MRI Pioneers the Next Frontier With the First Web-Based, Role-Centric, RealEstate Management Solution Cleveland, Ohio—January 22, 2001— Management Reports International isleveraging the power and potential of advanced Web technologies with its newestinnovation, Frontier, the industry’s first Web-based, role-centric real estatemanagement solution. MRI’s Frontier combines the latest Web browser technologies with the latestworkflow technologies to provide a gateway for managing information, accessingdecision support tools, facilitating business workflow collaboration, and simplifyingtransaction processing -- all online. This new, open MRI portal can become yourframework for the complete range of integrated business-to-business ande-commerce initiatives. Using Frontier’s Web browser technologies will empower executive management,asset managers, investors and clients to instantly access and analyze data fromany perspective right over Web – from anywhere, anytime. This will createsignificant cost savings as a low-cost alternative for remote-site communications,but that’s only the beginning,” says John Snarski, Vice President of ProductManagement at MRI. “The real impact on your bottom line will be what you can dowith that analysis when it’s easier to get to, and more complete, than ever before.Frontier is an open portal, which means your options are wide open. Frontier opensup your system to allow you to centralize and share information on a global scale toa degree never seen before in real estate,” he says. Not only is Frontier completelycustomizable using tools and utilities provided by MRI, it integrates seamlessly intoany intranet, Internet or e-commerce site your organization supports.We’ve designed Frontier to be completely open and highly adaptive in order tofacilitate, support and empower your unique competitive strategy,” explainsSnarski.Because Frontier is role-centric software, each individual in your company canquickly create a unique homepage, called rolepage, including precisely theinformation that will help that individual to perform their role in the company moreeffectively. Start with the intelligence you’ve gathered in your own MRI system. Then addNCREIF or ICSC data, market reports, mortgage and loan rates, real estate news,even weather,” he says.It’s the Internet that’s making role-centric systems possible, and we’ve leveragedthe personalization, customization, and ease-of-use Internet technologies provideto bring role-centric solutions to your desktop faster,” he continues. “We’re callingour new solution Frontier, because it is on the frontier of real estate and businesstechnology. And because Frontier is an evolutionary and highly effective way tomaximize the power of the Internet to our clients’ advantage.”Management Reports International is the leading provider of Information Technology solutions to the global property management industry with more than 5,000 installations worldwide. Founded in 1971 this Cleveland-based company has offices on five continents and supports clients in 20 countries.For more information on Frontier, access http://www.mrisystem.com.For additional information, please contact:Brendan HughesManagement Reports Internationalbhughes@mrisystem.com216-825-6679 http://www.mrisystem.com