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New York Times
Fashion Site to Try an All-Purpose Portal
By BOB TEDESCHI
Published: September 19, 2005
WHEN some of Silicon Valley's best minds pool their collective intelligence and millions of dollars to create a Web site for people who want to read about and buy everything in Lindsay Lohan's closet, you know the Internet industry is ready to party again.
Glam.com, a fashion site scheduled to make its debut today after nearly two years in development, is of a genre not heard from since the heady days of the dot-com bubble: a so-called vertical portal offering articles, user-to-user dialogue and merchandise, all within the confines of a narrow topic.
WWD
Web Site Mixes Shopping, Fashion Advice
By Cate T. Corcoran
NEW YORK — Glam.com may be a retailer's dream come true: A Web site that looks like a magazine, but whose content can be clicked and bought.
ClickZ
Glam.com Courts High-End Retailers, Advertisers
By Pamela Parker | September 20, 2005
It's Lucky magazine meets e-commerce in Glam.com, a fashion-oriented Web site launching today, which seeks both affiliate and advertising dollars from luxury goods players.
The site -- which has been more than three years in the making -- was started by a group of Silicon Valley who's who. Co-founders of parent company Glam Media include former Tickle Chairman Samir Arora and Susan Kare, who designed the original Apple Macintosh interface graphics. On the editorial side, Glam's vice president and publishing director is Carl Portale, who was previously publisher at the Elle Group.
"As more women shop online, there was a need create a unique solution that started by focusing on the emotion and entertainment of shopping -- not just buying," said Arora, who holds the title of chairman at Glam Media.
IHT
Financial Times
Interview: Samir Arora of NetObjects
“When AOL, the internet service provider, did the deal to place its icon on the desktop of consumer PCs, it bought space on the most desirable billboard in the world. Business boomed.
California-based NetObjects, the provider of e-business services to small-and medium-sized companies (SMEs), has pulled off a coup though this time the icon will appear on the desktops of PCs sold to the small business sector. What is more, PC manufacturers such as IBM and Dell are paying NetObjects for the privilege of having it there.”
Vnunet.com
Face to Face–Net Luminary
“It is a company born from the bleeding edge of the information age and to which a growing number of multi-national organisations are turning to help feed their information-hungry capitalist empires.”
Business Journal
Paving a road through the Internet
“He is a star in the Internet galaxy and made a fortune when IBM invested $70 million for a majority stake in his company.”
CNET Builder.com
Web Innovator Awards
CNET's Builder.com recognized Arora as someone who has “helped shape the Web and changed the rules for site developers.”
Information Industry Association
Samir Arora Named IIA's Entrepreneur of the Year
1997 Entrepreneur of the Year award given by the Information Industry Association´s Emerging Business Council.
eWeek
Merant to acquire NetObjects division
“`We've seen a real transition occur in the software industry. The sub-$100 products are all turning into online services or hosted versions,´ Arora said. To go along with its new direction, NetObjects has launched a product line called Matrix to provide hosted services.”
atnewyork.com
NetObjects: Small Business is Big Business
“"The Internet software industry is going through a major change from licensing to a long-term monthly subscription model,´ says Arora. `Simply put, NetObjects' goal is to transform itself to the leading B2B infrastructure e-services supplier to partners that are targeting small business.´”
FastCompany
The Conference-Commando Field Manual
“Arora introduced his company's first product at PC Forum in the spring of 1996, and partly as a result, he landed partnerships and distribution deals with companies like Sun Microsystems and Netscape.”
GT&A Strategic Marketing
Tech Investor Bonanza in Minneapolis
“CEO Samir Arora spoke of how his firm's `core focus is mid-market companies, not developers and designers.´ Their goal, he said, is to work with the customer `as they transform their business via the web.´”
Groupware Online
NetObjects kauft den ASP-Spezialisten Rocktide
“Unsere Strategie ist es, Produkte und Dienstleistungen zu bieten, die Partner von NetObjects problemlos mit ihren eigenen Anwendungen zu Lösungen für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen kombinieren können... Rocktide ist ein aus-gewiesener Experte für die nächste Generation von ASP-Technologien und mo-bilen E-Services und daher eine hervorragende Ergänzung des Produkt- und Lösungsportfolios von NetObjects.”
