Clarus Announces Strategic Executive Appointments.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 2000

Executive Team Development Continues with Three New Appointments

in Strategy, Business Development and Finance

Clarus(TM) Corporation (Nasdaq: CLRS), a leading provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions, announced three key appointments to its management team, including chief strategy officer, vice president of business development and vice president of finance. The appointments are effective immediately and are part of the execution of the company's strategies to aggressively grow its business - establishing a leadership position in the B2B e-commerce market.

Steve Hornyak has been promoted to the position of chief strategy officer, reporting directly to Clarus president and CEO Steve Jeffery. Hornyak, who came to Clarus after sales and consulting positions at Oracle Corporation and Price Waterhouse, was one of the original visionaries of Clarus' strategic shift to become a leader in the B2B e-commerce market. Hornyak was also key in the conception of Clarus eMarket(TM), the first true many-to-many platform to power B2B trading exchanges and winner of Microsoft's Global e-Commerce Solution of the Year.

As chief strategy officer, Hornyak will continue to help drive the business strategies and execution for Clarus initiatives, and will evangelize those strategies to the financial community, industry analysts, associations and customers.

Mark Ledbetter has been appointed vice president of business development, after serving as director of Clarus eMarket where he led market penetration efforts for the B2B trading exchange framework. In his former position at Clarus, Ledbetter focused on Clarus eMarket from a sales and business development perspective, working with product development and marketing through the product's conception and June 30 release. Ledbetter's work prior to Clarus included six years at Oracle Corporation where he served as director of application sales for the company's Southeast region.

Ledbetter is charged with the aggressive growth of sales channels, the development of new strategic alliances, revenue contributions through forging and maintaining indirect sales channels and the support of rapid international expansion through strategic distributor relationships.

"The rapidly evolving market in which we compete demands skill and experience at the highest levels within the company, as well as a sharp understanding of the importance of key partnerships and strategic direction," stated Steve Jeffery, president and CEO of Clarus. "Steve and Mark have made invaluable contributions to Clarus in their time here, and in their new roles will add excellence to the executive team and to its aggressive growth plans."

James McDevitt has joined Clarus as vice president of finance. McDevitt, bringing 18 years of financial and administrative management expertise, joins the Clarus executive team after holding executive positions at companies including Geac Computer Corporation, Georgia-Pacific Corporation and Bausch & Lomb. Most recently, McDevitt was CFO of Geac Computer Systems and spent nine years with Bausch & Lomb as vice president and controller of multiple business units.

McDevitt's responsibilities include all aspects of finance, accounting, applications management, contracts, facilities, purchasing and technical services.

"The addition of Jim McDevitt is critical as we add to our existing strength and strategic direction in the financial end of our business," added Jeffery. "Jim has consistently shown success in a number of top-level management positions before joining Clarus, demonstrating the quality of contributions he'll make as we execute our business plan."

About Clarus

Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; NASDAQ: CLRS), a leader in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, provides B2B procurement software and trading services that exploit the global marketplace of the Internet to manage corporate purchasing and enable digital marketplaces. ClarusNet(TM), a fully managed service portal, provides a comprehensive range of critical trading services such as payment settlement, supplier enablement, auctions, integration, and analytics. Designed to provide unprecedented interoperability, ClarusNet enhances the value and speeds delivery of any B2B trading platform including Clarus(TM) eProcurement and Clarus eMarket(TM). Clarus solutions are being deployed at customer sites including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Cinergy, Comcast Corporation, First Data Corporation, Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perot Systems and Wachovia.

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