Soholaunch Signs Reseller Agreements with Four Southeast Website Devolopment and Hosting Companies

HostReview.com
Wednesday, December 4, 2002; 12:00 AM

ATLANTA, Dec 4, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Soholaunch, Inc. announced today the signing of reseller agreements with Worldsites SE, Blue Darter Solutions, Chain Reaction Web and Execusoft Controls for their Soholaunch(TM) Site Management Tool (SMT), according to Jim Buckler, Chief Executive Officer, Soholaunch.

SMT is a thin-client website development application that creates and manages robust, database-driven websites through an intuitive "drag and drop" browser interface. A free evaluation copy of the SMT is included on the Red Hat Linux Application CD packaged with the new Red Hat 8.0 OS release and can also be downloaded from www.soholaunch.com.

"The relationship with each of these four new Soholaunch software distributors is off to a great start," said Buckler. "They have many business websites already under development with the Soholaunch platform. Their adoption of the Soholaunch Website Operating System provides their clients with unprecedented website features, custom design, quick site deployment, and easy content management."

Worldsites is a full service Internet solutions company specializing in Internet business strategies. For additional information visit www.worldsitesusa.net. Since 1995, Blue Darter Solutions has been providing "hard hitting," integrated Internet, Multimedia and Customer Relationship Software solutions helping businesses to grow. More information can be found at www.bluedarter.net. Chain Reaction Web was founded in 2000 to provide an advanced hosting platform for small- to medium-sized businesses. Today, Chain Reaction Web is growing and serving customers in the United States and abroad. Visit www.chainreactionweb.com for additional information. ExecuSoft Controls Inc. is a full-service computer center dedicated to supplying business clients with all their computer needs including web development and web hosting. Services also include on-site service to rebuilding machines & networks, Internet Development and E-Commerce. Visit www.peachcity.net for more information.

"The Soholaunch SMT v 4.0 is chocked full of a lot of dynamic properties that allows us to ramp up a customized web site very quickly," said Don Farrey, President of Blue Darter Solutions. "We can accomplish complex tasks without the extensive coding and programming we had to perform in the past. The product had an intuitive, content management GUI that enables powerful editing ability by our end users through a web browser."

Soholaunch SMT is written in PHP and installs on servers running a Linux operating system and a mySQL database. The SMT for Microsoft servers is currently in Beta. Soholaunch's license allows for source code editing by the licensee as well as sharing of modifications and enhancements via the company's developers' network (devnet). The Site Management Tool interacts with files and database tables to accomplish complex tasks without extensive coding or programming knowledge. The product's eight integrated business modules--Page Editor, Shopping Cart, Secure Login System, Custom Forms Management, MySQL Database Table Manager, eNewsletter System, Event Calendar and Site Statistics--allow users to take control of all aspects of content management of their websites.

The MSRP is $799 for SMT Pro and $199 for SMT Lite.
The Integrated Business Modules include:
-- Page Editor--Easy drag-and-drop functionality combined with
powerful preprogrammed objects allow users to manage site
content with minimum training (Pro and Lite)
-- Shopping Cart--Capable of deploying scalable and flexible
eBusiness applications (Pro)
-- Secure Login System--Protects all sections of created website
with multiple levels of authenticated access control (Pro)
-- MySQL Database Table Manager--Store, search, and display
anything . . . membership records, inventory, images, etc.
(Pro)
-- Custom Forms Management--Automatic database storage,
customizable auto-reply, and library system provides ability
to "create once, deploy many times" (Pro and Lite)
-- Event Calendar--Create and manage event calendars with
multiple categories and search features (Pro)
-- eNewsletter System--Creates, sends, and manages text and HTML
electronic mailings (Pro)
-- Site Statistics--Generates visitor and site traffic reports
(Pro)
About Soholaunch, Inc.

Soholaunch, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet development systems that employ highly flexible, scalable and portable web-based technologies. Soholaunch is located in Atlanta, GA, please visit www.soholaunch.com for additional information.

Soholaunch, Inc., Atlanta Jane Bator, 770/476-1102 jane.bator@soholaunch.com