Mitsubishi Electric Automation Provides Timely Information to Customers and Distributors Through Web Sites Powered by Eprise Participant Server.

Business/Technology Editors

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2001

Integration Between SAP and Web Content Management from Eprise

Makes Sites Valuable Resources for Customers and Partners

Eprise Corporation (Nasdaq: EPRS), a leading provider of content management solutions, today announced that Mitsubishi Electric  Automation, Inc. (MEAU), a Mitsubishi Electric company, has implemented Eprise Participant Server(R) to manage content on its Web Store and distributor extranet. MEAU is a major supplier of automation products serving the global manufacturing marketplace. Utilizing Eprise Participant Server, the company designed its Web Store to provide an online outlet for commonly purchased products, making it easier for customers to research product availability and supplier location and to rapidly obtain the products they require. Additionally, through the distributor extranet, MEAU's distribution partners research product availability, enter orders and track their status.

"When a manufacturer needs one of our products, they need to know the location of the closest distributor that has what they need right away," said Scott Whitsitt, manager of Internet Business, MEAU. "Before installing Participant Server, the Web was not our most up-to-date resource for providing this information. Now that we've empowered our business people to contribute content and integrated Eprise Participant Server with our SAP system, the Web Store and distributor extranet are as current as the knowledge we have."

By providing a familiar Web browser interface to create, manage, and publish content, Eprise Participant Server has removed the Webmaster bottleneck and put content creation into the hands of content owners. MEAU product managers utilize templates within Participant Server, to contribute content and route it through the appropriate workflow and approval processes. Previously, one programmer who could write HTML code was the only person able to make Web site updates.

"In the past, it could take days or weeks for new product information to be posted to our site," added Whitsitt. "Now, those updates can take just minutes."

Eprise Participant Server will also manage content on MEAU's forthcoming redesigned Internet site which will link to the Web Store, as well as the intranet, which provides its 700 employees faster access to human resources and benefits information including such functions as self-service vacation requests.

"Our content management solutions are ideally suited for MEAU's Web initiatives as their primary objective is to empower business people to contribute content to the sites," said Kathy Kessel, vice president of marketing for Eprise. "Eprise Participant Server creates an efficient work flow process for content creation, approval and distribution that ensures the accuracy and timeliness of the information provided on any Web site, ensuring maximum value for site audiences."

About Mitsubishi Electric Automation

With more than 75 years of experience, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc., located in Vernon Hills, Ill., has set new standards in the world of industrial automation. MEAU supports the automation needs of North, Central and South American customers with combined sales, marketing, service, engineering and manufacturing resources. Its comprehensive line of products include CNC Systems, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs), PC Based Controls, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), Servo Motors and Amplifiers, Linear Servos, Robots, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems and Automated Industrial Sewing Machines for a broad range of factory automation applications. Visit the Mitsubishi Web site at www.meau.com.

About Eprise Corporation

Eprise Corporation (Nasdaq: EPRS) provides Strategic Content Management solutions that enable businesses to gain competitive advantage by focusing on the needs of the business user. Its solutions are comprised of products and services that support the use of industry best practices for managing the entire content life cycle. Eprise Professional Services uses a proven methodology to assist organizations with their content initiatives by helping them to focus the needs of a content management solution from the business user's perspective.

As part of its best-of-breed approach, Eprise forms strategic alliances with technology companies to extend the capabilities of Eprise Participant Server and its partners' offerings. By integrating its products with technologies from companies such as Microsoft, Inktomi and Verity, Eprise offers an even more robust content management environment, enabling customers to improve site effectiveness and drive e-business success.

With headquarters located in Framingham, Mass., the company has expanded to include regional offices across the United States, as well as in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Global market distribution of Eprise Participant Server includes Canada, Europe and Asia Pacific including both German and Japanese versions of Eprise Participant Server.

Certain matters discussed in this announcement may involve "forward-looking statements" (as that term is used in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties, including risks of business change, product acceptance and customer demand as detailed from time-to-time in Eprise Corporation's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Eprise Corporation draws the reader's attention to the factors described in its Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2000 under the heading "Factors Affecting Future Results" and its Form 10Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 filed on May 15, 2001 under the heading "Risk Factors." Any such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date such statements are made, and the company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements or otherwise update or supplement this announcement or the risk factors referenced herein.

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