Business Week
My Jet Is Bigger Than Your Jet
“As a youngster growing up in Delhi, Samir Arora was always drawn to the U.S.”
Media3 Publications
What´s Hot, What´s Not
“There's no getting around it: Internet time is shorter than ordinary time. Most companies today are grappling to keep up with the pace of change. To win big in this new environment, you need to understand that everything that you once considered to be fundamental has changed forever.”
sbtv.com
Small Business Televison
Interview with Samir Arora
Business.com
Samir Arora
IDG, Industry Standard
Internet Economy Architects profile
CNET News.com
NetObjects CEO Samir Arora to Deliver Keynote at Internet World
ZDNet Germany
Fire and Hire bei Netobjects
Career India
CEO Profile—Samir Arora
“Years before the world wide web came into being, Samir Arora, the man behind NetObjects and Fusion, chalked out some rough ideas for what that would eventually place him first on the Web.”
The Street.com
NetObjects Defies Prediction
"The best decision we made was to move into the e-services model," says Samir Arora, the NetObjects founder and CEO.
ZDNet
Internet World Japan Keynote
iSource
NetObjects´ Samir Arora to Speak at Internet World Chicago
“`We are experiencing the birth of an entirely new industry, generated by the availability of affordable, pay as you use, easy to access, and seamless solutions,´ said Samir Arora, chairman and CEO of NetObjects.”
e-@nswer
NetObjects CEO Outlines Vision of Future of the Web
“According to Arora, as the Web matures, businesses need more than just an online presence, they need an `e-site´ or a place where customers, employees, suppliers and distributors can reach, interact and transact with the business.”
CRM Daily
NetObjects Touts New Customer Loyalty Tool
“`Delivering customized versions of NetObjects Fusion MX is right in line with our strategy to reach the small business market through partners,´ said NetObjects CEO Samir Arora.”
Fast Company
What's New, What's Not
Samir Arora: “By leadership, I mean not simply the articulation of vision and values, but also a continuous dedication to being brutally honest—with yourself, with your employees, and with your customers—about the realities of this new business environment.”
Hoover's
Samir Arora—Executive Biography
CNET
NetObjects Joins CNET's Builder.com Live!
IDEA98 Gallery
Gold Winner
“For small or medium businesses that need a Web site but not a programmer, Fusion and its multi-user version Team Fusion are a dream come true.”
ZDNet
Crowded House
“Fortunately for NetObjects, it has a lot going for it. First, there's the product.”
ZDNet
Striking Cyber Gold
Samir Arora: “The biggest thing holding back the growth of the Web in small and medium-sized businesses is a price point they can afford.”
TEC Channel.de
NetObjects entlässt alle Mitarbeiter
Upside.com
Big Blue Infusion: Cutting Edge
The Kelsey Group
The Annual Local Online Commerce Conference
Emerging Equities
NetObjects Catches Rocktide
Novell Press Room
Novell Makes Equity Investment in NetObjects
“`We are looking forward to working with Novell to further our common goal to serve the needs of businesses creating compelling Web sites using the Netware Server Platform,´” said Samir Arora, CEO and founder of NetObjects.”
Informed USA
NetObjects Patent Applications for Web Site Building Applications
“NetObjects Fusion is the first smart Web site building software application that integrates automated site building, professional-quality design and data publishing.”
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PCPlus, September 2001
 PCPlus magazine finds NetObjects Fusion MX is the “Best Value” compared to FrontPage 2000 and other leading software: “So, if you´re starting out in web design, or you have a few sites already under your belt, this is one program you can grow into and not out of, which offers good performance for a great price.”
PC Answers, August 2001
 Top honors—PC Answers magazine gives NetObjects Fusion MX its Platinum Award: “Very easy to use...Extended functionality...Great thrid-party services.”
