A3 SOLUTIONS CREATES TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — February 27, 2002 — A3 Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in spreadsheet-centric software technology, announced that it is creating a Technology Advisory Board (TAB) to better understand the business requirements of its market through close interaction with a carefully selected representative group of its customers.

A3 Solutions develops and markets software that allows Global 10,000 companies to quickly generate and deploy analytic planning applications, enterprise-wide. The Technology Advisory Board is being created to help guide its strategy in developing the next generation of its modeling and planning platform. Spreadsheet-based, A3 Solutions products marry the power and familiarity of desktop modeling with the analytic power of OLAP (Online Analytic Processing) technology and the scalability of the Web.

A3 Solutions created its TAB as an invitation-only forum that will be composed of planning executives from world-class organizations. The TAB is a cross-section of A3 Solutions customers from a number of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, and retail.

A3 Solutions is inviting customers with diverse areas of expertise to join its Technology Advisory Board where they can:

• Discuss customer business strategies and industry trends;
• Gather feedback about A3 Solutions' strategic direction and how that direction supports customers' future needs; and
• Understand how the next major release of A3 Solutions technology can optimally support the implementation of customer applications.

"A3 Solutions is a leader in enterprise planning because our approach addresses both operational and financial needs of our customers' complex organizations," said Robert Lautt, chief executive officer and president at A3 Solutions. "The Technology Advisory Board is one mechanism by which our customers can help shape our future technology. TAB input will focus our efforts to bring a truly scalable Web-based modeling and planning platform to market."

Customers interested in participating on the Technology Advisory Board should contact Stuart Ratner, chief operations officer at A3 Solutions (sratner@a3si.com, 415.356.2300).

About A3 Solutions

A3 Solutions is an innovator in the Corporate Performance Management market (CPM, BPM, EPM). Leveraging its advanced analytic application technology, A3 Solutions competes successfully with market leaders by delivering more powerful budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and executive dashboard solutions that deploy more quickly and at lower total cost. Come to our website (www.a3solutions.com) and see how American Airlines, Avon, Cox Communications, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald's, Safeway, Toyota, Williams Sonoma, and Verizon use software from A3 to reduce the time and labor associated with spreadsheets, increase confidence in reporting and analysis, enjoy more timely and detailed visibility into operational performance, and make decisions more quickly and confidently. A3 Solutions' partners include leading enterprise technology providers such as Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT, News), IBM (NYSE: IBM, News), and Hyperion Solutions (Nasdaq: HYSL, News). A3 Solutions is headquartered in San Francisco, California. To learn more about the company or its flagship product, A3 Modeling, visit www.a3solutions.com, send an email to sales@a3solutions.com, or call (800) 666-CUBE (2823) or 415-356-2300.