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CorVu Buoyant in Stormy Economy With Leading Applications, Strong Sales & Partnerships

CorVu Corporation today announced that it is benefiting from growing momentum and interest in business performance management applications, acquiring over 400 new customers during 2001. These customer wins, as well as healthy partner activity and efficient operations, indicate that CorVu is well positioned to overcome the challenges of the yet-faltering global economy.

CorVu Buoyant in Stormy Economy
With Leading Applications, Strong Sales & Partnerships

Minneapolis - January 25, 2002 -- CorVu Corporation (OTC BB: CRVU), a leading provider of enterprise e-business performance management, business intelligence and Balanced Scorecard solutions, today announced that it is benefiting from growing momentum and interest in business performance management applications, acquiring over 400 new customers during 2001. These customer wins, as well as healthy partner activity and efficient operations, indicate that CorVu is well positioned to overcome the challenges of the yet-faltering global economy.

Our business has been buoyed by the recession," commented CorVu president and CEO, Justin MacIntosh. Organisations are relying heavily on corporate performance management to optimize their business and improve the bottom-line, and CorVus solutions are catalysts to our customers success. Our over 400 new customers in 2001 are proof that the business community understands how essential it is to continually monitor and foster strategic alignment and efficiency and to have easily accessible, accurate information."

Counted among CorVus new license sales in 2001 are many of the worlds leading companies, such as Australia Post, Baker & McKenzie, Brisbane City Council, Caterpillar, Charles Schwab, Countrywide Home Loans, Credit Suisse Financial Services, Datex-Ohmeda Pty Ltd., Deakin University, Firemans Fund Insurance Company, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Hilton International, Infraco JNP Ltd. (London Underground), Julia Ross, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New Zealand Defence Force, Robert Bosch Company, St. Jude Medical, Shiseido, Skandia Life Assurance Company, Societe Generale, Specsavers, TDG Logistics, Tennessee Mat Company, University of New South Wales, and Visible Genetics.

CorVu Customer Success
\   Reinhardt Peper, Finance Director, Robert Bosch Ltd.:
CorManage allows managers to monitor departmental performance with custom alignment, initiative, and performance reports. In addition, the implementation has brought about positive cultural change, improved communication, and better strategic management."

\   Anthony Harris, CEO, Hilton International:
The combination of Hiltons operational expertise and CorVus RapidScorecard solution provides a robust Hospitality Scorecard application. Since the Balanced Scorecard is an integral part of Hiltons operating philosophy, we chose the premier Balanced Scorecard application."

\   Kevin Andrews, Director of Buying and Merchandising, Specsavers:
CorVu is an indispensable tool for the Buying and Merchandising departments. We use it to analyse sales trends by store, by region or by country. It enables us to plan our buying strategy more accurately, and to give our customers more of what they want."

\   Jonathan Pott, Head of Finance, Infraco JNP Ltd, London Underground:
We monitor safety, financial, contract, and improvement measures, in order to ensure high performance standards are met. RapidScorecard allows us to better communicate performance to all senior directors, and automatically delivers 'fire alarms' to the metric owners whenever their measures are below par. Now managers can quickly isolate any operations issues and take immediate action."

Industry Accolades
\   The software industry is undergoing a dramatic reorganization. What will emerge? We believe the initial reorganization period will center on systems that are practical, focused, have short implementation times, and allow companies who use them to get leaner or increase their speed."
-   Recession-Ready Software," Yankee Group, 2001. This report identified CorVu as a key player in the recession-ready software category.

\   CorManage is a sophisticated balanced scorecard solution powered by CorVu's robust business intelligence functionality. The product offers the broadest functionality, according to our evaluation. The application's built-in drill-down capability enables users not only to monitor performance results but also to investigate the reasons behind those results."
-   CorManage achieved highest ranking in the 2001SPEX Balanced Scorecard Report," with perfect scores on Functionality and Technology.

These commendations reinforce CorVus assertions of market and technology leadership. Additionally, in 2001 CorVu was ranked on the Software 500, the Deloitte & Touche Minnesota Technology Fast 50, and continued to reap the rewards as one of the first vendors to receive the certification from the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative.

Global Sales and Partner Activities
During 2001 CorVu recruited new partners around the globe including EDS, Cap Gemini, and Proudfoot Consulting. By aggressively recruiting partners to increase the breadth and width of market penetration - from integrated VARs to CorVu Associate Partners (CAPs) - CorVu met its 2001 target sales model, combining direct and indirect sales with a targeted 50/50 ratio. As a result, CorVu is looking forward to continued growth in 2002 and securing its position as the business performance management market leader.

About CorVu Corporation
CorVu Corporation is a global provider of enterprise business performance management, e-business intelligence and Balanced Scorecard solutions. Combining OLAP query and reporting, executive dashboard alerts and forecasting, CorVus solutions offer information analysis capabilities that empower our customers to achieve strategic objectives and improve business performance. CorVu provides a comprehensive business performance management solution to over 3000 customers, including leading suppliers in aerospace, banking, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, mining, the public sector, telecommunications, and transportation. For more information, please visit www.corvu.com.

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CorVu is a registered trademark of CorVu Corporation.

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