DotNetNuke Corp. Earns Distinction as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Award Winner

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 27, 2011) - DotNetNuke Corp. (http://www.dotnetnuke.com), the company behind the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for Microsoft® .NET, today announced that it has been selected for the 2011 Red Herring Top 100 North America, a prestigious award honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region.

Red Herring's Top 100 North America list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work.

The Red Herring editorial team selected DotNetNuke as one of the most innovative companies in the category of computers, software and technology, from a pool of hundreds across North America. The nominees were evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries.

DotNetNuke Corp. is the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly, cost-effectively deploy innovative web sites and web applications, while the server-based architecture allows users to leverage cloud computing and deliver innovative SaaS solutions. The highly extensible platform enables users to easily change the appearance or functionality of their web site by installing any of the nearly 10,000 apps available through the online DotNetNuke store, www.snowcovered.com.

DotNetNuke is the fastest growing open source web CMS ever on .NET with more than 1,400 subscription customers, 33,000 Snowcovered customers, and more than 700,000 production web sites worldwide. Connect with us online: Twitter.com/dnncorp (company) or Twitter.com/dnnsc (Snowcovered marketplace); DotNetNuke blogs; and the DotNetNuke Community LinkedIn Group.

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Navin Nagiah, President and CEO at DotNetNuke Corp.:
"Our selection as a Red Herring Top 100 North America Tech Startup is a testament to the incredible efforts of the entire DotNetNuke team in developing a rapidly-growing business and innovative product offering that powers more than 700,000 production web sites, serves over 1,400 customers worldwide, and has a registered community of more than a million members. I am extremely proud of the company's achievements to date and look forward to our continued success."

Alex Vieux, Publisher and CEO of Red Herring
"Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat. After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the Top 100 Winners. We believe DotNetNuke Corp. embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. The company should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong."

About DotNetNuke Corp.

DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of the DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for building web sites and web applications on Microsoft .NET. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke platform is available in a free Community and subscription-based Professional and Enterprise Editions with an Elite Support option. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase third party software apps for the platform. Founded in 2006 and funded by Sierra Ventures, August Capital and Pelion Venture Partners, DotNetNuke Corp. is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For additional information, visit www.dotnetnuke.com.

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