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Parsons Brincker Subsidiary Employs Brava! and Net-It Central from Informative Graphics to Offer Complete Online Collaboration

PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. 4, 2001 -- Informative Graphics Corp. - a leader in Web Publishing and Collaboration Solutions for drawings, documents and images - proudly announces the deployment of its Brava!™ WebKit view and markup component by Company39, a subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., the ninth largest design firm in the U.S. Company39 will offer Brava! WebKit as part of its ProjectSolve Web Collaboration Product/Service.

ProjectSolve allows each project team to consolidate and coordinate information and activities from anywhere in the world using simple yet powerful tools and an Internet connection. The standard features within ProjectSolve suite a wide range of projects; however they can be configured and customized to meet the specific needs of any project or customer. Brava! WebKit is being used to power ProjectSolve's online view and markup collaboration functions.

Chosen by more ASPs and trade exchanges than any other product of its kind, Informative Graphics®' Brava! WebKit is the de facto standard for view and markup collaboration on the Web. The only truly `Net-based, thin client collaboration solution, Brava! WebKit enables design or documentation changes to be managed over the Web in the form of Brava! redline overlays, simply by using a standard browser. Documents and drawings will be stored on Company39's servers, or on users' on-site servers, and delivered to subscriber desktops in a small Java applet.

Since Brava! WebKit does not transfer the actual file to the client for display, it is a secure online collaboration tool for design, supply and project information over the Web. Brava! WebKit also honors existing security measures, operating seamlessly with firewall and encryption software. In addition, users can take advantage of Changemarks® sequential redline review and also create hyperlinks to other drawing and document location URLs. Brava! WebKit's easy-to-use redlining functionality and efficient architecture have made it the definitive choice for ASPs.

Brava! WebKit's ease-of-setup and inherent stability were so solid, in fact, that a competing solution was dropped in favor of deploying Informative Graphics' technology instead.

Net-It™ Central provides Company39 the ability to let users quickly and easily publish documents, spreadsheets, presentations and other files into a viewable, non-editable format without any manual conversion process. Historically, organizations providing document sharing capability were limited to PDF conversion or leaving the document in its native format. Both options present challenges.
Leaving a document in its native format leaves it open to unauthorized editing by anyone allowed access to the document, not to mention the requirement to have the same version of the authoring application already installed on each desktop. Net-It Central offered Company39 a much higher level of security, while still providing authorized users easy access to information.

Translating to PDF, while eliminating some of the editing concerns, still involves a conversion process, requires the installation of a plug-in on the end user desktop, and can't deliver large documents quickly in the Web environment.

Net-It Central solves these challenges by dynamically converting these documents using a patented process called jDocs™ Automation. Files published using jDocs Automation are viewable, navigable and searchable using any browser - on any client desktop - via a small Java applet and require no plug-ins or other software to be installed.

"Brava! and Net-It Central give us the best solution for document conversion, compatibility and markup," commented Doug Eberhard, Company39 Chief Technology Officer. "Coupled with our ProjectSolve workflow and notification features, we will be able to provide an integrated document collaboration solution over the Web."

"As a subsidiary of Parsons Brinckerhoff, Company39 is a very prominent and important win for us," said Gary Heath, Informative Graphics CEO and President. "The collaborative needs of organizations like Company39 are very serious, and addressing those with thin, easy-to-use and reliable applications such as Brava! WebKit and Net-It Central are key focuses for Informative Graphics. To have them come onboard as one of our valued ASP partners and displace another solution in favor of our technology verifies everything we've said about Brava! WebKit and validates all our efforts and direction with our collaborative product offerings."

About Informative Graphics
Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), founded in 1990, is the leading developer of commercial software products for Web publishing and collaboration. The company's easy to use products are deployed globally by end-users, OEM partners, and proven over the Web via its Application Service Provider customers. The company maintains a website at www.infograph.com.

About Company39
Company39 is the e-business subsidiary of global engineering giant Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) (www.pbworld.com). Company39 (www.company39.com), provides e-solutions to the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry through its e-business and e-media consulting groups. Company39 provides a wide array of Information Communication, Collaboration solutions including Secure Websites and Project Web Portals, Design Visualizations, CD-ROMS and DVD's, Kiosks, Video, as well as IT and Management Information Consulting services. Company39 has a 12-year track record within PB serving the needs of Public and Private Sector Clients on over 500 different design, engineering, and construction projects throughout the world. Company39's ProjectSolve® product has over 8,000 users and is currently being used on projects totaling more than $50 billion in constructed value.

Contact:
Bill Gould
Informative Graphics Corporation
Tel: (602) 971-6061, ext. 144
Fax: (602) 971-1714
Email: bgould@infograph.com

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Note to Editors: Informative Graphics and Changemarks are registered trademarks, and Brava!, Net-It and jDocs are trademarks, of Informative Graphics Corporation. All other names are property of their respective owners.