RICHMOND, CA – January 15, 2002 – QRS Corporation (Nasdaq: QRSI), the market leader in e-commerce and supply chain management solutions for the retail industry, and Cyclone Commerce Inc., the leading provider of solutions that create open business connections for business-to-business e-commerce, today announced a strategic partnership for joint product development and distribution, based on complementary, best-of-breed technologies.

The unique partnership between QRS and Cyclone delivers on the industry-wide vision for 100% global enablement of electronic business transactions.

A central part of QRS' overall business strategy is to collaborate with strong technology partners to develop products that respond to the actual operational challenges retail clients face in communicating accurate information and collaborating with partners throughout the supply chain. This partnership provides QRS customers with additional, new tools to establish extremely scalable and highly secure global trading communities faster by integrating Cyclone Interchange with QRS' Tradeweave Retail Network.

"QRS and Cyclone have a unified vision of secure, reliable, and efficient communications across multiple platforms, protocols, networks and data formats," said Liz Fetter, president and CEO for QRS. "Managing trading partner communities by incorporating Cyclone Interchange technology transforms the power of business communication from transactional data messaging to a collaborative exchange of business processes."

QRS and Cyclone will capitalize on the existing and growing demand for peer-to-peer (P2P) integration among the more than 4,000 Tradeweave Message Exchange customers as well as prospective customers in the retail industry. QRS' real-time messaging network facilitates the electronic exchange of disparate documents types, including EDI, XML and proprietary formats, over the Internet, valued-added networks or through point-to-point connections, using a variety of transfer protocols. QRS will apply its retail technology experience to help customers establish and manage hybrid messaging environments tailored to meet the specific needs of their businesses. Cyclone Interchange facilitates the definition, configuration and management of trading partner profiles.

Further strengthening its outstanding record in the area of trading partner management, QRS will also be a Cyclone preferred trading community enablement partner in the retail industry. In addition, both parties have agreed to enter into joint product development initiatives in an effort to enhance Cyclone Interchange for specific use by customers of QRS' Tradeweave Product Catalog, the world's largest source of general merchandise and apparel product information, which supports more than 80 million Universal Product Codes (UPCs) and associated product attribute information.

"Extending electronic business relationships to the entire trading community has long been a hurdle for most businesses because of the complexities and time-constraints involved with accommodating the diverse needs of thousands of partners," said Phil Meyers, president and CEO for Cyclone Commerce. "This partnership is designed to help the retail industry easily reach all of its trading partners quickly, reliably and securely. Cyclone and QRS are uniquely suited to help retailers, vendors and manufacturers eliminate the cost and complexity of linking with trading partners and managing information, adding credence to 'business as usual.'"

About Cyclone Commerce
Cyclone Commerce is committed to creating Open Business Connections that allow companies to reach outside the enterprise to quickly and securely connect to anyone, anyway they choose. By empowering companies to move beyond hardwired connections, Cyclone's suite of products helps to establish and manage collaborative commerce communities. Cyclone's customers include AmerisourceBergen, Compaq, Gillette, Pfizer and Procter & Gamble. Cyclone also powers the marketplaces and services managed by GNX, IBM, Neoforma and UCCnet.

About QRS

QRS Corporation is the market leader in e-commerce and supply-chain management solutions for the retail industry. For 14 years QRS has helped its over 4,000 customers increase revenues, decrease costs and reduce product cycle times. QRS' Tradeweave Retail Network -- an integrated suite of applications, business intelligence and messaging services -- enables secure and profitable relationships among retailers, manufacturers and their trading partners. Dedicated solely to the retail industry, QRS enables more than 100,000 partnerships, giving retailers and manufacturers a better way to plan, source, buy and sell, finance, track, price, merchandise and replenish products.