Decision Support Inc. Releases New Version of Application for Lower Cost Mainframe-Server Integrated Reporting

MATTHEWS, N.C., Aug. 20, 2003 -- Decision Support Inc. (http://www.DecisionSupport.com), innovator in data integration and reporting, announced today that it has released a new version of its URSA infoSuite(R), the leading reporting application for Unisys MCP mainframes. The new release expands users' ability to access and integrate data from other databases using familiar reporting interfaces; provides new graphical user interfaces to make administration more intuitive; and includes many other enhancements that facilitate integrated reporting.

Tom Otzelberger, information systems manager for the City of Wauwatosa, WI, said, "Based on the ongoing success we have experienced with Decision Support, we chose to implement the new URSA infoSuite. Once again, Decision Support has surpassed our expectations. This new product delivers many powerful reporting capabilities at a fraction of the price of some of the competitive products."

URSA infoSuite delivers a low-cost option for clients to integrate data from other, non-mainframe databases. Using URSA infoSuite and Decision Support's proven data integration tool, DQbroker(R), clients can use a reporting interface they are familiar and comfortable with -- EZSPEC(R) for the mainframe or URSA(R) for Microsoft Windows(R) users -- and generate enterprise reports that provide information from multiple, disparate data sources. The enterprise reports can be designed and run in real time or batch mode without having to build a separate, expensive and time-consuming data repository such as a data warehouse.

About Decision Support Inc.

Decision Support Inc. provides cross-platform data integration and reporting tools and services to a worldwide customer base comprising manufacturers, banks and credit unions, healthcare providers, and government agencies. Its latest generation of mainframe, Windows, and browser-based reporting solutions incorporates DQbroker enterprise data integration technology that enables users to view, modify, and join disparate data in real time, and provides on-demand queries as well as standard scheduled reports. Decision Support is headquartered in Matthews, NC. For more information, visit http://www.decisionsupport.com or call 704-845-1000.

URSA, URSA infoSuite, EZSPEC, and DARGAL are registered trademarks of Decision Support Inc. DQbroker is a registered trademark of Metagon Technologies LLC. All other brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are used with no intention of infringement on the trademark.

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