CARNOT AGs GLOBAL ePROCESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS (GeMS), Version 1.3, NOW AVAILABLE IN THE USA.

Mesa, AZ -- February 25th, 2002 CARNOT AG, manufacturer of the leading J2EE/XML based and AppServer independent Global eProcess Management Solution (GeMS), today announced the opening of a new sales and support office in the USA. The CARNOT eProcess engine and toolkit provides business analysts and developers with a comprehensive toolset for modelling and executing business processes, and allows for rapid deployment on a number of application servers such as from Borland (Nasdaq:BORL), BEA (Nasdaq:BEAS), IBM (NYSE:IBM), IN-Q-My, JBOSS and others. The product also provides optional ready-to-use connectivity to a number of major software solutions such as SAP (NYSE:SAP), Oracle (Nasdaq:ORCL) and others. A free 30 day download of the CARNOT® developers toolkit is available from www.carnot-usa.com.

We are very excited about this new extension of our activities", says CARNOT AGs CEO Michael Johann. The enormous success of our product on the European market over the last few years has generated so much interest from the North American continent that we felt that the opening of a US based office was not only justified, but required. From this new office we are able to provide full sales and technical support, which will allow us to significantly expand our user base."

Opening our US sales and support offices was the next logical step, given the demand that has already been generated within the U.S.A. and Canada" says Mark Crauwels, CEO of CARNOT, Inc. in the USA. We feel that the eCommerce and eBusiness markets in the USA will only achieve the required efficiency, effectiveness and return on investment (ROI) by using advanced BPM tools such as our CARNOT Global eProcess Management Solutions."

About the product: CARNOT® is the leading embeddable Global eProcess Management Solution that is entirely based on J2EE/XML technology and open standards. The CARNOT Global eProcess Management Solution includes an eProcess engine, Process Definition Desktop (Modeler), Process Execution Desktop and an Administration Desktop.

About the company: CARNOT is an innovative eProcess software company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and with North American sales and support offices in Mesa, Arizona. CARNOT focuses on the emerging market of J2EE-based enterprise eProcess solutions and their integration with legacy IT infrastructures.

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Press contact:
Mark Crauwels
CARNOT, Inc.
3533 North Desert Oasis - B12
Mesa, AZ 85207
(480) 396-4441
info@carnot-usa.com
web: www.carnot-usa.com