January 16, 2003 - EGI Technologies a leading global provider of Electronic Records Management (ERM) solutions to enterprise and government organizations, today announced that it has made its Electronic Records Management applications fully compatible with the most widely used application server on the server software market today-IBM WebSphere® Application Server (WAS). EGI ERM 2.0 software for the Financial, Healthcare and Government markets is immediately available to be deployed in a WebSphere environment.

The relationship provides seamless integration between EGI's ERM applications and the WebSphere® Application Server and leverage the WS platform in order to increase system performance and reduce implementation time. IBM provides an important strategic platform for EGI's next generation solutions, and the added flexibility, performance and functionality of the WAS product line will further enable EGI to deliver highly scalable application capabilities.

EGI ERM applications are designed to help clients integrate valuable information, transactions and processes, and make them securely accessible to users within and outside an enterprise. EGI ERM manages data and records of a multitude of formats, integrating and managing information from multiple locations and storage types. The system provides a unified view of electronic records and processes, enabling multiplicity of users to securely access information and provide collaborative interactive services via the web. Through advanced workflow technology, transactions from underlying legacy systems are integrated into the system to form automated enterprise-wide business processes for managing records. By integrating and aggregating the enterprise information and transactions of an organization, the system creates a foundation for leveraging existing enterprise applications in order to make better decisions, cut costs, identify new business opportunities, and improve and extend customer relationships.

The ERM solutions provided will enable organizations to manage digital information according to its legal and business value and provide the identification, classification and proper retention of required information. The applications provide the ability to create retention schedules based upon legal and business considerations enabling organizations to manage the life cycle of records in the context of regulatory and business conditions. The management of records provides documentation of business events and transactions, ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, organizational policies, industry standards and intensive security issues thereby protecting legal interests and promoting operational effectiveness.

EGI is a Business Partner in IBM PartnerWorld for Developers. Business Partners are recognized and rewarded for dedicating significant resources to IBM hardware and software products. IBM delivers comprehensive marketing and technological benefits to Business Partners who are commitment to a prosperous business relationship. Business Partners status is available by invitation only, and requires annual requalification. This membership level is intended to recognize leading developers worldwide who have made significant commitments to IBM technologies.

About EGI
EGI develops and markets Electronic Record Management (ERM) solutions that aggregate all the digital records of an enterprise. The solutions offered by EGI focus on integration of enterprise information and processes to enable efficient and effective use of information assets. EGI's ERM applications offer enterprises an open architectural platform, unifying information and transactions from multiple data sources and systems, and providing users secured access to the integrated knowledge through the Internet. EGI is headquartered in San Mateo, California. For more information, visit www.egiomm.com.

About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Software offers the widest range of applications, middleware and operating systems for all types of computing platforms, allowing customers to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. The fastest way to get more information about IBM software is through the IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com/.

About IBM WebSphere Software Platform
IBM WebSphere's customizable family of products provides the industry's most scalable e-business software foundation and application services, and delivers a flexible and open platform on which to build next-generation e-business applications. Based on WebSphere Application Server, the WebSphere software platform supports business applications from simple Web publishing through enterprise-scale transaction processing. Through modular, integrated application services, such as Lotus Domino for rich collaboration capabilities and WebSphere Commerce Suite for high-performance, scalable commerce sites, the WebSphere platform transforms the way businesses manage customer, partner and employee relationships. Tightly integrated business and Web content development tools and Web site management capabilities deliver the most advanced and productive end-to-end application development, deployment and integration for sophisticated e-business solutions. Information about the complete WebSphere Software Platform is on the Web at http://www.software.ibm.com/websphere.