CALICO COMMERCE SELECTS EMPTORIS AS CORE TECHNOLOGY PARTNER

Emptoris ePASS' to enable strategic sourcing and real world RFQ capabilities

Burlington, Mass., May 15, 2000-Emptoris, Inc., the leading provider of strategic B2B e-commerce solutions for net market makers and the Global 2000, today announced that the company has entered into a strategic alliance with Calico Commerce (NASDAQ: CLIC) a leading provider of eBusiness applications that enable companies to sell over the Web. As a result of the partnership, the companies will jointly market Emptoris' ePASS Solutions, a suite of web-based procurement solutions for sophisticated strategic buying, and Calico's standards-based eBusiness application suite- to Net market operators, providing them with solutions for building and deploying Internet marketplaces, improving the product configuration and sales processes, and facilitating B2B e-commerce.

As a part of the partnership, Emptoris ePASS will provide the functionality to offer buying and selling professionals the information and decision support they need to carry out sophisticated strategic sourcing activities. Utilizing mathematical algorithms and highly customizable business rules, ePASS is able to effectively match buyer requirements with the suppliers best able to meet those needs. The solution's use of industry standards including Java™ and HTML eases integration with other systems and technologies, making ePASS an ideal foundation for Net Marketplaces.

Calico will feature Calico Market Maker™, the industry's leading application for establishing Internet marketplaces that provides rich out-of-the-box functionality to support multiple suppliers and buyers, as well as Calico Loyalty Builder™ and Calico Advisor™, which provide the ability to personalize Net Markets and to sell complex, customizable products and services via the Web.

"Conducting true commerce through a Net Marketplace requires a sophisticated combination of technology solutions to ensure that the needs of the buying and selling community are being met," explained Alan Naumann, president and CEO, Calico Commerce, Inc. "Our relationship with Emptoris helps ensure that our customers will have a compelling solution in the area of strategic sourcing and complex, multi-item enterprise RFQ processing."

"The significant growth of the B2B market, and the expectations of procurement professionals, has made it clear that strategic sourcing is an essential part of a successful Net Marketplace," said Avner Schneur, president and CEO, Emptoris. "We are excited to be partnering with Calico Commerce to provide the sophisticated RFQ and strategic sourcing capabilities that are being demanded today."

About Calico Commerce, Inc.
Calico Commerce, Inc. provides an eBusiness application suite that enables leading corporations to sell products and services via the web, through existing channels and in Net Markets. Calico's open-standards eBusiness applications match unique customer needs to products to drive revenue growth, increase customer satisfaction and achieve competitive advantage. Calico customers include leaders in high-technology hardware, manufacturing, telecommunications services, financial services, home furnishings, chemicals, agricultural and retail. Calico Commerce, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., can be found on the World Wide Web at www.calico.com.

About Emptoris, Inc.
Emptoris, Inc. is the leader in strategic B2B e-commerce solutions for net markets and the Global 2000. Emptoris' real world procurement platform, ePASS', extends beyond single item simplistic transactions to enable strategic sourcing of direct materials and services over the Internet. ePASS' customizable business rules, intelligent workflow and advanced decision support technology allows Emptoris' partners and customers to rapidly deploy industry specific e-marketplace solutions, build collaborative buyer-seller relationships and quickly optimize multifaceted purchasing decisions. Emptoris is a privately held company and is an Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq: ICGE) Partner Company. The Company is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For additional information, please visit the Company's Web site at www.emptoris.com.

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