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Visiprise Named "Hottest Company" by Start Magazine

Company recognized for its leadership role in transforming the MES marketplace and its ability to offer production control tools to discrete manufacturers.

ATLANTA, GA - July 8, 2004 — Visiprise, Inc., the leader in manufacturing execution systems (MES) for the electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and medical device industries, today announced that Start Magazine, a leading technology-focused manufacturing publication, named the company one of the publication's "Hottest Companies of 2004."

"Over the past two years we have been watching the MES space transform from a point application to a true enterprise-wide solution," said Peggy Smedley, editorial director and publisher of Start Magazine. "We see MES doing for the shop floor what ERP did for the business side of the house, and leading the way has been Visiprise. With customers like BAE Systems, Celestica, and Philips Lighting already embracing this new line of thinking, clearly Visiprise is a company that's hot and one to watch."

Smedley points out that Start's "Hottest Companies of 2004" remain similar to those on last year's list, in that all the companies on the 2004 list are providing innovative and influential production control technology for manufacturers, and they are doing it more successfully than their competitors.

As one of just 40 companies named to the list, Visiprise was recognized by the publication's editorial staff for its impressive growth in annual revenues and its ability to continue to add blue-chip manufacturers to its already impressive client list. In addition, the continued development and releases of Visiprise Manufacturing, the company's flagship product, was held up as an example of Visiprise's ongoing status as the premier MES production control solution in the electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and medical device industries.

"We are very grateful for this industry recognition," said Sean McCloskey, president and chief executive officer of Visiprise. "By all our metrics, we saw 2003 as a very positive year for Visiprise, but to have Start Magazine validate that by placing us on its 'Hottest Companies' list is more external confirmation that we are moving the company in the right direction."

McCloskey points to last month's release of Visiprise Manufacturing 3.2, which added more than 20 new production control processes to the leading manufacturing execution solution, as just a glimpse of Visiprise's continual innovation. "We think the competitive advantages, increases in shareholder value and reductions in operational costs earned by those manufacturers already using advanced enterprise visibility solutions are going to make our market space white hot over the next 12 months."

About Visiprise

Visiprise is the leading provider of software solutions for real-time visibility and control of manufacturing operations for discrete manufacturers in the electronics, aerospace and defense, automotive and medical devices industries. Visiprise's flagship solution, Visiprise Manufacturing is a web-based, collaborative manufacturing execution system (MES) that helps manage and track the entire production process. Visiprise Manufacturing is the industry's only independent platform technology for manufacturing execution -- providing scalable, integration-ready solutions for a multi-facility enterprise.

Atlanta-based Visiprise has more than 150 customers worldwide, including BAE Systems, Celestica, Philips Lighting, Sun Microsystems and Textron. For more information, visit www.visiprise.com.

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Media contact for Visiprise:
Mike Neumeier
404-451-7832
mneumeier@gaughanandswann.com