Adobe PDF Files Seamlessly Indexed, Searched, Displayed With
                 Search-Term Highlighting And Navigation Added,
                        No Matter Where They Are Stored

    OTTAWA, March 31 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: FULCF;
TSE: FUL) today announced that its recently launched Fulcrum(R) Knowledge
Network(TM) product will deliver full support for Adobe PDF file formats,
including indexing and searching them wherever they are stored in the
enterprise computing environment, including file systems, Web servers, Lotus
Notes databases and Microsoft Exchange folders and mailboxes.  Fulcrum also
provides integrated support for Adobe Acrobat(R) software, automatically
launching an Acrobat viewer when a PDF file is selected from a Fulcrum search
result list, and adding search-term highlighting and navigation.
    The Fulcrum Knowledge Network is a comprehensive new Intranet solution
from Fulcrum that allows users with a Web browser or a Microsoft Exchange or
Outlook client to access corporate information stores, including file systems,
internal and external Web servers, Microsoft Exchange folders and mailboxes,
Lotus Notes repositories, custom SearchServer(TM) applications, and more, and
to retrieve over 80 common file formats, fully rendered with enhanced viewers.
    ``Because information on corporate Intranets is growing, both in terms of
sheer volume and variety of formats, customers need more efficient solutions
for finding and using content from many different sources,''  said Kevin
Wandryk, director of Internet product management, Adobe Systems Incorporated.
``The combination of Fulcrum Knowledge Network and Adobe Acrobat can help
customers more easily access information without having to worry about where
it is or how it was created.  Using Acrobat software and Fulcrum's product,
customers can convert a wide variety of both electronic and paper-based
documents into PDF files that can be easily searched and viewed through
popular Web browsers.''
    ``In providing a ``Paper-to-Web'' solution, Adobe will play an
increasingly important role in the Intranet solutions our own customers
deploy,''  said Peter Klante, vice president of marketing at Fulcrum. ``We
have worked together with Adobe to provide a degree of integration with
Adobe's products that brings the benefits of rich information-retrieval
software, like term-highlighting and navigational buttons, to a community of
users that value Fulcrum's strength in knowledge access and management
solutions.''
    A demo of Fulcrum's integration with Adobe is available at Fulcrum's Web
site at: http://www.fulcrum.com/adobelnk.

    ABOUT THE FULCRUM KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
    The Fulcrum Knowledge Network is a unique, integrated solution 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.

    PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
    The Fulcrum Knowledge Network is in beta testing now and will ship early
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. The Fulcrum
Knowledge Network and SearchServer are trademarks of Fulcrum. Adobe and
Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.  Other trademarks used
throughout this document are trademarks of their respective owners.

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