Siemens Real Estate Chooses Aperture Software to Document Its Facilities Worldwide.

Business Editors

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001

Siemens Real Estate, the real estate arm of Siemens AG and a leading global corporate real estate company has entered into a licensing agreement with Aperture Technologies to document its facilities worldwide.

Siemens Real Estate, which is headquartered in Germany, has been using Aperture to track 220 buildings with a square footage of four and a half million square meters - the largest facility management project in Germany. Under the new agreement, initiated by Siemens Real Estate, the company will be recommending use of Aperture to managers of its facilities worldwide.

Aperture Technologies, Inc., based in Stamford, CT, develops and distributes visual infrastructure management solutions now used globally in more than half of the Fortune 500 companies. It empowers the Facility Manager to deal with a wide diversity of visual and textual information. Says Zsolt Sluitner, head of Siemens Real Estate's property management division: "Aperture is part of our strategic plan to support all of our processes through e-business. Aperture perfectly fits our needs for space management and space cost calculations. It is a truly global product, which fits in with our rapid expansion in the U.S. and other markets."

Aperture German business partner Hans Cohnen of Aperture Software GmbH says, "We are proud that Siemens Real Estate has made this significant decision to recommend Aperture to all its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. It means that our German installation and support has been a total success."

Aperture CEO John Stopper says, "We realize Siemens had a wide choice of products and are delighted to have been chosen for our capabilities. We are committed to working with Siemens, both directly and through our global Business Partner network, to provide them with the service and support required for them to be successful."

About Siemens Real Estate:

Siemens Real Estate (SRE), Munich, is the real estate company of Siemens AG and a world leader among corporate real estate companies. The real estate assets managed by SRE comprise 48 million square meters of land and 19 million square meters of office space at 900 locations worldwide. SRE has direct profit and loss responsibility for over half of this portfolio. The services SRE offers its customers comprise real estate development, real estate sales, asset management, lease administration and services, and the development and management of building projects. SRE posted sales of Euro 1.4 billion in fiscal 2000(10/1/99-9/30/00) and employs over 2,300 people in 25 countries.

About Aperture Technologies:

Aperture Technologies, Inc., a privately held facilities management and technology solutions provider was founded in 1987. Aperture helps thousands of organizations around the world manage their facilities and technology infrastructure more effectively. Aperture provides Visual Infrastructure Management Solutions(TM) for their clients' complex resource management issues enabling these companies to maximize space and technology assets while minimizing future liabilities, as well as handle and communicate change faster and more efficiently. Aperture's WorkFlow Technology also allows for the integration of a web-based system for the management of workflow processes. Aperture counts among its 6,000 clients over half of the Fortune 500 and two-thirds of the Fortune 100. A network of 120 International Business Partners brings Aperture solutions to customer installations in more than 35 countries. Aperture is available in 11 languages.

For more information: Aperture Technologies, Inc. 9 Riverbend Drive South, P.O. Box 4906 Stamford, CT 06907 Main: (800) 346-6828 or (203) 357-0800 Email: info@aperture.com.

Web: www.aperture.com Contact: Jennifer Castellano, Director of Events & Public Relations