July 15, 2002 - Corum Group, Ltd. is pleased to announce that its client SRC Software, a leading budgeting, reporting and financial planning software company, has received an investment from Vista Equity Partners, of San Francisco.

According to Nat Burgess, Corum Group's Senior Vice President, "SRC Software has remained profitable while growing rapidly and providing an unmatched level of support and commitment to its customer base. After Studying SRC's objectives Corum was able to identify a short list of viable partners, from which Vista Equity Partners emerged as the clear leader. With assistance and capital from Vista, SRC will be positioned to aggressively pursue continued growth and leadership in the financial analytics marketspace."

Burgess also noted that, "The continuing slump on NASDAQ has created a unique opportunity for private equity firms to compete with strategic investors."

About SRC Software:

SRC Software is the leader in providing flexibility and sophistication for enterprise financial planning and corporate performance management. With over 1,400 installations of its multi-platform Advisor Series(TM) in mid- to high-end enterprises, SRC's highly personalized budgeting, payroll planning and multi-source consolidation/reporting solutions are used by companies such as Washington Mutual Finance, Harrah's Las Vegas casino hotel, Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc., and C-SPAN. SRC offers a full complement of financial planning and analysis tools through its unique integration of spreadsheets and industry-leading databases complete with full-scale web deployment. The company is privately held and is based in Portland, Oregon; has regional offices in Massachusetts, Michigan and Texas; and distribution channels in more than 16 countries. For more information about SRC Software please visit http://www.srcsoftware.com/.

About Vista Equity Partners:

Vista Equity Partners is focused on creating sustainable businesses by contributing its experience, support and capital in order to enable management teams to realize their company's full potential. Vista provides companies with unique financing models and creative incentive structures to help them fully develop and expand their business models. Its investment approach is anchored by its unique and sizable capital base, as well as its experience in structuring technology-oriented transactions and proven management techniques that yield flexibility and opportunity in private equity investing.

About Corum Group:

Corum Group is the premier provider of M&A services to privately held and smaller public software, Internet and IT services companies. Corum has completed over $4 Billion in transactions in 14 countries in its 16 year history and is the leading educator in the M&A field through its Selling Up Selling Out conferences. Corum is built and staffed by highly experienced IT executives, most of them former CEOs. They are supported by the best researchers and writers in the industry, and the world's largest database of buyers and sellers (over 70,000 contacts) that helps ensure unparalleled success in client engagements. For further information about other recent transactions and our seminar, Selling Up Selling Out, please visit http://www.corumgroup.com.