NetBooks® Inc. Named a Finalist for Top Industry Honors by CNET's WebWare.com and DealMaker Media's Under the Radar Top 100

ROHNERT PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetBooks (www.netbooks.com) has been named a finalist for two industry honors—CNET's 2008 WebWare 100 and DealMaker Media's 2008 Under the Top 100—for its revolutionary web-based business management system for the True Small Business (TSB) market. The powerful, easy-to-use system for running an entire small business delivers a suite of capabilities previously available only to the enterprise, and these two nominations recognize both the product and the company for their distinct approach to serving this market.

CNET's 2008 WebWare 100 Awards recognize Web applications for innovation. As one of 30 finalists in the "productivity" category, NetBooks was selected from thousands of qualifying nominees by WebWare readers and company representatives. Voting is currently open at http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/vote_prod.html?compid=103410, and closes at 9 a.m. PST on March 31, 2008. Winners will be announced on April 21, 2008.

"The Internet has finally made it possible to deliver the advantages of big-company software systems to the true small business," said Ridgely Evers, CEO and founder of NetBooks. "These industry recognitions validate the work we've done to deliver that power via an easy-to-use solution for this underserved market."

DealMaker Media's "2008 Under the Radar Top 100" identifies emerging start-ups launched within the past year. In addition to being named a finalist in the Top 100, NetBooks' founder and CEO, Ridgely Evers is a featured speaker at DealMaker Media's "The Business of Web Apps: Where the Web Goes to Work," on March 20, 2008.

Firsthand advice for small business owners, based on Evers 30 years of experience, is available at http://blog.netbooks.com.

About NetBooks

NetBooks is on a mission is to revolutionize the way small businesses are managed by uniting technology, people, and partners into solutions that are as simple as possible, and as powerful as necessary, to run the whole business.

Using a Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model, NetBooks addresses the long-standing need for a comprehensive, easy-to-use business management system for America's 5.1 million True Small Businesses (owner-operated firms with fewer than 25 people). The privately held company, based in Rohnert Park, California, is funded by CMEA Ventures, Integral Capital, and select advisors. www.netbooks.com.