Premiere Knowledge Network Partners Deliver Powerful Knowledge
                      Management Solutions To Enterprises

    OTTAWA, Canada, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:
FULCF; TSE: FUL) today announced that it was adding to its worldwide network
of partners.  Metamor Technologies, Ltd., MediaServ, Inc., Inacom Information
Systems Oakland, and IMR Information Management Resources Inc. have partnered
with Fulcrum(R) to deliver enterprise knowledge management solutions around
its flagship product, Fulcrum Knowledge Network(TM).
    ``The Fulcrum Alliance Network (FAN) Program is an integral part of the
Fulcrum vision,'' said Mike Laginski, president and chief operating officer of
Fulcrum.  ``The program offers a broad, flexible menu of options to promote
and support partners through sales sponsorship, co-marketing strategies and
aggressive product and training discounts.  Premiere Fulcrum Solution
Providers such as Metamor, MediaServ, Inacom and IMR provide enterprises with
powerful, integrated knowledge management solutions based on Fulcrum products.
As enterprises look to knowledge management to help them achieve their
business goals they can rely on the collaboration and shared vision of Fulcrum
and its partners to ensure that they are provided with powerful and successful
solutions.''
    Metamor Technologies, Ltd., is a Chicago-based systems integration firm
whose expertise includes project-based development, Internet and intranet
technology, infrastructure services and support, training and documentation.
Metamor's founder and president, Irvin M. Shapiro, is a member of Microsoft's
Partner Advisory Council, a nationally drawn group of IT executives who
provide feedback to Microsoft in planning product development.  ``As a systems
integrator Metamor has seen the volume of data or `knowledge' within
organizations increase dramatically over the last 12 years,'' said Paul
Lionikis, Managing Consultant at Metamor.  ``Fulcrum's Knowledge Network
provides us with a valuable tool for building systems that allow our clients
to manage and leverage their information.''
    MediaServ, Inc., New York and Toronto, provides design, development and
deployment services for corporations implementing enterprise messaging
systems, internets and extranets.  ``In the workflow and knowledge management
arena the market is rapidly changing, and involves information and data from
many heterogeneous sources,'' said Vish Canaran, president and chief executive
officer of MediaServ.  ``An imperative part of MediaServ's workflow strategy
is to utilize proven Microsoft Third Party products to manage such information
within the processes.  Fulcrum, a leading knowledge management company, is a
key partner for MediaServ within this market.  MediaServ is currently
developing solutions for many of our blue chip clients based on Fulcrum
Knowledge Network.''
    Inacom Information Systems Oakland is a technology management services
company providing business-driven information and telecommunications solutions
to companies worldwide.  In 1996, Microsoft recognized Inacom as one of the
top three Microsoft Solution Provider Partners.  ``We provide customers with
leading-edge solutions so that they can gain competitive advantage,'' said
Rand Morimoto, president and co-owner of Inacom Oakland.  ``We've partnered
with Fulcrum because they are a leader in the provision of knowledge
management solutions, and we are looking forward to championing their next
generation of product, the Fulcrum Knowledge Network.  This product, which
allows customers to leverage diverse information sources across the
enterprise, is the type of solution that our customers have come to expect
from us.''
    IMR Information Management Resources Inc., a Fulcrum partner in Western
Canada, distributes knowledge management software and consulting solutions.
IMR establishes key partnerships with systems integrators and VARs, and sells
directly to enterprises.  ``The response has been overwhelming as customers
can see the clear benefits that Knowledge Network can provide,'' said Bill
McAllister, president of IMR.  ``Our customers are concerned with the
increasing information glut, difficulty in accessing information, and
mismanagement of knowledge capital.  We are able to offer up the Fulcrum
Knowledge Network to address many of these problems.  Once the users see the
simple and powerful single query solution that Knowledge Network provides
across all of their systems, they instantly see return on investment in time
of savings, reduced errors and leveraging their intellectual capital
investments.''

    ABOUT FULCRUM KNOWLEDGE NETWORK
    Fulcrum Knowledge Network is a unique, integrated product that
intelligently connects and organizes diverse information sources across the
enterprise.  With a single query, users can find information in Web servers,
file systems, Microsoft Exchange folders and mailboxes, Lotus Notes
repositories, Fulcrum SearchServer(TM) applications, and more.  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 Systems Management Server automated client
software installation.
    For 14 years, Fulcrum Technologies Inc. has been a world leader in
providing software solutions that turn enterprise information into knowledge.
Fulcrum's products allow customers to create multi-platform, standards-based
solutions - for customer care, best practices, publishing, and other
applications that require robust underlying search software.  Its customers
include some of the world's most important companies, including Microsoft and
Fujitsu.  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
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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