Exhibit 99.2
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  September 18, 2002

CONTACT: Thomas Gardner
                  Chairman and Treasurer
                  Access Solutions International, Inc.
                  401-854-0520

         NORTH KINGSTOWN, RI - - Access Solutions International,  Inc. (OTC EBB:
ASIC),  announced  today that is has sold its  remaining  hardware  and software
maintenance contracts to Computer Upgrade Corporation, a full service integrator
specializing   in  proven   turn-key  cross  platform   storage   solutions  for
consideration of one-half of the gross margin on the contracts from July 1, 2002
through July 1, 2004.

         The company also announced that its Board of Directors has  unanimously
approved a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution of the company,  subject
to  stockholder  approval.  The  company  plans  to sell its  remaining  assets,
including inventory, property and equipment and intellectual property, discharge
its liabilities and distribute the net proceeds to stockholders.

         The announcement  came after a lengthy effort to find a potential buyer
for the entire company.  During the period leading up to the  announcement,  the
company worked to maximize business efficiencies and eliminate as many operating
expenses as was prudent to conserve  cash,  service  existing  customers  and to
provide  more time to examine all  options.  In the end,  however,  no party was
prepared to provide capital or acquire the company.  The Board of Directors also
considered whether to continue maintaining  operations,  but determined that the
lack of sales,  the lack of  personnel  remaining  at the  company,  the lack of
demand for its product  and the  downturn in the  company's  market,  would only
cause  an  erosion  of  the  company's  cash  and  asset  value,  thus  reducing
stockholder value without any assurance of a future recovery.  In addition,  the
company's stock is trading below the anticipated cash  liquidation  value of the
shares.  In light of these  factors,  the  Board of  Directors  determined  that
liquidation  and  dissolution  of the  company  was  the  best  way to  maximize
stockholder value.

         If the  company's  stockholders  approve  the plan of  liquidation  and
dissolution,  the company will file a Certificate of Dissolution  promptly after
the  stockholder  vote, and  stockholders  will then be entitled to share in the
liquidation  proceeds  based upon their  proportionate  ownership  at that time.
Holders of the  company's  options  and  warrants  will need to  exercise  those
options and warrants  prior to the date the  Certificate of Dissolution is filed
in order to share in the liquidation  proceeds.  Under Delaware law, the company
will remain in existence as a non-operating entity for three years from the date
the company files a Certificate of Dissolution in Delaware,  and will maintain a
certain level of reserves to cover any remaining  liabilities  and pay operating
costs during the dissolution period.  During the dissolution period, the company
will attempt to convert its remaining  assets to cash and settle its liabilities
as expeditiously as possible.

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         Assuming  stockholder  approval  of the Plan,  the  Board of  Directors
currently  anticipates that an initial distribution of liquidation proceeds will
be made to  stockholders  within 75 days  after  the  stockholders'  meeting.  A
portion of the company's assets will be held in a contingency  reserve,  and the
Board of Directors  anticipates that  stockholders  could  periodically  receive
additional distributions subsequent to the initial distribution.

NOTE: Any statements released by Access Solutions  International,  Inc. that are
forward  looking are made pursuant to the safe harbor  provisions of the Private
Securities  Litigation  Reform Act of 1995. Such statements  include  statements
about  the   business   outlook   and   estimates   of   liquidation   proceeds.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which may affect the
amount  shareholders may receive upon liquidation.  These include the ability of
the  company  to find  qualified  buyers  for its  remaining  assets  at  prices
necessary to generate cash to satisfy its current and future obligations and the
ability of the company to terminate its existing contractual obligations. Access
Solutions   does  not  undertake  any   obligations   to  publicly   update  any
forward-looking  statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on
which any such statement is made or to reflect the  occurrence of  unanticipated
events.  Further information  regarding these and other risks is included in the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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                                   SIGNATURES

We, Robert H. Stone and Thomas E. Gardner, certify that:

1.       We have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Access Solutions
         International, Inc.

2.       Based on our  knowledge,  this  quarterly  report  does not contain any
         untrue  statement of a material  fact or omit to state a material  fact
         necessary to make the  statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
         under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect to
         the period covered by this quarterly report;

3.       Based on our knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this quarterly  report,  fairly present in all
         material  respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
         cash flows of the  registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
         this quarterly report;

4.       The registrant's  other certifying  officers and we are responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a - 14 and 15d - 14) for the registrant
         and we have:

a)                designed  such  disclosure  controls and  procedures to ensure
                  that  material   information   relating  to  the   registrant,
                  including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known to us
                  by others  within  those  entities,  particularly  during  the
                  period in which this quarterly report is being prepared;

b)                evaluated the  effectiveness  of the  registrant's  disclosure
                  controls and  procedures  as of a date within 90 days prior to
                  the filing  date of this  quarterly  report  (the  "Evaluation
                  Date"); and

c)                presented in this quarterly  report our conclusions  about the
                  effectiveness of the disclosure  controls and procedures based
                  on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

5.       The registrant's other certifying officers and we have disclosed, based
         on our most recent  evaluation,  to the  registrant's  auditors and the
         audit  committee  of  registrant's   board  of  directors  (or  persons
         performing the equivalent function):

a)                all  significant  deficiencies  in the design or  operation of
                  internal   controls   which   could   adversely   affect   the
                  registrant's ability to record, process,  summarize and report
                  financial  date  and  have  identified  for  the  registrant's
                  auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls; and

b)                any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or  other  employees  who  have  a  significant  role  in  the
                  registrant's internal controls; and
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6.       The  registrant's  other  certifying  officers and we have indicated in
         this quarterly report whether or not there were significant  changes in
         internal controls or in other factors that could  significantly  affect
         internal controls subsequent to the date of our most recent evaluation,
         including   any   corrective   actions   with  regard  to   significant
         deficiencies and material weaknesses.


                                /s/ Robert H. Stone
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                                    Robert H. Stone
                                    President and Chief Executive Officer



                                /s/ Thomas E. Gardner
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                                    Thomas E. Gardner
                                    Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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