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Redwood City, Calif., May 5, 1998 -- NetObjects, Inc. today announced that it has been chosen by IBM (NYSE: IBM) to provide its Web site building software as part of IBM’s new WebSphere software product line. WebSphere was announced separately today by IBM at IBM’s developer conference, the Technical Interchange, in Orlando, Fla.
IBM WebSphere is a new, Java-based software product line that will help companies of all sizes expand their Web presence and accelerate their move to e-business. NetObjects plans to integrate its family of Web site building products with WebSphere to enable individual developers and teams to easily create powerful Web sites and Web applications.
The initial offerings in the WebSphere product line, expected for release at the end of June, include the IBM WebSphere Application Server, which provides the base technology for supporting Web applications, and the IBM WebSphere Performance Pack, which makes Web sites more reliable and scalable. An update of the IBM WebSphere Application Server runtime beta code, known as Servlet Express, is available today for download at www.software.ibm.com/webservers. Starting immediately, NetObjects Fusion™ 3.0 supports Servlet Express through a unique implementation of Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), a new technology specification.
In a future release, IBM plans to extend the WebSphere product line with an integrated tool set for creating dynamic Java applications that can be deployed and managed on a Web site on the Internet, intranet or extranet. IBM also intends to integrate NetObjects Fusion and IBM VisualAge for Java tools with WebSphere.
“NetObjects is committed to offering Web developers a scaleable solution to create and manage sophisticated e-business Web sites,” said David Kleinberg, NetObjects’ executive vice president of products. “The integration of our intuitive front-end products with the industrial-strength backbone of the IBM WebSphere Application Server will provide site builders a unique combination of productivity and reliability.”
NetObjects products NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects TeamFusion™ and NetObjects ScriptBuilder™ have won over 25 industry awards including CNET’s Top Five Internet Products and SoftSeek Editor’s Pick. A new 1997 International Data Corporation (IDC) study on the Web authoring and design software market has established NetObjects as the No. 2 vendor worldwide, based on 1997 revenues. 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 NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by IBM, Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates, Rae Technology LLC and private investors. 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).
About the NetObjects Product Family
The NetObjects product family consists of NetObjects Fusion Personal Edition for entry-level site builders, NetObjects Fusion 3.0 for experienced site builders, NetObjects TeamFusion™ for site building teams and NetObjects ScriptBuilder 2.0 for scripting. All the products are the first in their class to integrate automated site building, professional quality design and publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. NetObjects Fusion has won several awards including CNET’s 1997 Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Product and PC Magazine’s Editors Choice award. More information about NetObjects and its products can be found at www.netobjects.com.
For press inquiries contact:
Priti Khare,
NetObjects,
(650) 482-3251,
priti@netobjects.com
© 1998 NetObjects, Inc. All rights reserved. NetObjects, NetObjects Fusion, NetObjects TeamFusion, and NetObjects ScriptBuilder are trademarks of NetObjects, Inc. All other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. IBM WebSphere and IBM VisualAge are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
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