Brinkster Inc. Awarded Hosting Contract from International .NET Association

Brinkster Incorporated, a leading Web hosting company, today announced it has been awarded a contract from International .NET Association (INETA), the global parent organization for Microsoft .NET users groups, to provide enhanced Web hosting services. Details of the contract were not disclosed.
Brinkster shares INETAs commitment to .NET, and by entering into this agreement, we are confident .NET users will have access to one of the most reliable and advanced Web sites available on the Web today," says Jared P. Stauffer, Brinkster's president and CEO. With a redundant dedicated server setup, INETA members will experience 99.9% server uptime and ultimate ease of use."
The INETA Web site (http://www.ineta.org) launched today at VSLive! in San Francisco. An independent organization sponsored in part by Microsoft, INETA was formed to further promote all aspects of .NET and support user groups around the globe.

Brinksters reputation in the industry and experience with .NET played a large role in our selection of them as a hosting partner," says Bill Evjen, INETA executive director and founder. The INETA site will be a virtual meeting ground for all .NET User Groups; a central location for information, directories and assistance with all aspects of Microsoft .NET. We are pleased to be working with Brinkster to bring this valuable asset to the .NET community."

Currently, there are nearly 100 .NET user groups worldwide, and hundreds of additional technical user groups, with focuses ranging from databases to servers to other programming languages, for whom INETA will be a valuable resource.

.NET is Microsofts new platform aimed at accelerating the next generation of distributed computing enabling the vision of the everyday web. It allows, among other things, developers to seamlessly develop and integrate web services into their applications, further promoting the idea of building software as a service.

About Brinkster
Founded in 1999, Brinkster is a premier ASP hosting destination on the Internet for developers of Microsoft compatible products. The high quality/low cost service, active-active redundant server set-up and developer focus enables small to mid-market programmers unconstrained creativity in design of fully functional and interactive Web sites. Brinkster is a featured hosting company in the Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET), offering both free and paid hosting services to Visual Studio .NET users and it supports the new Microsoft Mobile Internet Toolkit (MMIT), a framework allowing users to easily build mobile applications. For more information, please visit the Brinkster site at http://www.brinkster.com.

About International .NET Association
The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups.

INETAs mission is to offer assistance and resources to community groups that promote and educate their membership in Microsoft's .NET technologies. INETA welcomes all facets of the .NET user community, from developers and architects to project managers and IT professionals. You can find out more about INETA at http://www.ineta.org.