SUNNYVALE, Calif., and PORTLAND, Ore., April 12, 2004 – Ensim Corporation, the global leader in hosting automation software, and Submitnet, Inc., a leading Search Engine Marketing firm that specializes in technology driven, innovative search optimization tools, today announced a strategic partnership to include Submitnet’s Web site and analytical tools as part of Ensim Ignite. This enables hosting service providers (HSPs) to offer their customers vital solutions to analyze, test, report and monitor the quality of their online presence.

“We are very excited to partner with Ensim, the leading provider of hosting automation software and services,” said Elizabeth Allerton, vice president of marketing at Submitnet, Inc. “This relationship will enable us to reach a much broader audience in which to offer our unique and essential optimization tools that ensure search engine success.”

Ensim Ignite is a powerful solution that aggregates essential online services from leading vendors, enabling HSPs to broaden their service offerings. It provides HSPs with a set of comprehensive marketing tools to successfully promote these services to their customers. Because customers sign up for each service directly with individual vendors, HSPs do not incur any support or infrastructure costs.

“This strategic partnership enables us to include critical Web-site promotion services as a key part of Ensim Ignite,” said Steve Dauber, vice president of marketing at Ensim Corporation. “Now HSPs can expand their offerings to include the tools their customers need to better monitor the effectiveness of their Web sites.”

About Submitnet
Submitnet is a leading Search Engine Optimization firm that specializes in technology driven, innovative Web site submission and analysis tools. Avidly serving the small and medium sized Web businesses, Submitnet offers marketing programs that greatly improve a Web site’s positioning and search engine ranking. Their unique business model fortifies the web site builder with powerful, effective, user-friendly optimization tools that are efficiently implemented by the web designer. Submitnet becomes the support mechanism that raises each web site to a higher level of robustness while at the same time addressing scalability in meeting even the most aggressive web business budget. For more information, contact 503/914-5000 or visit our Web site at www.submitnet.net.

About Ensim Corporation
Ensim Corporation is the global leader in developing and providing software solutions for the Web and application hosting industry. Over 18,000 service providers worldwide use Ensim’s products to automate the provisioning, metering and management of their hosting offerings. Ensim’s professional-grade software currently hosts more than 600,000 Web sites and five million mailboxes, with an annual growth rate exceeding 100 percent. The company's comprehensive product line includes control panels, virtual private servers, server management, as well as the industry’s first Operations Support System for hosting applications. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.ensim.com, or call toll free 1/877-693-6746 within the United States, or 1/408-745-3300 if you are calling from outside the United States.

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