CULVER CITY, CA and SAN FRANCISCO, CA - November 13, 2000 - Archive, a new application service provider empowering customers to aggregate and replay B2B transactions, today announced a partnership with SquareTrade, the leading innovator in the development of a trust infrastructure for e-commerce transactions, to jointly market products and develop initiatives to provide greater security, reliability and growth for business-to-business e-commerce.

The partnership will increase the efficiency of business-to-business e-commerce by providing Archive and SquareTrade's customers with infrastructure tools to foster business growth. When doing business in marketplaces utilizing such tools, trading partners can be assured that contextualized documentation of their transactions are available should a dispute arise or an audit be required. In addition, Archive affords its customers a means for comprehensive analysis of their e-Business activity.

"Archive believes this relationship with SquareTrade further validates the need for a digital paper trail in the online world just as in the offline world," said Jim McDermott, co-founder and chief executive officer of Archive. "Information management for online transactions will be an essential element for timely, successful utilization of SquareTrade's online dispute resolution service as it expands into business-to-business marketplaces."

Current B2B commerce platforms and existing systems are not equipped to preserve the terabytes of data produced in online transactions. Archive combines a scaleable XML engine with a highly available, distributed network to securely index and contextualize transaction information. This, coupled with SquareTrade's dispute resolution service and technology, will make the Web a safer place to do business by providing online users with online tools similar to those that they have previously relied upon to conduct business offline.

"SquareTrade is excited to partner with Archive to bring added functionality and stability to B2B marketplaces," said SquareTrade Chief Executive Officer Steve Abernethy. "We are committed to bringing trust to the Web through the SquareTrade Seal, and by entering into strategic relationships with partners like Archive that will enhance businesses' ability and willingness to enter into increasingly complicated and lucrative online transactions."

About SquareTrade
SquareTrade is the leading innovator in the development of a trust infrastructure for e-commerce transactions. SquareTrade addresses the all-important issue of building trust in e-business relationships, one of the essential enabling factors necessary to fully realize the power of the Internet and online commerce. The digitally watermarked SquareTrade Seal establishes an online seller's customer service track record, helps build buyer confidence and serves as the first line of defense against fraud. It is backed by SquareTrade's patent-pending, web-based dispute resolution service and SquareTrade's international network of more than 250 mediators and arbitrators. Founded in 1999, SquareTrade is based in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, employment opportunities or to contact a SquareTrade representative, visit www.squaretrade.com.

About Archive
Archive (www.archive.com) provides information management services to empower its customers with real-time aggregation and step-by-step replay of their B2B transactions for in-depth analysis of e-business activity. Established in December 1999 by the four founders of Stamps.com, Archive's investors and partners include Mayfield Fund; Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL); EMC (NYSE: EMC); Silicon Valley Bancshares, the holding company of Silicon Valley Bank (NASDAQ: SIVB); InnoCal Venture Capital; and Rare Ventures, the venture capital arm of Rare Medium Group Inc. (NASDAQ: RRRR). Archive is privately held and located in Culver City, Calif. For more information on Archive, visit the company's Web site at www.archive.com.

Note: SquareTrade is a trademark of SquareTrade, Inc.