Engage Appoints Seasoned Sales Executive to Drive Software Business and Expand Global Sales Force.

Business/Technology Editors

ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002

John Barone Joins Engage as SVP, Sales from Enterprise Software

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Engage, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENGA), a leading content management and ad serving software company, today announced that John D. Barone has joined Engage as Senior Vice President, Sales. Barone, who comes to Engage from Clarify, an enterprise software division of Nortel Networks, is chartered with rapidly scaling Engage's sales organization to support growing software sales worldwide.

"Barone's addition to Engage is well-timed to take advantage of growth opportunities in our core markets," said Christopher Cuddy, president and CEO, Engage. "Engage believes Barone's impressive track record of sales leadership and revenue growth will facilitate the expansion of our direct and indirect sales channels worldwide."

As vice president, sales, Americas for Clarify, Barone drove $150 million in revenue by leading a 220-person sales team. Prior to Clarify, Barone led sales and strategic alliances for Knowledge Impact where he built a national direct sales organization and successful OEM channels, growing company revenues five-fold in two years. Barone's previous experience includes sales responsibilities at emerging companies such as InteliData Technologies, as well as established companies such as Banyan Systems.

"Engage is well-positioned to take advantage of the market opportunities in the content and ad management marketplaces," said Barone. "I'm impressed with the technical superiority of Engage's products and look forward to working with the Engage management team to help the company reach its full potential."

About Engage

Engage, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENGA) is a leading content management and ad serving software company. Engage's content management products are designed to enable companies to harness the power of multichannel marketing to create more loyal customers and increase brand visibility and recognition, while the company's versatile and scalable online ad management solutions provide interactive publishers with a competitive advantage by enabling them to capitalize on new revenue streams and improve operational efficiencies. Engage is a majority-owned operating company of CMGI, Inc. Based in Andover, Massachusetts, Engage has European headquarters in London and offices worldwide. For more information on Engage, please call 877-U ENGAGE or visit www.engage.com.

Engage, Inc. is a trademark of Engage Inc. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 

This press release includes forward-looking statements about Engage, including statements that Engage will expand its sales force and experience software business growth and statements regarding growth opportunities in Engage's core markets. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us as of the date of this press release, and not as of any subsequent date, and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. For example, marketers using our software products may fail to realize the intended benefits of cost savings and efficiency enhancements. Other risks that could affect us include our ability to reduce expenses and to increase sales of our product offerings, the impact of competition within our industry, our ability to enter into additional strategic relationships, and other risks detailed in our 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K and from time to time in our other reports filed with the SEC. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements at some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even if the information available to us with respect to the subject of any forward-looking statement changes.