Clarus Selected as Electronic Procurement Portal for Lynxus Network.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 1999--

E-commerce leaders team up to provide subscription-based Web

purchasing for small- to medium-sized companies

Clarus Corporation (Nasdaq: CLRS), a leading provider of Web-based commerce applications, today announced its strategic alliance with Lynxus Inc., an innovative Internet Service Provider (ISP), to mass deploy business-to-business electronic procurement solutions to companies of all sizes. In this agreement, Lynxus has selected Clarus(TM) E-Procurement as the first portal that enables companies with 250 employees or less to benefit from reducing purchasing costs for non-production goods and services for a reasonable monthly fee. The Lynxus E-Procurement Program is expected to be available by the end of 1999.

Lynxus will combine cutting-edge technology from Clarus, CardService International, and Lucent Technologies to facilitate the Lynxus E-Procurement Program. The Lynxus broadband network, comprised of ten regional Internet Service Provider (ISP) affiliates, provides a flexible delivery platform for this service. Clarus E-Procurement software will be placed on each server in the network for multiple companies to share. CardService International, a leading purchasing card service provider, will manage financial transactions and sell the program through its more than 4,000-member sales force nationwide. The company also will offer the solution to its existing 250,000 customers and to approximately 6,000 new customers being added each month.

"Lynxus' plan is to create the first program that allows the small business community to benefit from the powerful Internet purchasing solutions Fortune 500 companies have enjoyed for years," said Tom Arcuragi, CEO and director of Lynxus, Inc. "By partnering with a premier integrated business software provider such as Clarus, Lynxus will lease world-class electronic procurement solutions to small companies at an affordable rate so they can streamline their purchasing process and empower employees to make strategic buying decisions."

Leading analysts confirm that small business-to-business purchasing represents the highest potential transaction volume on the Internet today. Recent research from the Aberdeen Group concludes that online procurement initiatives can cut order processing costs from $107 to approximately $30 and reduce the time to request and approve an order from 7.3 days to two days.

"Partnering with Lynxus strengthens Clarus' position as a leader in delivering high-end electronic commerce solutions to the masses - from the Fortune 500 such as MasterCard and MetLife, to the smaller companies that require a hosted environment," said Steve Jeffery, president and CEO of Clarus Corporation. "With Lynxus and other channel partners, we will meet the growing market demand from small to medium size companies for Web-based commerce solutions."

Clarus E-Procurement, the cornerstone of the Clarus Commerce suite, is powered by Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) Server, its built-in Web Server, as well as Microsoft SQL Server(TM). It also takes advantage of Microsoft Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition (SSCE) and its Commerce Interchange Pipeline (CIP). The Clarus Fusion(TM) integration framework also supports the Microsoft BizTalk XML schema.

Lynxus, Inc. (www.lynxus.com) is a national Internet Service Provider headquartered in Atlanta, GA that develops innovative Internet solutions for business and consumer markets. Lynxus offers both unfiltered and filtered Internet service at competitive rates, allowing businesses and families to custom-tailor access by blocking objectionable or irrelevant content in up to 22 categories. The company adds the Lynxus E-Procurement Program to an existing suite of business solutions including E-commerce website design and hosting, and Internet tools that maximize employee productivity and efficiency.

Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; Nasdaq: CLRS) is a pioneer and a leader in providing Web-based Commerce applications that enable organizations to gain control of their operational resources -- the non-production goods and services vital to every company's operations. Clarus Commerce leverages Web technology to connect large populations of employees, management and suppliers with continuous planning, monitoring and control of resources, which can result in a dramatic impact on the bottom line. The Company's Web-based Commerce solutions are being deployed at more than 27 sites for customers including MasterCard International, MetLife, First Data Corporation and Hyatt Regency with planned deployment to more than 120,000 employees.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks including that the benefits expected by the company as a result of the announcement may not occur.

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