Clarus Corporation to Provide Complete Procure-to-Pay System for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ: CLRS) has been selected by insurance provider Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (ABCBS) to install the Clarus(tm) E-Procurement solution for business-to-business e-commerce procurement.

Implementation of the comprehensive Web-based "procure-to-pay solution" will begin immediately. Clarus E-Procurement will be deployed along with the full Clarus(tm) Financials suite to 12 sites across four states.

The insurance company's initial evaluation of software solutions was driven by the necessity to address its purchasing needs. It soon became clear that the company's aging mainframe system, used for general ledger activities as well as budgeting and cost allocation, should also be replaced with an integrated suite of financials to enable an efficient procurement process. The Clarus plan administrative costs that would make replacing the mainframe feasible. The company plans to implement Claric initiatives by eliminating manual intervention and number-crunching!" said Mark White, executive vice presort, vice president of financial services at ABCBS, noted other deciding factors in the vendor selection procity to demonstrate a real understanding of

ABCBS's business issues

With the Clarus system, ABCBS ees control over a subset of pre-approved and bon our client roster, including Chartwell Re Holdings Corporation, American National Insurance Company, Cigna, F&G Life, Protection Mutual Insurance, as well as Alabama and New Hampshire Blue Cross sites."

Clarus differentiates its electronic procurement solution from competitive offerings by delivering the following features:

-- Web-based technology with open message-based integration between

heterogeneous backoffice systems -- Real-time procure-to-pay routing via the Microsoft Commerce

Interchange Pipeline (CIP) -- Flexible catalog management and content aggregation -- Capability to extend to an organization's entire employee base -- "Event-driven" purchasing for materials associated with specific,

ongoing or recurring company events -- such as an employee's first

day on the job or an industry trade show

Founded in 1948, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is the largest health insurer in Arkansas, serving more than 775,000 Arkansans. One of its subsidiaries, USAble Life, is the largest group life insurer in the state, with more than $4 billion in force.

Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com); (NASDAQ: CLRS) is a leading provider of Web-based applications for managing operational resources together with Financial and Human Resource applications for mid- to large-sized companies. Founded in 1991, the company's applications create high lifetime value by delivering sophisticated functionality while substantially reducing the time required for implementation, maintenance and upgrades. Clarus serves such customers as First Data Corporation, MasterCard International, Hyatt Regency Chicago, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Investment Technology Group, Toronto Dominion Bank, The Container Store, H.D. Vest Financial Services, Lands' End and Chartwell Re Holdings Corp.

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