Tuesday March 6, 8:33 am Eastern Time

Crystal's Cross-Platform Migration of the World's Largest Carpet Maker

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2001--Shaw Industries, Inc., with 53 U.S. manufacturing plants, is working with Crystal Systems Solutions (Nasdaq:CRYS - news), to migrate its application systems from a Bull GCOS8 environment to IBM OS390, through Crystal's US project management and delivery center, IntraComp Group.

"Crystal, using their phased approach and extensive migration experience, is performing the project in a safe and controlled manner," said Jim Berry CIO at Shaw Industries. "Since Shaw processes 2 million online transactions daily, a seamless and error free migration was required that would not disrupt normal business processes. Through Crystal's IntraComp Group, we are achieving our goals."

"Crystal, using its extensive experience with large Bull/GCOS migrations, is assisting Shaw with the migration of eight major application groups comprised of over 3,000 COBOL programs and 828 database record types," reports Bob Ruetz, President of Crystal's IntraComp Group. "On January 13, 2001 we successfully implemented on the IBM the heart of Shaw's business systems, the 1,000 program order processing and distribution module."

About Shaw

Shaw Industries, headquartered in Dalton, Georgia is the largest tufted carpet manufacturer in the world, with 53 U.S. manufacturing plants in 26 communities in five different states. Shaw's manufacturing facilities encompass every aspect of carpet and rug production, from basic chemicals and raw materials to advanced tufting, weaving, and finishing equipment. Shaw also operates 18 service distribution centers across the United States.

About Crystal Systems Solutions

Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq:CRYS - news) develops and markets software tools and provides end-to-end transformation projects for e-Business enabling of legacy systems, cross-platform migration, and consolidation of information systems. Crystal provides comprehensive enterprise products spanning mainframe, midrange, and client/server computing platforms. Crystal has enhanced its expertise through the successful completion of projects for Fortune 1000 prestigious organizations, establishing solid credibility, and achieving global recognition and presence. Crystal is totally committed to supporting its customers, both directly and via its partners, offering end-to-end solutions through consultancy, assistance, and service in conjunction with its wide variety of proprietary software tools. For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.crystal-sys.com.

Crystal Systems Solutions is a member of the Formula Group (Nasdaq:FORTY - news). The Formula Group is an international information technology company principally engaged, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, in providing software consulting services developing proprietary software products, and providing computer-based solutions.

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Iris Yahal
Crystal System Solutions
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