ASPNews, July 30, 2001
 Mary Peery, vice president and general manager of HP Digital Imaging: “`HP understands the importance of the Internet to small businesses, and we believe that offering NetObjects products helps meet the needs of our customers.´”
Dow Jones, July 30, 2001
 “[Customers] who purchase the HP Scanjet 5470c and 5490c color scanners through Hewlett-Packard, its resellers and channel partners worldwide, will have access to a choice of small-business Web site building systems NetObjects Fusion MX and NetObjects Matrix.”
Reuters, July 30, 2001
 “The company's Fusion MX software enables Windows users to build an online presence and subscribe to Web services that help manage their businesses online. Matrix enables users with Internet connections to quickly build Web sites—complete with e-commerce capabilities—regardless of the operating system they use.”
The Street, July 30, 2001
“NetObjects Rockets on Report of Hewlett-Packard Deal”
CBS Marketwatch, July 28, 2001
 “Stocks to Watch”: “NetObjects and Hewlett-Packard will announce a three-year, multimillion-dollar distribution and services deal on Monday for H-P to use NetObjects software in its digital imaging devices.”
CBS MarketWatch, July 27, 2001
“H-P will include NetObjects' Matrix and Fusion software in H-P's digital imaging devices, paying NetObjects for each device shipped.”
ComputerActive, June 14, 2001
 ComputerActive magazine says “Buy It!”: NetObjects Fusion MX is a “reasonably priced, great product—why aren't they all like this?”
EuroNews ASP, June 13, 2001
 NetObjects Matrix´s “combination of features, power, management and uniformity of use coupled with a low cost means that it is well worth checking out.”
MacCentral Online, June 12, 2001
 “Web site building applications developer NetObjects has announced plans to support Mac OS X with its new NetObjects Matrix platform.”
InternetNews.com, June 12, 2001
 “`Mac OS X combines a powerful UNIX-based foundation with the Mac's ease-of-use to deliver superior performance, unprecedented stability and powerful Internet features that make the Mac the ideal platform for Web development,´ said Ron Okamoto, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Developer Relations.”
InternetNews.com, June 11, 2001
“NetObjects Matrix offers an open platform that makes it easy for IBM to integrate current and potential future partner technologies.”
CBS MarketWatch, June 11, 2001
“`We've created new value for the company with this platform,´ [NetObjects CEO Samir] Arora said. `We will be a much more secure company long-term, now that we are a supplier to (services) companies, instead of a software company that goes after business users directly.´”
Bloomberg.com, June 11, 2001
 Audio: Samir Arora, president and chief executive of NetObjects Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Juliann Walsh about today's announcement that International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. selected NetObjects' software for a Web-services project.
ComputerShopper.com, June 8, 2001
 ZDNet Best Buy: “Given its polished interface, attractive styles, and strong site- management capabilities, NetObjects Fusion MX is an unusually fine bargain.”
Intranet Journal, June 4 , 2001
 “Fusion is meant for, and seems a perfect fit for, small businesses that don't have the money to hire Web professionals or the time to learn complex programs in-house.”
WinPlanet, June 2001
 WinPlanet gives NetObjects Fusion MX five stars: “NetObjects Fusion MX is by far the quickest Web development tool that we have ever tested...With the cost, ease of use and ability for a novice to complete a great site in a very short time—MX is our pick!”
Computer Buyer, June 2001
 Computer Buyer Recommended: “The real ace up NetObjects sleeve is its interface, which is absolutely excellent. With this in mind, Fusion MX is a great piece of software if you're looking to make designing your new Web site as hassle-free as possible.”
eWeek, May 4, 2001
NetObjects Fusion MX “provides small organizations with a quick path to the Web via fully templated sites and pages.”
CNET Builder, March 28, 2001
“The low price and powerful functionality make Fusion MX a godsend for small businesses.”
Internet Stock Report, November, 2000
“With NetObjects Matrix, companies have access to customer interaction services, marketing, reporting, B2B marketplaces, and scheduling. No doubt, the small business opportunity is huge.”
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