FRAMEWORK TECHNOLOGIES TACKLES SCHEDULE COMMUNICATION PROBLEM WITH LATEST RELEASE OF ACTIVEPROJECT

Drag-and-Drop Puts Project Schedules On the Web For Viewing, Commenting, and Automatic Change Notification

Burlington, Mass. - August 7, 2000 -Framework Technologies Corporation today announced a new version of its industry-leading project communication software, ActiveProject(r) v 2000 PLUS. The new release makes it significantly easier for project teams to view and discuss project schedules, track schedule changes based on user-specified parameters, and post information against specific milestones. With ActiveProject v2000 PLUS project managers simply drag-and-drop Microsoft Project schedules into their ActiveProject Web site. Instantly, team members everywhere can view, mark-up, and discuss the schedule without local copies of Microsoft Project. ActiveProject handles schedule change notification automatically and allows project team members to publish information against specific milestones, significantly easing the task of presenting and locating task-specific information.

"Meeting project schedules has always been the measure of successful project delivery," says Daniel Slavin, president and chief executive of Framework Technologies Corporation. "Until now, project managers have been challenged to simply share the schedule across the entire team. With ActiveProject v2000 PLUS, the schedule can take its rightful place at the center of a project's activity. Project managers can now spend less time distributing the schedule and more time managing it."

INTEGRATION WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT AND VISIO The major highlight of ActiveProject v2000 PLUS is its ability to create fully collaborative project Web sites around Microsoft Project schedules or Visio diagram in minutes. Users can publish structured data (including schedule hierarchies and multi-sheet diagrams) with a simple drag-and-drop via ActiveProject's SmartXML inbox, creating 'smart' Web pages that can be used to visually navigate project team members to information. ActiveProject has leveraged this technology to produce similar value for CAD files produced with AutoCAD(r), Solidworks(r), and Bentley Microstation(r).

3-D VIEWING AND MARK-UP ActiveProject v2000 PLUS has enhanced viewing and mark-up capabilities for image files. The new release now supports 3-D formats, including ACIS, STEP, IGES, and STL. In the Fall of 2000, Framework Technologies will be delivering support for native 3-D file formats such as PTC Pro/Engineer(r) and Dassault Systemes Catia(r).

PRICING ActiveProject starts at $50,000. For more information, please call (800) 644-1002.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ActiveProject v2000 PLUS requires Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 with service pack 5 or Windows 2000 and Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 or later. Minimum hardware requirements are a dedicated server with a Pentium II 400 MHZ or better processor; SVGA (256 color) graphic display capability, a minimum 256 MB RAM and 100 MB hard disk application free space. On the client side, ActiveProject requires a standard Microsoft or Netscape Web browser. Supported browsers are Netscape Communicator 4.61, 4.70 or higher, or Internet Explorer 4.01 with service pack 2 or higher.

FRAMEWORK TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION BACKGROUND Framework Technologies' mission is to help the extended enterprise-an organization and its external partners-meet project delivery goals by providing a means of effectively managing the constant changes that jeopardize successful project execution. Our strategy is to provide the first Web-based software that significantly improves communication among members of the extended team--by centralizing access to all project information, expediting feedback between project team members, and providing insight into schedule-threatening issues. Our vision is to be the world leader in extended enterprise project communication software-by helping organizations deploy project extranets that provide them with the ability to manage projects virtually anywhere

For more information, contact Framework Technologies Corporation by calling 781 270-6554, or through its Web Site at http://www.frametech.com.

-###- ActiveProject is a registered trademark of Framework Technologies Corporation. Microsoft, Windows, Project, and Visio are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Company Contact: Brian Giuffrida, Framework Technologies Corp. Tel. (781) 359-3370/Email: bjg@frametech.com

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