Emptoris ePASS™ Selected to Power MoveNet.com

Powerful Optimization Engine Offers Unprecedented Flexibility to Relocation eMarketplace

BURLINGTON, Mass., May 17, 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's ePASS™ technology has been selected to power MoveNet.com, the leading eMarketplace for relocation services. The MoveNet.com site, which went live today, provides consumers with a convenient online request for quote (RFQ) process for selecting relocation and storage services. MoveNet plans to expand the site to include relocation services for corporations and government agencies in the near future.

"Like most buying decisions, the selection of a company to undertake relocation services is not driven simply by price," explained Avner Schneur, president and CEO, Emptoris. "ePASS enables MoveNet to include a variety of performance factors and business rules to determine which service provider is best able to handle a specific move. We are pleased that MoveNet.com selected ePASS to power the optimization for the company's site."

While most B2B e-commerce solutions are capable of handling relatively simple price-based scenarios, this level of sophistication is not appropriate for the relocation and storage services industry, where truly meeting customer requirements entails additional functionality. MoveNet.com must take into consideration the expertise of the various vendors available for a move, distance of the move, type of vehicles available, location of storage facilities and many others. The lowest priced bidder may not be able to meet all of the specific requirements of the customer. The Emptoris ePASS suite of web-based software solutions provide MoveNet.com with the customizable business rules, intelligent workflow and advanced decision support technology they need to carry out sophisticated optimization for their customers. Utilizing mathematical algorithms and highly customizable business rules, ePASS is able to effectively match customer requirements with the suppliers best able to meet those needs.

"We are extremely pleased with the capabilities Emptoris ePASS brings to our offering," said Gene Lemay, president, MoveNet.com. "Providing our customers with the ability to define what is important to their relocation process, and to match those requirements with the suppliers that best meet those needs clearly sets MoveNet.com apart from the competition. We conducted an extensive search for technology that was able to provide these capabilities. ePASS was the only solution out there able to fully meet our requirements."

About MoveNet.com
Headquartered in New York, NY, MoveNet.com provides consumers and professionals with the most objective and powerful internet moving services supplemented with comprehensive information which will help customers make well-informed and educated moving and storage decisions. MoveNet.com's convenient service makes it possible for anyone to price, book, and manage their moves and storage via the Internet. MoveNet.com was created with the intention of pre-qualifying moving and storage companies in order for anyone to choose the most knowledgeable and experienced company, and to also find related industries and necessities in one all-inclusive, easy-to-use site. Through Smart Bidding, the selection process for finding the right mover is based upon the services and qualifications needed; it is not based on price, but on quality. MoveNet.com allows all customers to compare rates and services among multiple sources, easily and efficiently.

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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