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SCT Global Energy and Utility Solutions
www.sct.com

Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha
www.mudomaha.com

MALVERN, PA., April 29, 2002 - SCT (Nasdaq: SCTC), a leading global provider of e-business solutions, has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha, it was announced today. The contract is for services and software including SCT Bannerâ Customer Management System (CMS), Customer Web Access, Target+, Customer Contact System, Electronic Work Queue, and SCT EnerLinkâ BillGen. The contract also includes a ten-year agreement for on-going support.

The contract was signed during SCT's second fiscal quarter, which ended March 31, 2002.

Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha selected SCT Banner software to help improve service levels for its 200,000 gas and water customers in the Omaha metropolitan area. With SCT solutions, the District will be able to streamline access to account details for commercial and residential customers through online technology resulting in faster response times. At the same time, SCT solutions provide comprehensive management reporting functions along with improvements in billing accuracy and timeliness.

"The needs of our customers aren't being met with the system we have right now," said Darnell Sweeney-Evans, Metropolitan Utilities District's customer information system project manager. "By using SCT Banner software, we will have better online capabilities internally, which will eventually give our customers an easier, more efficient way to check their account information online. This is an important first step in escalating our customer service standards."

"We are seeing more organizations choose SCT Banner CMS, particularly organizations like Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha that focus on delivering first-rate customer service," said John Gregg, president of SCT's global energy and utilities solutions. "As the utility market continues to restructure, the flexibility of SCT's Banner CIS should enable Metropolitan Utilities District to adapt to that change in a cost effective manner. We are happy to welcome Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha to the SCT family and look forward to working with the District in achieving its customer service goals."

About Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha
The Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha has been a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska since 1912. Metropolitan Utilities District provides natural gas and safe drinking water to the Omaha metropolitan area. The mission is to provide customers low-cost, high-quality natural gas and safe drinking water at a cost consistent with sound management practices. Today, Metropolitan Utilities District is the only metropolitan utilities district in the State of Nebraska, and the fifth largest public natural gas utility in the U.S. For more information, please visit http://www.mudomaha.com.

About SCT
SCT provides advanced solutions and software for utilities and energy service companies. SCT strategically partners with energy and utility companies to enhance customer care and billing activities by reducing total cost of ownership, improving customer satisfaction, and increasing operational efficiency. The products and services of SCT support more than 92 million utilities accounts worldwide, and generate over 38 million utility services bills each month. SCT also serves the higher education market. SCT has approximately 2,100 employees and serves nearly 1,500 clients worldwide. SCT is headquartered in Malvern, Pa., in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information, visit www.sct.com/industrysolutions/utilities/index.htm.

The matters discussed in this press release that are forward-looking statements are based on current management expectations that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the impact on SCT of areas such as the Internet, online services and electronic commerce; continued market acceptance of SCT's products and services; the ability of SCT and Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha to implement the systems at Metropolitan Utilities District of Omaha in an efficient and cost-effective manner; the success of SCT in marketing and selling SCT's products and services; competitive and pricing pressures in the markets that SCT serves; SCT's ability to develop and market innovative products, enhancements and services cost-effectively and on a timely basis; the ability of SCT to attract and retain highly skilled technical, managerial, sales and marketing personnel; general economic conditi ons; and other risks and uncertainties more specifically set forth in SCT's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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