i-Mark Enhances eCatalog Solution withMicrografx' ActiveCGM Technologies.

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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000

Micrografx, Inc. of Dallas, (Nasdaq:MGXI) and i-MARK, Inc. of Hartford, Conn., today announced a cooperative marketing agreement to integrate Micrografx's innovative ActiveCGM technologies with i-MARK's

This joint offering will deliver world-class eCatalog navigation that is both sophisticated and intuitive to buyers of complex, engineered products. The combination of solutions will specifically target manufacturers and distributors of industrial and high technology products.

"i-MARK's powerful content management and eCatalog solutions, combined with Micrografx' ActiveCGM technology for creating dynamic and intelligent graphics, integrates two 'best-in-class' technologies and raises the bar in the race to enable the most efficient and effective online navigation process for buyers of complex, multi-attributed products," said Chris Hughes, vice president and general manager of Micrografx technical graphics division.

i-MARK is focused on solving difficult content management challenges by providing its customers a variety of powerful methods to search-and-discover sophisticated business-to-business and consumer products and services. i-MARK's SmartCAT(TM) eCatalog solution enables users to make quick and easy product selections. By integrating Micrografx' ActiveCGM, the product discovery process becomes more visual and dynamic. ActiveCGM can automatically convert, display and animate technical drawings within an i-MARK SmartCAT eCatalog solution. By integrating ActiveCGM with i-MARK's 'one-screen' selection process, i-Mark sets new standards in end-user search-and-discover capabilities.

"Micrografx's Active CGM allows i-MARK to offer a whole new level of service to our clients and their customers," says Ron Stanford, vice president of sales for i-MARK. "By offering ActiveCGM technology to our customers, we enable them to convert, annotate and animate technical drawings for viewing over the Internet. This is especially powerful considering that our customers need the ability to sell their original equipment products and spare parts through many B2B and B2C channels."

i-MARK currently provides its content management and ASP-based eCatalog solutions to over 25 manufacturing companies including The Stanley Works, Boston Gear, the ASCO Valve division of Emerson Electric and the Emhart Fasteners Group, a division of Black and Decker.

About Micrografx Inc.

Micrografx Inc. is a recognized global leader in enterprise graphics software. The company focuses on providing corporations with intelligent graphic solutions that help people visually communicate and analyze key corporate information, processes and ideas to solve real-world business problems. Through the use of Micrografx technical graphics technologies such as ActiveCGM, clients can utilize their technical illustrations in a powerful and cost-effective way to provide interactive graphics to internal and external customers.

About i-MARK, Inc.

Headquartered in Hartford, Conn., i-MARK, Inc. is the leading provider of eBusiness solutions for suppliers and distributors of durable goods and services helping them enable independent, and trading network eBusiness for profitable growth. i-MARK is staffed with experienced and Internet-savvy mechanical and electrical engineers who regularly solve complex issues associated with web-enabling sell-side industrial manufacturing and distribution applications. SmartCAT catalogs offer parametric search capability, guided product configuration, performance calculators, search-and-discovery wizards, while simultaneously allowing users to view and download 2D and 3D solid CAD drawings.

Note to Investors: This release, other than historical information, includes forward-looking statements with respect to achieving corporate objectives, strategic direction, advancement of enterprise business, and certain other matters. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to the following: product development, product introductions, licensing agreements, technological change, competition, international operations, changes in distribution channels, seasonality, growth in the enterprise solutions business of the Company, market demand and acceptance of products, the impact of changing economic conditions fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates, and others detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These filings can be obtained by contacting Micrografx Investor Relations.