NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS),
one of the world's leading suppliers of software development, testing,
maintenance and Year 2000 compliance services for Fortune 500 companies, today
announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Year 2000 compliance
solutions for Douglas County, Nebraska, which includes the city of Omaha.
    The project was awarded to CTS after Douglas County reviewed more than
5 competitive proposals.  The agreement calls for CTS to ensure Year 2000
compliance in more than four million lines of code in computers that support a
wide variety of Douglas County departments, including community development,
public safety and courts, public finance and administration, general
government, and human resources.  The project is scheduled for completion
March 1, 1999.
    "CTS professionals displayed a tremendous amount of industry knowledge and
attention to detail during the inventory and assessment stages," said Douglas
County board chairwoman Mary Ann Borgeson.  "Completing our Year 2000
compliance by early 1999 will help Douglas County avoid interruptions in
delivering computer-based services to our constituents."
    Based in New York, Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTS) is a unit of the
Cognizant Corporation (NYSE: CZT), which employs more than
10,000 professionals in approximately 80 countries.  One of the world's
leading suppliers of software development, testing, maintenance and Year 2000
compliance services to Fortune 500 companies, CTS professionals successfully
manage and solve a wide range of software project challenges, helping Fortune
500 companies remove technology barriers to their growth.  For more
information, visit CTS on the web at http://www.cts-corp.com.

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