Press Releases

January 3, 2000

Publications Resource Group, Inc. Partners with Bizee.com Inc. (Bizee.com) to Deploy Market Intelligence Research Reports Through Global B2B Portal

NORTH ADAMS, MA (January 3, 2000) — Publications Resource Group, Inc. (PRG), a leading Web-based portal of market intelligence research reports, newsletters, and directories, today announced a strategic alliance with Bizee.com, a recently launched Internet B2B corporate portal. The alliance will deploy PRG's extensive database of research reports into SmartPortal.Objects, Bizee.com's eSolution offering to Fortune 2000 companies.

Through this alliance, Bizee.com will be able to leverage PRG's established base of more than 200 leading industry publishers and consultants, and its collection of more than 4,500 market intelligence research reports, newsletters and directories. PRGGuide.com's cobranded search pages will enable Bizee.com to offer a singular focus on the vertical dynamics of market research reports and their rapid growth on the Internet. Additional online features include: an advanced search engine, browse-by-topic capabilities, online ordering, and an information request system.

"As part of our strategic move to integrate high-level content, Bizee.com has chosen PRG for its business intelligence content. PRGGuide.com has one of the most extensive vertical libraries available on the Internet," said Frank Ghadry, Founder, and CEO of Bizee.com.

"This partnership brings the extraordinary brand strength and market power of PRG's market intelligence research reports through the Bizee.com suite of SmartPortal.Objects. Our partnership with Bizee.com, Inc. plays an important role in the sale of market intelligence research reports via Internet B2B portals. Not only will they help execute Internet-based orders, but more importantly working with Bizee.com is directly in-line with our current marketing strategy," said Brian Gravel, New Business Development Manager for PRG.

About Publications Resource Group, Inc.

Based in North Adams, Mass., Publications Resource Group, Inc. (PRG) offers over 4,500 market research reports, newsletters and directories from more than 200 leading publishers and consultants that include Business Communications Co., Frost & Sullivan, Pioneer Consulting, Theta Reports, Reuters, Allied Business Intelligence, and Euromonitor, among others. PRG, Inc. offers its customers convenience; excellent service and an objective viewpoint that facilitates informed buying decisions.

With a client base of over 2,000 corporations worldwide ranging from private start-ups to Fortune 500 multi-nationals, PRG's customers include America Online (NYSE:AOL), AT&T (NYSE:T), Bell Atlantic (NYSE:BEL), Dow Corning Corporation (NYSE:DOW) (NYSE:GLW), General Electric (NYSE:GE), Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. (OTC:ROHHY), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

About Bizee.com

Bizee.com's portal infrastructure is built on the most advanced technology available today - the powerful Oracle 8i database management system, Sun Microsystems hardware, and V-ONE's encryption solution for globally available ultra-secure communications. Bandwidth, redundancy, and other services required to ensure "round-the-clock" site operations are provided by AboveNet Communications.

SmartPortal.Objects (SPO), which includes complete B2B eCommerce tools for vertical trading partners, industry content, and intelligence, and robust Virtual Private Network (VPN) security gives customers increased flexibility in deploying complete portal environments. SPO, which already runs on Windows and many other UNIX platforms, supports a wide range of data sources and now offers a lower cost implementation to its customers.

SmartPortal.Objects features include: licensed business and industry content, such as real-time news feeds and other business resources; comprehensive eCommerce tools (including: procurements, supplier locator, and auctions); the MyOffice personalization component allows end-users to track their industries of interest and monitor their competition on a real time basis.

Bizee.com is the first corporate portal solution dedicated exclusively to business-to-business e-commerce and communications. For more information about Bizee.com and its products and services, visit www.bizee.com and www.bizee.com/spo.

CONTACTS:

Publications Resource Group, Inc.

Brian Gravel, Business Development Manager

413-664-6185

Bizee.com

Monica Gliva (Dittus Communications)

202-298-9055