INTERGRAPH ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH METAPHASE TECHNOLOGY INC.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 27, 1995 -- Intergraph Software Solutions (ISS)
announced today that it has formed a partnership with Metaphase
Technology, Inc. to provide a best-of-class, commercial off-the-shelf
(COTS) solution for enterprisewide technical electronic document
management (EDM). ISS is the software business unit of computer-aided
design, manufacturing and engineering systems provider Intergraph
Corporation.

Metaphase Technology Inc.'s Offering

Metaphase Technology Inc. addresses the challenge of meeting the increasing
demand for document management within complex heterogeneous environments
with its Metaphase 2.0 suite. Metaphase 2.0 provides a state-of-the-art
flexible, customizable, object-based foundation for document and workflow
management. Intergraph will utilize the Metaphase 2.0 foundation to focus
on developing industry-specific value-added components on a variety of
platforms.

"The Metaphase partnership with Intergraph merges the respective strengths
of each organization in a totally complementary fashion. Metaphase
provides the foundation data management capability and Intergraph extends
this functionality with their broad application experience. This is a
truly exciting partnership that offers our technology to a number of new
markets while leveraging our combined assets to further the goals of their
users," said Robert M. Nierman, President and CEO of Metaphase Technology,
Inc.

Intergraph's Industry Expertise

Intergraph chose to enter into partnership to better leverage its
strengths, according to Rich Buchheim, executive vice president of
Intergraph's Information Management and Delivery Division. Intergraph is
widely known for its industry knowledge and expertise. By using Metaphase
2.0 foundation tools, Intergraph can now concentrate on providing
value-added industry EDM solutions to visible customer needs in order to
solve real world problems experienced by today's customer. Value-added
components of the DM2 (document management) solution will include
industry-specific data models and interfaces as well as viewing,
redlining, graphical workflows, published and supported APIs and
content-based searches.

Intergraph will focus on EDM solutions for the process and utility
industries, for the first half of 1995. Manufacturing and transportation
will be added as focus industries during the second half of the year. For
existing Intergraph DM1 customers, DM1 will be a supported product for as
long as customers choose to stay with it. Customers who want to take
advantage of the new DM2 technology will be provided excellent migration
paths both from a software and financial standpoint.

Best of Both Worlds

"By partnering with Metaphase Technology Inc., we have given our customers
the best of both worlds: a best-of- class, COTS infrastructure customized
by an industry leader and tailored to individual business models and
industry requirements. These combined elements provide a real solution to
the priority business problems facing industries today.

We sell EDM solutions, but what we deliver is increased business
productivity," Buchheim said.

Intergraph expects to begin shipment of its new class of solution, DM2, in
March. Value-added components will ship incrementally beginning in April.

Intergraph Background Information

A member of the Fortune 500, Intergraph Corporation is the world's largest
company dedicated to supplying interactive computer graphics systems.
Products range from point solutions, meeting individual and departmental
needs, to integrated, enterprise-wide systems.

Noted for delivering interoperable systems and applications, Intergraph
bases its products on Windows, Windows NT and UNIX operating systems.

ISS develops and markets integrated software for the Technical Desktop the
combination of compatible technical applications and personal productivity
tools in a single desktop computer. Technical applications include
computer- aided design, engineering, analysis, manufacturing, publishing
and earth sciences. ISS also provides core system software, high-end
applications, and training, consulting, and implementation services.

Metaphase Technology Inc. Background Information

Metaphase Technology Inc., a joint venture of Control Data Systems Inc. and
Structural Dynamic Research Corporation (SDRC) is a leading supplier of
enterprise information management solutions and provides the architectural
foundation for solutions in workflow, document management, configuration
management, CALS, and imaging and related information management areas.

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