Press Release

Ardexus Announces The Release Of Sales Cycle Manager For Workgroups, Lotus Notes® Edition

Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes® Edition is now available with a 30-day free trial offer!

Mississauga , ON – August 27 th, 2002 – Ardexus® Inc., premier providers of sales-centric customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, today announced the release of a Lotus Notes version of their team-oriented sales automation software – Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups. This latest version allows sales teams that rely on the Lotus Notes platform to maximize their sales automation efforts while utilizing many of the impressive features native to Notes, including full scheduling functionality and workflow capability. Additionally, Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition is packed with benefits that allow sales teams to better work together at making the most out of their sales opportunities, resulting in a reliable sales process and improved customer relationships.

“With the release of Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition, Ardexus is reinforcing its commitment to offering world-class sales automation solutions on the Notes platform,” says Ardexus CEO Keith T. Thompson. “This is a highly capable, cost-efficient sales automation solution, and an ideal fit for sales teams who rely on Lotus Notes for messaging functionality.”

Some of the features of Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition include:

• Patent-pending Intelligent Response technology
• Robust Lotus Notes replication capability
• Information sharing capabilities
• Weighted, unweighted, and binary forecasting
• Sales phase pipeline view
• Full administrative role capability
• Address book look-up capability
• Flexible data exporting
• Sophisticated Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet used for data analysis
• And much more

Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition, also boasts world-class compatibility with the following operating systems and platforms:

• Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP
• AIX
• AS/400
• Sun Solaris
• iSeries
• HP-UX
• Linux

Pricing for Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition, is in line with the rest of the Sales Cycle Manager family. 5 licenses start at $995, and there are attractive discounts for higher volume orders.

To learn more about Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Lotus Notes Edition and other Ardexus products (including Sales Cycle Manager for Workgroups, Windows® Edition) please visit the Ardexus web site at www.ardexus.com.

About Ardexus
Ardexus provides front office solutions that revolutionize the way small to mid-sized companies do business. Aberdeen, ISM, and The Denali Group all agree - Ardexus is an innovative company with outstanding products. Ardexus offers a full range of sales-centric software, including Ardexus MODE® - a professional suite of marketing, sales, and customer service modules. Ardexus is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. For additional information on Ardexus or their products, visit http://www.ardexus.com or call toll free (888) Ardexus.

Media Contact:
Chris Hamoen
P: 905.673.5668
F: 905.673.7948
E: c_hamoen@ardexus.com

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