SearchServer Version 3.5 Roll-Out Continues

    OTTAWA, Canada, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:
FULCF; TSE: FUL) today announced support for the Apple Computer, Inc. Power
Macintosh(R) as part of the continuing roll-out of SearchServer(TM) 3.5.  The
support comes in the form of a Fulcrum(R) Software Development Kit, which
allows SearchServer users to port their applications to Power Mac clients. The
product is commercially available now.
    ``Fulcrum provides products that `bridge the islands of information' in an
enterprise,'' said Peter Klante, vice president of marketing at Fulcrum. ``A
multi-platform approach is absolutely key to our strategy, and support for
Apple(R) Macintosh clients is of particular importance to our customers in the
publishing market.  With this SDK, our customers will be able to bring all of
the enhancements of the latest version of SearchServer to a Macintosh
audience.`
    ``We are pleased to see Fulcrum delivering products for the Mac OS
platform,''  said Heidi Roizen, vice president of Apple Developer Relations.
``Fulcrum is a leading player in information search and retrieval software.
They clearly recognize the value of Macintosh users and are delivering
powerful new features with this release.''
    ``Just about everything is new in this release,'' said Dave Haskins,
Fulcrum's vice president of research and development.  ``For example,
SearchServer is now PowerPC native, uses Code Fragment Manager and supports
Open Transport.  We think this will be important to our customers who want to
develop high quality Power Macintosh applications.''

    ABOUT SEARCHSERVER
    At the core of Fulcrum's product family is Fulcrum SearchServer, robust,
multi-platform indexing and retrieval software for the enterprise.  While
invisible to the end user, compliance with de facto standards, like Structured
Query Language (SQL) and Microsoft Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), means
that SearchServer can be employed in information-retrieval applications that
combine seamlessly with customers' existing information systems.

    PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
    The Fulcrum C-SDK that allows developers to create SearchServer
applications for the Power Macintosh is commercially available now.  North
American pricing for the Fulcrum C-SDK begins at US $1995.  North American
pricing for SearchServer begins at US $5000 per server, with desktop licenses
from US $295.  Volume pricing is available.
    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.  Apple and Macintosh are registered
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.  Other trademarks used throughout this
document are trademarks of their respective owners.

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