Anker BV Signs OEM Agreement With ProClarity to Deliver Integrated, Web-Based Analytics to Retailers

Anker BV, one of Europe's leading EPoS providers, and ProClarity Corporation, an award-winning provider of enterprise analytic solutions, today announced the signing of an OEM agreement. In order to better meet their retail, hospitality and wholesale customers unique analytic requirements, Anker signed the agreement with ProClarity to integrate the advanced visualization and analytic capabilities of the ProClarity(r) Analytic Platform into its eToolbox product line.

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Anker BV Signs OEM Agreement With ProClarity to Deliver Integrated, Web-Based Analytics to Retailers

Anker Customers Benefit from the Ability to Analyze Point-of-Sale Data Over the Web

LONDON, England and BOISE, Idaho, February 26, 2002 -- Anker BV, one of Europe's leading EPoS providers, and ProClarity Corporation, an award-winning provider of enterprise analytic solutions, today announced the signing of an OEM agreement. In order to better meet their retail, hospitality and wholesale customers unique analytic requirements, Anker signed the agreement with ProClarity to integrate the advanced visualization and analytic capabilities of the ProClarity(r) Analytic Platform into its eToolbox product line.

eToolbox offers a hierarchy of web-based investigative tools, from queries to reports, advanced analysis capabilities and a user-defined alerting system. With ProClarity embedded seamlessly into eToolbox, executives and decision makers in the retail and hospitality industries are able to easily spot trends, quickly extract pertinent information, measure key performance indicators and perform sophisticated analysis on EPoS data over the web. Non-technical users of eToolbox benefit from the advanced visualization and forecasting capabilities ProClarity provides for analyzing and tracking sales, margins, stock levels and brand performance for enhanced decision making -- ultimately improving business performance.

Analytics are a key component in helping our customers measure and enhance business efficiency and our relationship with ProClarity demonstrates our ongoing dedication to delivering seamless and valuable retail solutions," said Yvonne Mavin, Group Marketing Director for Anker BV. By integrating ProClarity analytics into the eToolbox product line, we have been able to differentiate our offering and simultaneously meet the unique needs of our retail, wholesale and hospitality customers."

We are pleased that Anker has embraced our analytic development platform to deliver custom retail analytic solutions to their customers," said Jamie Cooper, director of business development for ProClarity Corporation. We look forward to working with them to help their customers more effectively leverage the value of their point of sale data over the web with ProClarity."

About Anker BV
Anker BV is Europes largest independent EPoS provider. The Group has 3 operating regions and boasts over 700,000 systems installed in some of the worlds leading retail and hospitality operations. With distributors in an additional 33 countries, the company offers a comprehensive understanding of the retail marketplace. Ankers strategy is to add value to its customers through the provision of software, systems integration and services and point of sale hardware. In addition, Anker has a long history of providing a comprehensive and successful support services function through field hardware maintenance, help desk facilities and software support. Building on the leading position its has established through its in-store software, and particularly in the application of Microsoft technologies in the store environment, Anker is committed to continual product development in the twin arenas of high business functionalist and advanced technical architecture. For more information visit www.anker-systems.com.

About ProClarity Corporation
ProClarity Corporation is an award-winning provider of analytic solutions with the intelligence to drive business success. Founded in 1995, ProClarity develops tailored analytic solutions that enable enterprise organizations to derive the maximum business advantage from their valuable data capital. ProClarity is a privately held company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with European headquarters in the Netherlands and offices in London, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Singapore. ProClarity analytics help such leading companies such as AT&T, AOL Time Warner, Allstate, Compaq, CompUSA, Ericsson, GE Capital, HP, Nordstrom, Pfizer, Van Kampen and Verizon measure, predict and optimize business performance by facilitating more collaborative work processes and ensuring decision makers make more accurate decisions. Platform OEM customers include ABC Technologies, Changepoint, comScore Networks, Epicor, FRx, Manhattan Associates, Manugistics, Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions and WebTrends. For more information visit the web site at www.proclarity.com.

CONTACT:
Angie OHara       Debbie Kelly
ProClarity Corporation    Anker Systems, Ltd.
208.344.1630 x133    +44 07711 524365
aohara@proclarity.com    debbie.kelly@uk.anker-systems.com
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