Exhibit  99.1

     FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE                        CONTACT:  Stephen  Yates
                                                    Predictive  Systems,  Inc.
                                                    212-659-3713

  PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF EMPLOYEE VOLUNTARY STOCK
                             OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM

     New  York,  NY  -  October  18, 2002 - Predictive Systems (Nasdaq: PRDS), a
leading network infrastructure and security consulting firm, today announced the
successful  completion  of its employee voluntary stock option exchange program.
Predictive  Systems  has  accepted all eligible options to purchase common stock
validly  tendered  for  exchange  pursuant  to  the Company's Offer to Exchange.
Approximately  77% of Predictive Systems' eligible employees participated in the
program.

     Participating  employees had certain of their existing options cancelled as
of  October 17, 2002 and received new options at a strike price equal to today's
closing market price of $0.22 per share. 500,000 of Predictive Systems CEO's two
million  options  were  eligible to be exchanged pursuant to the option exchange
program  and have been cancelled and reissued. The remaining 1.5 million options
were  amended  to  give  them  the same terms as if they had been eligible to be
exchanged  in  the  option  exchange  program.

     About  Predictive  Systems:

     Predictive  Systems,  Inc.  (NASDAQ:  PRDS)  is  a  leading consulting firm
     focused  on  building,  optimizing,  and  securing  high-performance
     infrastructures  to  increase  operational  efficiency,  mitigate risk, and
     empower  the  business  initiatives  of  Fortune 1000 companies. The firm's
     BusinessFirst  approach  maps  technology  solutions to business goals, and
     delivers  measurable  results.  Headquartered  in New York City, Predictive
     Systems has regional offices throughout the United States. Internationally,
     it  has  offices  in  Germany,  the Netherlands, and the UK. For additional
     information,  please  contact  Predictive  Systems at 212-659-3400 or visit
     www.predictive.com.

     This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating
to  future  events  or future financial results of Predictive Systems. Investors
are  cautioned  that such statements are only predictions and that actual events
or  results  may  differ  materially.  In  evaluating such statements, investors
should  specifically  consider various factors that could cause actual events or
results  to  differ  materially  from  those indicated from such forward-looking
statements,  including  the matters set forth in Predictive Systems' reports and
other  documents  filed  from  time  to  time  with  the Securities and Exchange
Commission.



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