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                                                                      EXHIBIT 99
                                                           FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                                  MARCH 20, 1998

Contact:
John W. Manzetti
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Carnegie Group, Inc.
(412) 642-6900


                Carnegie Group Announces Strategic Acquisition of
                                  Advantage kbs

(PITTSBURGH) March 20, 1998 - Carnegie Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: CGIX), a leading
provider of customer interaction solutions, today announced it has acquired all
the outstanding stock of Advantage kbs, Inc. Advantage kbs provides problem
resolution software and professional services for automating customer support.
This will extend Carnegie Group's customer interaction software suite and
integration services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnegie Group, Advantage
kbs will continue to market software products and services to call center
customer support and service markets in North America.

 "The acquisition provides greater depth to our customer interaction and call
center strategy," stated Carnegie Group president and CEO, Dennis Yablonsky.
"The IQSupport Application Suite offered by Advantage kbs provides a new product
foothold for us in the call center and help desk areas and opens up new account
penetration opportunities in the mid-tier call center market. Additionally,
Advantage kbs's consulting services will broaden our service offerings in terms
of business consulting. When these attributes are coupled with Carnegie Group's
advanced software development and technical consulting assets, the acquisition
presents our customers and prospects with a powerful complement of products and
services to better meet their needs."

"Joining forces with Carnegie Group is really an extension of our existing
strategy," explained DeJean Melancon, president of Advantage kbs. "It is a
natural fit because we are committed to the call center and help desk markets
with our technology and services. With Carnegie Group, we will be able to
strengthen our IQSupport Application Suite products while significantly
enhancing our service offerings."

Under terms of the transaction, which will be treated as a purchase, Carnegie
Group will acquire the stock of Advantage kbs for a purchase price of $5.0
million, plus an additional contingent payment of up to a maximum of $2.5
million, which is dependent

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on revenue and earnings of Advantage kbs for the year ending December 31, 1998.
Carnegie Group anticipates it will write off a significant portion of the
purchase price as "in process research and development" in the first quarter of
1998.

The acquisition brings Carnegie Group's total number of employees to 300.
Headquartered in Edison, New Jersey, Advantage kbs provides presence for
Carnegie Group in the Northeastern region of the U.S., adding to its locations
in Arlington, Virginia; Atlanta, Georgia; Denver, Colorado; Fairview Heights,
Illinois; Oakland, California; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania headquarters.

This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to business
strategy, financial results and other matters. Such statements are made under
the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could materially
affect future results, such as the results of financial review of prior years
and the current quarter, the effect of competition and the timing and nature of
procurement decisions made by clients. For a more detailed discussion of risk
factors affecting the Company, please refer to the risk factors set forth in the
Company's annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

About Carnegie Group

Carnegie Group provides business and technical consulting, custom software
development, and systems integration services to improve clients' productivity
and market position. Carnegie Group focuses on two robust market niches in the
information technology professional services market: customer interaction; and
logistics, planning and scheduling. Within these areas, the Company targets its
services to clients in the financial services, government, manufacturing and
telecommunications industries.

Carnegie Group's competitive edge is to leverage reusable software templates and
a proven development methodology to accelerate the development of custom
software solutions. Equally critical to Carnegie Group's formula for success is
the flexibility to integrate these new solutions into a broad range of existing
computing environments. As a result, Carnegie Group's solutions deliver new
capabilities while revitalizing and leveraging clients' existing technology
investments.

Major customers include BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., Caterpillar, Inc.,
First USA Bank, Gulf States Steel, Inc., Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM
Printing Systems Company, Philips Medical Systems, Reuters America Inc., the
United States Army Research Laboratory, the United States Transportation
Command, and U S West Communications, Inc.

         Visit Carnegie Group via the World Wide Web http://www.cgi.com

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About Advantage kbs:

         Advantage kbs provides problem resolution software and support
         applications which increase the problem solving capabilities of
         customer support representatives and end-users alike. Advantage kbs'
         IQSupport Application Suite provides robust problem resolution
         capabilities for both self-help and call center automation. The
         IQSupport Application Suite includes IQSupport(TM) Pro, IQWeb(TM),
         IQWeb(TM) Pro, IQAdvisor(TM) and The Knowledge Editor. Recently, the
         company's IQWeb Pro product, a JAVA-based tool for searching knowledge
         bases in support applications, was recognized by Call Center magazine
         as a product of the year for 1997.

         Visit Advantage kbs via the World Wide Web http://www.akbs.com