NetVendor and Interliant Team to Deliver e-Commerce Solutions for Manufacturers; Manufacturing is One of Top Two ASP Vertical Markets According to Dataquest

Business Wire, Oct 25, 2000

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

PURCHASE, N.Y. & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2000

NetVendor(TM), the leading provider of Internet software and services for collaborative business-to-business (B2B) supplier enablement, and Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT), a leading global application service provider (ASP), today announced an agreement that allows NetVendor to offer its customers a hosting option via Interliant's INIT ASP Host solutions and services. The relationship extends NetVendor's capability to deploy applications of its flagship sell-side e-commerce solution, E.MBRACE.

"As part of our B2B supplier enablement strategy, NetVendor was the first to provide an end-to-end continuum of functionality for manufacturers producing direct materials," said Sean McCloskey, president and CEO, NetVendor. "Through this relationship with Interliant, NetVendor will further a supplier's options for deploying a feature-rich web site for their customers."

NetVendor provides the functionality to manage and optimize the relationships of direct material suppliers, including the relationships between industrial suppliers and OEMs. Its E.MBRACE solution has a suite of capabilities that Internet-enable traditional activities for manufacturers - enabling these suppliers to engage, design, contract, transact, fulfill and service their customers.

According to the analyst firm Dataquest (The State of Today's Application Service Provider Marketplace, July 2000), manufacturing is one of the top two verticals moving toward the ASP model in the short term. The report predicts that, by 2004, manufacturing companies will account for more than $4.8 billion, or 19 percent, of the total worldwide ASP market, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 106 percent.

NetVendor's relationship with Interliant reflects the companies' shared commitment to delivering robust customer-facing e-Business solutions for manufacturers in the general industrial, automotive and electronics markets, according to McCloskey.

"As NetVendor expands its offerings to include an ASP delivery model, Interliant will lead and support NetVendor's commitment to deliver the best integrated solutions across platforms and extend the company's presence into the vertical industries it serves," said Herb Hribar, president and CEO of Interliant. "This relationship underscores Interliant's ability to `e-enable' traditional independent software vendors to exploit new e-Business opportunities by harnessing the breadth and depth of our ASP solution."

About NetVendor Inc.

NetVendor(TM) is the leading provider of Internet software and services for B2B supplier enablement. NetVendor's solutions help manufacturers and distributors effectively automate and manage complex product sales, service and distribution channels over the Internet, enabling these suppliers to engage in collaborative B2B e-commerce with their trading partners and gain access to leading net markets to reach more customers than ever before.

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, NetVendor has offices throughout North America. For additional information, contact NetVendor at 800-953-5606 or 404-836-7836, or visit NetVendor's Web site at www.netvendor.com. NetVendor is a member of the Internet Capital Group (NASDAQ: ICGE) network of partner companies.

About Interliant

Interliant, Inc. (Nasdaq:INIT) is a leading global application service provider (ASP) and pioneer in the ASP market. Interliant's INIT Solutions Suite includes messaging and knowledge management, security, e-commerce, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, distributed learning, Web-site hosting and Web-based rental applications.

Interliant, headquartered in Purchase, NY, has forged strategic alliances with the world's leading software, networking and hardware manufacturers including Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL), Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq:ORCL), BMC Software (Nasdaq:BMCS), Network Solutions (Nasdaq:NSOL), IBM (NYSE:IBM), Sun Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), and Lotus Development Corp. For more information about Interliant, visit www.interliant.com.

NetVendor and E.MBRACE are trademarks of NetVendor Inc. Interliant is a registered trademark, and INIT ASP Host and INIT Solutions Suite are trademarks of Interliant, Inc., in the US, other countries, or both. Other company, product, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "will," "plan," "forecast" and similar words and expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results, performance, achievements and the timing of certain events to differ significantly from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements.

Therefore, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Important factors to consider in evaluating such forward-looking statements include changes in external competitive market factors, changes in Interliant's business strategy or an inability to execute Interliant's strategy due to unanticipated changes in its business, its industry or the economy in general, unforeseen difficulties in integrating acquisitions and other factors set forth more fully in Interliant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.