Fulcrum Bridge For Informix To Add Advanced Information Retrieval
                                To Database Apps

    NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:
FULCF; TSE: FUL) today announced its plans to develop a new Informix
DataBlade(R) module, the Fulcrum(R) Bridge for Informix.  Fulcrum's product
will provide customers with seamless access to their text and information
assets stored within INFORMIX(R)-Universal Server.  Informix provides Fulcrum
customers a proven and scaleable database backbone for enterprise information
retrieval and multi-media applications that incorporate Fulcrum's powerful
retrieval software, SearchServer(TM).
    ``The Fulcrum Bridge for Informix will deliver our advanced search
capabilities to Informix users, and it solidifies our leadership among the
information-retrieval vendors in understanding and adopting the standards of
the database world,''  said Peter Klante, vice president of marketing at
Fulcrum.  ``Fulcrum is known for providing advanced information-retrieval
software that scales to meet enterprise requirements.  The unique strengths of
Fulcrum SearchServer for retrieval solutions where multiple languages and
multiple document formats are a factor, as in large-scale commercial and
corporate publishing applications, position us to provide a valuable DataBlade
module to the Informix community.''
    ``Fulcrum is a leader in helping companies leverage their information
assets,''  said Linda Myers-Tierney, industry analyst, consultant and
principal of Myers-Tierney & Associates.  ``They have been successful by
focusing on their core strengths and by providing an ever richer feature set
in information-retrieval solutions.  In adopting the standards of the database
world and in delivering a DataBlade module, Fulcrum can give their customers
the flexibility to develop multi-media applications.''
    ``Fulcrum is a leading player in information search and retrieval
software,''  said Dave Cope, general manager of the Informix DataBlade
Business Development Unit, Informix Software, Inc.  ``Customers will benefit
from seamless access to Fulcrum information repositories stored within
Informix databases, with all the advanced retrieval functionality they have
come to expect from Fulcrum products.''
    ``The enterprise customer increasingly needs applications that `bridge the
islands of information' in their organization,''  added Klante. ``The Fulcrum
Bridge for Informix will allow customers to implement multi-media
applications, using Informix as a back end and plugging in other DataBlade
modules that are appropriate.  INFORMIX-Universal Server provides an ideal
platform for the storage and management of information assets, and a secure
platform for our customer's applications.''

    ABOUT INFORMIX-UNIVERSAL SERVER
    INFORMIX-Universal Server will change the way companies store, retrieve,
manage, and use their information assets.  It will allow customers to develop
solutions for the World Wide Web, financial markets, data warehousing and
other evolving, complex data markets, by integrating core business systems and
traditional data with new, emerging data types such as times series,
geospatial, multimedia, HTML and more.

    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.
    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. INFORMIX and DataBlade are registered
trademarks of Informix Software, Inc.  Other trademarks used throughout this
document are trademarks of their respective owners.

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