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ANXeBusiness Corporation announced today that Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a multi-state financial services provider headquartered in Detroit, will offer a broad spectrum of financial services products over the ANX network and ANX Web portal.

The ANX network provides a managed, secure and reliable eBusiness environment for businesses in a wide variety of industries. Comerica will be the first financial services institution offering ANX-based financial services to ANX trading partners, including balance reporting, file transfer and transaction initiation services. Both ANXeBusiness Corp and Comerica expect that the ANX network's reliability, security and cost-effectiveness will make Comerica's financial services an important sector of the overall ANX network.

"Just as financial services are an integral component of traditional business endeavors, the financial services provided by Comerica to ANX trading partners will become an integral part of the ANX eBusiness network," said ANXeBusiness Corp Chief Executive Officer Alexander J. Preston. "We are extremely pleased to provide financial services functionality to our trading partners as part of our ongoing mission to create and maintain a full-featured eBusiness environment."

While Comerica may be new to the ANX network, it needs no introduction to the majority of ANX trading partners. Approximately 70 percent of existing ANX trading partners already have a relationship with Comerica. "Comerica is dedicated to providing comprehensive service to its business clients, and the ANX network is a logical channel for us to provide state-of-the-art service to existing and new clients," said Daniel J. McCarty, senior vice president and officer-in-charge of Treasury Management Services for Comerica. "The security, reliability and wide implementation of the ANX network make it a logical channel for Comerica to deliver financial services."

ANX Service operates independently of the public Internet while using the same industry standard TCP/IP communication protocols. Its unique architecture gives companies a choice of providers for all core services and assures interoperability, replacing complex legacy networks and facilitating the re-engineering of supply chains. The ANX network serves hundreds of subscribers across multiple industries in the United States and Canada, including major rubber manufacturers, steel companies, railroads, trucking companies, and health care organizations. For information about subscriptions to ANX Service, please contact the ANXeBusiness Customer Care Center by telephone at 1-877-488-8ANX, or by e-mail at anxccc@saic.com. Additional information is available at www.anxnow.com.

Comerica Incorporated is a multi-state financial services provider headquartered in Detroit, with banking subsidiaries in Michigan, California and Texas, banking operations in Florida, and businesses in several other states. Comerica also operates banking subsidiaries in Canada and Mexico. Comerica Incorporated is the 24th largest bank holding company in the U.S., with $41 billion in total assets. Comerica is also the nation's 12th largest commercial and small business lender. For more information about Comerica's services on the ANX network and ANX Web portal, please call 1-734-632-4527 or visit Comerica's web site at www.comerica.com.

ANXeBusiness Corp is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation). In December 1999, SAIC purchased the ANX network's assets and operations from the AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group). Through its significant resources SAIC is accelerating the development of ANX services and infrastructure, ultimately making ANXeBusiness the world's premier provider of reliable and secure Web-based integrated business solutions.

SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eBusiness products and services to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in telecommunications, national security, health care, transportation, energy, the environment and financial services. With annual revenues exceeding $5.5 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 41,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at www.saic.com.