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NetObjects Fusion 1.0 was released in 1996. As the first complete web design tool it was seen as groundbreaking by technology observers. NetObjects was elected as one of "25 Cool Technology Companies" of 1996 by ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]''.<ref name="Mok_2">{{cite web

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|title | title = 1996 25 Cool Technology Companies

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Also in 1996, NetObjects Fusion won ''[[PC Magazine]]'''s Editors' Choice award. [[CNET]]'s Builder.com elected Samir Arora one of the Web Innovators of 1997,<ref name="INNOVATOR">{{cite web

|url | url = http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Business/Innovators97/ss03.html

|first | first = Dan

|last | last = Shafer

|title | title = BUILDER.COM - Web Business - The 1st annual Web Innovator Awards - Samir Arora, NetObjects Fusion

|work | work = CNET Builder.com

|publisher | publisher = CNET Networks, Inc.

|accessdate accessdate = June 21, 2008

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010505054830/http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/Business/Innovators97/ss03.html

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}}</ref> and in 1998 NetObjects received the prestigious Gold award from the [[Industrial Designers Society of America]] (IDSA).<ref name="IDSA">{{cite web

| url = http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/sections/dh/idea_winners_95-99.pdf

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| publisher = Jupitermedia Corporation

| accessdate = July 23, 2008}}</ref> and the related "Collage" product,<ref name="Collage">{{cite web

|url | url = http://www.serena.com/products/collage/index.html

|title | title = Serena Collage

|work | work = Serena Software

|publisher | publisher = Serena Software, Inc.

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071005162234/http://www.serena.com/products/collage/index.html

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}}</ref> which as [[Content management system|content management solutions]] were aimed at big businesses and ranged at much higher price levels than NetObjects Fusion.

However, IBM and NetObjects decided that its target market was the sector of [[small and medium enterprises]], so it would focus on its flagship application NetObjects Fusion which would fit within the scope of these customers.<ref name="FT">{{cite web

|url | url = http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=010620001434&query=samir+arora

|first | first = Mark

|last | last = Vernon

|title | title = Eliminating risk is key to SME success: Interview: Samir Arora of NetObjects

|work | work = FT.com Financial Times

|publisher | publisher = The Financial Times Ltd.

|accessdate accessdate = June 21, 2008

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}}</ref><ref name="ZDNet">{{cite web

|url | url = http://home.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2674069,00.html

|last | last = Holland

|first | first = Roberta

|title | title = Merant to acquire NetObjects division

|work | work = ZDNet News - Technology News Now

|publisher | publisher = ZD Inc.

|accessdate accessdate = June 23, 2008

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}}</ref> (merged in 2004 with [[Serena Software]] Inc., based in [[San Mateo, California]]).