Quantum Art Partners with Intershop Communications, Opens Online Software Store – Ixtens.com.

New site offers one of the easiest ways to procure Intershop-approved extensions.

Northport, NY
March 27, 2001

NORTHPORT, NY - March 27, 2001 - Quantum Art, a leading provider of Net technology solutions, has announced today that its partnership with Intershop Communications, a leading provider of sell-side e-business applications, is now official. Quantum Art will provide extensions and enhancements to Intershop solutions, though Ixtens, a Quantum Art software development division.

Ixtens is now offering an array of Intershop cartridges, including cartridges for incorporating auction solutions and affiliate programs into Intershop Enfinity powered commerce sites, as well as cartridges that WAP-enable an online store running Intershop 4.

"We are pleased to announce the partnership," said Eugene Nikiforov, Quantum Art President and CEO. "With many joint projects behind us, I am happy to see Quantum Art and Intershop working even closer together to address the needs of Intershop customers. During the past quarter, Ixtens has shown itself to be a successful enterprise, and we are looking forward to expanding our customer base through the partnership."

"We are achieving a few interesting firsts today," added Edward Shenderovich, VP of Strategic Development at Quantum Art. "Intershop’s products are the first e-commerce solutions for which Ixtens will deliver enhancements and extensions; Ixtens.com is the first site dedicated to distribution of off-the-shelf extensions to leading-edge commerce solutions; and Ixtens is the first Quantum Art company to take on a separate name and a separate identity, truly serving as a sign of Quantum Art's growth and success."

About Intershop Communications
Intershop Communications (Nasdaq: ISHP, Neuer Markt: ISH) is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions for enterprises who want to automate marketing, procurement, and sales using Internet technology. The Intershop Enfinity commerce platform, combined with proven, flexible industry and cross-industry solutions, enables companies to manage multiple business units from a single commerce platform, optimize their business relationships, improve business efficiencies and cut costs to increase profit margins. By streamlining business processes, companies can achieve a higher return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership, increasing the lifetime value of customers and partners. Intershop has more than 250 enterprise customers worldwide in retail, high-tech and manufacturing, media and telecommunications. Customers including Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Bosch, BMW, TRW, Bertelsmann, Otto and Homebase have selected Intershop's Enfinity as the foundation for their global e-commerce strategies.

About Ixtens
Ixtens is a division of Quantum Art devoted to the development of enhancements and extensions for leading e-business solutions from companies like Intershop Communications, ATG, BroadVision, Ariba and CommerceOne. Ixtens works with companies of all sizes to facilitate e-commerce initiatives with varying scopes.

About Quantum Art
Quantum Art, Inc. (www.quantumart.com), headquartered in Northport, New York, is a leading Internet software company providing a line of fully modular XML-enabled e-business applications for next generation commerce on the Internet, and related customization and data exchange services. Quantum Art solutions allow enterprises to set up and manage their sales, procurement and data exchange infrastructures; seamlessly integrate proprietary internal applications with third-party solutions and online marketplaces; and efficiently develop functionality specifically suited to enterprise needs. Quantum Art counts The Praetorian Group, Canon USA, Sun Microsystems, Walker Interactive, Simon & Schuster and other leading Fortune 1000 companies among its customers.