GUPTA Partners with Smart Online to Offer Software-as-Services Applications to SMB Partner Network REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Gupta Technologies, LLC and Smart Online(R) Inc. (OTC:SOLN) (BULLETIN BOARD: SOLN) today announced a partnership to provide GUPTA's partner network with access to Smart Online's suite of Web-based applications at http://www.smartonline.com/ . Smart Online was acknowledged by AMI Partners as a top vendor in the small and midsize business (SMB) Software-as-Services market. GUPTA commits to each company participating in its partner programs new opportunities to enable each partner to enhance their operations. The agreement with Smart Online supports GUPTA's US SMB channel partner program strategy and provides its partners access to applications necessary to achieve growth. "We see our partner network as an extension of the GUPTA business and pride ourselves in providing our partners with the opportunities and services necessary to grow their business," said Kristie Conner, GUPTA's director of worldwide marketing. "We are thrilled to partner with Smart Online, a company well-renown for providing valuable services to small and midsize businesses." The Smart Online Software-as-Services applications will provide GUPTA customers and partners benefits from convenient online access to the industry's most extensive range of products and services designed to help businesses manage their operations. Smart Online gives entrepreneurs, owners and managers of companies the ability to start, run and grow a business from a central command center with the only requirement being a Web browser. "We are extremely focused on providing solutions to the SMB marketplace," said Thomas Furr from Smart Online. "Small businesses are rapidly adopting new technology and are looking for a complete online platform for conducting their businesses." About Smart Online Smart Online Inc., http://www.smartonline.com/ , is one of the pioneers of Web-native applications and is the first vendor to offer a private label syndicated online business platform that enables Web delivery of critical applications and services for small-to-medium businesses. Smart Online led the industry by converting its business applications to Software-as-Service (SaS) Web delivery in 1999. Today, the company markets Web-based applications to customers via Smart Online's Web site and by private labeling its syndicated software services for use on large corporate Web sites in the financial services, media, manufacturing and telco industries. These companies private- label and add to their Web sites the "Software-as-Service" applications from Smart Online in order to assist their existing business customers and new customers who want to run their business more efficiently but don't want to commit the upfront capital for software and IT resources - a network that already includes, among others, Business Week, INC Magazine, JPMorgan Chase, Union Bank of California, NY Report Enterprise and FastCompany Magazine. Gupta Technologies, LLC Gupta Technologies ( http://www.guptaworldwide.com/ ) is a world leader in software development and data management solutions serving a global network of over 10,000 developers. For true cross-platform development of Linux or MS Windows based applications, GUPTA's award-winning SQLBase and Team Developer(TM) are the answer to rapid development and cost-effective solutions. These products power applications that affect millions of people everyday where reliability and security are critical - whether they are filling a prescription, sending a package, or using online banking services. GUPTA has more than 20 years experience providing proven software that speeds application development and insulates applications for underlying platform changes, allowing seamless movement into the future. Website: http://www.guptaworldwide.com http://www.smartonline.com DATASOURCE: Gupta Technologies, LLC CONTACT: Kristie Conner, Director Marketing - Worldwide, of Gupta Technologies, LLC, +1-650-596-4347, , or Michael Beno of Ruder Finn for GUPTA, +1-312-329-3970, , or Ines Piech, Director Business Development - Worldwide, of Gupta Technologies GmbH, +49 811 5554330, , or Sauer + Partner, Rosenheimer Str. 41c, 83043 Bad Aibling, 08061-9387-0, Fax: 08061-9387-29,

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