USinternetworking to Host GroupSystems.com's Collaborative Reasoning Service; USi's AppHost Program Turns ISV Software Into a Comprehensive Service

Business Wire, Feb 16, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

ANNAPOLIS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2000

USinternetworking, Inc. (USi) (Nasdaq:USIX) the leading application service provider (ASP), today announced that GroupSystems.com has agreed to offer its subscription service for automating team business processes using USi's global network of enterprise data centers. GroupSystems.com is a leading Independent Software Vendor (ISV) of collaborative reasoning services offered via the Internet.

"GroupSystems.com offers a distributed Knowledge Management service to a rapidly expanding base of corporate, government and professional services customers," said Scott Edelman, GroupSystems.com's Chief Executive Officer. "Partnering with an ASP like USi will offer distributed teams a new level of service--the ability to work together anywhere, anytime--without having to increase investment in technology. This is what today's organizations want."

GroupSystems OnLine is a collaborative reasoning service that accelerates the creative life cycle. Its team-based analytic techniques, along with its partners' best practice methodologies for critical business processes, enable organizations to innovate and respond in "Internet Time." Using GroupSystems OnLine, organizations can predictably and repeatedly create and sustain effective team dynamics, collectively make sense of information, develop innovative solutions and take action quickly.

USi's AppHost service enables these organizations to use proven techniques as Internet-based services--eliminating the need for organizations to increase their in-house technology investment.

"The AppHost model extends the benefits of the hosting provider's expertise to the ISV-it's not just the end customer who needs to focus on his core business, but the ISVs as well," said Daniel Neal, Vice President of Application Hosting at USi. "USi enables GroupSystems.com to offer its customers fast, high-quality and highly secure access to their application over the Internet without having to divert resources to build their own ASP infrastructure."

About GroupSystems.com

GroupSystems.com, a provider of collaborative reasoning and knowledge management services, was founded in 1989 as Ventana Corporation by group support systems expert Dr. Jay Nunamaker and other researchers from the University of Arizona. Its customer base includes IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force, Andersen Consulting, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. GroupSystems.com partners include leading professional services firms and researchers from over 100 of the top universities in the country. The company combines its award-winning GroupSystems services with its partners' and customers' understanding of business processes and methodologies to reduce personnel costs and cycle times, while improving the effectiveness of decision-making.

About USinternetworking Inc.

USinternetworking Inc. (NASDAQ:USIX) is the leading Application Service Provider delivering enterprise software as a service. The company's iMAP(SM) portfolio of service offerings delivers the rich functionality of leading software from Ariba, BroadVision, Lawson, Microsoft, Niku, PeopleSoft, Sagent, and Siebel as a continuously supported, flat rate monthly service enabling enterprises to rapidly and cost effectively deploy modular eBusiness functionality with secure global Internet connectivity. USi's AppHost service enables Independent Software Vendors to effectively provide their customers with their software products as Internet-based services. For more information, visit www.usi.net.

Internet Managed Application Provider, iMAP, AppHost and PriorityPeering are service marks of USinternetworking, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. USi strategic partners and providers are publicly traded on Nasdaq under the symbols: BVSN, CSCO, MSFT, PSFT, SEBL, and SGNT.

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