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March 7, 2003 - Ellipsis® Lease Abstracting Solution Selected As Pike’s Pick

July 23, 2002 - Active IQ Technologies and Realogic Analytics form joint marketing relationship

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August 3, 2001 - Successful Launch of ELLIPSIS 3.0

June 10, 2001 Internet & Technology Trends

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March 18, 2004  - Realogic Analytics to exhibit at the 2004 Commercial Real Estate Expo

Property management teams rely on quality products and services to keep their buildings in top condition and provide the best environments for their tenants. To keep current on what’s available to them, property professionals turn to the 2004 Commercial Real Estate Expo hosted by the Building Owners and Managers Association of Suburban Chicago (BOMA/Suburban Chicago) on Thursday March 25, at the Schaumburg Corporate Center.

New this year, the EXPO will focus on new products, solutions and services and will include a keynote luncheon, 2 concurrent education workshops and 4 new product demonstrations scheduled throughout the afternoon. Realogic will showcase ELLIPSIS, a lease abstracting and administration solution, during the EXPO at booth # 19.

BOMA/Suburban Chicago has been serving the commercial real estate industry for 32 years. Its members manage over 40 million square feet of commercial office space in the Chicago suburban area. BOMA/Suburban Chicago is affiliated with BOMA International, the association of commercial real estate building professional and companies which provide services essential to the management of quality buildings.

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March 7, 2003  - Ellipsis® Lease Abstracting Solution Selected As Pike’s Pick

Ellipsis 3.0, a lease abstracting and administration application, was selected as one of nine Pike’s Picks at the upcoming PikeNet Forum in Chicago, April 2-3. These nine companies were selected to present their innovative products and services to the conference attendees on April 2. This years Pike’s Picks were chosen based on the following questions:

  • Which tools provide the best return on investment (ROI)?
  • Will a new service change your business?
  • How can you work smarter and faster?

The title of this year’s conference is “Get Real: Execute Your Strategy (or How to Get Things Done)”. According to Mr. Peter Pike, founder of PikeNet, “With an attendance of 250-300, I describe the PikeNet Forum as ‘the meeting place for real estate professionals at the intersection of management, marketing, and information, who face common challenges of adoption, branding, and technology.’ It’s a great group of senior leaders in our industry.”

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July 23, 2002  - Active IQ Technologies and Realogic Analytics form joint marketing relationship

Minneapolis, MN - July 23, 2002 - Active IQ Technologies, Inc., a leader in Collaborative Content Management solutions for the Real Estate Industry and Realogic Analytics, Inc., a leading provider of Financial Consulting services and Lease Administration solutions have announced a joint marketing agreement to provide additional value to Commercial Property Managers seeking to maximize responsiveness to building owners and tenants. Under the agreement, Active IQ and Realogic will be able to offer Active IQ's SmartCabinet content management solution in conjunction with Realogic's Ellipsis lease abstracting solution. The combination of these industry-leading solutions will enable property managers to quickly access abstracted lease data and drill down to the source lease document or amendment.

"The lease is the critical transaction document for commercial real estate companies," noted D. Bradly Olah, CEO of Active IQ. "SmartCabinet provides easy means to capture paper leases and amendments, transform them to web viewable formats, and make them fully searchable. In conjunction with Ellipsis, a property manager will have an effective way to see abstracted information and get to the source lease with only a web-browser."

Added Dale Vanderlaan, President of Realogic, "It's all about standardizing and managing critical lease information. Ellipsis® standardizes the lease abstracting process for both due diligence and ongoing lease administration. It's silly to keep abstracting over and over again. Ellipsis centralizes all lease data and makes it accessible throughout the real estate life cycle - due diligence, financing and property/asset management. We're excited to partner with Active IQ. Integrating a standardized abstracting tool with the ability to access actual lease documents is a powerful value proposition."

About Realogic Analytics, Inc.

Realogic Analytics is the developer of Ellipsis® 3.0, a lease abstracting application that standardizes and automates the administration and management of time sensitive lease data. Ellipsis is a lease administration tool for the day to day management of lease data and the abstracting of leases associated with due diligence. In addition, Realogic specializes in lease abstracting, lease administration and financial analysis services. Realogic is a national service provider headquartered in Chicago, IL.

About Active IQ Technologies

Active IQ (Nasdaq: AIQT) provides real estate-specific solutions for managing, sharing and collaborating on business information via the Web. Leveraging technical expertise with in-depth knowledge of commercial real estate, Active IQ provides targeted solutions that deliver a rapid return on investment and are easy to implement. Active IQ is the exclusive worldwide partner for managed hosting solutions from Stellent, Inc., an industry leader in content and knowledge management software. Active IQ is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN and has sales offices throughout the United States.


