SCIP and Cipher Systems Partner to Launch First Foundation Study: ''State of Art: Competitive Intelligence''

This new study, to be repeated annually,
will enable the Foundation to chart the progress of the competitive
intelligence field and ultimately, identify emerging trends and best
practices in competitive intelligence process, technology and
resources. In
2005, the Foundation will be completing two major projects.cipher-sys.

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presence with the
opening of new offices in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Rochester, Minnesota; and
Tucson, Arizona ."
The new CTG locations in Minnesota and Arizona provide dedicated support
to CTG's Strategic Staffing Services (SSS) customers. The Rochester office is managed by
Donald Crockett, who also heads CTG's Boulder, Colorado SSS location.

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"For many of our global life sciences clients with manufacturing
operations in Puerto Rico, we're already their approved IT services supplier
in North America and Europe," said CTGLSS senior vice president and general
manager Michael McNees.ctg. All participants who complete the
survey will receive a free copy of the summary report and a $100
certificate for future SCIP workshops and conferences. We are pleased to donate our time and resources to such
a worthy cause.

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"The new offices reflect the sustained growth we've been experiencing in
our strategic staffing business, which accounts for a substantial percentage
of CTG's revenues," said senior vice president of Strategic Staffing Services
Bud Crumlish. CTG combines in-depth
understanding of its clients' businesses with a full range of integrated
services and proprietary methodologies supported by an ISO 9001:2000-certified
management system.

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Working with the Competitive Intelligence Foundation
gives us the opportunity to participate in unbiased research important
to the field .

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The "State of Art: Competitive Intelligence" survey will
be released at the SCIP05 conference in Chicago, April 6-9.
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Craig Fleisher of the University of Windsor explains that,
"any field that truly wants its global practitioners to be called
'professionals' requires an institutional mechanism for promoting and
disseminating research, education and scholarly development. This will give us the most
meaningful results.

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The San Juan location enables CTG's Life Sciences Solutions division
(CTGLSS) to better support its extensive client base in Puerto Rico's
burgeoning pharmaceuticals manufacturing industry. Craig Fleisher is also
the SCIP Vice President (2005) and SCIP President-Elect (2006), Chair,
Competitive Intelligence Foundation (2005-06), and Co-Editor, Journal
of Competitive Intelligence and Management
According to Cipher Vice President Raoul Farcot, Cipher "is, and
always has been, committed to the advancement of competitive
intelligence .

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The newly established Competitive Intelligence Foundation will be
a key vehicle for identifying and communicating the value of
competitive intelligence to practitioners, providers, and clients . The second
project is an updated overview of competitive intelligence ethical
guidelines and codes of conduct, based on SCIP's Navigating through
the Gray Zone book.org

About Cipher: Cipher specializes in competitive intelligence
consulting services like primary / secondary data collection,
analysis, reporting, company profiling and scenario planning.

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SCIP's mission is to enhance the success of its members
through leadership, education, advocacy and networking.

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Through its SSS
division, CTG recruits and manages skilled IT talent on behalf of its clients,
most of which are large technology firms.

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This project will also be used as
a template by which all future Foundation co-sponsored research will
be selected, developed, implemented and delivered.

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Competitive Intelligence Foundation has partnered with Cipher Systems
to develop its first in-depth research project designed to understand
how competitive intelligence (CI) professionals are working in the
field today.

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Y. "The new office will let us provide immediate,
on-the-spot support to those firms. "We've already added more than 200 technicians and recruiters,
and we expect both new SSS locations to expand even further over the next
couple of years as that business continues to develop. For more
information, visit www .

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Headed by principal
consultant Laura Rivera Crespo, the new office provides computer systems and
process equipment validation, GMP (good manufacturing practices) consulting,
and a wide range of other IT services to the firm's clients. Rivera Crespo, a
biologist, has 17 years' experience in the life sciences industry,
particularly in the areas of micro labs, quality engineering, validations , new
product technology introduction, and regulation.com.

CONTACTS:
Bud Crumlish
Senior Vice President and General Manager,
CTG Strategic Staffing Services
716 /887-3419

Michael McNees
Senior Vice President and General Manager
CTG Life Sciences Solutions
412/323-8600

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Cipher's
award-winning CI software Knowledge .

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The
Tucson office is managed by Taralu Green, an IT professional with eight years'
experience in serving the strategic staffing needs of large technology service
providers in the Tucson area . The field
of competitive intelligence has long-awaited, and longer needed, an
organization to serve in this critical role. The Foundation for
Competitive Intelligence is the ideal organization to achieve this
task and there is no better time than the present to applaud its
launch and cheer for its future success. We encourage all CI practitioners to participate - to
play an active role in the study. One is the
"State of Art: Competitive Intelligence" research study.org for further information on the Foundation research
and activities.

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, CTG (NYSE: CTG), an
international information technology (IT) solutions and staffing company,
today announced it has significantly expanded its U.
Today's news release is available on the web at http://www.scip.

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CTG Opens New Offices in San Juan Tucson and Rochester Minnesota

SCIP and Cipher Systems have jointly developed this survey with
the help of a panel of advisors, all experts in the field of
competitive intelligence." Dr .

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All CI
practitioners are invited to participate in the survey via the SCIP
web site starting April 6, 2005. This is the first publication in the Studies in CI
series, which provides a concise overview of specific core competitive
intelligence issues and processes.

About SCIP: The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
(SCIP) is the only global not-for-profit membership organization for
everyone involved with the development and use of competitive
intelligence.com or call
410 -451-6889.

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Furthermore, since a substantial
percentage of all drugs are now manufactured in Puerto Rico, it will also give
us the opportunity to bring our recognized expertise in pharmaceutical and
biotechnology manufacturing to a wider market ."

Backed by 39 years' experience, CTG provides IT staffing, application
management outsourcing , consulting, and software development and integration
solutions to help clients focus on their core businesses and use IT as a
competitive advantage to excel in their markets."
The Competitive Intelligence Foundation, along with Cipher
Systems, will produce and distribute the survey summary and full
analytical report in September 2005.