Karora Announces Partnership with Ricoh Silicon Valley

Karora Technologies announced their partnership with Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. (RSV) to develop integration suites for the eCabinet product line. The combined technologies allow companies to effortlessly manage and use information found in a variety of platforms, applications, and systems from an easy-to-use, Internet-browser interface.

Evergreen, Colorado -- July 11, 2002 - Karora Technologies, a leading integration software provider, announced their partnership with Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. (RSV) to develop
integration suites for the eCabinet product line. The combined technologies allow
companies to effortlessly manage and use information found in a variety of platforms,
applications, and systems from an easy-to-use, Internet-browser interface.

RSVs eCabinet is an affordable information management solution designed to collect, protect and manage digital and paper-based files generated by standard network peripherals and PC clients. Easy-to-use and setup, eCabinet communicates with copiers, scanners, fax machines, printers, and even PCs (including Web content and email), providing the ideal electronic filing and business continuity solution for a wide range of business and enterprise environments. By combining the technology of eCabinet with Karora Connector products, cost-effective integration suites" can be quickly developed and deployed network-wide for managing information that resides on other platforms.

The Integration Suites developed with Karora are examples of our commitment to deliver flexible information management solutions that let people focus on their work, rather than on taming technology. These Suites insure that regardless of the platform, system, or application a company uses, the information residing there can now be tied in with the powerful, yet affordable information management tool that eCabinet provides," said Ace Lopez, Ricoh Silicon Valleys Vice-President of Marketing.

Because eCabinet is designed for both the workgroup and the enterprise environment, we feel that our partnership is a perfect match," said Pete McBride, CEO Karora Technologies. Our audiences overlap and the technologies seamlessly integrate, providing easy-to-use and deploy Suites for managing information residing on a variety of existing platforms and applications."

This is a perfect solution for businesses that need a document storage and retrieval
platform that is able to access data from other applications, systems, or databases. Most of my clients need the functionality of a Document Imaging, Management and Workflow product, but dont have the budget needed to implement products currently on the market. Now with the eCabinet Karora Integration Suites, I can offer them an affordable solution for their information management and business continuity needs for a fraction of what is currently on the market," said Mike Grant, an eCabinet reseller.

About Karora
Karora creates elegant platform-independent software components and solutions to help medium-size enterprises efficiently manage information, documents, applications and data. A privately held corporation, founded by software industry veterans in 1998, Karora Technologies has operations in the United States and Canada. Karora Connector products (XMLConnector, DocConnector and AppConnector) are component - based integration solutions that link business processes, enterprise legacy applications and databases within or across enterprises (CM/KM/DMS, EAI or B2Bi).

About Ricoh Silicon Valley (RSV)
Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc. (www.rsv.ricoh.com) develops easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use content/document management solutions for a wide range of business and enterprise environments. Dedicated to putting critical information to work, RSV's cost-effective solutions ensure on-demand information access and business continuity with proven reliability, scalability, manageability, interoperability, and robust security features. RSV's award-winning eCabinet is designed to collect, protect and manage information assets - both paper-based and digital - merging them into a single electronic repository for secure access directly from a Web browser. Providing thorough functionality throughout the life cycle of the content, eCabinet helps organizations integrate and consolidate information from office peripherals and PCs, giving businesses the edge they need to remain competitive in today's marketplace.

NOTE TO EDITORS: More company background material and executive biographical information can be found at the company website: www.karora.com.

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Media Contacts:
Karora Technologies, Inc.
Cheryl Colvett
VP, Marketing
(630) 368-3300
ccolvett@karora.com
www.karora.com

Ricoh Silicon Valley, Inc.
Louis Niemann
Director, Business Development
(408) 346-4596
lniemann@rsv.ricoh.com
www.rsv.ricoh.com