Partner Press Release
Allegis Joins RosettaNet Consortium As Solution Partner

For Release March 31, 2000

SAN FRANCISCO

Allegis™ Corporation (www.allegis.com), a leading provider of Partner Relation Management (PRM) solutions, today announced it has joined RosettaNet as a Solution Partner, demonstrating its commitment to utilizing industry-wide standard electronic business interfaces.

As a Solution Partner, Allegis will use the RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes (PIPs) as a foundation for the Allegis Open Links™ interface architecture, allowing customers to seamlessly connect their PRM solution to various front and back office systems.

"Because PRM helps vendors and their numerous of partners share vital information, it's crucial that we utilize a standardized electronic business language to facilitate that communication," said Mark Morrissey, vice president of business development for Allegis. "By supporting RosettaNet's standards, we're giving our customers the added confidence that Allegis Sales Partner™ can interoperate with any other information system that complies with the same standards."

RosettaNet is a consortium of more than 200 businesses, which develops standardized, universal business processes enabling members of the information technology (IT) and electronic components (EC) supply chains - including manufacturers, distributors, resellers and customers - to share and distribute information between systems.

About RosettaNet
Founded in 1998, RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard business process interfaces to align the processes between information technology (IT) and electronic components (EC) supply chain partners on a global basis. RosettaNet can be found on the World Wide Web at http:www.rosettanet.org.

About Allegis Corporation
Based in San Francisco, Allegis Corporation (www.allegis.com) is a leading Partner Relationship Management firm that develops "partner-inclusive eCommerce" solutions for companies to leverage their indirect sales channel for increased profits, opportunity and overall competitive advantage in the Internet Economy. The company's flagship service, Allegis Sales Partner, provides the hosted application infrastructure for companies to capture customer demand via the Internet or other programs (including actual customer requirements), route the demand to the best-fit partner, and provide the systems and support that motivate the partner to satisfy that demand with the vendor's products.

As a pioneering company of PRM solutions, Allegis gained an early advantage among its competitors and has continued to drive the evolution of the market ever since. Allegis has a strong history of developing Web-based software technologies, with more than 800 companies using its multi-product line of Internet solutions. The company's investors include Benchmark Capital, Brinson Partners, Integral Capital, the Intel 64 Fund and Pivotal Asset Management. For more information about Allegis, visit http://www.allegis.com.