Ajunto Launches Ajunto.com 2.0 to Help Build Strategic Sourcing Relationships.

Business/Technology Editors

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000

Added Research and Service Capabilities Help Accelerate and Improve

the Efficiency of IT Selection and Due Diligence Processes

Ajunto, Inc., the first net market and eService dedicated exclusively to the IT industry, today launched Ajunto.com 2.0 to optimize the sourcing processes used by companies to develop the responsiveness and flexibility demanded by e-business. Reinforcing its leadership position as a next-generation market maker providing the most powerful means to connect IT decision makers with leading applications, technology and services, the new release integrates superior content and enhanced technologies to facilitate e-business competitiveness among Global 2000 and emerging companies.

The new release of Ajunto.com now offers an unparalleled news and research library comprised of META Group analysis, proprietary Ajunto analysis, and news from Kennedy Information, CMPnet, InfoWold, Upside Today and Business Wire. Dialogue capabilities have also been added for private online negotiations between IT decision makers and solution providers, and IT Hubs have been designed for quick access by category to sourcing services, research, news and discussion groups.

"In an e-business environment, IT decision makers do not have the luxury of spending two to three months on due diligence and third-party selection as they traditionally may have done," said Michael M. Carter, founder and CEO, Ajunto. "This new release of Ajunto.com offers a greater breadth of resources to help IT managers more quickly define and optimize the sourcing process."

Ajunto has also added an advanced level of "personality" to the site, offering a customizable portal called "myAjunto" which provides a secure view of the information most critical to each user's business, including configurations, managed collateral, discussion threads, product and company profiles, and orders. Ajunto has also enhanced its proprietary eConfiguration Engine(TM) by incorporating the ability to assign weighted values throughout each step of the configuration process.

About Ajunto, Inc.

Headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, Ajunto is the first eService and net market designed specifically to automate the IT Industry. By integrating information through Ajunto.com and technology through the Ajunto eService, Ajunto enables organizations to optimally map their IT needs to create solutions to expedite technology procurement through its proprietary eConfiguration Engine(TM) technology, and its innovative SourceIT(TM) research and support services. Ajunto's unique eService offering was created to serve as the operating system for all future IT digital delivery channels enabling companies to quickly and efficiently deploy customized digital channels for their own unique audiences using Ajunto's proven business process, content delivery services, technology frameworks and the Asera platform. Ajunto's investors include Pennsylvania Early Stage Partners, a Safeguard Scientifics-affiliated fund (NYSE:SFE), The Eastern Technology Fund and Unwired Ventures.

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