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Commerce One and PricewaterhouseCoopers Launch New Joint Service to Extend Benefits of Global B2B Internet Trade Exchanges
PricewaterhouseCoopers Commits Significant Resources to Deploy Commerce One B2B Trade Exchanges
PLEASANTON, Calif. and NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000-- Commerce One, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMRC), a leader in global electronic commerce solutions for business, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world`s largest professional services organization, today announced a new joint service offering to implement and deliver Internet trade exchanges to global companies. This new service offering is intended to enable companies to gain a competitive advantage by combining their buying and selling power.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, a preferred Commerce One implementation partner, will help companies and industry consortiums quickly and effectively create trade exchanges by leveraging the organization`s work in e-business strategy design and infrastructure consulting, and its systems integration experience. Through a dedicated Commerce One practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers is expected to enable Commerce One meet the growing market demand for its e-commerce applications. In addition, Commerce One and PricewaterhouseCoopers intend to develop and enhance functionality in the areas of invoicing, payment, tax and auction for the Commerce One MarketSite Portal Solution. It is expected that the relationship will allow both organizations to deliver products and services to the marketplace faster.

"We believe that PricewaterhouseCoopers and Commerce One are in a unique position to help global companies or consortiums of companies design and implement real-time, virtual marketplaces that effect the bottom-line and that address the complexity of these organizations," said Chuck Donchess, executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Commerce One.

"As a leading implementor of Commerce One solutions, PricewaterhouseCoopers already has nearly 400 consultants worldwide who are focused on this practice," said Jeff Brugos, the PricewaterhouseCoopers` Global Commerce One Practice Leader. "We hope to double the size of this practice within the next year."

Leveraging PricewaterhouseCoopers` consulting experience and Commerce One`s market momentum through more than 50 Internet trade exchange clients to date, the new joint solution will help companies maximize the benefits of both the Commerce One MarketSite(TM) Portal Solution and the Commerce One BuySite(TM) e-procurement application for enterprises, Internet market makers and many other industry-leading businesses.

About PricewaterhouseCoopers


The Management Consulting Services (MCS) practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers helps companies harness the competitive benefits of E-Business by integrating strategic change, performance improvement and technology solutions. MCS provides a range of industry-specific services designed to provide innovative, reliable and scaleable e-solutions to global companies and Internet start-ups. These services include three key components: strategy, design and infrastructure. To augments its services, MCS is making investments in and forming relationships with companies in three key areas: web design and development, e-business technology and tools, and e-transaction businesses.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (www.pwcglobal.com) is the world`s largest professional services organization. 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 organization.

About Commerce One


Commerce One (NASDAQ: CMRC) is the leader in global e-commerce solutions for business. Through its products, portals, and services, Commerce One creates access to worldwide markets, allowing anyone to buy from anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world. The Commerce One Solution(TM), comprising Commerce One BuySite(TM) and Commerce One MarketSite(TM), enables companies to significantly reduce operational costs and increase efficiency by automating the entire indirect goods and services supply chain. As a result, enterprise organizations are able to realize a strategic competitive advantage as well as a rapid return on investment. The Commerce One Global Trading Web allows organizations to buy and sell around the world as easily as they do at home through access to a network of interconnected marketplaces on six continents. Commerce One is located in Walnut Creek, Calif., and can be reached by phone at (800) 308-3838 or (925) 941-6000 or via the Internet at http://www.commerceone.com.

Forward Looking Statements


Certain statements made in this press release by Commerce One are not historical facts but are "forward looking statements" and may involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual future results to differ materially and adversely from those anticipated by such statements. Included among the factors that could affect Commerce One`s performance are: general economic conditions; fluctuations in operating results; the successful continuation of the PricewaterhouseCoopers/Commerce One relationship; its ability to effectively manage future growth, to retain and efficiently integrate our executive management team, and to identify, hire, train and retain, in a highly competitive market, individuals highly skilled in the Internet and its rapidly changing technology and significant revenue concentration in a limited number of clients. For a discussion of these and other risk factors that could affect Commerce One`s business, see "Risk Factors" in Commerce One`s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

Commerce One, Many Markets. One Source., Global Trading Web, BuySite, MarketSite, Global Trading Platform, Common Business Library, XML Development Kit, XML Commerce Connector, MarketView, and SupplyOrder are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Commerce One, Inc. All other company, product, and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners.
 
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