Enable Systems Announces Headquarters Relocation  

HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS – March 5, 2001 – Enable Systems, Inc., a leading provider of web-based, business-to-business procurement systems, marketplaces and catalog content services, announced today that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to Hoffman Estates, IL, a northwest suburb of Chicago.  This 10-year lease will provide 50,000 square feet of office space and will support plans for future expansion.  

The new location offers state-of-the-art infrastructure capabilities for both telecommunications and electrical power.  These capabilities provide for the critical redundancy and extensive expansion capabilities needed to support the hosted environment provided by the Enable Systems Solution.  

ABOUT ENABLE SYSTEMS

Founded in 1998, Enable Systems provides scalable, web-based solutions and services for the procurement of direct and indirect goods and services.  The Enable Systems solution focuses on vendor management, cross-supplier catalog content management, and order management.  Enable provides improved procurement of all goods, including office supplies, technology supplies, industrial supplies, warehousing supplies and production goods.  Enable’s procurement system features a unique engine, Intelligent Decision AgentÔ, which processes purchase requests from customers that contain client-specific criteria and subsequently selects a supplier whose products match the specified criteria.  This allows a company to institutionalize a world-class procurement system throughout the organization.  Enable’s scalable procurement system is designed to meet the needs of corporate clients of any size, which allows the company to compete in any segment of the marketplace.  

The Enable Systems Solution powers numerous marketplaces.  One such successful marketplace, TechSeekerÔ, supports over 200 active clients purchasing technology products from over 2,100 manufacturers. TechSeeker managed 26,373 transactions in 2000.   Enable Systems Content Services Group utilizes proprietary tools and technologies to offer a wide range of outsourced catalog content services including full-service, hosted content management.