Paul Blalock, Transportation & Supply Chain Technology Veteran, Joins CombineNet

Blalock Brings More Than Sixteen Years of Transportation Experience to the Advanced Sourcing Technology Company

PITTSBURGH, PA—July 25, 2006

CombineNet, a leading provider of advanced sourcing technologies for direct and indirect materials, transportation and services for Global 1000 companies, announced today that Paul Blalock, a transportation and logistics veteran, has joined the company as Executive Director of Transportation Solutions. In this role, Blalock will utilize his transportation and supply chain technology experience to support the company's growth in delivering advanced sourcing solutions for transportation and logistics professionals.

We're very excited to have Paul aboard," said Tony Bonidy, CombineNet President and Chief Executive Officer. "His deep understanding of transportation and supply chain management issues enables him to work with our clients in a very close, consultative fashion to understand their unique challenges and help achieve their goals."

Mr. Blalock has more than sixteen years in the transportation, logistics and supply chain industry, spending nearly 10 years with J.B. Hunt Transportation before venturing into the transportation technology sector. In 1999, he founded Digital Freight Inc., a sourcing technology company serving the transportation industry, and served as its Executive Vice President of Sales. When Digital Freight was acquired by Manugistics in 2002, Blalock continued to manage the sales pipeline for the Digital Freight product line within Manugistics.

CombineNet's reputation for sourcing technology leadership in transportation and supply chain is unrivalled, and I look forward to contributing my knowledge and experience as they continue to build upon this reputation as the preferred vendor for advanced sourcing technologies across all spend categories," said Paul Blalock.

About CombineNet

CombineNet, the advanced sourcing technology company, helps companies achieve the absolute best value and lowest total cost of ownership for goods and services. CombineNet's Advanced Sourcing Application Platform enables companies to engage in Expressive Commerce™, the strategic sourcing initiative that allows buyers and sellers to communicate supply and demand more expressively, collaboratively and strategically. The result is a win-win for both buyer and supplier, where greater innovation and efficiency are driven into the supply chain. CombineNet's ASAP consistently produces 10, 15, even 20 percent greater actual cost savings than other e-sourcing solutions, and has delivered more than 45x ROI for the largest businesses in the world including General Mills, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Siemens and others. For more information, visit www.combinenet.com.

Media Contacts:

Greg Holt
CombineNet Inc.
Director of Marketing
Phone: 412.471.8200
gholt@combinenet.com