BPImpact Gains Momentum, Customers; Record-Setting Deal Flow Anchored by Growing Need for Supplier Performance Solutions.

Business/Technology Editors

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2002

Open Ratings, the global standard for 360(Degree) Supplier Relationship Management solutions, today announced additional customer wins for its BPImpact solution closed during the past several weeks. Customers recently signing contracts with Open Ratings include:

- Commerce One, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRC), who will further integrate BPImpact into
the Commerce One(R)portfolio of business services available on the latest
version of CommerceOne.net(TM);

- Gunite Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of wheel-end
components for both the original equipment and aftermarket segments of the
heavy-duty truck market.

- Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), a leading provider of purpose-built systems
that meet the scalability, performance, density, and compatibility requirements
of rapidly evolving, optically enabled IP networks;

- Jernberg Industries, a leader in the manufacture of formed and/or formed and
machined products;

- Micrel (NASDAQ: MCRL), a leading manufacturer of advanced high-performance
analog, mixed-signal and digital IC's;

- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading manufacturer of discrete
semiconductor products;

- Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), the leading provider of headsets to telephone
companies and the business community worldwide;

- Pinnacle Systems (NASDAQ: PCLE), providing cutting-edge digital video
creation, storage, streaming and viewing solutions for broadcasters, video
professionals and consumers;

Open Ratings' BPImpact solution allows buyers to improve supplier relationships, increase efficiencies across supply chains, reduce both hard and soft dollar costs, and mitigate supply chain risk. In addition, the product allows procurement executives to manage the sharing of knowledge about suppliers, materials/commodities, company policies and sourcing.

"The opportunity to help customers monitor potential problems within their supply base - particularly during these uncertain economic conditions - continues to resonate loudly with our prospects," said Stan Smith, president and CEO of Open Ratings. "We are excited that so many leading companies across several industry verticals have chosen BPImpact as their solution partner in filling their supplier management gaps."

About Open Ratings

Open Ratings, the global standard for 360(Degree) supplier relationship management solutions, helps buyers make informed, confident, and forward-looking transaction decisions, resulting in improved supply base performance, reductions in both hard and soft dollar costs, and mitigation of supply base risk. Based in Boston, Mass., Open Ratings was founded in May 1999 by MIT scientists Pattie Maes and Giorgos Zacharia, with Stan Smith, former vice president and general manager of Agile Software. Open Ratings' investors include Ampersand Ventures, Atlas Venture and Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE: DNB). More information about Open Ratings can be found at www.openratings.com or by calling 1.877.377.6825.