Snowbound Releases .NET Managed Code Imaging Library
Snowbound Offering Imaging Support for Microsoft's .NET Initiative

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Marketing Department

San Francisco, CA (March 6, 2002) – Snowbound Software Corporation today announced the release of its .NET managed code library, RasterMaster for .NET, which builds upon the company’s popular family of RasterMaster Imaging SDKs. Snowbound Software will be previewing the product at the AIIM 2002 Expo and Conference in San Francisco this week.

By offering support for both Java and Microsoft’s .NET initiative, Snowbound Software allows its customers to create imaging applications supporting both environments. Java and .NET products are built upon the same code base, so customers can utilize all of the features and formats, and the power and reliability of the RasterMaster family in both platforms.

“We’ve always kept our customers’ needs and concerns at the forefront of every product decision, and a number of our clients have already indicated that their current development efforts encompass .NET on some level,” said Simon Wieczner, CEO of Snowbound Software. “Given our long background in cross platform support, we were able to rapidly port some of our products to .NET. Additionally, because there is some concern among developers about making the ‘wrong’ choice, we decided to offer the best of both worlds -- support for Java and .NET. Our goal is to take the pressure off customers who feel they have to make an either-or decision, and rather, offer them flexibility and compatibility between both platforms.”

Snowbound Software’s RasterMaster for .NET and its library are completely written in C# and are designed to fully integrate with Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET tools. The company’s SDK and library permit developers to create applications that can import, display, convert and save images within the .NET client/server environment, without compromising the robust features and functionality of Snowbound Software’s RasterMaster SDK. With Snowbound Software, customers gain the flexibility to support both the Java and .NET worlds with the same API, feature set and performance level. Like all of the company’s other products, Snowbound Software supports all popular image formats including TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PDF, PCL, PTOCA, MO:DCA and ABIC, among others.

For more information, please contact Snowbound Software by phone +1 617-607-2010, toll-free 866-630-9495, or by visiting www.snowbound.com.

About Snowbound Software Corporation

As the premier provider of performance-driven imaging solutions for Global 2000 companies, Snowbound Software Corporation supplies imaging technology for Web and network document display and manipulation. Snowbound Software's expert developer tools, powerful imaging applets, rapid batch conversion programs and complete Web imaging solutions support over 100 different file formats and are designed to increase productivity and profitability across numerous vertical markets.

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