Daniel Gentile Joins Clarus as Vice President, Business Development.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2000

Executive Appointment to Drive Strategic Alliances & Expansion for

Its Clarus Settlement Business

Clarus Corporation (www.claruscorp.com; NASDSAQ: CLRS), a leading business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce software solution provider, today announced the appointment of Daniel Gentile as the vice president, business development for Clarus(TM) Settlement. Gentile joins Clarus reporting to Mark Gagne, COO and CFO. Gentile will be responsible for building the business development program for Clarus Settlement and establishing strategic alliances with system integrators, application service providers and OEM and reseller channels.

Gentile has over 20 years of business development and sales experience in the technology industry. Most recently Gentile was the senior director for business development at eCredit.com. While at eCredit.com, a market leader in providing real-time credit, financing and related services for e-business, Gentile was responsible for building the partner alliance program and establishing over 25 strategic alliances with industry-leading consulting services and solution providers. Prior to eCredit.com, Gentile also held various business development and sales positions at LexiQuest Inc., Computer Associates, Egghead Software, ERI, Inc., and BellSouth Mobility. At Computer Associates, Gentile was responsible for securing multi-million dollar agreements with BellSouth, Sprint and Vanstar.

"Clarus has a unique market opportunity to become the de facto standard for B2B payment settlement solutions with our Clarus Settlement offering," said Mark Gagne. "Critical to our market leadership position will be the strategic alliances we form at this early stage of market adoption. Dan's prior experience and successes should enable us to drive partner and customer adoption in the global payment settlement arena."

"Clarus has established itself as a leader in delivering innovative B2B e-commerce solutions. Its Clarus Settlement solution delivers an online secure payment solution for net market makers and also provides a technology solution that can be embedded in financial services offerings," said Gentile. "No other e-commerce solution provider can offer anything like Clarus Settlement, and I look forward to aggressively building this business and establishing Clarus as the world market leader in B2B settlement technology solutions."

Clarus Settlement provides full multi-national, multi-currency cash management, payment settlement, netting, and reconciliation capabilities for any B2B trading platform including the Clarus eMarket(TM) and Clarus eProcurement(TM) offerings. Providing an open interoperable trading service, Clarus Settlement is being deployed at organizations utilizing the Ariba (NASDAQ: ARBA) and Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC) B2B platforms including pennNET and eOutdoors.

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. ClarusNet(TM), a fully managed service portal, provides a comprehensive range of critical trading services such as payment settlement, supplier enablement, auctions, integration, and analytics. Designed to provide unprecedented interoperability, ClarusNet(TM) enhances the value and speeds delivery of any B2B trading platform including Clarus eProcurement(TM) and Clarus eMarket(TM). Microsoft recently honored Clarus with one of the highest awards possible as the Microsoft Global eCommerce Solution of the Year. Clarus solutions are being deployed at customer sites including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., Cinergy, Comcast Corporation, Gjensidige NOR, MasterCard International, MetLife, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Perot Systems and Wachovia.

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