EpicEdge and Netmosphere Partner

EpicEdge, a leading eBusiness Total Solution Provider, and Netmosphere, a leading provider of eBusiness solutions for project collaboration and communication, announced a joint partnership to host Netmosphere's Enact Enterprise System 4.0 as an EpicEdge Enterprise Portal Solution.

"Netmosphere is very excited to partner with EpicEdge to take our enterprise software into a hosted, Application Service Provider (ASP) environment," said Kevin Nickels, president and CEO of Netmosphere. "Enact 4.0 is a scalable, real-time, system that provides everyone in the company, including executive management, team members, and project planners with the tools they need to effectively manage their complex projects in real-time. By taking advantage of EpicEdge's ASP platform, we can extend our reach to companies who are looking for a hosted solution for our product."

"We are pleased that Netmosphere chose EpicEdge as their ASP," said Charles Leaver, Chief Executive Officer of EpicEdge. "As a B2B Total Solution Provider, we seek partnerships with software companies, like Netmosphere, where we can add significant value. Netmosphere's products are ideally suited to our hosted environment. By employing EpicEdge's reliable, secure and highspeed ASP solution, Netmosphere can focus on what it does best-building the finest business software for managing projects and resources."

Netmosphere software helps businesses collaborate on mission-critical projects and increase organizational efficiency through visibility, analysis, communication and knowledge-sharing. To date, Netmosphere applications have been principally sold as software licenses and installed on a customer's server. With the Enact Enterprise System 4.0 hosted by EpicEdge, however, clients can now purchase the Netmosphere products as outsourced applications, paying a fixed monthly fee for use of the software. Netmosphere customers only require a browser and an active Internet connection.

As an ASP partner with Netmosphere, EpicEdge will host Netmosphere applications in a state-of-the-art data center equipped with Internet network facilities capable of handling high-volume, high-speed Internet traffic. The EpicEdge platform provides Netmosphere with dedicated servers as well as shared resources of Internet network services and technical support. Other important benefits for Netmosphere Enact 4.0 users include high-speed application deployment, security, their own partitioned database, virtually infinite application scalability, delivery of carrier-grade 24 x 7 service and bottom-line costs savings.

According to industry sources, outsourcing business applications through ASPs promises to be big business. GartnerGroup's Dataquest believes that the market for hosted services will grow at a compound annual rate of 91%, from $889 million in 1998 to $22.7 billion by 2003, as stated in their October 25, 1999, press release regarding the ASP market.

About EpicEdge

EpicEdge www.epicedge.com is a business-to-business (B2B) Total Solutions Provider that enables Global 1000 and dot.com companies to exceed their business goals through implementation of eBusiness solutions utilizing Enterprise Portal Solutions that allow anytime, anywhere, device-independent sharing of applications, information, and communication tools between trading communities. EpicEdge brings the full range of consulting services to engagements that are required to plan, build, and manage eBusiness solutions -- a methodology that uniquely combines strategy, creative design, and technology for clients. As a Sun service provider and strategic partner with the Sun-Netscape Alliance, EpicEdge employs iPlanet www.iplanet.com, the robust set of servers, packaged applications, and tools for building Enterprise Portals and the infrastructure that enables seamless, real-time transactions between trading communities.

About Netmosphere

Netmosphere is the leading provider of eBusiness solutions for project collaboration and communication. Deployed at more than 200 customer sites worldwide, Netmosphere's products offer ease of use, scalability and powerful features for real-time, enterprise collaboration. Founded in February 1996, Netmosphere's vision is to create the Internet tools companies need to realistically manage their complex projects. Based in Palo Alto, California, Netmosphere is privately held, and venture funded, by Menlo Ventures and Charter Growth Capital. For further information, visit Netmosphere's Web site at www.netmosphere.com.

Contact Leigh Schlett of EpicEdge, 512-514-6119 LSchlett@EpicEdge.com or Gail Claspell of Netmosphere, 650-855-0438 Gail@netmosphere.com.