15-May-08 5:00 PM CST

C-Lutions and Contract Forge Announce Formal Partnership Down Under

DALLAS, Texas - May 15, 2008 – C-Lutions, LLC., the leader in contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions on the Microsoft Office SharePoint technology platform, today announced that it has formalized a partnership with industry expert Contract Forge to develop the New Zealand and Australia markets for CLM Matrix. Contract Forge specializes in CLM and brings deep contract process and document creation industry experience to its customers. “C-Lutions is very excited about the opportunities to significantly grow this market with the talented team of experts at Contract Forge,” says Tim Sparks, CEO, C-Lutions. “Combining unparalleled contract process experts who have deep local market knowledge with our CLM Matrix technology is a very compelling combination in a market that is seeing unprecedented adoption and year over year growth in Microsoft Office and SharePoint Server.”

C-Lutions is growing its partner channel around the world with those firms who demonstrate the industry knowledge and commitment to building a business practice on next generation CLM technology. As the recognized leader in contract lifecycle management on the Microsoft Office SharePoint platform, C-Lutions continues to innovate and leverage technology included in the Office desktop that will help Fortune 1000 firms streamline, standardize and automate their contract processes. “With organizations looking to leverage their current infrastructure and wanting short ROI, CLM Matrix offers our clients faster contract processing time, additional revenue opportunities, compliance, performance monitoring and potential headcount re-deployment” says Alister Gates, ContractForge CEO.

About Contract Lifecycle Management

Contract Lifecycle Management is an emerging market fueled by the growing awareness of the strategic role of contracts and trade agreements on both the buy and sell side. CLM is the process of systematically and efficiently managing contract initiation, creation, negotiation, and execution through to expiration. Today, most organizations employ a blend of manual, paper-laden, and informal processes that rely on Microsoft Word as attachments in Outlook e-mail. Strategic and valuable information lies trapped in paper documents, exposing the organization to inflated costs, missed revenue opportunities and avoidable compliance risk.

About C-Lutions

C-Lutions is a leading innovator in the Contract Lifecycle Management market, developing solutions for forward thinking Fortune 1000 organizations who realize they can no longer afford to rely on templates and e-mail attachments for mission critical procure-to-pay and quote-to-cash contract processes. C-Lutions launched CLM Matrix as the first and only CLM solution built exclusively on the Microsoft Office technology platform. C-Lutions mission is clear: to equip enterprise and upper mid-market customers with contract excellence best practices, technology tools and tactics that can be used as a major driver of supply and demand chain transformation. C-Lutions is based in Dallas, TX. For additional information, visit: www.clution.com.

About Contract Forge

At Contract Forge we understand the competitive nature of business: the pressure to reduce costs, improve efficiency and increase sales. Compliance and corporate governance can regulate the way we do business and often only the most flexible of organisations can respond quickly enough to the changes in their competitive environment. The team at contract forge are experts in business and document process automation. Our specialty is Contract Lifecycle Management solutions. Using best of breed software solutions from around the world we provide your business with applications that give you visibility to your business process and online/offline collaboration amongst your team. Contract Forge is based in Auckland, New Zealand. For additional information, visit: www.contractforge.com.

© 2008 C-Lutions, LLC. All rights reserved. C-Lutions® is a registered trademark of C-Lutions, LLC. and CLM Matrix and its logos are trademarks or service marks of C-Lutions, LLC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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