Metagon Technologies and Decision Support Inc., Join Forces

Advanced technology start-up in data integration software marketplace
gains firm footing with proven reporting software and services provider

Matthews, NC- October 1, 2001 - Decision Support Inc. (www.decisionsupport.com)
, a key provider of customized reporting software and services, and Metagon
Technologies, the enterprise data access innovator, announced today that
the two companies have merged operations. The move will solidify the close
association the two companies have maintained since 1998, when Metagon
was formed as a spin-off from Decision Support to develop and promote
DQpowersuite®, a suite of sophisticated data access middleware. The DQpowersuit
e provides rapid and comprehensive data access, integration and reporting
capabilities for multiple data sources resident in such disparate platforms
as Unisys, Unix, IBM, Sun Solaris, Linux, and NT. 

Herb Verbesey, founder and CEO of Decision Support said, "Decision Support
will now be marketing the entire DQpowersuite of data access and integration
tools formerly offered by Metagon. These tools will enable us to provide
meaningful data access and integration solutions that complement our existing
professional services. Although our roots began in serving the Unisys
market, our customers' needs have expanded well beyond the Unisys platform.
DQpowersuite extends the range of our data access and reporting tools
and services to include a whole range of platforms, which will enable
us to continue to serve our existing customers while expanding into new
markets." 

The DQpowersuite provides simultaneous access to islands of mainframe
and relational data previously trapped within disparate data platforms,
and features DQbroker®, a fully-distributed cross-enterprise data access
engine that enables enterprise-level metadata to be universally shared
and dynamically managed across the enterprise. Other tools in the DQpowersuite
include DQagent®, DQtransform®, DQadmin®, and DQview®. Decision Support
had developed DQvista® using Metagon's DQ technology, and will now incorporate
it into the total DQpowersuite.

Founded in 1984, Decision Support established strong roots in the Unisys
LX/NX/A-series market. It has been the leader in reporting tools in that
segment for most of its history, with clients in more than 20 countries,
including manufacturers, banks and credit unions, healthcare providers,
and government agencies. Its latest generation of browser-based reporting
solutions, DQvista, incorporates the data access technology developed
by Metagon, and provides on-demand real-time queries as well as standard
scheduled reports. 

Jim Shelton, director of information services for multi-billion-dollar
petroleum marketer Global Companies, said, "My company has had a long-term
relationship with Decision Support, which began when they were supporting
our old Unisys platform. DQpowersuite is a logical offering for them because
it provides a superior set of data access and reporting options extending
across many platforms. At Global, we use DQpowersuite for real-time access
to critical sales data from several different platforms."

Decision Support Account Executive, Chris Bush, noted, "Customer feedback
about the re-organization has been overwhelmingly positive. They love
the robust data access technology and the way it works to solve their
business problems, but Metagon's newness as a company was perceived as
an obstacle. Decision Support has a solid 17-year history of product developmen
t, services and customer support. Merging the operations will marry the
strengths of each company, and affirm our commitment to our current customer
base as well as our prospects." 

About Decision Support Inc.

Based in Matthews, NC, Decision Support Inc. (www.decisionsupport.com)
provides intelligent data access and reporting solutions for enterprises
in more than 20 countries with thousands of end users. Its clients represent
a diverse range of businesses, including financial institutions, manufacturing
facilities, healthcare providers, and government agencies. From fast-access
historical reports to up-to-the-minute transaction queries, accessing
data from mainframes to most of today's platforms and database management
systems, Decision Support's software and services puts the user in control
of data-to-information delivery. 
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DQvista is a registered trademark of Decision Support Inc. DQpowersuite,
DQagent, DQtransform, DQadmin, DQview, and DQbroker are registered trademarks
of Metagon Technologies. All other brand names and product names are trademarks
 or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are used with
no intention of infringement on the trademark.

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