San Jose, March 13, 2000 — Fujitsu Software Corporation today announced that UK-based BitbyBit International Limited, a leading supplier of data manipulation software, will be reselling Fujitsu COBOL as part of its product solution offerings. This is one of a number of reseller agreements that are being established as more and more COBOL VARs are recognizing the value and benefits of the Fujitsu COBOL package.

"We are in the business of providing relational data base utilities and services to large and small organizations that need to make more effective use of their data," said Huw Price, Managing Director for BitbyBit International. "COBOL is central to our product offerings, as it is an ideal language for manipulating data, so we often generate COBOL programs to perform database extractions or manipulations. Consequently, we frequently sell COBOL along with our products. Fujitsu COBOL is an excellent partner for us."

Mr. Price said that he found the Fujitsu COBOL product easy to use and highly reliable, and the Fujitsu Software Corporation's marketing terms quite straightforward. "We were pleased with the ease and speed of negotiation - an important factor for a fast-growing company such as ourselves," said Mr. Price.

The reseller agreement covers territories throughout the world, except Japan, China and Korea. BitbyBit will provide most of the first and second line support to its customers for Fujitsu COBOL while Fujitsu Software Corporation will provide training, maintenance and support to BitbyBit.

"BitbyBit International is a company with a great reputation in the multi-billion dollar relational database market place," said Ron Langer, Director, COBOL Sales and Marketing, for Fujitsu Software Corporation. "Their CheckMate product, with its data cleaning, extraction and archiving functions, is an essential tool for any company wanting to get the most out of its relational databases. We are impressed with what they are able to do and how quickly they have integrated Fujitsu COBOL with their product. We are proud to add them to our steadily growing list of resellers, reinforcing our message that Fujitsu COBOL is the COBOL for the 21st Century."

For more information visit the Fujitsu COBOL Web site at: www.adtools.com.

About Fujitsu Limited
Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) is a leading provider of comprehensive information technology and network solutions for the global marketplace. Comprising over 500 group companies and affiliates worldwide -- including ICL, Amdahl and DMR Consulting Group -- the Fujitsu Group had consolidated revenues of 5.24 trillion yen ($43.3 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999. With world- class hardware and software technology in computers, telecommunications and microelectronics, and a corps of 55,000 systems and services experts around the world, Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to harness the power of the network to help its customers succeed. Altogether, the Fujitsu Group has 188,000 employees and operations in over 100 countries.
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About BitbyBit International Limited
BitbyBit International Limited is an organization committed to developing leading edge technology for RDBMS management. They enjoy an enviable reputation in delivering quality solutions to a specialized and niche market. Visit BitbyBit at http://www.bitbybit.co.uk.

Contact:

Fujitsu COBOL
Ron Langer, 408/456-7904
rjl@fsc.fujitsu.com