DAY & ZIMMERMANN PARTNERS WITH FULCRUM TO ADD BEST-OF-BREED INFORMATION
RETRIEVAL TO DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

FIRST OUTCOME WILL BE INTEGRATION OF FULCRUM SEARCHSERVER IN
DOCUMENTUM-BASED PRODUCT DESIGNED FOR REGULATED INDUSTRIES: CUSTOMERS WILL
SEE RICHER, MORE INTUITIVE SEARCHING

OTTAWA, CANADA, AND PHILADELPHIA, PA, JANUARY 16, 1996 -- Day & Zimmermann
Information Solutions (DZIS), a prominent systems integration firm, and
Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: FULCF; TSE: FUL), the leading provider
of information-retrieval software for the client/server market, today
announced a partnership that will enable DZIS to offer SearchServer,
Fulcrumreg.'s flagship information-retrieval product, to its customers.
DZIS will offer customized solutions based on Fulcrum's full-featured and
scalable information-retrieval software.

Day & Zimmermann currently offers large-scale business-process focused
solutions for electronic document management to customers in the utility,
manufacturing, chemical and petrochemical industries. The first planned
outcome of the partnership will be the integration of Fulcrum's software
with other best-of-class technologies, including Documentum, Oracle, Lotus
Notes and others, to create what Day & Zimmermann calls "Best Practice
Solutions" for utility and process industry clients. Best Practice
Solutions are designed by Day & Zimmermann industry experts together with
integration professionals to help clients comply with regulatory
guidelines, achieve higher safety performance standards, and improve
operational efficiencies.

"We are enthusiastic about working with Fulcrum," said Walt Spencer,
president of Day & Zimmermann. "We want to provide our customers with the
best, and we think Fulcrum fits the bill. SearchServer is robust software
designed to meet the exacting needs of mission-critical applications."

"We see the teaming of Day & Zimmermann with Fulcrum as a major plus for
the discrete and process manufacturing industries, since integrated
document technologies are increasingly key to competitive positioning,"
said Douglas Neary, senior vice president of document technologies at
DZIS.

"Day & Zimmermann has earned a loyal customer base and tremendous respect
from the industry for their document management solutions," said Mike
Laginski, Fulcrum's chief operating officer. "This partnership is the
teaming of two leaders, and it creates a powerful force in document
management."

ABOUT THE COMPANIES

Day & Zimmermann Information Solutions (DZIS) is the information technology
systems and services division of Day & Zimmermann Inc., a billion-dollar
diversified professional services firm based in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Across the company, there are over 600 people focused on
delivering information processing solutions into the company's diverse
customer base. Also recognized as a leading provider of integrated
software solutions for electronic document management, DZIS is frequently
involved in the design and development of large-scale enterprise
databases, particularly for technical document management and Geographic
Information Systems.

FULCRUM provides information-retrieval software for the entire enterprise.
This software can be used on computer networks, on CD-ROMs and on Internet
and World Wide Web sites. Fulcrum counts major corporations and industry
leaders like Compaq, Microsoft, CompuServe, and Novell among its
customers. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Fulcrum has offices in
Atlanta, Boston, Brookfield (CT), Chicago, Houston, New York, San
Francisco, Toronto and Washington, and European offices in France,
Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Fulcrum is publicly traded on the
NASDAQ National Market ("FULCF") and on the Toronto Stock Exchange
("FUL").

VISIT FULCRUM'S HOME PAGE ON THE WEB: http://www.fulcrum.com
 
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