OTTAWA, Canada, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Fulcrum Technologies Inc.
(Nasdaq: FULCF; Toronto Stock Exchange: FUL) today announced a Fulcrum(R)
document viewer that will provide high-fidelity viewing for Microsoft(R)
Internet Explorer 3.0.  Fulcrum's product is an ActiveX control that is an
add-on for Microsoft's Web browser, and works together with the Fulcrum
Surfboard(TM) document indexing and search engine, to allow users to view
documents with native formatting intact -- without launching the native
application -- on Web servers.  Fulcrum is the first information-retrieval
vendor to deliver an ActiveX-based add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer.  A
demo version of Fulcrum's add-on for Microsoft Internet Explorer may be
downloaded at http://www.fulcrum.com/activex/activex.htm.
    "We are glad to see Fulcrum supporting Internet Explorer 3.0," said Brad
Chase, vice president of marketing for Microsoft's Internet Platform and Tools
Division.  "Because it is built on ActiveX technology, Fulcrum's viewer can be
used by developers using a wide range of programming languages and tools to
make their applications and Web sites more effective and engaging."
    In addition to participating in launch activity around Microsoft Internet
Explorer 3.0, in conjunction with other Microsoft ActiveX ISVs, Fulcrum has
participated in several Microsoft marketing initiatives, and was recently
included on the Microsoft Developer Days promotional CD-ROM and the Microsoft
ActiveX Controls Gallery Web site.
    "Delivering ActiveX controls is an important component of our Intranet
product strategy," said Peter Klante, vice president of marketing at Fulcrum.
"They can provide real value to our customers who, increasingly, are
implementing strategic web-based solutions.  Building on a record of technical
firsts in this industry, our advanced implementation of OCX controls allows us
to deliver an ActiveX-based product for the Web well ahead of all other
information-retrieval vendors."
    Fulcrum's document viewer will provide high-fidelity viewing of non-HTML
documents that have been indexed with Fulcrum Surfboard, Fulcrum's search-and-
retrieval software customized for Intranet and Internet servers.  The multi-
object document viewer operates as a window within the Web browser, and allows
users to view over 80 file formats without requiring that they launch a
separate application. It preserves the complex formatting of the original
documents, enhance documents with search-term highlighting, and include
buttons for navigating forwards and backwards to other search-terms in
documents.
    "Every one of our search and retrieval software products is designed to
'bridge the islands of information' across the extended enterprise," said
Klante.  "In combination with Surfboard, Fulcrum's document viewer provides a
simple and cost-effective way for users to search, view, manipulate and
navigate the non-HTML information on their Intranets."
    Non-HTML formats supported by the Fulcrum document viewer for Microsoft
Internet Explorer 3.0 include a comprehensive list of RDBMS, office, and
publishing formats.  Because it allows native formats to be viewed using
Microsoft Internet Explorer, Fulcrum 's document viewer simplifies the task of
publishing existing corporate information on a Web server and reduces
administrative involvement in the process -- a key benefit for Intranet
applications. Fulcrum's multi-object viewer is based on leading Outside In(R)
viewer technology licensed from Inso Corporation.  Documents -- including
common word-processing packages and most popular office formats, like
PowerPoint(R) and Excel files, as well as WordPerfect, AmiPro, Lotus 1-2-3 and
other popular formats -- can be viewed fully rendered, with search-term
highlighting and forward and backward hit-term navigation.

    PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
    The Fulcrum document viewer for Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 is
targeted to ship by September 30, 1996.  The viewer will be sold in quantity,
beginning at packs of 20 for $995, in conjunction with Fulcrum Surfboard.
Fulcrum Surfboard is priced at US $6250 for a typical configuration on Web
servers running on Microsoft Windows NT(R), and is available now.  Volume
discounting is available. A demo version of Fulcrum's document viewer for
Internet Explorer 3.0 is available free, and may be downloaded from
http://www.fulcrum.com/activex/activex.htm.
    Fulcrum is a world leader in providing information search-and-retrieval
software for the extended enterprise. This software can be used on Internet
and Intranet sites, on computer networks, and on CD-ROMs.  Fulcrum counts
major corporations and industry leaders like Fujitsu, Microsoft, CompuServe,
and Novell among its customers.  Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Fulcrum has
offices throughout the United States, Europe, and in Australia and Japan.
Fulcrum is publicly traded on the Nasdaq National Market ("FULCF") and on the
Toronto Stock Exchange ("FUL").

    Visit Fulcrum's Web site: http://www.fulcrum.com

    Fulcrum is a registered trademark of Fulcrum Technologies Inc. and
Surfboard is a trademark of Fulcrum.  Microsoft, ActiveX, PowerPoint and
Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.  Outside In is a
registered trademark of Inso Corporation.  Other trademarks used throughout
this document are trademarks of their respective owners.

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