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FORTEL Forms Strategic Partnership With European Reseller Heyde AG


MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001 8:01 AM
- PRNewswire

FREMONT, Calif., Jan 22, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FORTEL Inc. (Nasdaq:FRTL) and Heyde AG today announced an
agreement that establishes the systems integration specialist as a reseller of FORTEL`s SightLine software throughout Europe.
Heyde AG is a full service solution provider offering consulting, product development and distribution as well as software integration
services to its European clientele. As a result of this agreement, Heyde AG will present SightLine as the service level
management solution to its banking and insurance customer base, which includes Merrill Lynch, Berliner Volksbank eG (BVB)
and Deutsche Bank.

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Heyde AG is the eighth international distribution partner for FORTEL, joining market leaders including Fujitsu-Siemens and
Stratus.

"Maintaining eBusiness service levels has become increasingly important in today`s competitive environment," said Claus Michael
Sattler, senior vice president of Heyde AG`s Data Center Management Division. "FORTEL`s SightLine is an important
enhancement to our IT solutions for enterprise business. Using SightLine, our clients will have a single view of the edge-to-edge IT
infrastructure, enabling them to proactively manage their service levels in real time."

"Heyde AG`s roster of clients demonstrates its outstanding track record across Europe," said Asa W. Lanum, president and CEO,
FORTEL. "Heyde`s European presence provides us with new opportunities in the financial services market, and will further boost
our European software sales growth from its current 64% in fiscal year 2000 vs. 1999."

The resale agreement allows Heyde AG to provide consulting, sales and system integration services for FORTEL`s SightLine
service level assurance suite. FORTEL adds to Heyde AG`s established partners including IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Computer
Associates.

About Heyde AG

Headquartered in Bad Nauheim, Germany, Heyde AG is an emerging global e-integration company. The Heyde Group offers
consulting, software and integration services to companies in the finance (banking, insurance), logistics (supply chain,
warehousing), telecommunications and media sectors. Founded in 1971, Heyde ranks as one of the 500 fastest growing
companies in Europe and is a leading contender in network consulting and integration services in its key markets of Western
Europe and South America. In the first nine months of 2000, over 1,800 Heyde employees generated revenue of Euro 116 million
and an operating profit of Euro 9.51 million. Since 1998, Heyde shares have been listed on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt stock
exchange (trading symbol: HEY).

About SightLine Software

Success in the eBusiness era demands that customers receive secure, fast and efficient service levels from eBusiness
infrastructures. Yet the very nature of eBusiness applications presents a number of challenges. They span the enterprise, and run
on a variety of platforms and network domains that are constantly changing. Legacy network and system management products
offer platform-specific point solutions that in general are event driven (problems are reported after the fact, when customers have
already experienced poor service). Additionally, these point products cannot show the cause and effect relationships between
components that can impact overall service levels.

FORTEL`s SightLine was developed to deal with the complexities inherent in assuring smooth and trouble-free eBusiness
operations across heterogeneous multi-tiered applications. Through powerful, end-to-end, analysis and correlation capabilities
SightLine identifies information flows and critical paths, helping managers predict and address trouble spots before problems turn
into crises.

About FORTEL Inc.

FORTEL provides the first real-time performance management solution that assures the end-to-end service-level goals of
eBusiness. FORTEL`s SightLine suite is based on analysis and correlation software that has been applied and tuned for more than
10 years in the systems management performance arena by customers in finance and banking, defense management,
manufacturing, retail services and government. FORTEL counts among its customers many of the world`s largest and most well
known organizations and enterprises. The Company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and can be contacted at 510-440-9600 or
by visiting its web site at www.FORTEL.com.

NOTE: FORTEL and SightLine are trademarks of FORTEL Inc.

Except for historical information contained in this press release, the foregoing contains forward-looking statements that involve
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements based on a
variety of risks and uncertainties, including risks and uncertainties relating to factors such as the timely and successful
development and market acceptance of our products, services and features, our ability to successfully attract and retain
customers, our profitability targets and financial metrics, the number, size and duration of contracts, and software prices, activities
of competitors, demand for our products, volume of business and general economic conditions. The guidance contained in this
press release is based on limited information available to the Company today, which is subject to change. Although the guidance
provided in this press release may change after today, the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these
forward-looking statements after today. Further information about potential factors that could affect our financial results is included
in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which have been filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.

NOTE: Unisys is a registered trademark and e-@ction is a trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products
referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

SOURCE FORTEL Inc.

CONTACT: investors, Hank Harris, Chief Financial Officer of FORTEL Inc.,
510-440-9600, ext. 2303, or [e-mail]; or media,Ekkehard Seith,
Country Manager, of FORTEL, GmbH, 49-06172-483250, or
[e-mail]; or Penelope Linage of Fusion PR, 212-651-4212, or
[e-mail], for FORTEL Inc.; or Dr. Michael Raffel, Media
and Press Relations of Heyde AG, 49-6032-308-4226, or [e-mail]
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