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August 3, 2001- Successful Launch of ELLIPSIS 3.0

Chicago, IL - Realogic Software, Inc., a provider of software solutions for the commercial real estate industry, has announced the successful launch of Ellipsis® 3.0.

Ellipsis® 3.0 is a lease management solution that merges the information needs of decision makers with the latest in technology, providing a total lease administration tool for day to day management of lease data, the abstracting of leases associated with due diligence and the business-to- business exchange of lease data.

After an extensive and exhaustive beta testing program throughout the past 3 months, the software is now available. "We have no doubt about the functionality and efficiency that Ellipsis will bring to the industry," said Sal Caldarone, CEO of RLS. "Ellipsis will standardize the lease abstracting process. It will reduce transaction costs, training costs, input errors and cycle time due to standardization of the abstract process and transportability of lease data."

Currently, there is no perfect tool for the standardization of lease abstracting. The same lease data is abstracted numerous times as a property passes through the cycle of acquisition, property/asset management and disposition. However, using Ellipsis, the abstracted lease information is entered into the system once and can be used throughout the life of the asset. Ellipsis standardizes the lease abstracting process and stops the inefficiencies, once and for all.

In addition, the transportability of data and reporting functions of Ellipsis ensures that data is available for critical decision making on all levels. Ellipsis' web enabled reporting module provides comprehensive reports, including lease abstracts, rent rolls, stacking plans, critical date reports, encumbered space summaries and numerous other reports summarizing financial and non-financial information.

"Ellipsis has been extremely well received by those companies that have tested it," according to Dale Vanderlaan, President, "but they're the ones who pulled it into the market after utilizing it internally within our affiliate company during the past 3 years."
"They saw what we initially developed as an internal tool and instantly knew that this was going to help them in all aspects of their operations."

Ellipsis helps lease information flow within and between organizations without barriers. Therefore, anyone who needs accurate lease information quickly will benefit from it.

About Realogic Software
The development team for Ellipsis consists of professionals who have spent their entire careers in the real estate industry, including many years with Realogic Software's affiliated consulting company, Realogic Analytics, Inc.

In their role as consultants, Realogic has performed due diligence services for over 300 transactions and lease administration services for in excess of 25 million square feet. Realogic professionals have come to understand the deficiencies in technology for assimilating and presenting lease data, which currently exist in the real estate industry.
Development, usage and internal support of Ellipsis has been continual during the past 4 years, during which time, improvements, modifications and upgrades have been made in order to bring the best possible product to market. For more information about Realogic Software and Ellipsis 3.0, please contact Salvatore Caldarone, CEO or Dale Vanderlaan, President at 312-782-5290, or visit the company website at www.ellipsissoftware.com.


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June 10, 2001 Internet & Technology Trends

Chicago, IL - Mr. Dale Vanderlaan, President of Realogic Analytics, Inc., was a featured panelist during the May 2001 Real Estate Investment Association (REIA) seminar. Of the issues presented, Dale Vanderlaan addressed the current and future technology levels in the critical lease management cycle and offered a solution that standardizes this process.

"During our ten years as owners of a commercial real estate consulting business, we've seen the inefficiencies caused by the lack of an abstracting standard. Critical lease data is tracked in word processing or spreadsheet applications and is often hand written. These formats make lease data difficult to share and hard to link to dcf or accounting software. So, according to Dale, Realogic developed Ellipsis® to standardize the process of abstracting, managing and sharing critical lease data."

"It all starts with the lease," according to Dale. "The foundation of real estate value is determined by critical lease data. Ellipsis is a user-friendly application that maximizes the flow of critical lease information. This information can be used during all stages of the property life cycle. Ellipsis eliminates redundancy and enhances uniformity of lease abstracting and standardizes the administration and management of critical dates by allowing financial and non-financial lease data to flow through a company without any barriers. This ensures that decision makers receive all the information they require in order to maximize revenues and minimize exposures on the property and corporate levels."

Asked about the future of Ellipsis, Mr. Vanderlaan states, "Realogic is developing a web-based solution. However, up to this point, many existing and prospective clients are uncomfortable letting sensitive lease data out of their hands and are wary of a fully web based solution. Responding to this concern, Ellipsis provides a solution today, in a client server environment, allowing clients to control their data."

Dale admits that technology is moving at a fast and furious pace, but in the end, it's all about improving inefficient processes, step by step.

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