ANNANDALE, VA and OTTAWA, Canada, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ - Global Exchange,
Incorporated (GXI), a Virginia Internet software development company has
announced the Secure Search application for ForSite(TM), its dynamic Internet
application platform.  The ForSite(TM) Secure Search application will use
SearchServer(TM) from Fulcrum(R) Technologies Inc. (FULCF; TSE: FUL) as its
core text and database indexing and retrieval engine.  ForSite enables the
development, deployment and operation of highly scaleable business-critical
Internet and Intranet applications for secure enterprise productivity and
electronic commerce.  ForSite's ability to dynamically generate each user's
experience of an Internet application based on live data, business logic, user
preferences and data access rights allows for the creation of powerful and
secure individualized Web sites.
    Global Exchange's ForSite Secure Search allows rapid access to searchable
content and ForSite application components based on user access privileges or
subscriptions, providing powerful search capabilities within ForSite's secure
Internet application environment.  ForSite Secure Search allows Internet and
Intranet site developers to fully use the power of the Internet for
applications like document management and retrieval, conferences, file library
access, subscription services and electronic catalogs and further enables the
dynamic, control, monitoring, or sale of search results within their Web sites
without compromising information security.
    The Secure Search application for the ForSite platform will use Fulcrum
software to provide full-text searching of all databases and text connected to
the ForSite application server.  With the power of Fulcrum's SearchServer
within its Secure Search application, the ForSite product will offer customers
unprecedented flexibility in how information is accessed, presented, and
controlled within their Web sites.  Global Exchange, Inc.'s. choice of Fulcrum
SearchServer was made in part because of Fulcrum's ability to search across
more than 80 different document types and connected ODBC compatible databases
simultaneously.
    ``Fulcrum's SearchServer is an ideal addition to the ForSite platform,''
said Jim MacIntyre, President and CTO of Global Exchange.  ``Site developers
using ForSite can now strategically integrate how the search mechanism and its
results are controlled, marketed, or sold to benefit their business.  ForSite
will open up a world of possibilities for businesses to reduce costs, improve
productivity, and establish value-added Internet and Intranet solutions that
work for their company's information technology interests.''
    ``Fulcrum Technologies is pleased to have Global Exchange as a partner,''
said Peter Klante, Fulcrum's Vice President of Marketing.  ``SearchServer's
capabilities married with ForSite's Internet and Intranet application
deployment solution makes for a powerful combination for companies that are
pursuing a more complete solution for their Web sites.''
    In building its ForSite product line GXI is pursuing a ``best of breed''
approach in establishing partnerships and alliances with leading technology
vendors.  In addition to this Secure Search application, other ForSite
applications include an Enterprise application designed for document
management and workflow, and the Commerce module designed for selling goods
and services on the Web.

    ABOUT THE COMPANIES
    Global Exchange, Inc. (GXI), established in January 1995, develops
solutions that harness the power of the Internet and Intranet and enable the
deployment of business-critical applications through the World Wide Web. For
more information, please refer to GXI's Web site located at
http://www.gxinet.com.
    Fulcrum Technologies 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
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
SearchServer is a trademark of Fulcrum.  ForSite is a trademark of Global
Exchange, Incorporated.  Other trademarks used throughout this document are
trademarks of their respective owners.

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