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SpaceWorks And PricewaterhouseCoopers Form E-Business Alliance

PricewaterhouseCoopers Serves as Preferred Integrator for SpaceWorks Web BusinessManager Suite

Rockville, MD -- August 10, 2000 -- SpaceWorks, Inc.®, a leading business-to-business sell-side Web commerce software company, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's largest professional services organization, today announced that they have signed a priority E- Business alliance. As a priority alliance, SpaceWorks becomes an important component of PricewaterhouseCoopers' e-business and alliance strategies and PricewaterhouseCoopers becomes the preferred SpaceWorks integrator for implementation of the Web BusinessManager Suite at SpaceWork's Global 2000 and e-Marketplace clients.

Together, the two organizations will provide e-Business software solutions, consulting and integration services in the U.S. and around the world. PricewaterhouseCoopers has already provided SpaceWorks' professional services teams with implementation assistance in the deployment of the SpaceWorks OrderManager application for a number of its Global 2000 clients, such as GE Aircraft Engines, enabling them to rapidly launch first-rate e-Business systems.

"The strength of our alliance lies in the complementary fit between PricewaterhouseCoopers' global e-Business, performance improvement and systems integration consulting experience and SpaceWorks business-to-business Web commerce software," said Ric Andersen, partner and Americas Consumer and Industrial Products Industries leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers. "As a result, there are a number of mutually derived benefits under this arrangement. SpaceWorks can focus on the continuing development of the Web BusinessManager Suite and our clients gain access to a feature-rich B2B application with the flexibility to adapt to specific business requirements.

SpaceWorks has implemented a training and mentoring program for PricewaterhouseCoopers that features sales, product and technical instruction. The program will help to ensure readiness and success in implementing SpaceWorks Web BusinessManager Suite worldwide. The companies also are engaging in mutual sales calls and marketing activities including trade shows, advertising and joint collateral. In addition, as part of the alliance agreement, PricewaterhouseCoopers will appoint a representative to the SpaceWorks e-Commerce Advisory Council, and participate in its product development and planning committee.

SpaceWorks was recently named as a PricewaterhouseCoopers E-Business vendor in a national PricewaterhouseCoopers ebusiness is business print advertisement in leading industry and e-Commerce magazines. PricewaterhouseCoopers will showcase the SpaceWorks products in its world-class demonstration and development center in Philadelphia, The Zone, which provides a state-of-the-art demo center for Global 2000 companies looking for e-business solutions. These companies will soon be able to view SpaceWorks Web BusinessManager Suite in action, with live links to best-of-class host application systems -- enabling the prospective client to witness key Web-based selling tasks such as order placement, order tracking, inventory availability and account status, in addition to related e- Business tasks.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' selection of SpaceWorks gives our current and future clients an added, key resource for establishing their B2B Web-based sales channels," stated SpaceWorks President and CEO, Dave MacSwain. "PricewaterhouseCoopers has significant experience and reputation in the e-Business realm and we are excited about the prominent role they will play in the delivery of the Web BusinessManager Suite.

SpaceWorks' Web BusinessManager Suite furnishes a set of optional modules, each licensed individually, which can be added to the SpaceWorks OrderManager® application, to deliver increased functionality for personalized marketing, reporting, auctions, configuration, customer service and more. Global 2000 clients and B2B e-Marketplaces can choose to deploy the optional applications in any sequence, at any time, once OrderManager is selected as the foundation of the B2B Web sales channel. Each modular application has been integrated with OrderManager, so the end user will experience a transparent transition from one application to the next.

About SpaceWorks
SpaceWorks, Inc.® drives billions in B2B revenue today for Global 2000 manufacturers, distributors and supplier-driven marketplaces. SpaceWorks industrial-strength application, the Web BusinessManager Suite, automates all the mission-critical activities involved in B2B selling, including ordering, marketing, billing and more. The solution integrates with back-end systems, e-Marketplaces and customer procurement networks to enable real-time, revenue-generating transactions. SpaceWorks clients include Avaya, BF Goodrich, GE Aircraft Engines, and Maytag Corporation, among others. Alliance partners include PricewaterhouseCoopers, webMethods, Commerce One and more. Additional information is available at www.spaceworks.com.

About PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world's largest professional services organisation. Drawing on the knowledge and skills of more than 150,000 people in 150 countries, we help our clients solve complex business problems and measurably enhance their ability to build value, manage risk and improve performance in an Internet-enabled world.

PricewaterhouseCoopers refers to the member firms of the worldwide PricewaterhouseCoopers organisation.

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