SUNNYVALE, CA, February 25, 2008 - Sproutit today announced that Mailroom, has been selected by the editors of Webware, a CNET site, as a finalist in this year's "Webware 100" Awards for Communcations. The Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Finalists are selected by the editors of Webware, but the ultimate winners will be picked by the public. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 21, 2008.

Mailroom by Sproutit is a web-based email help desk application designed specifically to help companies manage website email. Integrating with both PayPal and Basecamp, Mailroom provides companies the most complete and affordable help desk solution for website email.

"We are very honored to have been nominated by the Webware readers and to be named a finalist" said Charles Jolley, CEO of Sproutit. "While we are also very humbled to be among such great companies within the Communications category, we think we've got something worth voting for."

The ten categories include Audio, Browsing, Commerce and Events, Communications, Productivity, Publishing and photography, Search and Reference, Social, Utility and Security, and Video.

Webware (www.webware.com) provides the latest information on Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications. Its timely and relevant blog entries about hundreds of web-based services, such as wikis, blogs, and social networking sites, help users determine the best products for them to use in their daily lives. Webware is led by veteran tech journalist and CNET Editor-at-Large Rafe Needleman, with additional entries from the CNET editors. Webware editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. Voting is open to the public beginning Monday, February 25, 2008 at noon PACIFIC and closes on Monday, March 31, 2008 and can be accessed at http://www.webware.com/100

Winners will be invited to celebrate at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco (http://www.web2expo.com/) held April 22-25 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. Web 2.0 Expo is the official partner of the 2008 Webware 100 Awards.

More than 480,000 votes were cast in the 2007 Webware 100 Awards. Last year's winners can be seen here: Http://www.webware.com/html/ww/2007.html

Founded in 2005, Sunnyvale based Sproutit creates web-based help desk software for website email. With thousands of clients, Sproutit caters to web app companies, e-commerce websites, non-profits and political campaigns.

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Chris Bauman
Sproutit
chris@sproutit.com

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Wednesday morning I awoke to an email from the editor of Webware.com congratulating us to being selected as a finalist for this year’s 2008 Webware 100.

Over 4,600 Web 2.0 services were nominated by Webware readers over the last couple of months and Sproutit Mailroom was selected as one of 300 finalists.

While we are going against some big names in the ‘Communications’ category, I think that you’ll agree that Mailroom is one of a kind one that list. Voting starts today at noon, and will continue until March 31.

So go ahead! Vote for Mailroom and tell everyone you know. In fact, send them this link – http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100/2008/vote_comm.html?compid=103374 so that they can help put Mailroom into the top 100 web apps of 2008!