ComponentOne and Plant Small Business Announce Solution Partnership

ComponentOne Looks to Planet Small Business  to Provide Customers with Web Hosting

Pittsburgh, PA – ComponentOne, the premier provider of .NET components today announced that they have entered into an affiliate partner program with Planet Small Business, a leading provider of ASP.NET hosting services. The agreement is designed to provide added value for ComponentOne’s current customers, as well as increase exposure and reputation for both Planet Small Business and ComponentOne.

Planet Small Business specializes in providing Windows based hosting solutions to its customers.  As part of the agreement between Planet Small Business and ComponentOne, customers will now have the opportunity to utilize components from Studio Enterprise free of charge.  These controls consist of dynamic reporting tools including the WebReports designer and associated run time control.

“Since the introduction of version 2.0 of the ASP.NET Framework, numerous Planet Small Business customers and prospects have inquired about how to produce vibrant reporting solutions for their web applications.  Up until today, no reporting solution has been deemed worthy to fulfill this need.  Our partnership with ComponentOne fills this void by providing our customers easy to use enterprise level reporting capabilities for their dynamic web applications”, said Mike Eldredge, President of Planet Small Business.

“Developers using the ComponentOne Studio Enterprise ASP.NET toolset create cutting-edge, enterprise-level Web apps that demand the best in ASP.NET Web hosting,” said Geoff Lusty, Director of Marketing at ComponentOne. “Planet Small Business provides our customers with a reliable Web hosting solution on which to grow their business. Their quality managed hosting expertise backed by their customer support provides our clients a proven solution to succeed, ultimately increasing our customer loyalty through a mutually beneficial partnership.” 

ComponentOne's flagship product, Studio Enterprise, accelerates visual development with drag and drop tools that simplify the design-time experience and extend the power of Visual Studio 2005. With Studio Enterprise, a user can develop cutting-edge interfaces and add the most sophisticated feature sets to Windows, Web and Mobile applications with less code and in less time than ever before. Studio Enterprise offers over 200 components for .NET, ASP.NET AJAX, Mobile and ActiveX and includes a subscription that provides customers with new releases, updates, upgrades and online support for one full year. To learn more about ComponentOne Studio Enterprise or to download a free trial version, visit www.componentone.com/enterprise.

About ComponentOne
ComponentOne is the premier provider of development and Help authoring tools for application developers using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and Borland® Delphi® for .NET, and Help authors who write and design Help systems. The ComponentOne products are used by developers and Help authors worldwide for developing mission-critical ActiveX, .NET, ASP.NET, and Mobile Device applications, and Help systems. ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades for their component tools, including awards from Info World, PC Magazine, Programmer’s Paradise, Software Development Magazine, SD Times, Vbxtras, Visual Studio Magazine, .NET Developer Journal, Society for Technical Communication, and Visual Systems Journal. For more information, please visit www.componentone.com or call 800.858.2739.

About Planet Small Business
Planet Small Business is a leading provider of ASP.NET Web hosting solutions.  Its team is experienced with the latest technologies from Microsoft including ASP, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2005, as well as open source technologies including PHP, PERL, and MySQL. Their technology solutions range from a Site Builder, to Microsoft's latest web based technology - ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005.  To learn more about Planet Small Business, please visit www.planetsmb.com. 

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