OASIS MEMBER NEWS: EXTRICITY SOFTWARE LEADS INDUSTRY IN DRIVING GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ROSETTANET E-BUSINESS STANDARDS

[Laura Walker <laurawalker@earthlink.net>]

From: Carolynn Sherby <csherby@msx.extricity.com>



EXTRICITY SOFTWARE LEADS INDUSTRY IN DRIVING
GLOBAL ADOPTION OF ROSETTANET E-BUSINESS STANDARDS

Extricity Expands Reputation as the 'Standard Behind the Standard' For
RosettaNet,
Extricity Used In Conjunction With More Than 70 Percent of
RosettaNet Pilot Implementations

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-November 17, 1999-In 1999, Extricity Software, 
Inc.,
the leader in providing business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce software for
Global 2000 companies, continued to facilitate the global adoption of the
RosettaNet e-business standards and increase its reputation throughout the
industry as 'Standard Behind the Standard' for RosettaNet.  In this 
leading
industry role, Extricity Software expanded its customer list of companies
who selected Extricity to provide a business-to-business ecommerce 
solution
based on RosettaNet e-business standards, and launched the industry's 
first
complete software solution dedicated to RosettaNet.  In addition, 
Extricity
announced a strategic alliance with PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide the
industry's first comprehensive and packaged software and services solution
dedicated to supporting and deploying RosettaNet e-business standards.

RosettaNet is the leading industry standards body and consortium dedicated
to the development and deployment of electronic commerce partner 
interfaces
to align the business processes within the IT and electronic components
supply chain industries.  Extricity has rapidly become the de facto 
standard
for leading IT companies that have committed to making the global use of
RosettaNet's e-business processes a reality by February 2, 2000.  Using
RosettaNet "Partner Interface Processes" (PIPs), these leading companies 
are
defining how business processes are conducted over the Internet between
members of the IT supply chain, which include manufacturers, distributors,
resellers, and end users.

To date, Extricity Software has been selected by leading companies,
including CompUSA Inc., Ingram Micro Inc., and Solectron Corp. to 
implement
their RosettaNet e-business standards solutions.  Extricity has also been
the leading solution provider throughout RosettaNet's pilot implementation
phase, called "EConcert".  During EConcert, Extricity has successfully
supported interactions based on RosettaNet PIPs between the following
companies:

CompUSA - Ingram		Microsoft - Ingram Micro
Solectron - Ingram Micro
Inacom - Ingram Micro		Nortel - Solectron		Marshall
Industries - Solectron
Ingram Micro - Nortel

Extricity AllianceInteract for RosettaNet
Extricity Software has supported these successful RosettaNet-based
interactions using a comprehensive new e-business software solution, 
called
Extricity AllianceInteract for RosettaNet.  Extricity AllianceInteract for
RosettaNet provides support for the RosettaNet Implementation Framework, 
as
well as pre-configured, graphical models of RosettaNet PIPs.  It also
provides end-to-end process visibility, full PIP auditing and analysis
capabilities, support for a wide variety of firewall configurations and
security policies, and the ability to integrate with enterprise 
applications
and middleware systems.

PricewaterhouseCoopers and Extricity Strategic Alliance
In October, Extricity Software announced a strategic alliance with
PricewaterhouseCoopers.  The alliance provides a comprehensive and 
packaged
software and services solution dedicated to supporting and deploying 
global
RosettaNet e-business standards.  As an integrator of Extricity
AllianceInteract for RosettaNet business-to-business software,
PricewaterhouseCoopers helps high tech companies easily and rapidly
implement the RosettaNet e-business standards.

About Extricity Software
Extricity Software, Inc. is the premier provider of comprehensive, 
packaged
business-to-business software solutions.  The Extricity AllianceSeries
family of XML-based e-commerce solutions allows Global 2000 companies to
dramatically improve both their efficiencies and competitiveness by
leveraging the Internet to automate critical business processes and the 
flow
of information between partners, customers and suppliers.

Founded in 1996, Extricity is a privately held company headquartered in
Redwood Shores, Calif. with offices nationwide.  Recently featured in Time
Magazine as an example of highly innovative technology companies that are
creating new business models based on business-to-business (B2B) 
electronic
commerce, Extricity was also named by Fortune Magazine as one of the "Top 
25
Enterprise Software Companies to Watch".

Extricity has formed strategic partnerships with companies such as Baan,
IBM, Intel, Microsoft, OnDisplay, PeopleSoft, SAP, and TIBCO. 
 Additionally,
Extricity is working with major management consulting and systems
integrators, including Andersen Consulting, Cambridge Technology Partners, 
IBM Global Services and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

For more information, contact Extricity Software by phone at (650) 
596-4500,
via email at info@extricity.com, or on the web at www.extricity.com.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated
to the development and deployment of standard electronic business 
interfaces
to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis.
Launched in June 1998, RosettaNet is currently in the pilot implementation
phase of e-business process interface standards for electronic components
(EC) and information technology (IT) industry members who manufacture,
distribute, integrate, resell, support and use products in these supply
chains.  The pilot phase is scheduled to conclude in February of next year
when participants will link full production systems.

More than 60 companies representing $600 billion in annual revenues
currently provide the mandate for RosettaNet's standards development
strategy.  A complete list of member companies and more information on
RosettaNet can be found on the World Wide Web at 
http://www.rosettanet.org.

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Carolynn Sherby
Director, PR and Analyst Relations
Extricity Software
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 600
Redwood Shores, CA   94065
Direct 650-596-4531
Fax 650-596-1310
email:  csherby@extricity.com
www.extricity.com