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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: John Richardson, CEO, CIMNET Inc.
(610) 790-1800 x1807, johnr@CimnetInc.com
CIMNET Announces Relationship with Microsoft Business Solutions and CIMNET's Factelligence
Robesonia, PA, October 28, 2002
CIMNET®, Inc. (NASD OTC BB: CIMK) today announced
its partner authorization from Microsoft Corporation's (NASD: MSFT) Microsoft®
Business Solutions for the purpose of integrating its Factelligence™solution
with Microsoft Business Solutions-Axapta for the upper mid-market. The combined
solution offering is specifically designed for growing manufacturing businesses
in the $100-$800 million-revenue range.
This total
solution gives customers greater visibility into business and factory floor
information required to make critical real time decisions for their business,
all through a Web framework. In addition, it provides customers a "designed
for" mid-market ERP/MES suite built on Microsoft standards, while at
the same time eliminating costly integration costs normally associated with
implementing both an ERP and MES solution independently.
The combined
offering is expected to provide customers a total ERP and MES solution for
the same investment they would normally make in ERP alone. Microsoft Business
Solutions offers customers in the United States and Canada a Total Solution
Financing option, available from Microsoft Capital. The benefit of this program
makes it easier for customers to purchase and implement solutions in a timely
fashion.
The Microsoft
Business Solutions-Axapta and CIMNET Factelligence solution will be distributed
and implemented through a select group of Microsoft Business Solutions' reselling
partner channel and CIMNET's integration partner channel.
"Today's
announcement extends both of our application offerings to better meet the
needs of growing manufacturers while removing the pain and expense of managing
complex integration," said John Richardson, President and CEO of CIMNET.
"The combination of Axapta and Factelligence delivers a powerful solution
without the headaches and costly integration of traditional enterprise software."
"This
partner relationship with CIMNET is extending the functionality of our core
ERP solutions thereby providing increased value to customers while opening
up new markets for Axapta. Vertical partners such as CIMNET are important
to our strategy, "said Claus Minet, manager of partner development Microsoft
Business Solutions.

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