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TACT®'S e-SERVICES OFFERINGS ENHANCED BY LIFE CYCLE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY

NEW YORK, August 7, 2000 /PRNewswire/ -- August 7, 2000--The A Consulting Team, Inc. ("TACT®") (Nasdaq: TACX) a leading provider of e-Services to Fortune 1000 companies , announced today that it has made an investment in Methoda, LTD., an Israeli company that specializes in the development and implementation of full e-Services life cycle methodology. Methoda's life cycle development framework addresses planning, developing, implementing , and deploying e- Services systems across the enterprise. Methoda will enhance its comprehensive framework by merging TACT's existing methodology. TACT will adapt Methoda's enhanced methodology and apply it to existing and impending large-scale e- Services development and integration projects with its Fortune 1000 client base. TACT's clients will enjoy the benefits of reduced time to market , on time and on budget delivery of high quality, critical Web applications.

Methoda's scalable framework is designed to meet the enterprise-wide needs of a wide variety of firms - from medium-sized organizations to the needs of large companies. The framework has been adopted by the Israeli Government and many large companies based in Israel. "TACT is now integrating its own proven development methodology with Methoda's framework to provide an industry-leading comprehensive, systematic methodology for developing and implementing web-based e-Services applications for our clients. The result will be quality, on target systems that will help our clients increase revenues, improve service and decrease costs in the new economy marketplace. We just announced that over half of TACT's revenues are generated from e-Services and we expect that this portion of our business will dramatically increase. TACT's customers will be well served by the enhanced capabilities provided by Methoda's proven technology," said Shmuel BenTov, CEO of TACT.

After integrating this technology within its current development efforts, TACT will consider introducing the framework as a separate product offering to large and medium sized U.S. organizations.

"We're very pleased with TACT's investment and adoption of our development framework and its immediate implementation in Fortune 1000 eServices applications. This is a great way to introduce Methoda's technology to the U.S. corporate marketplace," said Asher Yuval, President and founder of Methoda.

About Methoda

Methoda, LTD. is a consulting company specializing in software quality assurance (SQA) and software engineering and management, offering versatile services to the IT market. Methoda's clients include the major industries in Israel: government, finance, high-tech, utilities, manufacturing, and software development firms. Methoda's services allow its customers to implement high quality and cost effective IT systems that meet their budgets while significantly shortening the project development cycle.

About TACT

TACT® is an end-to-end e-Services provider including web strategy and design, web development and integration, and web application hosting to a broad range of Fortune 1000 companies and other large organizations. In addition, TACT provides its clients with enterprise-wide Information Technology consulting, software and training services and solutions. TACT is a majority owner of T3 Media, Inc. www.t3media.com, an e-business web integrator, holds a minority interest in Always-On, Inc. www.always-on.com, and is the parent of American Catalyst, LLC www.americancatalyst.com. More information about TACT® can be found at its web site at www.tact.com. TACT is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol TACX.

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