Fulcrum's Powerful Search Software To Be Deployed To 7000 Employees,
           With Microsoft Exchange As Part Of Information Sharing And
                        Productivity ``Infrastructure''

    OTTAWA, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: FULCF;
TSE: FUL) today announced that Nabisco, Inc. (NYSE: NA) has licensed Fulcrum
FIND! (TM) to enhance information sharing by over 7000 employees in 250
locations across North America.  Nabisco will use the advanced information
retrieval software from Fulcrum(R) to enhance their employees' ability to
search for information in the Microsoft(R) Exchange Server messaging platform,
to provide access to Nabisco's ``corporate memory''.
    ``We standardized on Fulcrum FIND!, along with Microsoft Exchange Server,
as an essential component of our infrastructure,'' said Larry Fisher, senior
manager of workgroup computing at Nabisco.  ``At Nabisco, the infrastructure
is designed as a platform for the corporate memory.  This means that each
individual's ability to `recall' information that has been stored away -
whether it was stored by that person or by someone else in a totally different
area - is an essential ingredient.  That's where Fulcrum FIND! comes in.''
    ``The need to share information across large organizations is stronger
than ever,''  said Peter Klante, vice president of marketing at Fulcrum.
``Nabisco's application demonstrates the value of scaleable, powerful
information-retrieval software as part of an information infrastructure.''
    Fulcrum FIND!'s ability to search across multiple public folders and
mailboxes adds a powerful dimension to the information-sharing features of
Microsoft Corp.'s messaging platform.
    Added Fisher:  ``Even for the most general user, the Fulcrum product will
be used to index and search across several significant document repositories,
information on general business subjects, Nabisco products, and reports on
company activities.  For that reason, it was essential to us that Fulcrum be
able to search across anything and everything that Exchange will store,
including information in Word, Excel, and Schedule Plus files, as well as the
information in Exchange mail messages, and message attachments of all types.
Other factors in our choice of Fulcrum included its support for 16-bit and
32-bit clients -- because, like most large organizations, our desktop
environment is mixed -- and also we liked Fulcrum's approach in Web-enabling
the product in a manner consistent with our own strategic direction.''

    SHARING KNOWLEDGE AT NABISCO
    Nabisco's aggressive roll-out plans will see Fulcrum FIND! deployed to all
installed Microsoft Exchange desktops by the end of March, more than 6000 of
the 7000 seats licensed.  From that point on, both products will be deployed
in tandem, as part of the standard client setup.  Tight integration with the
Microsoft Corp. product on the server means that Fulcrum FIND! is able to take
advantage of the Microsoft Windows NT administration tools, like SMS, which
significantly reduces the effort required to install client software in large
organizations.
    SALES SUPPORT -- In addition to its use as a general search tool, Fulcrum
FIND! will be used in a number of more targeted information-sharing
applications.  One such project is a custom sales support application built
using Exchange custom forms and Fulcrum FIND!.  The application will use
public folders to collect information from, and share it among, the sales
organization.  For instance, users will be able to tap into information on
national accounts, so that managers in specific regions can get information on
the state of the account elsewhere in the country.  There are multiple
different ways to organize this information - by region, by product, by
account, by time period, and more - so that if Nabisco were to rely on the
public folder hierarchy to organize the material, users would be perpetually
lost.
    ``The alternative to good search software is hundreds of folders, an
endless folder hierarchy, and countless cross-references between the different
pockets of information,'' noted Fisher.  ``With Fulcrum FIND!, we can provide
the information in a much more manageable structure, and users can search
across huge volumes of information in multiple folders, all at once.  They can
search on pre-defined fields in the custom forms designed for the application,
which means that we can really rationalize the public folder hierarchy.''

    ABOUT FULCRUM FIND!
    Fulcrum FIND! connects to Microsoft Exchange Server and provides advanced
full-text indexing and retrieval capabilities for messages, attachments and
form data within mailboxes and folders.  It can search multiple public folders
and mailboxes simultaneously.  Fulcrum FIND! is certified to carry the
``Designed for Microsoft BackOffice'' logo.
    Fulcrum FIND! 1.1 is available now. The North American list price begins
at US$29 per client in quantities of 100, and at US$1495 for a single server
license.  A brand-new Fulcrum FIND! Starter Pack that includes 10 client
licenses and one server, is priced in North America at US$495.  Aggressive
volume discounts and reseller discounts are available.  The Fulcrum FIND!
client runs on Microsoft Windows(R) 95, Microsoft Windows NT(R), and Microsoft
Windows 3.1 operating systems.  The server runs on Microsoft Windows NT
Server.

    ABOUT THE COMPANIES
    Nabisco, Inc. is a major international food manufacturer of snacks and
other products, including such well-known U.S. brands as Oreo, SnackWell's,
Fig Newtons, Chips Ahoy!, A.1., Grey Poupon, Life Savers, Parkay,
Fleischmann's, and Planters; and international brands, including Nabisco,
Christie, Peek Freans, Terrabusi, Artiach, Royal, Yemina and Beech-Nut.
Nabisco markets products in the United States, Canada and more than 85 other
countries around the world.
    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 Fulcrum
FIND! is a trademark of Fulcrum.  Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and
BackOffice, are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other trademarks used
throughout this document are trademarks of their respective owners.

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