Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and NetValue Announce Partnership to Work Together to Help Companies Develop Their Internet Strategies

Business Wire, June 20, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, one of the worldwide leaders in management and IT consulting, and NetValue, a specialist in Internet audience and behavior measurement, have decided to combine forces to offer specialized E-business services in the French market.

This agreement stems from each company's desire to provide clients with a complete strategic evaluation of Internet opportunities. This evaluation will be based on reliable data compiled by NetValue each month. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young teams, will have direct access to the audience and behavior measurement data produced by NetValue's representative panels of @ home Internet users.

This non-exclusive partnership will primarily consist of the following:

-- Development of specialized products & services:

-- Elaboration of the consulting services that accompany

businesses in the development or enlargement of their Internet

strategy.

-- Development of new services and products that better analyze

the various markets concerned and their difficulties:

cooperative reflection models (recruitment, customer loyalty,

sector studies, etc.) and the implementation of customized and

@ work panels.

-- Diffusion of market information through the edition of an

electronic newsletter (E Observatory) and by the joint

organization of seminars and workshops (the effect of the

Internet on marketing practices, organizational structures,

etc.). The first seminar is planned for September 2000.

Given the increased speed of business in this new E-economy, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young and NetValue also plan to offer the unique service of providing useful information with nearly simultaneous data-analysis.

At this time the partnership concerns the French market but may, at a later date, be extended to include other countries.

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world and is publicly traded on the Paris Bourse. The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help traditional businesses and "dot companies" continue to explore growth strategies in the new economy. The newly formed organization employs more than 57,000 people worldwide and reports global revenues of 7.7 billion euros (1999).

More information about individual service lines, offices and research is available at www.capgemini.com.

NetValue SA

NetValue SA is listed on the Nouveau Marche of the Paris stock exchange.

Founded in March 1998, NetValue is the first European company to effectively measure Internet activity and usage, by way of panels. NetValue has teamed with TAYLOR NELSON SOFRES to produce the industry's largest, most accurate and reliable measurement service of the Internet. Taylor Nelson Sofres implements and manages NetValue Internet users panels worldwide. NetValue SA has operations in Europe, Asia and the United States of America. The company has a capital of 2 204 537 Euros.