SmartDraw is the "People's Choice" for 2003

SmartDraw Beats Out More Than 30,000 Software Titles on Tucows.com

San Diego, Calif. — July 25, 2003 - SmartDraw.com, the leading provider of easy-to-use software for business graphics, has done it again. The company announced today that SmartDraw, its popular diagramming software, has scooped up its second People's Choice Award from the Shareware Industry Awards Foundation. SmartDraw collected the "Most Votes" from Tucows.com, one of the most popular download sites on the internet.

Between May 1st and May 31st 2003, the public voted on their favorite programs in more than a dozen categories. SmartDraw emerged as the overall winner on Tucows.com, beating out more than 30,000 software titles.

SmartDraw was designed so that anyone, regardless of technical expertise, can create professional-looking diagrams. This ease-of-use is reflected in the program's immense popularity with the average business user, according to Paul Stannard, SmartDraw.com CEO.

"Winning a People's Choice Award is a huge honor, because the customer experience is at the heart of everything we do," said Stannard. "We're thrilled that people took the time to go out of their way and vote for us."

SmartDraw has stacked up an impressive collection of industry awards, including a People's Choice Award in 2001. SmartDraw was named "Best Business Program" by PC Magazine twice, and SmartDraw.com was recently named in Inc Magazine's Inc 500, ranking the fastest growing private companies in America.

About SmartDraw.com
Founded in 1994, SmartDraw.com is the creator of SmartDraw, the world's most popular business graphics software. SmartDraw allows anyone to create professional-quality business graphics in minutes - no experience or training required. The Company is the leader in the emerging "Personal Productivity Graphics" market. This market is made up of ordinary computer users who want to create attractive and effective business graphics, but don't have the expertise to use software designed for graphics professionals. In mid 2006, SmartDraw.com surpassed the ten millionth download of SmartDraw. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, SmartDraw.com is privately-held and counts more than half the Fortune 500 among its customers. To download a free trial of SmartDraw, please visit: www.smartdraw.com.

About Tucows
Tucows Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced internet services to ISPs and web hosting companies worldwide. An ICANN-accredited registrar, Tucows provides domain name registration services for generic and country code top-level domains (TLDs), plus digital certificates and email services. Tucows also distributes software and other digital content through its integrated network of affiliates and offers more than 30,000 software titles in libraries located around the world. For more information, please visit www.tucows.com

Contact:
Public Relations & Marketing Specialist, 858-225-3340, PublicRelations@smartdraw.com

SmartDraw.Com Corporate Information
Company Name: SmartDraw.Com
Mailing Address: 9909 Mira Mesa Blvd., Ste 300, San Diego, CA 92131
Legal web site: http://www.smartdrawlegal.com
Corporate web site: http://www.smartdraw.com
E-mail: mail@smartdraw.com
Phone: 858-225-3300
Fax: 858-225-3390