REI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ITS STRUCTURAL SOFTWARE BUSINESS DESPITE ADVERSE MARKET CONDITIONS

YORBA LINDA, CA - April 2, 2003 - Research Engineers International (REI), a division of netGuru, Inc. (Nasdaq: NGRU), providers of STAAD.Pro and other world class engineering software for structural design and analysis, today announced an optimistic outlook for fiscal 2004 despite soft market conditions in March.

STAAD.Pro sales have reached record growth in REI’s fourth quarter ended March 31, 2003 due to the positive response to the technological advances in REI’s products and its innovative marketing campaigns. Despite a slowdown in software procurement in the construction industry, REI has experienced 100% revenue growth from the same quarter in the prior fiscal year from both Latin America and Canada, as a result of additional corporate and enterprise licensing from organizations such as Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Ministerio de Obras Publicas de El Salvador, and Panama Canal Commission and companies such as Teksign, Inc. and ATCO Electric Limited. REI is experiencing a similar uptrend in South East Asia region with continued license purchases in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries from companies such as Brown & Root Far East, Jacobs Engineering, Foster Wheeler, JGC (Philippines), Italian-Thai Development Corporation, Viet Sov Petro (Vietnam) and China Petroleum.

In March, REI completed an update and training seminar series for its new STAAD.Pro 2003 product launch in 35 U.S. cities with record attendance within its target markets. REI now offers certified training to structural engineering professionals, along with other complementary services such as enhanced maintenance and consulting for customization and integration with legacy systems.

Commenting on the development, Mr. Amrit Das, Chairman & CEO of netGuru said, “We are encouraged by these developments. Although March sales have been soft, we have controlled costs and at the same time increased our STAAD.Pro sales in our target markets. REI is outperforming our competitors due to our technology, customer service, sales and marketing as we continue to strengthen our market leadership position within our markets. With our new partnership with Tekla and our upcoming combined product for the building market, we feel that we are poised to take further advantage of our leadership position.”.

About REI
Research Engineers International, a division of netGuru, Inc., is a leading worldwide developer and distributor of high quality desktop and web-enabled software solutions for the structural, mechanical, piping and civil engineering industries. Founded in 1981, the division's core business is the development of cost-effective Windows-based solutions for structural engineers. Please visit REI's website at www.reiworld.com.

About netGuru, Inc.
netGuru, Inc. (netGuru or the Company) is an integrated information technology and services company. netGuru’s services and solutions consist of the following:

• Software products, services and solutions;
• Information technology services and solutions; and
• Internet telephony services.

The Company has offices in the United States, India, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Singapore and distributors in 40 countries. The Company currently licenses its software products to more than 19,000 businesses, with 47,000 installations and 160,000 users in over 85 countries.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this press release, including in particular, the comments regarding sales opportunities in 2004 for REI’s engineering software products, and the results of implementing netGuru management’s business plan, are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The actual future results of netGuru could differ from those statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the duration and outcome of war in the Middle East, netGuru’s ability to continue revenue growth for its engineering software products and technological innovation, management’s ability to successfully implement its business plan, netGuru’s ability to use its credit facility to take advantage of business opportunities, the ability of resellers to achieve stated sales objectives, worldwide economic conditions, changes in governmental regulations and policies, the emergence of competitive products and services, unforeseen technical issues, and those factors contained in the “Risk Factors” section of netGuru’s Form 10-KSB, as amended, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002.

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