Contact:
Joan Osleeb
NetBotz, Inc.
512-439-5837
joan@netbotz.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, Texas - August 27, 2002 - NetBotz, Inc., the leading global provider of intelligent monitoring solutions for critical assets and spaces, today announced the availability of NetBotz Central 1.3 centralized monitoring and management software. Chief among the software's newest features is its ability to remotely utilize a number of leading production databases, including Oracle 9i, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and My SQL 3.23.

Remote database support lets customers leverage their existing database investments by using them to store an unlimited amount of NetBotz-related data. Customers can exploit high-end storage technologies, including RAID and SAN, on which their databases reside. In addition, they can now integrate NetBotz Central into their existing database administration procedures, such as backup, for a more efficient IT environment. NetBotz Central 1.3 now also provides SSL encryption for sessions between the NetBotz Central client software and the NetBotz Central server software.

"As our customer base continues to grow, we are working with customers who end up monitoring hundreds to thousands of remote locations and want to store their environmental data and surveillance clips in enterprise class database solutions," said Mitch Medford, NetBotz vice president, Product Development. "Now, with NetBotz Central 1.3, they can easily store this information on their existing database resources and define their own total capacity. This means they now have the ability to store several years' worth of historical records about environmental performance and human access to critical sites and equipment."

Remote database access is available as an optional software add-on.

Product availability
NetBotz Central 1.3 is available immediately. NetBotz Central 1.3 remote database support for IBM DB2 Universal Database is planned for Q3. For more information about NetBotz or any of its products, call 1-877-908-2680 or visit www.netbotz.com.

About NetBotz (www.netbotz.com) NetBotz, Inc. is the leading global provider of intelligent monitoring solutions for critical assets and spaces. Close to 1,000 companies use the NetBotz solution, which prevents business and financial losses attributed to network downtime by providing early warning of conditions that threaten the integrity of a company's data, technical and equipment assets. Based in Austin, Texas, NetBotz is a privately held company with funding from QuestMark Partners, SSM Venture Partners, CenterPoint Ventures, Osprey Ventures, Hill Partners Inc., and Sanchez Venture Partners. NetBotz has received the Best in Show Award in the Network Management Category at NetWorld+Interop and is a recipient of KPMG's Start-up Standout Award.