DEMO Invites Smart Online to Elite Technology Launch Event

DEMO Invites Smart Online to Elite Technology Launch Event Leader in software for small-to-medium businesses plans to launch new Software-as-Service Platform RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Online(R) Inc. today announced it is invited to DEMO, the elite showcase that introduces the world to products and services that ignite new technology markets and challenge the status quo. A leader in Web-delivered Software-as-Service for small-to-medium-sized businesses, Smart Online plans to announce at DEMO new Web-based software applications and services that give entrepreneurs, owners, managers, and employees a single point of access to all of their business applications, along with seamless data interchange across all applications. "Smart Online has been working with companies such as Inc., BusinessWeek and FastCompany magazines, JP Morgan Chase, Union Bank of California and other partners to build its network of companies that offer Smart Online's private label products and services to their customers," said Tom Furr, vice president of business development, Smart Online. "Our new platform will deliver enterprise resource planning applications to small-and medium-sized businesses that need the ERP infrastructure but don't have the IT or financial resources deployed by larger companies," said Furr. About DEMO The annual DEMO conference in Phoenix, AZ, focuses on emerging technologies and new products, which are hand-selected by executive producer Chris Shipley from across the spectrum of the personal technology marketplace. The DEMO conference has earned its reputation as the singular event that consistently identifies tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies. DEMO has served as a launch pad for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. DEMO is held in February each year and features approximately 60 new companies, products and technologies. For more information about the event that will begin February 13, please visit www.demo.com . About Smart Online Smart Online Inc., www.smartonline.com , is one of the pioneers of Web- native applications and is the first vendor to offer a private label syndicated online business platform that enables Web delivery of critical applications and services for small-to-medium businesses. Smart Online led the industry by converting to Software-as-Service (SaS) Web delivery in 1999. Today, the company markets Web-based applications to customers via Smart Online's Web site and by private labeling its syndicated software services for use on large corporate Web sites in the financial services, media, manufacturing and telco industries. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are "forward-looking statements," which include plans for product release dates and product demonstrations, are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of many factors, including, but not limited to, delays in development schedules, changes in market conditions and product announcements by other companies. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Smart Online's business, please refer to the Risk Factors Section of Smart Online's SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its Registration Statement on Form SB-2, copies of which may be obtained on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information in this press release is as of January 18, 2005. Smart Online undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement or to conform the statement to actual results or changes in Smart Online's expectations. Source: Smart Online Inc. CONTACT: Tom Furr, Vice President, Business Development of Smart Online Inc., +1-919-765-5000, or tfurr@smartonline.com ; or PR contact, Steve Leon, President of Technopolis(R) Communications Inc., +1-512-288-0950, or sl@technopolis.com Web site: http://www.smartonline.com/ http://www.demo.com/ ------- Profile: International Entertainment