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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 2, 2001 (PR Newswire)

Leading Knowledge Resource Distributor Links to Customers on Ariba and Concur In Less Than One Quarter

OrderFusion Inc., a pioneer in e-commerce solutions for supplier enablement, today announced that RoweCom Inc. (Nasdaq: ROWE), is using OrderFusion's Orders of Magnitude(TM) to connect to its customers on leading e-procurement systems. As a leading developer and operator of Web-based solutions that help clients purchase, manage and use knowledge resources such as research reports, journals, books, magazines and newspapers, RoweCom sells to Fortune 1000 customers through a growing variety of e-procurement systems. It is using Orders of Magnitude eXchange Connect(TM) to link to any of the leading e-procurement systems.

"Today many of our Fortune 1000 customers purchase their products on the Web. So, a top business priority for us was to have the ability to quickly connect to the e-procurement systems of our choice," said Ian Best, chief technology officer of RoweCom. "OrderFusion provided an integrated solution between our Web based e-commerce services using XML to any Web-based procurement system of our clients' choice."

Initially, RoweCom has chosen to connect to customers who use Ariba's Commerce Services Network and Concur's Business Advantage Purchasing Service(TM). It also plans to link to other systems such as Commerce One's Round Trip, Clarus and Oracle in 2001.

eXchange Connect integrates with e-procurement frameworks such as cXML or xCBL, creating an effective two-way communication between the supplier's system and the e-procurement hub. Once connected, the supplier can easily sell on the host's system and buyers can "punch out" or access the supplier's Web site via the e-procurement system in order to submit requests for proposals and purchase products.

With Orders of Magnitude, RoweCom is freed from connecting to e-procurement systems and then maintaining the connectors as standards evolve, or as individual customers select different release levels of RoweCom's system. OrderFusion allows RoweCom to focus on the best functionality by providing the most information to RoweCom's system, resulting in higher end-user satisfaction.

"RoweCom, like many mid and large suppliers, is finding that one of the biggest points of value in e-commerce is speed and ease of doing business," said Tom Hennings, president and CEO of OrderFusion. "We're pleased that through Orders of Magnitude, they were able to begin making sales within a month."

About RoweCom

A first mover in business-to-business e-commerce, RoweCom develops and operates global web-based solutions that enable knowledge-based communities to purchase, manage and use comprehensive knowledge resources and e-content such as magazines, newspapers, journals and books. With clients ranging from Fortune 1000 companies to academic libraries, RoweCom serves communities with intensive knowledge requirements and high-volume purchases. Faxon, a long-established leader in academic information services, joined RoweCom in October 1999 and continues to serve its clients by offering expanded internet and e-commerce tools as well as new levels of control, convenience and cost-savings. For more information, visit the RoweCom Website at www.rowe.com.

About OrderFusion

OrderFusion, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, is a pioneer in e-commerce solutions for supplier enablement. The company uniquely looks at the e-commerce challenge from the supplier's central reference -- the sales order -- to deliver the first complete B2B sell-side e-commerce platform, from pre-sales marketing to sales transactions, order management, fulfillment and post-sales analysis. Through its award-winning Orders of Magnitude platform, OrderFusion provides manufacturers and distributors with a unified solution for achieving the same B2B internet selling success as large manufacturers with made-to-order e-commerce systems. For more information, contact www.orderfusion.com.