ClearOrbit Adds International Presence to Fuel Continued Growth; Guenter Krauss Joins ClearOrbit to Drive European Expansion.

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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2002

ClearOrbit, a leading provider of supply chain execution and collaboration solutions, announced today that the company is launching a campaign for expansion into global supply chain markets.

Guenter Krauss has been appointed as Vice President, International to drive this growth, which will initially focus on the European market.

"ClearOrbit is poised to launch its Gemini and Endeavour product suites globally -- adding Guenter Krauss to the team to lead this expansion is a solid choice," said Tom Dziersk, CEO at ClearOrbit. "He has over 20 years of experience in the areas of sales, marketing, operations and general management with a solid background in selling high tech solutions in international markets."

While according to Aberdeen Group, "for most leading SCM application providers, sales are off 20% to 30% from year-ago levels," ClearOrbit has continued its steady year-over-year growth. At year-end close on June 30, 2002, ClearOrbit had increased revenue by 3%. The company, in selling its Gemini and Endeavour software series, added 23 new customers, while also selling new products to 17 current customers increasing penetration in ClearOrbit's customer base of more than 300 top manufacturing and distribution companies.

"Our strong balance sheet and sales performance has allowed us to fund our expansion into Europe, which is a largely untapped market for ClearOrbit," said John Reece, ClearOrbit's CFO. "International expansion is a key component of our growth strategy, and Guenter's experience in this area will be a significant asset moving forward."

"I look forward to working with the ClearOrbit team to integrate an international component into the company's business plan," added Guenter Krauss. "In addition to the company's growing financial position, I am very impressed with the company's innovative new products, especially our new SAP integration, and the strong customer base of global companies."

Before joining ClearOrbit, Krauss served as Vice President, International at SoloMio Corporation. Prior to that, Krauss was a founder and CEO at Alentis Corporation. Previously he was Vice President, International at Pervasive Software Inc. where he grew international revenue from 20% to 50% of total revenue during his tenure.

He has also served as Vice President, Europe for Retix Inc., and held General Management positions for Santa Cruz Operations (SCO), Schindler Group, and RAIR Computer. Krauss began his career at IBM, Vienna. Krauss has an engineering degree from TGM in Vienna, Austria. Well established and widely recognized in the international business community, Krauss speaks five languages fluently.

About ClearOrbit

ClearOrbit extends enterprise value with proven supply chain process management (SCPM) software solutions that allow customers to fully leverage their investment in enterprise applications while gaining additional value by incorporating their trading partners into supply chain execution processes. ClearOrbit products work within the existing enterprise system to leverage a "single version of the truth" expanding rather than duplicating functionality to eliminate inefficiencies in the supply chain. By using a single data model architecture, ClearOrbit delivers on the promise of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with fully integrated supply chain execution and collaboration solutions that address limited functionality issues inherent in most ERP systems. ClearOrbit was founded in 1994 and currently serves more than 300 top manufacturing companies including Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments and Applied Materials. See how enterprise systems can reach a higher level at www.clearorbit.com or call us at 800/324-5143.