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                                                       FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION 
                                                       NO.     04-2734036     
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                       THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                             WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
                         SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
             ONE ASHBURTON PLACE, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02108-1512

                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                    (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)

We,   Frederick J. Lizza                                           , *President/
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and   Anne Marie Monk                                              , *Clerk/
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of    Software 2000, Inc.                                          ,
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                          (Exact name of corporation)

located at  25 Communications Way, Drawer 6000, Hyannis, MA 02601  ,
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                (Street address of corporation in Massachusetts)


certify that these Articles of Amendment affecting articles numbered:

                                    One (1)
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         (Number those articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and/or 6 being amended)

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of the Articles of Organization were duly adopted at a meeting held on February 14, 1997, by vote of:
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10,637,652  shares of        Common Stock             of   10,802,091    shares outstanding,
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                      (type, class & series, if any)        

            shares of                                 of                 shares outstanding, and
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                      (type, class & series, if any)        

            shares of                                 of                 shares outstanding,
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                      (type, class & series, if any)        


1**being at lease a majority of each type, class or series outstanding and entitled to vote thereon:/
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          Voted:  That the name by which the corporation shall be 
                  known is hereby changed to : Infinium Software, Inc.


*Delete the inapplicable words.     ** Delete the inapplicable clause.
1 For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 70.
2 For amendments adopted pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 71.

Note: If the space provided under any article or item on this form is
insufficient, additions shall be set forth on one side only of separate 8 1/2 x
11 sheets of paper with a left margin of at least 1 inch. Additions to more than
one article may be made on a single sheet so long as each article requiring each
addition is clearly indicated.

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To change the number of shares and the par value (if any) of any type, class or
series of stock which the corporation is authorized to issue, fill in the
following:

The total presently authorized is:


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   WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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  TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES       TYPE     NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE
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Common:                          Common:
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Preferred:                       Preferred:
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Change the total authorized to :


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   WITHOUT PAR VALUE STOCKS                WITH PAR VALUE STOCKS
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  TYPE      NUMBER OF SHARES       TYPE     NUMBER OF SHARES      PAR VALUE
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Common:                          Common:
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Preferred:                       Preferred:
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The foregoing amendment(s) will become effective when these Articles of
Amendment are filed in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 156B, Section 6
unless these articles specify, in accordance with the vote adopting the
amendment, a later effective date not more than thirty days after such filing,
in which event the amendment will become effective on such later date.

Later effective date:                                                .
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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this   17th   day of    February,  1997.
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/s/ Frederick J. Lizza                                       , *President/
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/s/ Anne Marie Monk                                          , *Clerk/
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*Delete the inapplicable words.

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                       THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                             ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                    (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 72)

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      I hereby approve the within Articles of Amendment and, the filing fee
      in the amount of $100 having been paid, said articles are deemed to
      have been filed with me this 18th day of February 1997.

      Effective date:
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                           /s/ WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN

                             WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
                          Secretary of the Commonwealth


                         TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION

                      Photocopy of document to be sent to:


Infinium Software, Inc.
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Anne Marie Monk, Clerk
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25 Communications Way
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Hyannis, MA 02601