Comergent President and CEO Jean Kovacs to Speak at Aftermarket eForum 2004

Comergent Executive to Deliver Keynote Address on Automotive Aftermarket E-Business

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 3 -- Comergent Technologies(R), Inc., the leading provider of enterprise e-commerce solutions, today announced that president and CEO Jean Kovacs will speak at Aftermarket eForum(TM) 2004 in Chicago, Illinois on August 4, 2004.

Kovacs will deliver a keynote address entitled, "Aftermarket E-Business: Where are we? Where are we going? How do we get there?" The presentation assesses the state of e-business in the automotive aftermarket industry and provides key solution guide posts for realizing benefit from an e-business initiative. Comergent Vice President of Industry Programs, Ed Heon, will also speak on a separate panel entitled, "The T.E.S.T Program-Technology Enabled Standards-Based Trading" on August 3, 2004.

Comergent's industry-proven enterprise e-commerce solution will be showcased in the vendor area at Aftermarket eForum. Comergent is an official sponsor of Aftermarket eForum 2004.

Aftermarket eForum 2004 is the only e-commerce conference exclusively focused on the automotive aftermarket industry. The event takes place August 2-4, 2004 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare Chicago, Illinois. Building on the success of the past three years, the 2004 Aftermarket eForum will feature an expanded format that includes breakout sessions and a full vendor tradeshow. This year the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) and the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) have joined AAIA, the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association and the Automotive Industries Association of Canada in producing this industry-wide event. For more information about Aftermarket eForum, visit http://www.aftermarket.org/ .

About Comergent

Comergent is a leading provider of enterprise e-commerce software solutions that enable enterprises to increase revenue and profit by streamlining their selling and ordering processes. The Comergent E-Business System(TM) facilitates all selling and ordering processes for an enterprise by focusing on three main product areas: Product Information Management; Configuration, Pricing and Quoting; and Order Management. Comergent is a privately held company. Customers include such industry leaders as Adobe, Cisco Systems, Dana, DuPont, Hubbell, J.C. Penney, La-Z-Boy, Maytag, Nissan North America, Seagate, Staples, Symbol and Toro. Comergent won the 2004 SIIA Codie Award for Best Business Process Automation Solution and has been ranked fourth fastest growing private company of 2003 by The Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. For more information, visit www.comergent.com or send email to info@comergent.com.

NOTE: Comergent and the Comergent logo are registered trademarks of Comergent Technologies, Inc. Comergent E-Business System is a trademark of Comergent Technologies, Inc. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective owners.