SUNBELT SOFTWARE RECOGNIZED BY INC. MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE 500 FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES IN AMERICA

Makes Top 3 of Technology Companies in Florida1s Tampa Bay Area

CLEARWATER, FL (OCTOBER 10, 2001) – Sunbelt Software Distribution, Inc, the world's first and largest distributor of system management software utilities for Microsoft's® Windows 2000® today announced that it has been ranked 409 on Inc. Magazine1s comprehensive list of America's 500 fastest growing private companies. Sunbelt Software has experienced explosive growth, increasing its revenues from $1,532,000 in 1996 to $11,464,000 in 2000 - a 711 % increase in sales over a five-year period.

Over the past five years, Sunbelt Software has quickly grown from just a handful of staff to more than 60 personnel in the year 2000. Sunbelt has leveraged the Internet from day one, had its own website up and running in July 1995 and started an electronic newsletter (an e-zine called W2Knews) in January 1996 which is now received twice per week by over 500,000 subscribers world wide. Sunbelt Software's customers are system administrators that are responsible to keep Microsoft's Windows 2000-based
networks up and running.

"We are extremely pleased to be recognized by Inc. Magazine for the incredible growth we have experienced during the last five years," stated Stu Sjouwerman, President of Sunbelt Software. "The credit truly goes to our loyal customers and dedicated employees. It is their trust in us and continued support that has put Sunbelt in this position today. We are self-funded, profitable, have no debt, and we1re uniquely positioned to service our market for the years to come."

The Inc. 500, published on October 30, 2001, is an exclusive report on the companies and CEOs who are changing the face of American business. Noteworthy alumni include such household names as Microsoft, Oracle, Intuit and CompUSA. The ranking is based on the percentage increase in sales from 1996 through 2000. To be eligible for the Inc. 500, companies have to be independent and privately held through 2000, have at least $200,000 in sales in 1996 and 2000 sales must have exceeded the company's 1999 sales.

About Sunbelt Software

Sunbelt Software is the first and largest provider of "best-of-breed" Windows NT/2000 utilities and a software company supplying the tools necessary to support a Windows NT/2000 infrastructure. Working in partnership with innovative software developers, Sunbelt Software produces leading edge utilities & provides mainframe quality technical support. Sunbelt is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner. We are constantly surveying NT/2000 administrators to determine which utilities are most in demand. We then find the best-of-breed tool and market this tool leveraging the Internet. Our strategic partners are companies like DELL and our customer list contains thousands of instantly recognizable companies. Twice a week Sunbelt Software publishes a free e-zine for Windows NT/2000 System Administrators. This e-zine is geared toward keeping system administrators up-to-date on new and existing 3rd party tools, updates, upgrades, NT/2000 compatibility matters and related issues. W2Knews has over 500,000 subscribers and is the largest Windows NT/2000 utilities e-zine worldwide.

July, 1999 Sunbelt Software was named as one of the top ten Virtual/Internet companies by the Inc./Cisco Magazine's 'Growing with Technology Award'. This award recognizes small to midsize businesses, with up to 500 employees, that demonstrate how innovative use of networking and the Internet can increase profits and provide the ultimate competitive edge.


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(c) Copyright 2001, Sunbelt Software

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