COX COMMUNICATIONS DEPLOYS A3 MODELING™ FOR ENTERPRISE BUDGETING ON THE WEB

Spreadsheet Management Application from A3 Solutions Saves Time and Money

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — October 7, 2003 — A3 Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in spreadsheet-centric software technology, announced today that Cox Communications completed a rollout of A3 Modeling for enterprise budgeting, forecasting and management reporting. The project was completed two weeks ahead of schedule and under budget.

Self-sufficient after just three days of training, Cox financial analysts leveraged A3 Modeling to automate a complete set of financial models over the Web. Featuring a user-friendly spreadsheet interface, A3 Modeling rolled-out quickly and without disruption. And now, users are observing faster response times and productivity gains.

Cox CFO Jimmy Hayes comments, "A3 Modeling represents a significant next step as Cox continues to evolve its planning processes. This software is a critical link between the driver-based analytical activity happening on desktops and various reporting sources in the enterprise."

Cox selected A3's leading Spreadsheet Management application to minimize adoption costs and avoid disruption since the product supports multiple OLAP cube environments.

"We wanted to get forecasting on the Web in a logical and incremental step. With A3 Modeling, we can now manage the broad deployment of our own spreadsheet based processes significantly faster and at a fraction of the cost," said Chad Browder, director of financial systems at Cox. "Our end users love their spreadsheets, and now teams are collaborating in real-time over the Web. Within one quarter of our initial decision, Cox is on the Web and self-sufficient with A3 Modeling."

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.