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( BW)(IN-MEGAPUTER) Megaputer Becomes the First Platinum Level Data Mining
Provider in the Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance

    BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2000--Megaputer
Intelligence Inc. announced joining the Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance
as the first Platinum Member in the Data Mining Provider category with its
PolyAnalyst(TM) 4.2 data mining tool. Platinum members of the alliance meet
the highest requirements and provide tools featuring deeper integration with
Data Warehousing applications. PolyAnalyst 4.2 provides eleven machine
learning algorithms and an elaborate support for the new OLE DB for Data
Mining protocol, which ensure the Platinum membership level for Megaputer in
the Data Warehousing Alliance.

    "Megaputer PolyAnalyst 4.2 offers deep integration of advanced machine
learning capabilities with external data warehousing and analytical
applications through OLE DB for Data Mining," says Tracy Leonardo, Industry
Manager for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, Microsoft
Corporation. "Support for OLE DB for Data Mining is a key new feature of SQL
Server 2000 which allows vendors like Megaputer to add specialized
algorithms that find valuable nuggets of information in the data -- until
now, this has been very expensive and difficult to do. SQL Server 2000 adds
tremendous value for our customers and we are pleased to see Megaputer
joining the Data Warehousing Alliance as a Platinum Member in the Data
Mining category."

    "We consider our participation in the Microsoft Data Warehousing
Alliance to be a strategic move by Megaputer toward offering users of
applications produced by other members of the alliance an opportunity to
utilize advanced data mining capabilities offered by PolyAnalyst with a
minimal effort," adds Sergei Arseniev, Director of Business Development,
Megaputer Intelligence. "The Megaputer team is proud to be the first
Platinum Member of the alliance in the Data Mining Provider category."

    The Microsoft Data Warehousing Alliance is a technical and marketing
partnership between Microsoft and select Independent Software Vendors (ISVs)
focused on helping customers to build, use and manage data warehousing
solutions that are fully integrated between themselves and with the
Microsoft platform. The goal of the alliance is to allow customers to find a
complete solution embracing the categories of Data Warehousing Build and
Management Tools; Query, Reporting and Analysis Tools; Analytical
Applications; and Data Mining Providers.

    "As the first vendor to support Microsoft's OLE DB for Data Mining
commercially, Megaputer gained an extra competitive differentiator against
other data mining vendors," notes Mike Schiff, Director, Data Warehousing
Strategies, Current Analysis. "Becoming the first Platinum member in the
data mining provider category of Microsoft's Data Warehousing Alliance
further distinguishes Megaputer."

    PolyAnalyst 4.2, PolyAnalyst Knowledge Server(TM), and PolyAnalyst
COM(TM) combine the broadest set of machine learning algorithms with the
simplicity of operating and integrating these tools with external
applications across different data storage and analysis categories. This
empowers any business analyst or system integrator to successfully address
complex data mining tasks. An evaluation copy of PolyAnalyst 4.2 accompanied
by eight comprehensive online tutorials is available for downloading at
http://www.megaputer.com/.

    About Megaputer

    Founded in 1993, Megaputer is a leader in software for Business
Intelligence. Megaputer offers a complete family of tools for data mining,
semantic text analysis, and e-business optimization, which help users make
better business decisions. Megaputer customers range from Fortune 100
companies to numerous government and educational organizations including
Allstate Insurance, Chase Manhattan Bank, 3M, DuPont, Pfizer, Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, US Navy, Logicon, Centers for Disease Control, NIH, The
Gallup Organization, McKinsey, France Telecom, Ask Jeeves, Best Buy, and
Carlson Marketing.

    Megaputer and PolyAnalyst are registered trademarks of Megaputer
Intelligence Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. The names of
other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their
respective owners.

    To view additional information on Megaputer, please visit the Megaputer
Web page at http://www.megaputer.com/.

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    CONTACT:  Megaputer Intelligence, Inc.
              Sergei Ananyan, 812/330-0110
s.ananyan@megaputer.com
              or
              Waggener Edstrom Strategic Communications
              Jason Gediek, 503/443-7000

    KEYWORD:  INDIANA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS HARDWARE SOFTWARE