Asia-Tech B2B Marketplace Opens Its Doors To The Electronic Components Industry.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000

New Online Marketplace is Geared Up for Asian and US Buyers

and Sellers; Marketplace Goes Live with Calico in

Less Than 90 Days

With Asian B2B e-commerce expected to reach over $990 billion by 2004, Asia-Links Media (www.asia-links.com), a leading online global business information provider, announced today the launch of its new online electronic component marketplace -- Asia-Tech.com (www.asia-tech.com). Backed by several highly reputable trading partners -- Sanyo, Advan, Rymex and PCT -- the new marketplace stands to secure, stimulate and simplify business dealings between Asia-US, Asia-Asia, and US-US buyers and sellers.

In this highly competitive environment, the ability to deploy core functionality for B2B Marketplaces in less than 90 days was critical to Asia-Links Media. Asia-Links chose the many-to-many B2B Marketplace platform offered by Calico Commerce, Inc. (Nasdaq:CLIC) to accelerate time to market and drive sales for its multiple buyers and sellers. Powered by Calico Market Maker(tm), Asia-Tech.com enables multiple buyers and sellers to reduce costs and inefficiencies, develop lucrative partnerships and rapidly serve the needs of this fragmented market with a single, standards-based solution.

With sound financial backing from Goodwill Capital (Japan), Sanyo (Japan), CMC Magnetics (Taiwan), and Dhunn-Carr (Boston), the founders of Asia-Tech.com have the resources to make this a premier business-to-business marketplace. The established alliances with the aforementioned trading partners, who will confirm the terms and conditions during transactions, handle order processing, and expedite delivery, will eliminate the uncertainties involved with international online trading.

Mukesh Ahuja, Founder and CEO of Asia-Links Media acknowledges the added benefits of a global marketplace between the US and Asia. "The United States and Asia both entertain a vast market for electronic components. With the booming US economy, businesses here are primed for capitalizing on the price advantages provided by the Asian market. Forrester Research predicts B2B transactions to escalate to $2.7 trillion by 2004, and the online B2B sector has the potential to capture an enormous percentage of this explosively profitable market."

With no cost to join, and no software installation required, buyers and sellers can easily utilize Asia-Tech's basic services after going through a verification process that includes a background and credit check. The first service allows suppliers to post their product catalogues for items that a buyer can search for and then purchase. Asia-Tech also allows buyers to participate in a reverse auction where they can post a request for quote (RFQ) and qualified suppliers can then bid against the quote. All content for these services are hosted by Asia-Tech, who also ensures the integrity and consistency of participant information by performing database maintenance in-house.

Set up as a neutral, open marketplace, available to many buyers and many sellers, Asia-Tech.com is equipped to provide a level playing field to all participants. "Since buyers and sellers are dealing with each other anonymously, Asia-Tech.com is also an ideal place for vendors to offload excess inventory and for buyers to find obscure or obsolete parts," said Ahuja.

About Calico Commerce, Inc.

Calico Commerce, Inc. provides an eBusiness application suite that enables leading corporations to sell products and services via the Web, through existing channels and in Net Markets. Calico's open-standards eBusiness applications match unique customer needs to products to drive revenue growth, increase customer satisfaction and achieve competitive advantage. Calico customers include leaders in high-technology hardware, manufacturing, telecommunications services, financial services, home furnishings, chemicals, agriculture and retail. Calico Commerce, Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., can be found on the World Wide Web at www.calico.com.

About Asia-Links Media

Asia-Links Media, based in Sunnyvale, California, was founded in 1997. Asia-Links.com, an online business connection between Asia and the US, was launched by the company in 1998. Mukesh Ahuja (Founder and CEO), an MIT graduate with 12 years of high tech experience, leads the company's international team. Former Sanyo Semiconductor America Chairman, Tsuyoshi Taira, serves as Chairman of Asia-Links Media.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in news releases contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties are described in detail in public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission such as Calico's Registration Statement on Form S-1 and on Form S-4 in connection with the ConnectInc.com acquisition.