At PC Expo in New York, NetObjects Fusion 2.0 received the Web Tools award for "Best Site Design and Management Product"; At Web Innovation in San Jose, NetObjects Fusion 2.0 was named "Best Graphical Authoring Product" by ZD Internet Magazine.

The Web Tools awards are given by Web Techniques and Web Review and honor the most important and innovative Web development tools of the year. ZD Internet Magazine's Best of Show awards recognized best-of-breed products exhibited at the Web Innovation tradeshow.

"These prestigious awards underscore NetObjects Fusion's record of excellence in providing site builders the easiest and most productive way to design, build and update professional-quality Web sites," said David Kleinberg, NetObjects' executive vice president of products. "It's exciting to be rewarded for keeping our finger on the pulse of the Web and delivering category-creating software that has revolutionized the site-building process."

Since the introduction of NetObjects Fusion in September 1996, over 200,000 site-builders have downloaded the product to build compelling Web sites. Major corporations including Samsung, Greyhound Lines Inc., Westinghouse and Verifone have used NetObjects Fusion to create compelling 'Net presences and corporate intranets.

Prior to the winning the Web Tools and Best of Show awards, NetObjects Fusion 2.0 has received other accolades including:

• Stellar Award, Windows Sources Magazine's
• Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Tool, C/Net
• Analyst Choice Award, PC Week
• Editor's Choice Award, PC Magazine On-Line
• Over 10 winning reviews from leading industry publications including InfoWorld, PC Week and Internet World.

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), Sun Microsystems' Javasoft (NASDAQ: SUNW) and UUNET (NASDAQ: WCOM).

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 won several awards including CNET's 1997 Internet Excellence Award for Best Web Design Product and PC Magazine's Editors Choice award. More information on NetObjects can be found at www.netobjects.com.