Adatom Leverages PeopleSoft eCenter for Applications Implementation & Hosting.

Business/Technology Editors

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000

PeopleSoft ASP's Internet-enabled Infrastructure

to Facilitate Adatom's Global Expansion Plans

Adatom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADTM - news) today announced that it will turn to PeopleSoft eCenter for implementing and hosting PeopleSoft's Internet-enabled applications. PeopleSoft Consulting will use its proven fast track methodology to implement the PeopleSoft Financial Management software and the Order Management and Distribution modules for Adatom, allowing Adatom to migrate its back-end operations quickly and cost-effectively to a hosted PeopleSoft solution.

"We evaluated numerous business functionality and deployment options," said Dr. Sridhar Jagannathan, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Adatom.com. "We found the PeopleSoft solution to be the clear winner based on an assessment of proficiency, reliability and scalability. As Adatom moves to execute on its domestic and international opportunities, we wanted to partner with a leader who can keep pace with our rapid evolution and emerging needs. In PeopleSoft, we believe that we have such a partner that will enable modular functionality, global availability and personalized service."

PeopleSoft eCenter offers a comprehensive set of tightly integrated eBusiness applications, as well as single vendor accountability and a superb customer experience. Customer relationship managers serve as a single point of contact for customers to escalate and expedite their service issues. The eCenter also provides dedicated 24x7 customer support.

Richard Barton, President and CEO of Adatom.com, noted, "Every partnership that we make is geared towards accelerating expansion in the business-to-business as well as the business-to-consumer markets in 2000 and beyond. Our AESP offering is a turnkey solution that provides 'instant' e-commerce capabilities, including back-end fulfillment, web site development and a full scale e-commerce infrastructure." Mr. Barton continued, "Our primary goal is to become a one-of-a-kind Internet company. Recently, we took an important step towards that goal when we announced that Adatom.com has signed an exclusive joint venture agreement with the China Product Trade Net Center (CPTNC). This joint venture will form a pioneering U.S.-China 'electronic marketplace,' that covers both consumer and industrial goods and aims to use Internet technology as its primary information and distribution medium."

Adatom and the CPTNC are establishing a joint venture company located in Beijing, China, to work directly with the CPTNC. The joint venture company will develop and implement the systems, Internet applications, services and support to enable the marketing and sale of industrial and consumer goods produced in China into the U.S. as well as goods produced in the U.S. into the Chinese marketplace exclusively through Adatom.com, Inc.

About Adatom.com, Inc.

Adatom.com is a fast growing e-commerce company. By leveraging its proprietary e-commerce infrastructure and efficient distribution system, the Company reaches both the business-to-business market with E-Commerce Solution Program (ESP) and the business-to-consumer market with its Internet superstore, www.adatom.com. Benefits from both its business-to-business and business-to-consumer capabilities provide price savings and increased customer service for consumers. Adatom.com offers a comprehensive product mix of name brand products for the individual, the home, and the office in 29 product categories.

About PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT - news) is a world leader in eBusiness application solutions. PeopleSoft provides eBusiness applications for customer relationship management, human resource management, financials, and supply chain, along with a range of industry-specific solutions, such as PeopleSoft Professional Services Automation. For more than 4,000 customers, PeopleSoft solutions offers greater flexibility, rapid implementation, and lower cost of ownership. Customers include some of the largest multi-national organizations in the world, as well as small- and medium-size businesses. PeopleSoft Consulting is the implementation and solution deployment arm of PeopleSoft, Inc. In conjunction with its partners and 2400 consultants worldwide, PeopleSoft Consulting focuses on helping customers achieve the highest value attainment from the deployment of PeopleSoft eBusiness solutions. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, PeopleSoft (www.peoplesoft.com) employs 7,000 people and had 1999 revenues of $1.4 billion.

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