Open Archive Systems, Inc. Exhibits echive^® at Contex International Distributors Conference

Windham, NH; April 5, 2001 – Open Archive Systems, Inc., demonstrated their echive^® Series at the Contex Annual Distributors Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark on March 20, 2001.

Contex holds an annual meeting for its worldwide network of distributors as a precursor to the CeBIT World Business Fair. A portion of the meeting is devoted to an exhibition for software partners to share their products, experience and knowledge applications and solutions. Craig Parrish, Marketing Manager of Contex, said" …this was our largest event in the past 10 years and Open Archive Systems participation helped make this a successful event."

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.

ehive 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.