Hostcentric and Broadband e2e to Offer Intranets.com's Communication and Collaboration Tools to Customers

BOSTON (September 18, 2000) - Intranets.com (www.intranets.com), the world's largest and fastest growing provider of Web-based intranets, today announced two marquee business partnerships in the telecommunications/Web-hosting market-- broadband e2e and Hostcentric, Inc. With the two agreements, Intranets.com secures a definitive position in a key market segment and supports its commitment to increase efficiencies with small businesses and other groups.

"Intranets.com's technology platform was quickly and easily customized to meet our business objectives," said Fred Pounds, CEO of Hostcentric, one of the largest privately held application service providers and Web-hosting companies. "Intranets.com's applications provide our customers with access to valuable business tools and provide Hostcentric with a seamless infrastructure for delivering news, updates and new product information to our customers."

"We are constantly looking to meet consumer demands for new and exciting services and become more productive in the extremely competitive telecom landscape," said Howard Freedland, CEO of broadband e2e, a national provider of Internet connectivity and online solutions for small-to-medium sized businesses. "To do so, we must access the most reliable and sought after value-added services. The Intranets.com solution equips our customers with mission-critical business tools and gives us an edge over the competition."

Intranets.com has been building strength and momentum in the telecom/Web-hosting market since a March 2000 partnership with Hello Direct, the leading developer and marketer of desktop telephony and equipment interface solutions. "As a result of the partnership, Hello Direct has significantly improved its customer value proposition by providing Hello Direct intranets, powered by Intranets.com, while Intranets.com has registered 600 new intranet sites. The relationship has been a strategic success for both parties," said Michael Young, vice president, CIO and chief E-business officer of Hello Direct.

As an integrated, value-added service, Intranets.com enables its partners to differentiate themselves in the increasingly competitive telecommunications/Web-hosting market, build brand awareness and secure customer loyalty. Fundamental intranet applications such as document sharing, group discussions, instant messaging, announcement posting and calendar scheduling become part of each partners' intranet service offering.

"Partnering with strong, established companies such as broadband e2e and Hostcentric enhances our business model and solidifies our position and visibility in the telecommunications/Web-hosting marketplace," said Steve Fischer, director of business development at Intranets.com. "These opportunities enable both Intranets.com and our strategic partners to attract new customers, retain regular customers and generate new channels of revenue."

For more information on partnering with Intranets.com, please contact Steve Fischer, director of business development, at 781-932-0960 or at sfischer@intranets.com.

About Intranets.com
Intranets.com is the world's leading provider of on-demand collaboration services for small businesses or departments and groups inside large organizations. The company serves more than 350,000 users across 10,000 companies worldwide and offers a secure, web-based collaboration suite to share critical business information quickly and easily at any time from anywhere. Privately held and profitable, Intranets.com is led by an experienced team of software industry professionals who are committed to providing a secure, customizable, easy-to-deploy intranet solution supported by world-class customer service. Intranets.com is a PC Magazine "Editor's Choice" winner and is rated one of the world's "Top 25" leading service providers by ASPNews. The company has also been ranked by the Boston Business Journal as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts for two consecutive years. For more information or to take a FREE 30-day test drive, visit http://www.intranets.com/pr, e-mail corpsales@intranets.com or call 888-932-2600 or 781-565-6000.

About idealab!
idealab! (www.idealab.com ) identifies, creates and operates Internet businesses. Founded in March 1996 by Bill Gross, idealab! currently has approximately 50 businesses in various stages of development. idealab! generates ideas for new Internet businesses and creates, capitalizes and operates a separate company to conduct each new business. Actively participating in the on-going operations of its network companies through board representation, information sharing and facilitating collaboration among the companies, idealab! also recruits management to oversee the day-to-day operations allowing senior management to concentrate on executing the business plan. Additionally, idealab! provides each operating company with a full range of operational support services including office space and the accompanying network infrastructure, technology, graphic design, marketing, competitive research, legal, accounting and business development services. idealab! public companies include eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS), GoTo.com (Nasdaq: GOTO), CitySearch (TMCS), NetZero (Nasdaq: NZRO) and Tickets.com (Nasdaq: TIXX).

About Broadband e2e broadband e2e is an End-to-End Business Productivity provider whose innovative technology allows small and medium size businesses to utilize the full power of the Internet to reach their business goals. Through e2e for business, companies receive a customized corporate intranet, hassle-free online meetings, contact management tools, shared documents, secure data storage and more, all delivered over a business-class, high-speed DSL connection. The company has assembled its solutions from a group of best-of-breed technology providers including Rhythms NetConnections and an array of application service providers, including Intranet, CentraNow, X-Drive and others. For more information, contact broadband e2e at (877) 404-3864 or visit the company Web site at www.bbe2e.com. About Hostcentric Hostcentric is an Internet application service provider ("ASP") offering a full range of scalable Web hosting, application management and infrastructure services that are targeted to middle market companies and designed specifically to meet their unique and evolving Internet technology needs. Our comprehensive suite of enhanced, integrated services includes applications infrastructure management, complex, geographically load-balanced e-commerce systems and support, streaming media, Web hosting and global domain name registration and management. Hostcentric is one of the first companies to be designated an Oracle Authorized Application Provider ("OAAP"), to provide application services and infrastructure support for Oracle's entire application suite, including its newly released, completely Web-enabled E-Business Suite11i* and Oracle's database products. To learn more about Hostcentric, visit www.hostcentric.com. About Hello Direct, Inc. Hello Direct, Inc. (Nasdaq: HELO) is the leading developer and direct marketer of desktop telephony and equipment interface solutions, including headsets, teleconferencing, wireless, and related desktop products. Through a combination of distinctive catalogs, outbound telemarketing and Internet sales channels, the Company offers a broad selection of commercial grade solutions to its customers' evolving communications needs. For more information on Hello Direct, Inc., please visit www.hellodirect.com the leading online source of telecommunications information, products and services.

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