In addition, NetObjects and PaceWorks will offer a special $599 bundle of NetObjects Fusion 2.0 and ObjectDanser, a powerful tool for creating rich animations on the Internet, representing $340, a 35% savings for customers.

NetObjects Fusion is widely recognized as pioneering the category of site-oriented Web site software, and is used by designers, developers, professionals within small businesses and corporations. NetObjects Fusion 2.0 for Windows is also being demonstrated in Netscape's booth #1024 and IBM's booth #1600 and NetObjects Fusion 1.0 for Macintosh is being demonstrated in Apple's booth #2034.

"The show special price is designed to fulfill the mounting demand for NetObjects Fusion 2.0 by thousands of Web site builders who are looking to build compelling sites, not just pages," said Mark Patton, NetObjects' vice president of sales. "Sales of NetObjects Fusion are running 50% ahead of our already-aggressive sales targets, and with the shipment of 2.0 for Windows, we are on a path to double our sales over the last quarter. In addition to the rapid customer adoption, we are heartened by industry recognition of NetObjects Fusion as the only site-oriented Web authoring software and one that enables site builders to easily create well-designed, media-rich Web sites."

NetObjects Fusion 2.0 Wins Top Industry Awards

• CNET's Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Product, (edging out Microsoft FrontPage'97 and HomeSite 2.0), March 10, 1997
• "Extremely Hot Product of the Week," NetGuide, March 10, 1997;
• "Product of the Week," PC Magazine On-Line, March 3, 1997;
• Finalist, Outstanding Business Software, Internet World Industry Awards

Industry Experts Endorse NetObjects Fusion as "Best of Breed"

"The 2.0 version clearly reinforces NetObjects Fusion's position as the best-of-breed product in the Web site design and management market. When you combine NetObjects Fusion 2.0 for Windows with the release of NetObjects Fusion for the Macintosh earlier this year, and add NetObjects' recent infusion of financing, corporate Web professionals can comfortably look to the product to provide the most sophisticated site development capabilities, regardless of development platform."

-- Evan Quinn, Research Director, Internet Software, International Data Corporation.

Reviewers Recognize NetObjects Fusion's Innovative Layout Capabilities and Breadth of Functionality

"Right now there is no other Web authoring package that matches Fusion's page-layout precision. Nor does anything else show such a deep understanding of how people put together Web sites -- while answering those needs with fundamentally new approaches to automating the whole process. Bottom Line: Excellent; Cons: None Significant."

-- Mike Heck, Infoworld.

"The Heavyweight of Authoring Tools Retains Its Title: NetObjects Fusion's unmatched intuitive design, automated navigation, precise page layout, and new NFX components still make it stand apart from -- and ahead of-- any other Web site authoring tool."

-- Daniel-Will Harris, CNET

"With its superb site-management capabilities and unmatched page-layout features, NetObjects Fusion 2.0 is a product that professional site designers will find invaluable."

-- John Clyman, PC Magazine

Early Adopters Enjoy Productivity Benefits and Access to Professional-Quality Design

"I was very impressed with NetObjects Fusion 1.0, but once I used Fusion 2.0, I was blown away! Using the product I was able to build a full-fledged corporate site in excess of 250 pages in less than 30 days. And I accomplished all this with the help of only one other person! There is no faster way to create high-quality Web sites than using NetObjects Fusion."

-- Eric Senf, Webmaster of Krause Publications (www.krause.com)

"NetObjects Fusion 2.0 has allowed us to keep up with the pros without having to become HTML gurus. Thanks to Fusion we were able to add sophisticated functionality including the ability to support on-line commerce almost effortlessly, and greatly improve the look, feel and functionality of our site."

-- Joe Kies, Lead Designer & Programmer, Parallax Communications (www.lens.com)

Since the introduction of NetObjects Fusion 1.0 in September 1996, over 150,000 site builders have downloaded it to build thousands of media-rich Web sites. NetObjects 2.0 for Windows is available today for an expected street price of under $500 in North America via Ingram Micro, a network of resellers and VARs and directly from NetObjects.

About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. is a privately-held company that is funded by Perseus LLC, AT&T Ventures, Norwest Venture Capital, Venrock Associates and private investors. NetObjects develops Web site building products that are based on the first visual, site-oriented approach to building Web sites, unlike first generation, text-based, page-oriented tools. NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building application that integrates automated site building, professional quality design and data publishing, thereby lowering the cost, time and tedium of building high-quality Web sites. NetObjects Fusion has received wide acclaim including winning CNET's 1997 Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Product and being named one of CNET's Top Five Internet Products of 1996, and PC Magazine's Editors Choice award.

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