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To: Gator who wrote (58978)	3/1/1999 10:13:00 AM
From: Mr. Stress	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 119973

Monday March 1, 9:34 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Compuware Corporation Compuware Announces Acquisition of M.I.S. International Inc. Agreement Will Transition More Than 400 Professional Services Personnel To Compuware Professional Services Division FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Compuware Corporation (Nasdaq: CPWR - news) today announced that on Tuesday, February 23, 1999 it completed its acquisition of M.I.S. International Inc. (M.I.S.), a privately held provider of Information Technology (IT) professional services. The acquisition will be accounted for as a pooling of interests. Approximately 400 M.I.S. professional services personnel will transition to Compuware's Professional Services Division as a result of the acquisition. Founded in 1971, M.I.S. is one of the largest privately held information systems and project management consulting firms in the United States. M.I.S. provides professional services personnel to many Fortune 500 companies, including major automotive manufacturers and their first-tier OEM suppliers. With headquarters in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, M.I.S. professionals supply technical expertise to clients in the software, electronic, steel, chemical, banking, insurance and telecommunication industries. ''This is a tremendous career opportunity for our employees with a leading employer in the southeast Michigan area and the global technology industry,'' said Michael Bahn, chairman and CEO of M.I.S. ''Compuware is committed to supporting the professional and personal growth of our employees and has enthusiastically welcomed these talented individuals into their organization. Our employees have much to look forward to as employees of Compuware.'' ''We are pleased to welcome such a highly skilled group of IT professionals to a career with Compuware,'' said Phyllis Recca, Senior Vice President, Compuware Professional Services. ''The addition of these individuals to our hand-picked professional services staff strengthens Compuware's ability to provide its clients with superior service and immediate and measurable return on their IT investments.'' Compuware Corporation Compuware productivity solutions help 14,000 of the world's largest corporations more efficiently maintain and enhance their most critical business applications. Providing immediate and measurable return on information technology investments, Compuware products and services improve quality, lower costs and increase the speed at which systems can be developed, implemented and supported. Compuware employs more than 11,000 information technology professionals worldwide, including more than 6,600 in its professional services organization. With calendar 1998 revenues of $1.5 billion, Compuware is the world leader in client/server development technology. For more information on Compuware, please contact the corporate offices at 800-521-9353. Compuware also can be found on the World Wide Web at compuware.com.

To: Gator who wrote (58978)	3/1/1999 10:43:00 AM
From: David D.	Respond to of 119973

Just bought more FTEL. It's moving. Just had second of 4 news releases to be out by tomorrow's LA Telephony show. Here's the second release today. Monday March 1, 10:15 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Franklin Telecom Introduces Internet Gatekeeper Franklin Gatekeeper Optimizes VoIP Interoperability WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999-- Franklin Telecom announced today that it is introducing its new Franklin Gatekeeper this week in Los Angeles. The Gatekeeper enables interoperability between Franklin's family of VoIP products and H.323 compliant products from other vendors. Franklin's Tempest® Data Voice Gateway Systems equipped with the Gatekeeper can enable Computer to Phone, Computer to Computer and Web to Call Center communications. (The Tempest DVG also facilitates calls from any phone to any other phone.) The Gatekeeper can be run on the same Microsoft NT Server that is running Franklin's proprietary Authentication, Mapping, and Settlement (AMAS)/Billing system. The Gatekeeper is available as an annual software support license. This will insure Franklin customers that as standards evolve and become more sophisticated, their Gatekeepers will keep pace with these changes. The Gatekeeper, in conjunction with other Franklin Telecom products, will be demonstrated March 2-4th at CTExpo '99 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Franklin Telecom will be in Booth 3301. This is the second of four announcements that will be made prior to the show. The primary business of Franklin Telecom, founded in 1981, is the design and manufacturing of communications devices, high speed LAN, WAN, Telco and software. Franklin customers have installed over 100,000 nodes worldwide. Franklin's Internet subsidiary FNet provides Voice over Internet Protocol global Telco services. Certain statements in this press release constitute ''forward-looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements, expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. For additional information about this announcement, visit the Officer's Message page at Franklin's Web Site: -- www.ftel.com -- www.franklin.net - for Internet Services and Access -- www.fnet.net - for Internet Telephony & Franklin's Next Generation Telephone Company -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Franklin Telecom Helen West for Shareholder Relations, 805/373-8688 or