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Interelate and PacificNet.com AnnounceAlliance.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000

Interelate to manage customer analytics for PacificNet;

PacificNet to resell Interelate's business analytics ASP services

in Asian markets

Interelate, the first and leading business analytics

service provider (ASP), today announced that PacificNet.com has selected Interelate to provide Web-based business analytic services for the PacificNet.com e-commerce portal. Interelate will also work with PacificNet.com to sell Interelate's business analytics services in the Asian market through its Hong Kong office.

Interelate transforms data into action through its world-class analytics center, providing superior service and speed to ensure that clients can quickly gain valuable insight from customer data. As part of Interelate's alliance with PacificNet.com, Interelate will assist in developing PacificNet's database and enable intelligent matching of buyers and sellers.

"PacificNet.com is positioned to be one of the leading business-to-business e-commerce portals, directly linking thousands of Asian manufacturers with global customers. Interelate has technology, people and expertise to provide our sales and marketing technology infrastructure, " said Ken Tarter, vice president, Sales and Marketing for PacificNet.com. "Interelate's capability is uniquely suited to deliver the business intelligence to support our rapidly growing sales force and the explosive growth of e-commerce activity for us and for our customers."

"PacificNet.com's business model calls for the sophisticated data analysis that we provide our clients without the cost, risk or time normally associated with such projects," said Wade Myers, chairman and chief executive officer for Interelate. "Interelate is focused on providing PacificNet.com with the best customer analysis and reporting service to support a global network of buyers and suppliers."

ABOUT PACIFICNET.COM

PacificNet.com was established in July 1999 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PacificNet.com's Asia operations are based in Hong Kong with development offices in Guangzhou, Beijing and Vancouver.

PacificNet develops, markets and supports full-service business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions with a focus on trans-Pacific B2B trade. In addition, PacificNet.com offers comprehensive front-end e-commerce services (application site development, hosting, management, support and maintenance) and back end e-commerce services (scalable order processing and freight forwarding) fulfillment and warehousing services.

ABOUT INTERELATE

Interelate is the first and leading business analytics application service provider (ASP). Interelate's fast and innovative Web-delivered business analytics service enables clients to increase sales and profits. The service helps clients identify opportunities rapidly within the context of all relevant data and industry trends and enables them to turn this insight into strategic action. Interelate retrieves customer and operational data from client computer systems and adds relevant data and knowledge in its world-class analytics center, avoiding any additional investment in expensive IT infrastructure, people or processes. Actionable information is then presented to clients via a Web browser.

Interelate's partners include EMC, Dell, Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, E.piphany and Acxiom.

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and with offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and New York, Interelate can be reached by calling (612) 852-3900 or accessing its Web site, www.interelate.com.

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