Enermetrix.com Named to Information Week's E-Business 100 List; Internet Commerce System for Energy Recognized for Achieving Overall Excellence in its E-Business Initiatives

Business Wire, Dec 13, 1999

MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--

Enermetrix.com, the leader in Internet commerce for energy, today announced that it has been named to Information Week's E-Business 100 List. The 100 companies included in the list are considered by Information Week and Hurwitz Group, Inc., a consulting and research firm specializing in strategic e-business and IT initiatives, to be the most innovative practitioners of e-business in the new economy. Other award winners include such pioneering Internet companies as Office Depot, IBM, Cisco, Army Air Force Exchange Service and E

rade Group.
     "Being named to the E-Business 100 list confirms Enermetrix.com's
leadership position in the Internet energy commerce space. By using
the Web to better facilitate energy transactions, Enermetrix.com is
bringing enormous savings of time and money to thousands of businesses
throughout North America," said Jeff DeWeese, president of
Enermetrix.com. "In addition, with a new exchange advisory board, a
recently completed round of more than $20 million in financing and
upcoming technology enhancements, we will continue to define our role
as a pioneer in new e-business strategies."
     This year's E-Business 100 is the first time Information Week has
recognized companies achieving overall excellence in e-business
initiatives. Several hundred nominations were assessed and evaluated
by analysts from Hurwitz Group as well as Information Week researchers
and editors. Hurwitz Group specifically reviewed these companies'
e-business strategies for their ability to execute their vision and
meet objectives, the level of business and technology integration, as
well as overall innovation in e-business.
     "All companies making the E-Business 100 exemplify three
overarching characteristics essential to e-business success--strong
leadership, business vision and the capability to execute on
strategy," said Judith Hurwitz, president and CEO of Hurwitz Group.
     "e-business is changing the way we do business," said Beth
Gold-Bernstein, senior analyst at Hurwitz Group. "In embracing
e-business these companies have effectively utilized technology to
reinvent business processes, resulting in a clear return on
opportunity in their e-business investments. This level of achievement
requires close alignment between business and IT strategies."

     About Enermetrix.com

     Enermetrix.com is a privately held company headquartered in
Maynard, Massachusetts, with operations throughout the United States.
The Company began operating in 1996 as North American Power Brokers,
Inc. to deliver energy brokering and consulting services to the
deregulating energy industry. It changed its name in August 1999 to
reflect a company that delivers Internet technology and business
process standards to the energy industry. Enermetrix.com's
award-winning Internet commerce system is the nation's most active
Internet exchange for commercial, industrial and other aggregate
energy transactions. Energy buyers and sellers use Enermetrix.com's
transaction environment and enterprise technology to share
information, execute transactions and generate reports via the Web.
Enermetrix.com revolutionizes the way its users manage deregulated
energy business issues.
     Enermetrix.com has twice been awarded the prestigious CIO
WebBusiness 50/50 Award and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates nominated
the Company for the highly distinguished Computerworld Smithsonian
Institute Award for achievement in technology. For additional
information regarding Enermetrix.com, visit the Company's Web site at
www.enermetrix.com or call 978-461-0505.

     About Hurwitz Group

     Hurwitz Group, a consulting and research firm providing advice
and assistance with e-business and IT initiatives, is recognized for
its close working relationships with clients and a focus on business
realities. Hurwitz Group clients include Fortune 2000 IT organizations
as well as business-to-business software and services vendors. Hurwitz
Group strategists leverage research from the company's knowledge
centers to provide clients with a range of services, including market
development and positioning strategies, enterprise technology
strategies, and custom consulting.

     About Information Week

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delivers news, strategies, analysis, product and technology
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