(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 11, 2001 ) BCE Emergis Inc. (TSE: IFM), a leading provider of B2B e-commerce services and exchanges, and Netegrity, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETE), the leading provider of e-commerce infrastructure solutions for secure portal management, today announced a strategic alliance. Under this agreement, BCE Emergis will use Netegrity's SiteMinder(R) platform as the engine of its new managed portal security service called Emergis(TM) Centralized Privilege Management Services (CPM) and will bundle the SiteMinder platform within its suite of network-centric e-commerce services. In addition, BCE Emergis and Netegrity will jointly market this solution to North American customers including corporate portals and eMarketplaces. Built around the SiteMinder technology, which provides centralized policy management for managing users and their access to e-business applications and resources, BCE Emergis' Centralized Privilege Management Services will offer portal users seamless, personalized, and secure access to information, content, and applications across multiple portals and affiliate sites. This will provide customers with a secure and managed platform and will enable them to quickly and more easily implement their e-business portals. Among its many advantages, the solution will eliminate the need for multiple user registrations and authentications and simplify portal administration. "Security is fundamental to conducting commerce in the digital economy. By working closely with Netegrity, Emergis can address the need for a unique network centric solution, which provides customers with an affordable, efficient and highly secure tool to manage and customize their portal access. As enterprise websites and eMarketplaces become more pervasive and complex, it will become increasingly critical to manage access in a secure, personalized and user-friendly way," explained Christian Trudeau, president and chief operating officer of Emergis. "An essential building block for any e-business application is an enterprise solution that centrally secures and manages users and their access to Web applications. By offering the SiteMinder platform as part of their CPM hosted solution, Emergis is providing their customers with proven technology that will enable them to quickly and securely bring their solutions to market," said Bill Bartow, vice president of Marketing at Netegrity. This alliance paves the way for Emergis to further enhance its security portfolio and the security of its existing B2B solutions such as electronic procurement, invoicing, payment and the BCE Emergis Electronic Business Network (BEBN).Netegrity, Inc. is a global e-commerce infrastructure company that provides solutions for securely managing and personalizing business-to-business, business-to-consumer, and Intranet portals. Companies worldwide depend on Netegrity's products, services, and partners to bring their businesses to the Web. Netegrity's flagship product, SiteMinder, provides companies with a proven, scalable, and reliable platform for centrally securing and managing e-commerce portals and their affiliates. Netegrity also maintains an extensive worldwide network of partners, distributors, and resellers. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Netegrity also has offices throughout Europe and Asia, with European headquarters based in the UK. Netegrity is a public company traded on the Nasdaq in the United States under the symbol NETE. More information can be found at www.netegrity.com. BCE Emergis is a premier B2B e-commerce infrastructure provider, strategically focusing on market leadership in the transaction-intensive eHealth and financial services sectors. By layering technologically advanced e-commerce services on existing Internet-based platforms, Emergis offers its customers increasing value in their e-commerce adoption and ever-increasing levels of sophisticated services. These scalable solutions electronically transform business processes, such as buying, selling, invoicing and payment, and enable companies to succeed in the web-centric, cost-driven, and highly competitive global Internet economy. BCE Emergis' customers include leading North American banks and insurance companies. The Company's shares are included in the TSE 100 composite index. Please visit BCE Emergis at www.emergis.com for more information. - ### - Netegrity and SiteMinder are registered trademarks of Netegrity, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that reflect the current views and/or expectations of BCE Emergis with respect to its performance, business and future events. Such statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results and events may vary significantly. For more information: Sylvia Morin Director, Corporate Communications BCE Emergis (514) 868-2358 Email: sylvia.morin@emergis.com Jennifer Biggar Corporate Communications Manager Netegrity, Inc. (781) 663-7384 Email: jbiggar@netegrity.com John Gutpell Director, Investor Relations BCE Emergis (514) 868-2232 Email: john.gutpell@emergis.com

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