Clarus Unveils eMarket 3.0, Enhanced Speed to Market and Ease of Integration to Marketmakers.

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001

Clarus (NASDAQ: CLRS), a leading business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solution provider for large to medium-sized enterprises (LME), today unveiled Clarus eMarket(TM) 3.0, the latest release of its award-winning digital marketplace software. The application platform delivers improved customization tools adding speed and flexibility for marketmakers, capabilities significantly simplifying supplier integration and integration with Clarus Auctions(TM)-- thus improving speed to a full service marketplace.

With a few clicks, Clarus eMarket 3.0 "Tap Out" capabilities allow buyers to go outside the marketplace to access approved supplier sites, still enforcing purchasing controls that prohibit maverick spending. The protective barriers are maintained from the point selections from supplier sites and are seamlessly added to the shopping basket within Clarus eMarket. Additionally, Clarus eMarket fully integrates with Clarus Auctions(TM), handing users the ability to make purchases from a flexible dynamic pricing framework, dramatically increasing strategic sourcing capabilities over what is available today from competing product architectures.

"We see a growing demand for private exchanges which will drive the need for ease of supplier integration. 'Tap Out' provides direct access to supplier-managed content, and takes full advantage of additional content sources and a user experience that is intuitive from start to finish," said Steve Hornyak, Executive Vice President for Clarus. "The integration of Clarus Auctions allows purchasing through auctions in the digital marketplace, something that both buyers and sellers are demanding in today's rapidly evolving B2B environment."

Clarus eMarket is built on the Microsoft .NET platform, an ideal technology for LMEs because of its inherent cost efficiencies and lower total cost of ownership. The 3.0 release leverages Microsoft BizTalk, the latest and most advanced integration framework for web-based applications. BizTalk significantly eases integration of purchase orders and other documents with back office systems and allows translation of documents into other formats. Catalog content in an XML, cXML or any other format is quickly transformed, resulting in reduced effort and decreased expenses for suppliers who can leverage legacy work to be ported to other e-commerce platforms. The speed, predictability and ease of implementation results in significant cost savings and minimizes IT investment risk factors.

Clarus eMarket 3.0 includes additional enhancements that step up the value proposition for marketmakers, buyers, and suppliers. The Software Development Kit (SDK) provides maketmakers with "out of box" tools to easily extend the functionality and services offered in their marketplaces. Built-in online tutorials, a streamlined enrollment process and enhanced search capabilities provide end-users and administrators with an intuitive user experience.

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. Clarus solutions provide a complete online procurement solution from sourcing to procurement to payment settlement. Clarus delivers open, interoperable software solutions designed to make transacting business online more efficient for its customers. Clarus solutions are built on the latest Microsoft technology platforms and were recognized for technology excellence by being named the Microsoft Global eCommerce Solution of the Year. Clarus solutions are being deployed at customer sites including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Comcast Corporation, Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation and Wachovia Corporation.

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