Agreement Gives Small Business and Home Business Easy, Cost-Effective Access
For Selling Goods and Services on the World Wide Web
DENVER and REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- RMI.NET, Inc.
(Nasdaq: RMII), a national e-business and convergent communications company,
announced today a partnership with NetObjects, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETO), a leading
provider of e-business software and services for small business and
enterprises, to provide small business customers with an easy and affordable
way to build and maintain their own e-commerce web stores.
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RMI.NET, through a licensing agreement, will offer NetObjects' Sitematic
entry-level e-commerce packages under the RMI.NET's e-SELL(R) brand. e-SELL
allows small business and home office customers to set up a web store,
maintain its content and conduct transactions over the Internet. By managing
these functions, customers are able to greatly lower their cost for an
e-commerce site, while keeping it fresh with new content, products and
promotions.
"This is an excellent arrangement for RMI.NET. It enables us to offer a
new web site service, complete with e-commerce capabilities, that is low cost,
and quick and easy to set-up," said Douglas H. Hanson, chairman and chief
executive officer for RMI.NET. "This will allow our customers to get online
selling their products and services within a matter of hours.
"With the holiday here and estimates that this will be a record year for
Internet sales, we want to help our small business customers establish an
online store, so they too can benefit from this explosion in Internet sales,"
Hanson added.
"This alliance illustrates the commitment that RMI.NET and NetObjects have
to ensuring the success of small business customers," said Steve Mitgang,
executive vice president of small business and corporate marketing for
NetObjects. "With its focus on providing e-business applications, high-speed
Internet access and web solutions to small anum-sized businesses
nationwide, RMI.NET represents a substantial distribution channel for
NetObjects online e-commerce platform and technology."
RMI.NET will offer multiple packages under its new e-SELL Entre and e-SELL
Small Business Solution (SBS) brand, which are targeted for very small
businesses with up to 20 employees. Monthly packages start at $49 and will
include a one-time set up fee and nominal monthly charges.
RMI.NET's current e-SELL package has been renamed e-SELL Custom Business
Solution (CBS) 2.2. It will remain at its current price structure, and
includes a one-time setup and monthly fee. The e-SELL CBS is targeted for
businesses of 20-100 employees.
About NetObjects
NetObjects, Inc. (Nasdaq: NETO), an IBM affiliate (NYSE: IBM), is a
leading provider of e-Business solutions and services that enable small
businesses and enterprises to build, deploy and maintain web sites on the
Internet and corporate intranets. Through its Small Business and Online
Division, NetObjects is revolutionizing the ease with which small businesses
develop and grow their online business. The NetObjects Sitematic online
e-business building solution and NetObjects Fusion(R) software deliver
complete online and desktop web site applications. The NetObjects Enterprise
Division is enabling enterprise intranet teams to work together more
efficiently to develop, manage and update business Web sites with its
NetObjects Authoring Server Suite. In addition, NetObjects Professional
Services provides intranet and extranet solutions to Fortune 2000 customers
and provides training, which encompasses complete web education on NetObjects
products, web marketing/traffic building, site implementation, graphics and
companion products. NetObjects has been ranked by Softletter 100, NewMedia
500 and as one of Fortune's 25 Very Cool Companies. Its products have won
more than 50 awards, including Windows Magazine's Win 100 award, 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 http://www.netobjects.com.
About RMI.NET
Denver-based RMI.NET, Inc., formerly Rocky Mountain Internet, is a
national commerce solutions provider focusing on e-commerce and convergent
communications. The company specializes in e-business applications; web
solutions, including design, hosting and marketing; and high-speed Internet
access, including Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service. RMI.NET has an
annualized revenue run rate of $45 million and more than 99,000 nationwide
customers. The company wholly owns a proprietary portal site and search
engine, Infohiway, at http://www.infohiway.com. It recently was named the 70th
fastest-growing technology company in the U.S. by Deloitte & Touche. For more
information on RMI.NET, call (800) 864-4327, or visit the company's web site
at http://www.rmi.net.
For RMI.NET: This press release might contain forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking statements as a
result of risks and uncertainties, which are described in the cautionary
statements section of the company's 10K dated December 31, 1998, and may
include other risks described in all Securities and Exchange Commission
filings submitted as of this date.
For NetObjects: This press release contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward looking
statements do not constitute assurances regarding our future operating
results, including the impact of our acquisition of Sitematic Corporation upon
our operations, cash flows, and financial condition. Our actual results could
differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking
statements due to various factors, including the risk factors described in our
most recently filed Form 10-Q and other periodic reports and documents that we
have filed with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We
undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for
any reason, even if new information becomes available or relevant events occur
in the future.
SOURCE RMI.NET, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Mark Stutz, Manager, Media Relations of
RMI.NET, 303-313-0672, mark.stutz@corp.rmi.net; or Allison Green,
Director, Corporate Communications of NetObjects, Inc.,
650-482-3637, agreen@netobjects.com
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