customers.

Contact information for David Hakkenberg and Cybermation BV is Joop Geesinkweg 999, Postbus 94013, 1090 GA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Telephone (+31) (0)20 561 6033. Facsimile (+31) (0)20 561 6666, [e-mail].

About Cybermation

Cybermation Inc. is recognized by its many Global 2000 customers as a leading developer of best-of-breed automation solutions for job scheduling, workload management and software change management for heterogeneous computing environments, and for its systems management expertise. The company's products include ESP Workload Manager(R) for enterprise-wide job scheduling and workload management for OS/390(R), UNIX(R), Windows NT(R) and OS/400(R) operating systems as well as for SAP R/3, Oracle and PeopleSoft ERP environments; ESP Espresso(R) for distributed job scheduling in any environment; ESP Workstation graphical user interface for enterprise scheduling from a single point of control; ESP Encore(R) for automated rerun, restart and recovery; ESP Console Manager(R) for console automation; and Alchemist, a software change management system for both software development and data-center production environments. Cybermation's customers include Hudson's Bay Company, Statistics Canada, and CN Rail in Canada, Allstate Insurance, JC Penney, Nike, Deere & Co. and Verizon in the United States, and One 2 One, Sony Europe, VHV and Janssen Pharmaceutica in Europe. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has offices throughout the United States, Europe and Australia.