Knowledge Activator Provides Seamless Integration With Domino Server
       And Lotus Notes As Key Part Of Enterprise Knowledge Infrastructure

    OTTAWA, Canada, Mar. 10 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:
FULCF; TSE: FUL) today announced an integration with Lotus Notes from its new
suite of knowledge networking products - The Fulcrum(R) Knowledge Network(TM).
The integration gives Fulcrum users access to Lotus Notes repositories
distributed across an organization, and provides a Knowledge Map that links
these repositories with other corporate knowledge assets, in file systems, Web
servers, or data sources.  The Knowledge Activator for Lotus Notes, as with
other data connectors provided for the Fulcrum Knowledge Network, is fully
automatic and easy to administer.  Along with the Knowledge Server, Knowledge
Activators seamlessly bridge multiple information sources to create a new
paradigm in computing, one that Fulcrum calls ``knowledge networking.''
    Fulcrum's new family of products will be demonstrated at Spring Internet
World, at the LA Convention Center in Los Angeles, March 12-14, 1997, at
Fulcrum's booth, 5022.
    ``Fulcrum is carving out a leadership position on a new software frontier,
in providing a single point of access to the myriad sources of corporate
intelligence,''  said Jeff Papows, president of Lotus Development Corporation.
``Fulcrum's decision to support Lotus Notes with the first version of its new
product acknowledges Notes' place in the market as a key corporate repository
for strategic information assets.  The fact that Fulcrum's implementation
respects the characteristics of underlying Notes applications - by respecting
Notes' security and access controls, for instance - is a tremendous advantage
for administrators who need to provide seamless access to information from
multiple sources, while protecting ongoing investments in the different areas
of their organizations.''
    ``Lotus is a dominant player in the collaborative computing market because
Notes is an optimal way to share, gather, and disseminate strategic
information,''  said Mike Laginski, Fulcrum's president and chief operating
officer.  ``Our product adds value, by linking together the important
information sources in an organization - Web servers, file systems, document
management applications, collaborative computing platforms - and by providing
flexibility in a package that is easy for users and administrators alike. What
we add to the underlying applications, including Lotus Notes, is a unified
Knowledge Map, that crosses the boundaries of specific applications or
environments, to provide a comprehensive picture of corporate intellectual
assets.  That, in combination with our advanced information-retrieval
capabilities, provides users with meaningful access to strategic knowledge.''

    ABOUT THE FULCRUM KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
    The Fulcrum Knowledge Network is a unique, integrated product that
intelligently connects diverse information sources across the enterprise. The
comprehensive offering leverages a Web-centric, distributed architecture to
provide a single window of access to disparate sources of corporate
information from any Fulcrum Knowledge Network client.

    -  At the client level, the Knowledge Desktop can be any Web-browser, a
       Web-browser enhanced with ActiveX controls for enhanced viewing, or a
       Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook client.  Using the Knowledge
       Builder Toolkit, which contains a rich Object Library and the Fulcrum
       WebFIND! query application, developers can create custom Microsoft
       Windows or Web-based clients for specific business applications.

    -  At the application layer, the Knowledge Server is the heart of the
       Fulcrum Knowledge Network.  It provides the searching and indexing
       services that integrate the multiple, distributed information sources.
       The searching service dynamically constructs a personalized Knowledge
       Map on a per-user basis according to the information sources available
       for searching and the user's access rights.

       The Fulcrum Knowledge Network works in combination with Netscape Web
       servers or Microsoft Internet Information Server to support access
       from Web browsers.

       Because it is certified to carry the ``Designed for Microsoft
       BackOffice'' logo, Fulcrum's product provides all the familiar
       benefits of a true, multi-threaded Windows NT server application,
       including remote administration, performance monitoring, event
       logging, and SMS software installation.

    -  Finally, Fulcrum provides Knowledge Activators to allow access to
       corporate knowledge repositories on multiple servers and running on
       multiple platforms, and in sources as diverse as Microsoft Exchange
       Server, Lotus Notes, Web sites, file systems, existing Fulcrum
       SearchServer(TM) applications and more.  Knowledge Activators embrace
       diverse information sources and leverage their security models,
       compound document architectures and administration profiles.

    FULCRUM ACTIVATOR FOR LOTUS NOTES - KEY USER BENEFITS
    -  Fully synchronized with Lotus Notes databases, so that users can
       search on, and retrieve the most up-to-date information, and for
       simple administration.
    -  Advanced information-retrieval software provided by an industry
       leader.
    -  Lotus Notes database and document security is preserved, for
       administrative simplicity.
    -  Searching on compound information in Notes databases.
    -  Multi-platform support - The Knowledge Activators bridge from the
       Knowledge Server on Windows NT into the data repositories on multiple
       UNIX and NT servers.
    -  Fielded-searching - The Knowledge Activator for Lotus Notes ensures
       that the Fulcrum index creates an attribute store that inherits the
       fields created in Notes databases.
    -  Fully integrated with Domino Server, to preserve the Web user
       interface provided by Lotus' product.

    PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
    The Fulcrum Knowledge Network is in beta testing now and will ship early
in the second quarter.  Fulcrum will ship the Knowledge Activators for
Microsoft Exchange Server, for file systems, and for custom Fulcrum
SearchServer applications at the same time.  The Knowledge Builder Toolkit
will also be available with the first release.
    Beta versions of the Knowledge Activators for Web sites and for Lotus
Notes will be available with the first release of the Knowledge Network, and a
beta version of Fulcrum's integrated agents will be available later in the
second quarter.
    The Knowledge Network is a modular product, and price is dependent on
configuration.  For an average configuration, with access for all users to the
full range of information servers, the North American price is approximately
US$400 per user.
    For 14 years, Fulcrum Technologies Inc. has led the way in building
innovative and effective knowledge management solutions for some of the
world's most important companies.  Fulcrum counts major corporations and
industry leaders like Fujitsu, Microsoft Corp., Nabisco, and Novell among its
customers.  Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Fulcrum extends its global reach
with offices throughout the United States, Europe, and in Australia and Japan,
and through a network of partners worldwide.  Fulcrum is publicly traded on
the Nasdaq National Market (``FULCF'') and on the Toronto Stock Exchange
(``FUL'').  For more information on Fulcrum and Fulcrum products, visit
Fulcrum's Web site: http://www.fulcrum.com.
    Fulcrum is a registered trademark of Fulcrum Technologies Inc. and the
Fulcrum Knowledge Network and SearchServer are trademarks of Fulcrum. Other
trademarks used throughout this document are trademarks of their respective
owners.

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