San Diego, Calif. - August 29, 2002 - SmartDraw, the #1 choice for business graphics software on the Internet, was awarded "Best Business Application" by the SIA, marking the sixth time in seven years SmartDraw has been honored by the organization. The SIA awards recognize the best software programs that offer free trials on the Internet, as voted on by software authors, developers, journalists and reviewers.

"Winning an SIA award is always a special honor because it means that we've been recognized by our peers," said Paul Stannard, SmartDraw.com CEO. "Marketing and distributing software over the Internet is our bread and butter, so we're excited to be honored by the people who started the industry in the first place."

In order to be nominated for the SIA, software companies must allow users to download a trial version of the software before buying. The trial version of SmartDraw is distributed at the SmartDraw.com website, and is functional for 30 days. Every day, more than 5,000 users download the trial.

The SmartDraw product beat out several other popular business programs that offer trialware over the Internet. In the past few years, SmartDraw has also been named SIA's "People's Choice" and "Best Graphic Program."

SmartDraw.com was also recently named to Deloitte & Touche's prestigious Technology Fast 50 program, honoring the fastest growing technology companies in each region. Companies are ranked on growth in fiscal revenue over the last five years. SmartDraw.com was honored for 518% growth from 1997 to 2001.

About SmartDraw.com
SmartDraw.com was founded in 1994 with a simple goal in mind: to help business people Draw Anything EasilyTM . SmartDraw.com quickly rose to become the leading provider of affordable business graphics software. The SmartDraw program allows users to draw diagrams for business, technical, and leisure applications with the help of thousands of images and templates. SmartDraw.com's newest product, SmartDraw Photo, applies the same user-friendly principles to digital photography, allowing customers to enhance, print, and share digital photos quickly and easily.

SmartDraw.com draws more than 1,200,000 visitors each month, putting it in the top 0.1% of most visited websites on the Internet, according to Alexa Research, the authority for global web traffic rankings. Recognizing that the next frontier of explosive Internet growth will be International, SmartDraw.com has launched French, German, and Japanese versions, with plans for other languages coming soon. Privately held by its founders and employees, with no debt and no venture funding, SmartDraw.com continues to enjoy a rocketing annual growth rate and a profitable bottom line. For more information, please visit www.smartdraw.com.