Exhibit 99.1

For Immediate Release


Contact: Michele Glorie
         Kronos Incorporated
         (978) 947-2855
         mglorie@kronos.com


       Kronos(R)provides first-quarter business update in conjunction with
      investor conference; announces first-quarter release date of Jan. 29


CHELMSFORD,  Mass., Jan. 6, 2004--  Kronos(R)Incorporated  (Nasdaq:  KRON) today
announced, based on preliminary information, that both revenues and earnings for
the first  quarter are  expected to be at the low end of the  company's  current
guidance.

Preparing  to address  investors at The Needham & Company  Sixth  Annual  Growth
Conference, being held Jan. 6-8 in New York, Kronos Chief Executive Officer Mark
S. Ain said, "In the September  quarter,  we reported $3 million more in revenue
than the high end of our  guidance.  We  experienced  continued  strength in the
first two months of our first quarter, indicating that we would achieve both our
revenue and earnings targets.  However,  during the last few days of the quarter
which ended Jan. 3, some  business  did not close as expected due to the way our
quarter-end  aligned with the holidays.  Despite this  dynamic,  we still expect
first-quarter revenues and earnings to fall within our current guidance. Because
all signs point to continued  momentum  for the balance of Fiscal  2004,  we are
maintaining our previously announced guidance for the full year."

Ain and Chief  Financial  and  Administrative  Officer  Paul  Lacy will  discuss
Kronos'  Fiscal  2003  results  and outlook for Fiscal 2004 during the Needham &
Company conference. Kronos' presentation will be made available the afternoon of
Jan. 6 on the Investor Relations section of Kronos' Web site at www.kronos.com.

Kronos will  announce its final  first-quarter  Fiscal 2004 results on Thursday,
Jan. 29, 2004, and will provide  additional  commentary during a conference call
on the same day, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.  A webcast of the conference call will be
available  to  all  interested   parties  on  the  Kronos  website   located  at
www.kronos.com under the Investor Relations section.

About Kronos  Incorporated
Kronos  Incorporated is a single-source  provider of human  resources,  payroll,
scheduling,  and  time  and  labor  solutions.  Kronos'  best-in-class  Employee
Relationship  Management  solution  enables  organizations  to reduce  costs and
increase  productivity,  put  real-time  information  in the  hands of  decision
makers, align employee performance with organizational  objectives,  and improve
employee  satisfaction.  More than 40,000  organizations  trust  Kronos to solve
their employee-centric business challenges. Learn more at www.kronos.com.

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