Open Archive Systems, Inc. Exhibits echive^® at CeBIT

Windham, NH; April 5, 2001 – From March 22 – 28, 2001, Open Archive Systems, Inc., a leading software developer and solutions integrator, exhibited their echive^® Series in the Contex Scanning Technology area at CeBIT. "Open Archive Systems participation with Contex at CeBIT raises the professional level of our showing products at this event," said Craig Parrish, Marketing Manager of Contex, "we feel it is a superior match to be able to show folks a large format scanner, the input device, and seconds later direct them to a relevant software solution like the echive Series."

CeBIT, held in Hanover Germany is a leading ICT World Business Fair for office automation, information technology and telecommunication. Over 8,000 companies representing 60 countries exhibited their products with over 85,000 attendees.

Open Archive Systems exhibited the echive Series, a multi-component, fully integrated document distribution and management solution for indexing, organizing, locating and distributing documents.

echive Capture provides a scanner interface using ISIS and Twain drivers. A built-in OCR/ICR engine indexes the full content of scanned files.

echive TIFIndexer automates the indexing of single and multi-page scanned TIF files using OCR and property field methods.

echive Organizer brings together all of your documents and drawings into a managed database. Traditional SQL functionality as well as full text indexing ensures easy and accurate file location.

echive Explorer is the desktop search and retrieval component. Using SurroundSearch™, any word/phrase combination can be instantaneously located in any file in the database. Search, view, print and redline your documents.

echive JExplorer is the Java version of echive Explorer for use with Web published databases. Use any standard Web browser to explore and search a published database using both SurroundSearch and SQL methods.

echive Publisher distributes your database via large capacity media.

echive file support includes large and small format scanned images, AutoCAD^®, Microstation^®, plot, Microsoft Office^TM, PDF, HTML and more. Every file type can be stored, indexed and managed in one simple and consistent environment.

About Open Archive Systems, Inc.

Open Archive Systems, Inc is a leading B2B software developer, integrator and provider of software solutions for scanning, document management and distribution including property indexing, enterprise viewing, raster and hybrid editing, raster to vector conversion, and full conversion to CAD. Products include echive, GTX, Spicer, Myriad, Cyco, Contex, and Vidar.

For detailed product information, please visit our web site at www.openarchive.com or request information at info@openarchive.com

About Contex Scanning Technology

Contex Scanning Technology is the leading manufacturer of wide-format color and monochrome scanners and expert developer of advanced scanning and copying software for these products. Through its worldwide distribution, Contex provides scanning and copying solutions to companies and public agencies in architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, reprographics, graphic arts, CAD, GIS and more. Information about Contex, its products and image capture and enhancement solutions can be found on the World Wide Web at www.contex.com.