Bizland, Inc. Selects Trellix to Empower Entrepreneurs to Build Their Own Web Sites

Business Wire, August 30, 2000

Business/Technology Editors

BURLINGTON, Mass. & CONCORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2000

Trellix Web Express is Web Site Building Tool of Choice for

BizLand's 900,000 Small Business Members

Trellix(R) Corporation, a leading software and services provider for easy-to-create Web sites, today announced that BizLand, Inc., the leading Online Resource Center for small business, has selected Trellix Web(R) Express, as its complete, browser-based web site building tool. Together, BizLand and Trellix are addressing the online needs of small businesses and zero employee proprietorships by making it much easier for them to establish a web presence.

BizLand is replacing its existing web site building tool and offering its 900,000 members a private-labeled version of Trellix Web Express. With this tool, small business owners and entrepreneurs around the world will be able to quickly and easily build a high quality, multi-page web site. Best of all, this service will be available for free-- BizLand provides its members with high quality online products and services at little or no cost.

"We are committed to providing our 900,000 members worldwide with the best tools and resources available to create and support their online businesses," said Steve Sydness, chief executive officer of BizLand. "BizLand selected Trellix Web for its unparalleled functionality, interactivity, and ease of use."

A full-featured, browser-based site builder for creating rich multi-page Web sites, Trellix Web Express features vibrant, professional designs and pre-populated sample content to speed the creation of high quality sites. Key features include Web Gems(tm) to easily add interactivity and specialized content such as e-commerce capabilities, merchant affiliate links, site promotion and maps; site management tools to build and maintain multiple sites; "click-in-context" editing; automatic page linking; and comprehensive integrated support.

The BizLand version of Trellix Web Express will include dozens of web site templates to meet the needs of a variety of vertical businesses from professional services (e.g. lawyers, accountants, real estate), shopping and sales, hospitality (e.g. hotels and restaurants), day care and fitness centers, contractors, organizations and more.

BizLand's private labeled version of Trellix Web Express will be available within the next thirty days. In addition, Trellix Web Express will be offered as part of BizLand's Small Business Resource Center program, which provides comprehensive technology solutions for small business owners through partnerships with industry leaders Xerox (www.xerox.com/sbc) and 3Com (www.3comsbc.com).

BizLand's small business partnership program is designed to help corporations deliver online services for small businesses, which account for over 95% of the companies in the U.S. With more than 900,000 small business members, BizLand is ideally situated to leverage its core Internet infrastructure technology to help corporations deliver the tools they need to thrive in the new digital economy. Through this program, BizLand offers more than 40 free and low cost Web-based services including: web site hosting, e-commerce storefronts, business promotional tools and other Internet tools for small business.

"With 23.2 million companies in the United States alone, small businesses comprise the world's largest business segment and a rapidly growing market opportunity," said Don Bulens, president and CEO of Trellix Corporation. "While fewer than one-third of U.S. small businesses have their own web sites now, 70 percent will be online by 2002. Working together Trellix and BizLand will offer the tools, services and guidance these entrepreneurs need to become successful on the Net."

About BizLand, Inc.

BizLand, Inc. (www.BizLand.com) is the leading Online Resource Center for small business, created to enable small companies to capitalize on the power of e-business. The Burlington, Mass, company provides its growing customer base with a complete array of free and low cost Web-based services like Web site hosting, e-commerce storefronts, business promotional tools and other Internet services for small businesses. BizLand also cultivates a strong small business community through its forums, articles, message boards, advice from industry experts, as well as discounts on business products and services. In addition, BizLand provides customized, private labeled versions of BizLand.com for organizations looking to attract, cultivate and monetize small business on-line. Since its launch in July 1999, BizLand's membership community has skyrocketed to more than 900,000 members.

Trellix Adds Value To Communities

Trellix Web Express is a complete, browser-based web site publishing tool and private label hosting service that lets online communities, portals and commerce sites swiftly add best-of-class Web site building for their customers, either hosted on their own infrastructure or completely outsourced to Trellix. Since Trellix Web Express lets anyone quickly create a high-quality, multi-page web site, not just a simple homepage, it encourages more page views and higher revenue from member sites. For communities that need a fully outsourced solution, Trellix Hosting Services provide a proven, scalable and highly-reliable hosting platform that seamlessly integrates with a community's ad servers, user registration and authentication schemes.