SCB Awarded International Outsourcing Contract.

MEMPHIS, Tenn--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1999--SCB Computer Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:NM/SCBI) today announced it has been awarded an initial one-year, $1 million outsourcing contract by The Cardinal Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aoraki Corporation, one of New Zealand's largest providers of IT services in the mainframe and enterprise solution arenas.

The Cardinal Group provides fully outsourced IT services ranging from software development to system processing for organizations throughout Australia and New Zealand. The outsourcing effort known as "Project Phoenix" is managed by SCB's subsidiary SCB Partners Group, located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The project began with the migration of Cardinal's Unisys outsourcing client base to the SCB Partners Group Emerging Technology Center's (ETC) facility in Scottsdale during the two-month period of November and December 1998.

"Cardinal needed to guarantee a secure and reliable A-Series processing resource into the foreseeable future for all of its clients, so it turned to us," said Dave Lawson, SCB Partners Group executive vice president. "Together, we were able to successfully migrate the entire client base in two months from the data center in New Zealand. This was an incredible project because we achieved in two months what had previously taken Aoraki six months internally to achieve," said Nigel Jones, Cardinal's project manager.

Under this contract, the SCB Partners Group processes mission critical applications for several New Zealand-based banks, hospitals and healthcare organizations, and also manages internal systems (E-mail, payroll and financial) for Cardinal. Gil Simpson, founder and CEO of Aoraki said, "SCB Partners Group provided Cardinal with a crucial continuity of service to a number of large and valued customers."

"Today, the medical staff in remote hospitals in Australia's northern territory can, with complete confidence, use a patient management system that is running on a computer 13,000 kilometers away, which is a tribute to the effectiveness of services provided by SCB Partners Group," Simpson said.

"We're excited about this opportunity; with SCB's innovative outsourcing services, we look forward to developing additional international projects," said Jeffrey S. Cobb, SCB chief operating officer.

"Project Phoenix is the consummate example of how a company can benefit from focusing on its core business strategies by allowing a professional outsourcing and services company such as SCB Partners Group to provide their IT processing and report requirements," said Ben C. Bryant, SCB president and chief executive officer. "With today's technological advances in hardware/software solutions and data communications, it no longer matters where a company's computer systems and technical support staff are physically located."

This release contains certain forward-looking statements regarding the anticipated financial and operating results of the Company. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, the Company. These forward-looking statements may be affected by certain risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SCB Partners Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of SCB Computer Technology. SCB is a leading provider of information technology (IT) management and technical services through six U.S. regional operations, four subsidiaries and its corporate services groups to Fortune 500 companies, state and local governments and other large organizations. The Company's services primarily consist of: (1) IT Consulting, including evaluation, design and re-engineering of computer systems, management, quality assurance and technical direction for IT projects, network planning and implementation as well as functional expertise and training; (2) Outsourcing, including system development and integration, maintenance, data center management, help desk and technical services, remote processing, computer hardware sales and leasing, and Y2K compliance services; (3) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) services, which include planning and evaluation, systems analysis and administration, implementation and functional support; and (4) Professional Staffing, which involves providing skilled IT staff on an as-needed basis.

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