/n software Releases IPWorks Version 6.0

Research Triangle Park, NC, January 5th, 2004 - /n software inc. (www.nsoftware.com) - the leading provider of professional Internet development components, announces the release of IPWorks Version 6.0, the first major upgrade of the award winning IPWorks Internet Toolkit in nearly two and a half years. The much anticipated IPWorks V6 release is packed with an incredible array of new components and additional functionality. Every component in the IPWorks Suite has been upgraded with powerful new productivity enhancing features.

IPWorks Version 6 .NET Edition has been released to IPWorks Subscription customers and is included in the 4th Quarter 2003 IPWorks Subscription Update. Other editions of IPWorks Version 6, including ActiveX, Pocket PC, Delphi, C++, Java, etc. will be released during the Q1 2004.

The new components included in the release of IPWorks Version 6.0 include:

• RSS - Used for creating, modifying, and retrieving RSS feeds.
• WebDAV - A WebDAV client component for distributed web authoring, versioning, and collaboration.
• IPMonitor - Network Monitor packet capturing and protocol analysis component. Easy to use event based interface for monitoring local networks.
• DNS - A full-featured DNS component supporting every major DNS record format.
• SMPP - Short Message Peer-to-Peer client component. Used to send SMS cellular text messages.
• SNMPAgent & SNMPMgr - New SNMP Agent and SNMP manager components, now with support for SNMP Version 3 and secure network management
• XMPP - Lightweight Jabber Client for communicating with XML based Jabber Servers
• and more�

In addition to the powerful new components, IPWorks V6 contains scores of new productivity enhancing features. Major new component features include network adapter management capabilities (critical for building connected wireless applications), advanced support for new protocol versions and protocol extensions, customizable performance options, and more� Every component in IPWorks Version 6 has been upgraded with simplified interfaces, expanded help documentation, and additional sample applications designed to decrease learning time and increase overall developer productivity.

For more information and to learn about the new features included in IPWorks V6, please visit www.nsoftware.com/products/v6/