Captura Software and Qwest Cyber.Solutions Deliver Web-Based Expense Management Solution; General Motors First Fortune 500 Company to Adopt New ASP Solution.

BOTHELL, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 1999--

Captura(R) Software today announced a strategic relationship with Qwest Cyber.Solutions, a leading application service provider (ASP), to offer its corporate customers increased flexibility in meeting their expense management needs.

Qwest Cyber.Solutions will be the ASP to deliver the Captura e-Finance Solution(TM) suite, which enables companies to automate how they process expense reports, purchase orders and other procurement documents. By forming this relationship, Captura and Qwest Cyber.Solutions will deliver customers Web-based expense management solutions that are affordable, easy to use and fully managed. Automotive leader General Motors is the first customer that will adopt the software-subscription model from Captura.

The strategic relationship will be detailed by representatives from Captura and Qwest Cyber.Solutions during a press briefing today at 11 a.m. EST at the Essex House in New York.

"Application and services hosting has emerged as the most significant trend in the computer industry this year, and the hosting model is already well on its way to transforming the way corporations will purchase software functionality," said Dwight Davis, Service Director, Summit Strategies, Inc. "Expense reporting and other financial services are naturals for hosted deployment, and I would expect rental of this functionality to become the norm for medium-sized to large companies in the coming years."

"Companies are increasingly turning to the Internet as the key enabler of important business operations. As we experience this high demand for application services, Qwest Cyber.Solutions welcomes the opportunity to add Captura to its growing list of application partners," said John Charters, CEO of Qwest Cyber.Solutions. "Providing scalable Web-based applications provides great benefits to companies that want to provide employees with innovative technology solutions while also streamlining operations and maintaining focus on their core business."

"Ultimately, this is about providing a completely flexible expense management solution for any size company, anywhere in the world. By working with Qwest Cyber.Solutions, we can provide our customers with a completely Web-based solution that can be accessed by thousands of desktops with only a single implementation," said Dan Vetras, president and CEO of Captura.

How Captura's Subscription-Based Solution Works

A company with locations in multiple countries deploys Captura's e-Finance solution at a central location such as a secure server site. Employees incur expenses using a single corporate credit card such as a Citibank MasterCard, and the charges are automatically downloaded from Citibank's database and imported into Captura's solution. When an employee in France accesses the company Intranet, he clicks on an "Expense Report" tab. The credit card charges are pre-populated in the system as euros, but in the United States, the charges appear in dollars. The employee adds a few details and submits his expense report electronically. Captura's solution processes his report, liases with other company computer systems, flags any expenses that do not meet pre-defined rules and calculates taxes based on the employee's profile.

"The shortage of skilled IT professionals is leading more and more companies to outsource application maintenance, upgrades and user support to application service providers like Captura, but some companies are still concerned about moving business-critical applications beyond their firewalls," said Katarina Bonde, executive vice president of Captura. "By offering customers the flexibility to license or subscribe to our software via our new ASP model, we are positioning ourselves to meet the needs of even more companies for whom one size does not fit all."

About Qwest Cyber.Solutions

Qwest Cyber.Solutions is a leading provider of Internet Protocol based end-to-end ASP, Applications Hosting (AH), and Applications Management (AM) services. Qwest Cyber.Solutions offers the broadest range of subscription-based solutions for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and other industry applications.

About Captura Software

Captura Software, headquartered in Bothell, Wash., delivers comprehensive global expense management products and superior services through its suite of e-Finance Solutions. Its e-finance solutions allow companies to automate expense management using Web-enabled technology and capture essential financial data that can help them make sound, timely business decisions. Captura is leading the e-finance category through its worldwide deployment, its growing list of customers and its partnerships with global leaders in financial, software, travel, and communications industries.

Captura has offices in Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Wayne, NJ; Washington DC. Captura's European headquarters are in London, UK, with an additional European office in Paris, France. Captura has built a strong infrastructure of customers, partners, and strategic alliances with more than 400,000 seats sold. Customers include adidas-America, CGU, Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Hercules, Inc., Lockheed-Martin, Merrill Lynch & Co., Pfizer Inc., and Reckitt & Colman. For more information about Captura and its products, in the U.S. call 425/424-1000; in Europe call [phone] (U.K.) or [phone] (France); or visit the company's Web site at http://www.captura.com.