Adrenaline Partners Press Release

ADRENALINE JOINS WITH TECHNOLOGY LEADERS TO BENEFIT CLIENTS Washington, D.C., (Jan. 16, 2001) - The Adrenaline Group, a leader in helping companies build breakthrough, first-of-a-kind digital products and services, has partnered with 14 leading technology and service providers in order to expand the company's depth of service to clients in several key areas. "We are excited to be working with some of the best organizations across the technology spectrum," said Scott McLoughlin, CEO of Adrenaline. "Our clients currently benefit from Adrenaline's ability to build great technology products. Creating relationships with companies whose products and services we can trust and recommend gives our clients greater access to an expanded network of value-added technology and services." Early relationships include top technology companies that generally fall into six categories such as software, networking, services, hardware, storage and security. Software partners include Oracle, AnswerLogic, Tower Technology, Lineo, Linux Mandrake, RealNetworks and Paymentplus. Networking companies include Network Appliance. The services partners are companies that offer complementary offerings such as hosting, marketing, public relations, multimedia, Web design and print graphics. These companies include Interliant, Level3, The Launch Company, Labwerks Interactive and Lomangino Studio. Adrenaline has also allied with Sun Microsystems for computer hardware, VERITAS for storage, and TrustWave for network security solutions. The company's growth and success has recently attracted national attention. LocalBusiness named Adrenaline to their Washington 50 to Watch list as a company "ready to set the industry on fire". Washington Business Forward named Adrenaline CEO Scott McLoughlin as a rising star in their "Next Network" list of Washington business leaders. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ADRENALINE'S PARTNERS VISIT http://www.adrenaline.com/english/partners/partners.html About The Adrenaline Group The Adrenaline Group (www.adrenaline.com) is a leading provider of high technology new product development services. Adrenaline combines high-level product strategy consulting and innovative software development to help clients bring new technology products and services to market. The firm serves companies developing new lines of business, leveraging emerging technologies to build digital products and services that will attract and satisfy their customers. Adrenaline's technology expertise includes high performance Web applications and infrastructure, wireless applications, XML based systems, speech technologies, distributed computing and data management systems. Adrenaline's Technology Advisory Services division performs internal technology audits, technical business case preparation and technical due diligence for investors and acquiring firms. Founded in 1997, Adrenaline has provided technology products and consulting services to over 70 corporate, venture backed, and early-stage clients including Panasonic, The Motley Fool's Soapbox.com, Agillion, Covad Communications, PETsMART.com, e-STEEL.com and WashingtonPost.com. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and has offices in Austin, Texas. # # # Sun, Sun Microsystems and the Sun Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Press Contact: Barbara Zadina The Adrenaline Group barbara@adrenaline.com (202) 628-4438 Ext. 226     The Adrenaline Group Innovation at the Edge.