View22 and Configure One Enter Strategic Partnership to Offer Best-in-Class 3D Sales and Configuration Solutions for the Enterprise Market


TORONTO and OAK BROOK, Illinois, Sept. 12 -- View22 Technology Inc. ("View22") a leading provider of 3D Web commerce solutions, and Configure One, a premier software company specializing in Web-based product configuration technology, today announced a strategic partnership to integrate their technology and products to offer a best-in-class 3D sales and configuration solution for the enterprise market.

This partnership offers immediate benefits to customers in the manufacturing, healthcare, commercial products and retail industries that have assemble-to-order, configure-to-order and engineer-to-order requirements and that need to layout, assemble and visualize their configured products in real-time on the Web. With full support for SolidWorks®, Autodesk® Inventor(TM), and PTC® Pro/ENGINEER data, the integrated solution extends engineering data to the Web for use by sales forces and customers to accelerate and optimize sales processes and online transactions.

"The combination of View22's Immersiv 3D software platform and Configure One's Concept(TM) software provides sales organizations with the unique ability to manage individual product configurations as well as interactively layout, manipulate, and visualize those products in context. Companies such as InterMetro and Thermo Fisher Scientific have already seen the value of this best-in-class Web-based solution. This new relationship allows us to expand our reach to a broad range of industries," said Paul Lypaczewski, View22's President and COO.

Mike McDonnell, Co-Founder & VP of Product Development at Configure One, states: "We are very pleased to be able to offer with View22 this unique solution to further enhance the value of our market leading Concept solutions. While Concept is specifically designed for companies that produce products that are highly configurable, View22's Immersiv solution expands our assembly, layout and visualization capabilities to ensure customers can quickly view how all of the configured components are assembled together as a means to address their ergonomic, space optimization, and workflow requirements."

About Configure One

Configure One is a leading provider of web-based product configurator software. Configure One's Concept product is an enterprise application that enables manufacturing companies to efficiently sell and process orders for configurable, multi-option, and customizable products. Configure One's customers are able to increase revenues while reducing costs by automating much of the sales, order entry, and engineering processes. Customers include industry leaders such as ABB, Emerson Electric, British Telecom, Dover Corporation, Stryker Medical, Sumitomo, and Thomas & Betts. www.configureone.com

About View22

As a leading provider of 3D Web commerce and media solutions, View22 delivers value beyond the visual. The Company's patented technology and interactive Web solutions enable customers to visualize, configure, and purchase products through an intuitive and distinct online experience. Global enterprises and consumer brands such as Kohler, John Deere, Scripps Networks (HGTV.com), GE Healthcare and Siemens are selecting View22 to enrich the customer experience, optimize sales performance, and minimize design iterations and installation errors for configurable products. www.view22.com

Source: View22 Technology Inc.

CONTACT: Bill Clark, Director, Enterprise Sales, billc@view22.com, (978) 768-7292; Ron Mouw, Business Development Manager, rmouw@configureone.com,
(630) 368-9950; Media and Analysts: Lee St. James, lees@view22.com, (905) 695-3470 x.5555; John Lidbury, jlidbury@configureone.com, +44 1277 368244

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