MatrixOne's Value Chain Portfolio Delivers Rapidly Deployable Collaborative Applications Across the Value Chain

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

-- MatrixOne Announces a New Integrated Portfolio of Applications to Deliver Intelligent Collaborative Commerce Throughout Value Chains --

MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ:MONE), the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce(TM), today announced a major extension of its product strategy. MatrixOne's Value Chain Portfolio(TM) will leverage the Company's broad experience with customized solutions and the industry-leading technology of its eMatrix(TM) platform to focus on delivering complete sets of plug-and-play enterprise applications targeted at connecting specific high-value functions in the value chain. The key differentiator for this portfolio of applications is the depth and breadth of collaboration across the value chain, extending companies' business processes to their suppliers, partners and customers. In addition, MatrixOne will now leverage its eMatrix engine by creating a framework that allows development of applications by customers and third-party developers. All applications developed to this framework will seamlessly integrate with applications developed by MatrixOne.

MatrixOne's Value Chain Portfolio includes two currently available applications, Supplier Central(TM) and Software Central(TM), and today's newly announced application, Configurator Central(TM). Starting now, and continuing through the coming months, MatrixOne will be delivering additional applications within the portfolio that provide ready-to-use solutions for other key challenges throughout value chains. These applications will extend the solutions' scope of the portfolio to include delivery of product and service information to interactive catalogs, further integration of design and manufacturing resources, and more tightly integrated management of project-, product- and service-related business processes.

Mark O'Connell, president and CEO of MatrixOne said, "We are excited to leverage the wealth of experience we've derived from creating custom solutions with our customers through the industry-leading technologies of our eMatrix platform, to bring ready-to-use solutions to more quickly meet the exploding demand for Intelligent Collaborative Commerce across industries and markets in an easy to deploy, rapid return on investment form."

Key to the value of the portfolio is that it is built on the industry's most open and extensible collaboration engine, eMatrix. Any applications developed for the eMatrix engine have access to its best-of-breed abilities to work across multiple data types (crucial to building value chains across disparate organizations) and to securely extend business processes across the Internet.

For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.matrixone.com.

About MatrixOne, Inc.

MatrixOne, Inc. (NASDAQ: MONE) is the first in Intelligent Collaborative Commerce. The Company's products provide an infrastructure for establishing business-to-business collaboration among trusted customers, suppliers and other business partners, while also enabling standards-based access to independent trading communities and applications hosted by industry service providers. The eMatrix Intelligent Collaborative Commerce solution uses the Web to link people, processes and information to enable dramatic improvements in profitability and efficiency throughout the value chain.

MatrixOne has global customers in the high technology, aerospace/defense, automotive, communications, consumer, mechanical, machinery, medical equipment and process industries. These companies are using MatrixOne solutions to enhance their competitive advantage in the burgeoning business-to-business economy.

Headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, MatrixOne (www.matrixone.com) maintains offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

Note: eMatrix, Intelligent Collaborative Commerce, Supplier Central, Software Central, Configurator Central and Value Chain Portfolio are trademarks of MatrixOne, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be the properties of their respective owners.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including statements concerning expected financial and operating results, growth of our customer base and revenues, future customer orders and resulting benefits from our products. Those risks and uncertainties include, among others: the risk that the market does not accept our products; our lengthy and variable sales cycle; the Company's ability to develop new products and services that keep pace with technology; and the Company's ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with systems integrators and complementary technology vendors. For a more detailed discussion of the risks and uncertainties of MatrixOne's business, please refer to the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Prospectus dated February 29, 2000.