eDeploy Launches Pilot Program with IBM Canada

Business Wire, April 9, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001

eDeploy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Datatec Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:DATC), announced today that IBM Canada's Integrated Technologies Services (ITS) division has signed a pilot agreement to utilize eDeploy's Deployment Services Automation software.

eDeploy personnel will provide primary support and training in the start-up of five systems integration projects that will use eDeploy(TM) to coordinate and manage key project elements.

In August 2000, eDeploy and IBM Canada undertook a joint "Proof of Concept" in which the efforts of six different IBM-managed suppliers of IT products and services were coordinated to deliver integration services to Ford Canada's dealer network. Utilizing eDeploy's Application Server Provider (ASP) hosting services, the proof-of-concept project was initiated in less than 15 days. Within 60 days of project startup, the value of eDeploy was documented in terms of both productivity improvement and customer satisfaction. Based upon these findings, IBM Canada's Project Management Office decided to proceed to this next stage.

Commenting on the decision to embark on these pilot programs, Jill Harris, Solutions Manager IBM Global Services, stated, "Our customers want to know at all times exactly how their projects are progressing. eDeploy provides us with 7/24 access to key project status information. This increased project control reduces errors, accelerates timeframes and contributes to higher customer satisfaction."

"We are pleased with IBM's commitment to give us a supply chain that appears as a seamless end-to-end system," said Fordstar Information Technology Manager Peter Stoddart. "We are a very happy customer."

Don Bergal, eDeploy Chief Operating Officer stated, "We fully expect that these pilot projects will further validate the concrete benefits that eDeploy can deliver to our OEM clients and their customers, and we are extremely proud of the confidence that IBM Canada has demonstrated in our team."

About Datatec Systems, Inc.

Fairfield, NJ-based Datatec Systems specializes in the rapid, large scale market absorption of networking technologies. Datatec's deployment services utilize a software-enabled implementation model to configure, integrate and roll out new technology solutions using a "best practices" structured process. Its customers include Fortune 1000 companies and world-class technology providers. Datatec stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (DATC). For more information visit Datatec at http://www.datatec.com.

About eDeploy, Inc.

eDeploy, a subsidiary of Datatec Systems, Inc., provides web-based project collaboration tools and partnering portals that allow Global 500s, systems integrators and service providers to stage, configure and deploy complex network infrastructure and computing technologies faster, more economically and with fewer defects. eDeploy solutions serve as the central repository for all intellectual assets shared among project team members, customers and affiliated third parties and delivers documented best practices through secure, scalable platforms. For more information, visit http://www.edeploy.com.

This Press Release contains 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 risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results or objectives to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.