Clarus eProcurement Selected By Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation.

Business and Technology Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2000

Clarus Corporation (NASDAQ:CLRS), a leading business-to-business e-Commerce solutions provider, and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (BNSF) today announced that Clarus(tm) eProcurement will be used to automate and streamline BNSF's procurement processes.

The selection of Clarus eProcurement is part of BNSF's strategic sourcing initiative, which already includes strategic contract negotiations, streamlining supplier relationships and managing indirect purchases. BNSF will also utilize the Clarus(tm) Fusion integration framework to link the solutions to its existing backoffice technologies.

"Clarus is making every effort to meet the needs of our strategic sourcing initiative and we feel our business philosophies match perfectly," said Jeff Campbell, BNSF vice president and chief sourcing officer. "Clarus differentiates itself clearly from its competitors through not only its open, direct architecture, but also through the absence of transaction fees charged to customers and suppliers."

According to Campbell, BNSF wants to directly connect buyers and suppliers without the use of middlemen or intermediaries, and that was a deciding factor in choosing Clarus eProcurement, built in the Clarus Direct(tm) architecture. "This major step will make BNSF the first US railroad to buy supplies or services over the web. We expect to begin the process in May 2000," Campbell said.

"BNSF clearly recognized the advantages of the Clarus Direct model," said Steve Jeffery, president and CEO of Clarus. "This demonstrates the market momentum and acceptance we have built in providing a very differentiated B2B electronic commerce solution."

Clarus Commerce is a suite of B2B e-commerce solutions, including Clarus(tm) eProcurement, Clarus(tm) eXpense, Clarus(tm) View and Clarus(tm) Fusion. To also support its strategic sourcing activities, BNSF will install Clarus(tm) eXpense to automate expense management and Clarus(tm) View to track its procurement against key performance indicators. Clarus(tm) Fusion is the integration framework that will allow these applications and others to run seamlessly within the company's existing backoffice.

The Clarus solutions are built exclusively to take advantage of the latest Microsoft Windows DNA technologies, including Windows 2000, Microsoft SQL Server(tm) 7.0, the Visual Studio(R) 6.0 development system and Site Server Commerce Edition, as well as forthcoming Windows DNA 2000 technologies, including Commerce Server 2000, Application Center 2000, Host Integration Server 2000 and BizTalk(tm) Server 2000, all for building for the Business Internet. These technologies deliver reliability, scalability and cost performance advantages essential for e-commerce solutions.

About Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation

Through its subsidiary, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, BNSF, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, operates one of the largest rail networks in North America, with 33,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF was created in 1995 from the combination of Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation. Revenues are generated primarily from the transportation of coal, grain, intermodal containers and trailers, chemicals, metals and minerals, forest products, automobiles and consumer goods.

About Clarus

Atlanta-based Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; NASDAQ:CLRS) a leader in business-to-business (B2B) e-Commerce, provides Web-based procurement software and services that exploit the global marketplace of the Internet to manage corporate purchasing and enable digital marketplaces. Clarus is the clear alternative in B2B e-commerce supporting the open, direct Internet model based on the ClarusDirect(tm) architecture. This architecture directly connects buyers and suppliers to maximize cost savings, improve procurement efficiencies, and create new revenue opportunities for large and mid-sized companies. Clarus Commerce solutions leverage its SupplierUniverse trading network for managed content, trading services and supplier integration. Clarus solutions are being deployed at customer sites including Cinergy, Comcast Corporation, First Data Corporation, Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perot Systems and Wachovia.

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of section 27a of the securities act of 1933 and section 21e of the securities exchange act of 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks including that the business or prospects expected by Clarus Corporation as a result of this announcement may not occur.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those disclosed in Clarus Corporation's registration statement on form s-3 filed with the securities and exchange commission on 2/7/2000.

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