Tangram's Asset Insight Provides Intelligent IT Asset Tracking

RALEIGH, N.C., April 16, 1996 -- Tangram Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a
leading developer of asset tracking software, today announced Asset
Insight, the first business management tool for information technology
executives. Asset Insight offers managers intelligent decision support,
enabling them to identify all hardware and software assets currently
installed throughout the enterprise, to plot historical trends and to
project future changes to their asset base.

"Behind closed doors, CIOs will admit that their IT asset inventories are
only 30 percent accurate at best," said Chris Jesse, President and CEO at
Tangram. "To survive today, IT executives must manage to a new business
model, and, frankly, 30 percent won't cut it."

At the heart of Asset Insight is a unique analysis function that guides IT
executives toward better informed decisions. Asset Insight automatically
analyzes asset data and distills the results into one-page reports that
highlight exceptions, costs and trends to facilitate intelligent business
decisions.

Asset Insight automatically inventories virtually any server and
workstation platform and transports the asset data across the existing
network to an open relational database. At each inventory, Asset Insight
detects and stores only changes to the asset base, compiling historical
information while minimizing database size. With an easy graphical
interface that walks users through the query process, the user can view
any cross section of the asset data as well as drill down on a single
workstation. Through it's open architecture, Asset Insight can share data
with other corporate systems and enable decision makers throughout the
organization to access the data through standard query tools.

With Asset Insight, Tangram will also launch a new indirect channel
program. Initially, Tangram will offer Asset Insight through CompuCom
Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Dallas, CompuCom is a leading provider of
PC products and network integration services for large corporate customers
nationwide. CompuCom's services include LAN/WAN projects, help desk design
and implementation, network management, field engineering, asset and
procurement management, configuration and product distribution. In 1995
CompuCom's revenue grew 41 percent to $1.44 billion.

"This partnership is a perfect fit, linking a revolutionary new product
with an extensive distribution channel," said Steve Marcus, Vice President
of Bid Services at CompuCom. "Recognizing the magnitude of savings
possible, we were eager to make enterprise-wide asset tracking available
to our customers, and when we examined what the market had to offer, Asset
Insight was the clear choice. No other product captures history or
transforms raw data into intelligent analysis."

Asset Insight is currently undergoing beta testing and will be available
for general delivery later in this quarter.

For more than a decade, Tangram Enterprise Solutions, Inc. (OTC:TESI) has
provided asset tracking and electronic software distribution solutions for
major organizations throughout North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and
Australia. Tangram's product lines support the leading, industry-standard
client/server and local area network environments, including Solaris,
HP-UX, SCO OpenServer, AIX, OS/2, Macintosh, DOS, Windows, Windows NT,
Windows 95, NetWare and MVS, as well as a myriad of connectivity options
such as APPC, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBIOS, SDLC, X.25 and asynchronous
communications. Tangram is a member of the Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
partnership of companies.
 
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