BILLERICA, Mass., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Peritus Software Services and
Wang today announced that the two companies have entered into a license
agreement which allows Wang to utilize Peritus' Automate:2000(R) Service
technologies and processes in providing Year 2000 renovation, conversion and
consulting services to Wang's clients.  Peritus will provide training and
support to Wang to facilitate the successful implementation and deployment of
the Automate:2000 Service technology.
    "Our agreement with Peritus adds another dimension to Wang's current
information technology outsourcing services," said Jim Hogan, president,
Wang Government Services.  "Working with Peritus, a leader in software
maintenance technology, is consistent with our commitment to provide quality
software maintenance tools for our customers," Hogan added.
    The Automate:2000 Service combines Peritus' proprietary technologies and
processes with Peritus' expertise and experience in software maintenance.
In offering a license for the Automate:2000 Service components, Peritus
provides a high quality automated approach to identifying and correcting
date-sensitive code available today.  "Peritus welcomes Wang to our Powered by
Peritus partner program," said Doug Catalano, president and COO of Peritus.
"Wang is a customer service-focused organization that is proactively working
with technology providers to assist their customers with the Year 2000
problem."
    "We are excited about being a Peritus Partner because the Automate:2000
technology allows us to provide our clients with state-of the-art code
renovation that is based on an efficient, carefully controlled and
repeatable process," said Charles Colton, senior vice president for
applications, Wang Government Services.  "These attributes are of particular
importance to Wang since we have implemented a software maintenance process
that has recently been independently evaluated as being at the Software
Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Level 3.  The
Automate:2000 technology provides us with a world-class code renovation tool
for our software maintenance environment," added Colton.
    Headquartered in Billerica, Massachusetts, Wang is a leading global
network and desktop services and integration company.  With annual revenues of
approximately $1.3 billion, Wang provides a comprehensive range of information
technology services for today's network-centric business environment.
   Services include systems architecture, design and installation, warranty,
help desk, maintenance, software support, and management of local area
networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).  Employing nearly 10,000 people
and having subsidiaries and affiliates in approximately 130 countries, Wang
designs, installs, operates and maintains global computing and
telecommunications networks for some of the world's largest multinational
companies as well as defense and civilian government agencies.  Information
about Wang and its services can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.wang.com.
    Peritus, a private company, develops technologies which employ state-of-
the art concepts and scientific principles to increase productivity,
responsiveness and quality in software maintenance, resulting in reduced
costs.  Peritus provides access to its technologies and methodologies
through its software maintenance outsourcing and insourcing services and its
technology licensing programs.  The Peritus Approach combines people,
process, formal mathematical techniques, software tools and continuous
improvement.  Some of the most prominent computer manufacturers, software
companies and users of information technology have entrusted their software
maintenance to Peritus.  Some of the most highly regarded names in IT services
have integrated Peritus technologies into their core business strategies.
More information about Peritus is available at the Peritus Web site,
http://www.peritus.com.

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