"By providing this connector, web site developers who use Dreamweaver can now be part of the controlled collaborative Intranet site building process," said Morris Taradalsky, executive vice president of the enterprise division at NetObjects. "This helps reduce time-to-market by allowing both business users and developers utilize the products that they are most familiar with. No other web authoring product on the market can provide this advantage the way NAS does."

As more and more companies are moving their collaborative Web authoring efforts on to the NAS platform, IT departments are faced with the task of integrating existing Web developers and their sites onto this platform. The popularity of NAS is due to its ability to meet the unique requirements of Web teams. An easy-to-use visual environment facilitates collaboration among members with different roles and skill sets to speed site deployment. In addition, NAS provides central control over workflow and Web production, provides ease of administration, and leverages investments in existing tools such as Dreamweaver and Microsoft FrontPage, as well as other front- and back-office applications and systems. NetObjects recognizes that there are different needs for different users and as such, has now extended its openness by adding a Macromedia Dreamweaver connector to the other clients that are already supported.

The exceedingly simple and efficient use and administration of both sites and teams is what makes NAS stand out for today’s small and large-sized businesses. With NAS, the HTML code is automatically generated with drag and drop controls users are already familiar with, allowing users to build and deploy web-sites easily and quickly.

The new connector allows Dreamweaver-generated files to be uploaded to NAS where the page, and its associated assets, are managed within the Authoring Server asset manager. These uploaded pages, in turn, can be accessed from the Authoring Server for modification independently of any NetObjects client, and be combined with other assets for publishing to any web servers.

More About NetObjects Authoring Server
The NetObjects Authoring Server Suites is a client-server application that provides a collaborative authoring environment for developing intranet sites. It balances process control with distributed development by managing the users based on their roles and privileges. The Suite consists of four modules:

• NetObjects Authoring Server provides the repository and management for the sites and users.
• NetObjects Authoring Server Administrator manages users, sites and servers.
• NetObjects TeamFusion Client develops the site structure and pages.
• NetObjects Content Contributor Client browser-based applet for contributing text to templates.

NetObjects Authoring Server Connector for Macromedia Dreamweaver is expected to be available by end of year.

About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETO), majority owned by IBM (NYSE:IBM), is a leading provider of e-Business software and services that enable small businesses as well as large-scale enterprises to build, deploy and maintain Web sites on the Internet and corporate Intranets. The NetObjects product family includes NetObjects Fusion™ and NetObjects Authoring Server Suite. In addition, NetObjects offers its customers on-line solutions, including content, products and services to help them register, host, build, maintain and promote their Web sites.

NetObjects has been ranked by Softletter 100, NewMedia 500 and as one of Fortune's 25 Very Cool Companies. Its products have won over 50 awards including InfoWorld's Analyst Choice award, CNET's Internet Excellence award, PC Magazine's Editors Choice award and InternetWorld's Industry Award. More information about NetObjects and its products can be found at www.netobjects.com.