Aris Forms Alliance With Seeristic to Increase Productivity of Oracle-based Applications; Goal is to Deliver Feature Rich Custom Applications With Less Time and Effort

Business Wire, April 24, 2001

Business Editors/Technology Writers

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001

Aris Corporation (Nasdaq:ARSC), a global eBusiness and enterprise application solutions provider, today announced the formation of an alliance with Seeristic.

Seeristic provides a range of add-on products that assist with the creation of Oracle-based custom applications. This alliance pairs software from Seeristic with services from Aris, enabling Aris to incorporate and customize pre-defined templates and application objects provided by Seeristic into its custom development methodology.

"Seeristic's software will extend our proprietary 4D custom application development methodology, enabling us to maintain our focus on implementing customer's real business issues and spend less time on reinventing the wheel by using pre-defined application objects," said Kendall Kunz, CEO for Aris Corporation.

Scott Hollows, Managing Director of Seeristic commented, "We have worked with Aris on an unofficial basis in the past and have been impressed with the extensive knowledge of their consultants. We are happy to formalize this relationship with a stronger alliance."

Seeristic's product range includes DesignAssist -- a template, library and utility package for Oracle Designer and Oracle Forms; PowerUser -- navigation extensions to Oracle Forms' applications; and Guardian -- a security and business rules engine that allows for the dynamic definition and enforcement of data validation rules. This suite reduces the time and effort required to create and maintain applications by automating complex tasks throughout the life cycle of Oracle-based custom development projects.

About Aris

With a focus on innovation, Aris Corporation delivers eBusiness consulting services, integrated strategy and technology-enabled solutions that foster interactive business. Aris has offices across the U.S. and in the United Kingdom, with over 400 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in Bellevue, Wash. For more information, go to www.aris.com.

About Seeristic

Seeristic are a leading provider of software development tools that extend the capabilities of the Oracle database and Oracle's Designer and Developer software suites. Seeristic's add-on products boost the productivity of developers and end users alike. For more information, visit www.seeristic.com.

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