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Leading Industry Portals to Offer New Journyx Service to Increase Customer Retention and Site "Stickiness"

Free Version of Journyx Timesheet ASP Now Available to Targeted Online Communities

AUSTIN, Texas, USA — May 8, 2000 — Journyx, the marketshare leader in Web-based applications for managing a distributed workforce, today announced strategic alliances with several industry-leading vertical portal sites to provide a free online time, expense and project tracking service powered by Journyx Timesheet technology. The service is being offered as a benefit to the online communities that support these leading vertical portals.

Patrons of ALLPM, TheBizSTOP, CPA Online, ERP Central and LinuxStart can now automate their workforce management activities by signing up for the new service onsite. Users are able to enter time and expenses for billing, project management, and payroll from ANY location in the world. In addition to the benefits of automation and mobility, users are relieved of the application maintenance and upgrade management, as software hosting is provided by the portal alliances. The service is free for up to 10 users per dedicated workgroup.

Although most portal sites offer free products and services to their patrons, the Journyx-powered service is the first and only timesheet and expense report service to be offered in online communities. Landry Fevre, President of ERP Central, commented, "I offer free e-mail to our community, but so do most of my competitors. In order to develop a loyal following and attract new visitors, it is important to offer your members unique benefits. I have been very pleased with the results Journyx’s free service has provided thus far." Page views for the ERP Central portal site have increased by over 25% since the introduction of the service.

In explaining the move to partner with vertical portals, Curt Finch, CEO and president of Journyx, explained, "Although we have the dominant presence in our space, it doesn’t make strategic or financial sense to pursue a 'go-it-alone' approach in reaching all the potential beneficiaries of our service. Therefore, we partner with communities where these folks are already congregating. According to Finch, "Fostering the outsourcing of workforce management is our goal. We want to make it so easy for users that they’ll wonder how they ever managed the information before these services were offered."

Industry-specific portals provide the Journyx service to enrich the experience of site visitors and add value to their customer relationships. Many of these portals are spending millions annually to attract first-time visitors to their sites, and the key challenge is getting these visitors back for repeat visits. As time tracking and expense reports are a daily activity, implementing the Journyx service dramatically increases customer retention and visitation frequency. For seamless relationship management, Journyx offers portals the opportunity to brand the service specifically for their sites. "Journyx was able to have their service up and available within a day, and it was customized to match the look and feel of our site," commented Mike Budiac, President of CPA Online. "Our patrons, therefore, see no change between content developed internally versus the content provided by Journyx. They get a single, consistent experience."

About the Partner Sites
ALLPM is the Internet’s premier site for Information Technology (IT) project management information and resources. ALLPM is another web site of Internet Directory Services - a leader in the development of focused Internet information directories. For more information, please visit the ALLPM web site at www.allpm.com.

TheBizSTOP is an interactive business community, based in Canada. In addition, theBizSTOP is a place where business owners, entrepreneurs, and managers can effectively interact with each other as well as with mentors and subject matter experts. All information and basic services at theBizSTOP are provided free of charge. For more information, please visit the theBizSTOP web site at www.thebizstop.com.

CPA Online is a comprehensive lead-generation service matching buyers of management and accounting software with expert consultants who can solve the prospect’s business needs. Businesses save by minimizing time checking out products that don’t fit their needs. Consultants save time by focusing on those firms serious about improving their business. For more information, please visit the CPA Online web site at www.cpaonline.com.

ERP Central is the Internet Enterprise Resource Planning portal, featuring the ERP leaders, SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle and Baan. It includes forums, news, events, investing, e-commerce and more related to ERP. ERP Central’s web sites combine breakthrough interactive technologies with engaging content and friendly design. ERP Central is the only ERP portal used by computer and technology enthusiasts. For more information, please visit the ERP Central web site at www.erpcentral.com.

LinuxStart aims to put in one place, the largest user-friendly collection of Linux Information in the known Universe. It is doing this through a fully human indexed directory, so that the information available is presented in the clearest possible manner. For more information, please visit the LinuxStart web site at www.linuxstart.com.

About Journyx
Journyx is fundamentally transforming how people do their daily jobs, by automating labor-intensive, paper-based processes with a superior, web-based solution. Founded in 1996, Journyx makes e-business workforce management software and has over 150,000 people in more than 4000 organizations worldwide using its software.

Journyx is a privately held company based in Austin, Texas, and developed the 68% market share leading web-based time & project tracking application, Journyx Timesheet. Journyx solutions are available both on an ASP and a standard license basis. Journyx maintains a worldwide sales presence through its corporate web site at www.journyx.com.