ICG Commerce Launches Web Conference Series on Procurement Outsourcing

ICG Commerce Executives, Customers and Industry Experts Share Experiences and Insights On How to Increase Procurement Control and Results

PHILADELPHIA - Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - ICG Commerce, a leading procurement services provider, 
announced today the launch of a new Web Conference series focused on procurement outsourcing.
During this series, ICG Commerce and the company's customers will be joined by 
select industry experts to demonstrate how outsourcing enables procurement executives to 
achieve greater control and value from their spend.

"Procurement organizations are constantly evaluating how they can add more value to their 
companies. Procurement outsourcing is becoming recognized as a strategy that enables 
organizations to expand their resources and experience base in order to improve and accelerate 
performance against their objectives," said Kristen Knouft, vice president of marketing and 
organizational development at ICG Commerce.  "Each key note speaker in the 2006 series will 
share insights and experiences with procurement outsourcing, as well as the different approaches 
companies have used to drive results." 

In the recently published IDC Procurement BPO Forecast, Shruti Yadav, analyst for BPO 
Services at IDC observes, "Procurement BPO is quickly coming into its own as one of the fastest-
growing horizontal opportunities within the global BPO market, and has become accepted as a 
strategic business tool to help companies achieve competitive positioning and growth objectives." 
Ms. Yadav will present findings from this report during the first Web Conference, taking place on 
June 15, 2006. 

The 2006 series features well-known industry experts and practitioners who will present the 
following topics:

How Procurement Outsourcing Can Help You to Increase Control and Improve Effectiveness
  Guest Speaker: Shruti Yadav, IDC 
  Date: June 15 at 1 pm ET

Strategies for Successful Procurement Outsourcing
  Guest Speaker: Rick Saia, Aberdeen Research
  Date: July 26 at 1 pm ET

How Leading Companies Are Effectively Leveraging Procurement Outsourcing
  Guests: Customer Panel 
  Date: December 7 at 1 pm ET

Participants may register for these events here.

Through this web conference series, ICG Commerce will address a number of challenges 
confronting procurement leaders today, including:

     - Optimizing the value of their spend
     - Gaining greater control of overall spend while maintaining focus on core, strategic 
        categories
     - Rapidly and cost effectively meeting cost reduction mandates
     - Achieving high levels of compliance and end-user satisfaction

"As an increasing number of companies are actively evaluating procurement outsourcing, they are 
looking to understand and learn from market leaders and experts," said Ms. Knouft.  "Our Web 
Conference series brings their experience and insights directly to other procurement organizations 
that are considering undertaking outsourcing initiatives."

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About ICG Commerce, Inc. 
ICG Commerce (www.icgcommerce.com) is a leading Procurement Services Provider exclusively 
focused on helping companies buy more effectively and efficiently in order to reduce costs significantly 
and continuously. The company offers an unmatched combination of process and category expertise, 
market insights and benchmarks and a world-class operational Buying Center to deliver Sourcing and 
Procurement Outsourcing Services. ICG Commerce Inc., a privately held company founded in 1992, is a 
member of Internet Capital Group's (Nasdaq: ICGE) network of partner companies. For four consecutive 
years, ICG Commerce has been as a Forbes Best of the Web: B2B honoree, and the company also has had 
multiple executives recognized in Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine's annual "Pros to Know" 
listing.

Contacts:
Kristen Knouft
ICG Commerce
484-690-5000
kknouft@icgcommerce.com

Casy Jones
Ruder Finn
312-329-3976
jonesc@ruderfinn.com