Partner Press Release
PCOrder.Com Supports Adoption Of RosettaNet Standards To Help Improve Efficiency In The Computer Industry

For Release June 9, 1999

Austin, TX -- pcOrder.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCOR), a leading provider of electronic commerce technology and content for the computer industry, today announced its support of RosettaNet's eConcert, a global initiative to adopt common business processes and content standards for the computer industry. eConcert's goal is to improve interaction among members of the computer industry supply chain through the phased implementation of RosettaNet's process and content standards for e-commerce. pcOrder will continue to work with the 33 other RosettaNet partners, including computer manufacturers, distributors, resellers and end-users, to develop standards that will align the e-business interfaces of the IT supply chain.

As the e-commerce platform for the computer industry, pcOrder.com recognizes the importance of standardizing information and exchange protocols to enable the computer industry to move sales online. pcOrder hosts one of the computer industry's largest collections of multi-vendor product information and provides leading e-commerce solutions for the computer industry. Using this expertise, pcOrder is helping to define new content standards and to identify existing protocols that should be adopted throughout the supply chain.

"Common standards for the exchange of information help the computer industry generate new efficiencies through e-commerce," said Christina Jones, president and founder of pcOrder.com. "Initiatives such as RosettaNet will help develop a common language for e-commerce, complementing pcOrder's e-commerce platform for the computer industry."

About pcOrder.com Inc.
pcOrder.com is a leading provider of Internet-based electronic commerce solutions that enable the computer industry's suppliers, resellers and end users to buy and sell computer products online. pcOrder's industry content and applications are designed to enable leading computer companies to create new revenue opportunities and efficiencies through e-commerce. Rapid e-commerce adoption by both consumers and businesses has translated into billions of dollars of quotes generated through pcOrder-powered solutions. Current customers include Inktomi, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Compaq, Nortel Networks, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, GE Capital Vendor Financial Services, Pinacor, Sarcom, Hartford, Egghead.com and CompUSA. pcOrder: Moving the computer industry to the Webâ„¢. pcOrder is located at 5001 Plaza on the Lake, Austin, Texas 78746. Telephone: (512) 684-1100. Fax: (512) 684-1200. World Wide Web address: http//www.pcorder.com.

About RosettaNet
Founded in 1998, RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit, organization dedicated to promoting an industry-wide initiative to agree on and adopt common electronic business processes worldwide. The RosettaNet Managing Board consists of 34 CEOs, CIOs, and executives representing global members of the IT supply chain, including: American Express, Arrow Electronics, Avnet, CHS Electronics, Cisco Systems, CompUSA, Compaq, Computacenter, Deutsche Financial Services, EDS, Federal Express, GE Information Services, GSA, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Inacom, Ingram Micro Inc., Insight, Intel, Marshall Industries, Microage, Microsoft, Netscape, NEC Technologies, Office Depot, Oracle, pcOrder, SAP AG, Siemens, Solectron, Tech Data, 3Com, Toshiba Information Systems and United Parcel Service. RosettaNet can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.rosettanet.org.