Dallas Area Information Technology Managers Can Now Staff Projects Online via Vivant; Vivant Offering Quality Contractor Sourcing Free of Charge.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 2000

Vivant(TM) Corporation, the Internet leader in contract labor acquisition and management, is launching Vivant's Individual Service today in Dallas and surrounding areas. Project managers can log on to the Vivant network (www.vivant.com) at no charge and find quality IT contractors to fill their technology openings.

The service allows individual project managers to fill their IT staffing needs with quality contractors. Vivant links project managers directly with some of the most respected staffing firms in the region. The entire process occurs online -- from job requisition to candidate submission, including the ability for users to rank candidates based on the best match for the job criteria.

Once candidates are interviewed and a selection is made, project managers can finalize the contract, view hours incurred to date, analyze performance, and renew contracts via Vivant. Ultimately, the service provides a fast and streamlined method to find the right contractor. An individual project manager merely needs to register on the Vivant Website in order to access the service.

Vivant is making the service available on a regional basis. Staffing suppliers, representing hundreds-of-thousands of contractors, are actively engaged including the Dallas offices of national suppliers Hall Kinion and Renaissance Worldwide, Dallas based N.L. Brown and Associates, and Richardson based PROCOM Services. Skill sets cover a breadth of IT capabilities ranging from such skills as database administrators to help desk personnel.

Gartner Group estimates that by 2003, 60% of large companies will use contract workers to fulfill more than half their IT activities. However, the need for skilled contractors is especially strong in the area of Information Technology, where spending for contractor talent is greater than $50 billion a year in the US alone.

"The demand for IT labor in Texas is second only to California. Project managers in Dallas are finding it particularly tough to find qualified talent at fair market rates," says Cindy Padnos, CEO and President of Vivant. "Project managers can quickly and painlessly use the Vivant Individual Service to find the best contractors for their needs. Instead of taking weeks or months to find the right match, vacancies can be filled in a matter of days."

About Vivant Corporation:

Vivant provides integrated eProcurement services for acquiring and managing the contractor workforce. Vivant seamlessly delivers contractor sourcing, management tools, and information in order to enhance the productivity and performance of corporations utilizing skilled contractors as well as suppliers providing the talent. Vivant's end-to-end solution supports each phase of the contract management process and gives access to the information users need to make contract management a success in the organization. Vivant is backed by Internet Capital Group (Nasdaq:ICGE) and AVI. The company is headquartered at 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 300, Oakland, California 94612. For more information, contact Vivant at [e-mail], 1.877.4VIVANT (1.877.484.8268) or www.vivant.com.

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