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Englewood, Colorado and Redwood City, California (July 27, 1998) -- Verio Inc. (NASDAQ: VRIO), one of the nation's leading full-service Internet companies for small and medium-sized businesses and institutions, and NetObjects, Inc. today announced a new marketing alliance aimed at enabling business customers to rapidly create and maintain "e-sites" – Web sites that employ e-commerce, e-publishing, or e-business capabilities.
Under the terms of the marketing and distribution agreement, NetObjects has licensed to Verio's Web Hosting division the rights to distribute copies of NetObjects' award-winning Web site building software NetObjects Fusion to qualified customers.
The first milestone of the agreement is a 45-day promotion to Verio customers that started July 1 as part of Verio's Customer Appreciation Days. Under the promotion, new and existing Verio Web Hosting customers can download a single-user version of NetObjects' best-selling Fusion 2.02 Web site building software free of charge at www.netobjects-verio.com. In addition, Verio has worked with NetObjects to provide customers an easy and attractive upgrade path to the new NetObjects Fusion 3.0.
"Customer Appreciation Days is an opportunity to thank our customers for their tremendous contribution to the success of our business," said J. Kent Millington, president of Verio Web Hosting. "We think NetObjects' open site building products are a perfect complement to our Virtual Server technology that will be welcomed by a large percentage of our more than 2,500 resellers and 60,000-plus Web hosting customers."
"NetObjects is thrilled to work with a rapidly-expanding ISP like Verio and sees tremendous synergy in our products, services and target audience of small and medium business," said Mark Patton, NetObjects' vice president of sales and corporate marketing. "The combination of our award-winning Web site building software with Verio's services now offers customers a complete solution to build and maintain business Web sites."
Customers who are interested in finding out more about Verio Web Hosting products or how to qualify for a free copy of NetObjects Fusion are encouraged to visit www.netobjects-verio.com or call (801) 224-9346 for more information.
NetObjects products have won over 25 industry awards including CNET's Top Five Internet Products and SoftSeek Editor's Pick. Since shipping its first product, NetObjects Fusion, in September 1996, over 300,000 site builders have downloaded NetObjects software to build Internet and intranet Web sites. Customers include corporations such as Bell Atlantic, Cellular One and Greyhound; businesses such as Omni Healthcare and Krause Publications; and Web design firms such as CyberDiva and DXM.
About Verio Inc.
Verio is a leading national provider of Internet connectivity, Web hosting and enhanced Internet services to small and medium-sized businesses. Since its inception in March 1996, Verio has rapidly established a national presence through the acquisition, integration and growth of local and regional Internet providers with a business customer focus that together currently serve 37 of the top 50 U.S. markets under the Verio brand name.
Verio Web Hosting's Virtual Server technology establishes it as a primary provider of wholesale Internet hosting services, allowing the company to offer capabilities previously found only in expensive, dedicated, self-hosted solutions. For more information, visit www.veriowebhosting.com or call (801) 224-9346.
For more information on Verio, visit the company's Web site at www.verio.net or call 1-800-GET-VERIO. The corporate headquarters are located in Englewood, Colorado at 8005 S. Chester Street, Suite 200, 80012, phone number 303-645-1900.
About NetObjects, Inc.
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company with IBM as a majority investor. NetObjects' partners include Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T (NYSE:T), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Netscape (NASDAQ: NSCP), and Sun Microsystems' Javasoft (NASDAQ: SUNW).
NetObjects provides Web site building software that enables the rapid creation of business Web sites. The NetObjects product family consists of NetObjects Fusion Personal Edition for entry-level site-builders, NetObjects Fusion for experienced site builders and NetObjects TeamFusion for site building teams. More information about NetObjects and its products can be found at http://www.netobjects.com.
For press inquiries contact:
Verio Contact:
Steven Silvers, Clarus Public Relations, Inc.
Phone (303) 296-0343
Email: ssilvers@claruspr.com
Corporate Newsroom:
http://newsroom.verio.net
NetObjects Contact:
Kamini Ramani
Phone: (650) 482-3238
Email: kamini@netobjects.com
Verio, Verio Web Hosting and Virtual Server Technology are trademarks of Verio Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective holders.
(c) 1998 NetObjects, Inc. All rights reserved. NetObjects, NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects TeamFusion, and NetObjects ScriptBuilder are trademarks of NetObjects, Inc.
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