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Brocade Announces New SAN Switch for HP BladeSystem c-ClassFirst Embedded 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel Switch for the Blade Server Marketplace

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brocade(R) today announced the introduction and general availability of the Brocade 8 Gbit/sec Storage Area Network (SAN) Switch for the HP BladeSystem c-Class portfolio, the industry's highest-performance embedded switch available today. The next-generation, high-performance data center solution increases the network bandwidth of the HP BladeSystem c-Class technology and increases flexibility while helping reduce costs through rack consolidation, shared power and cooling, less cabling, and fewer required Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) optics modules.

The new Brocade 8 Gbit/sec SAN switch supports organizations that want to consolidate and simplify their medium-size and enterprise-class environments using the HP BladeSystem c-Class portfolio. The embedded solution offers numerous advantages to growing companies, including:

-- Integrated SAN connectivity, featuring a state-of-the-art, zero-footprint design that reduces costs through easy installation, simplified management, and lower cost of deployment -- Support for high-speed, scalable, virtualized environments -- Inter-Switch Link (ISL) Trunking enhancements that support a single trunk made up of all eight SAN ports for balanced throughput as high as 64 Gbit/sec

Providing performance-enhancing features in 12 or 24 auto-sensing ports, the new switch supports legacy lower-bandwidth storage products for investment protection. It also offers the option to scale to larger fabrics on a "pay-as-you-grow" basis-increasing productivity while substantially reducing costs.

These types of advantages reflect the growing industry trend for accelerated deployment of embedded switches. In fact, IDC predicts that by 2011, the blade market will grow to $11.8 billion in customer revenue and 2.6 million units. This represents Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGRs) of 32.2 percent and 32.8 percent in revenue and units, respectively. The blade segment is expected to continue gaining share as a percent of the overall server market. From 2006 to 2011, IDC expects the blade share of total server revenue to increase from 5.2 percent to 18.6 percent.(1)

"Customers are looking for a high-performing, low-cost, scalable storage infrastructure to support the growing needs of their companies. The HP BladeSystem c-Class portfolio, supported by the new Brocade 8 Gbit/sec switch, meets this need," said Luc Moyen, Vice President and General Manager of the Brocade Server Division. "In addition to greatly increased SAN performance potential, this combination provides unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and simplified management for IT administrators."

Additionally, the Brocade Adaptive Networking services enabled by the new switch allow organizations to better manage data flow and meet service level agreements while optimizing application performance in virtual environments with capabilities such as fabric Quality of Service (QoS).

"Customers can reduce costs and improve network performance by simplifying their SAN environment with the BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure and the newest Brocade switch," said Mark Potter, Vice President and General Manager, BladeSystem Division, HP. "HP is the only company today to offer 8 Gbit/sec SAN solutions from embedded to enterprise environments. This enables and optimizes support of customers' virtualized environments through high-speed technology that doubles the bandwidth of their storage networks."

For more information on the new Brocade 8 Gbit/sec switches, visit: http://www.brocade.com/products/HP_Blade.jsp.

For more information on the HP BladeSystem c-Class features, visit: http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem.

About Brocade

Brocade is the leading provider of data center networking solutions that help organizations connect, share, and manage their information in the most efficient manner. Organizations that use Brocade products and services are better able to optimize their IT infrastructures and ensure compliant data management. For more information, visit the Brocade Web site at http://www.brocade.com/ or contact the company at info@brocade.com.

Brocade, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, File Lifecycle Manager, MyView, and StorageX are registered trademarks, and DCFM and SAN Health are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners.

(1) IDC, World Blade Server 2008 -- - 2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares, Doc #210229, February 2008

Brocade

CONTACT: media, Leslie Davis, +1-408-333-5260, lmdavis@brocade.com, or
industry analysts, Kathryn Craig, +1-832-230-2249, kcraig@brocade.com, or
investor relations, Alex Lenke, +1-408-333-6758, alenke@brocade.com, all of
Brocade; or Ian Yellin of Ogilvy Public Relations, +1-415-677-2714,
ian.yellin@ogilvypr.com, for Brocade

Web site: http://www.brocade.com/

Hotwire.com Announces Top 10 Destinations for 2008 Labor Day WeekendEnd of Summer Travelers Choose Chicago as the Number One Spot for the Third Consecutive Year

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Will you be one of the many Americans strolling the "Magnificent Mile" in Chicago this Labor Day Weekend? For the third year in a row, Hotwire.com(R), a leading discount travel site, names Chicago the top Labor Day destination, followed by Boston and New York City.

The Top 10 Labor Day weekend destinations, according to hotel bookings on Hotwire.com, include (2007 rankings in parentheses):

1. Chicago (1) 6. San Diego, CA (9) 2. Boston (5) 7. New Orleans (7) 3. New York City (2) 8. Los Angeles (11) 4. Seattle (26) 9. Toronto (14) 5. Las Vegas (8) 10. Atlanta (3)

According to a recent Harris Interactive survey commissioned by Hotwire(R), only 10 percent of Americans consider themselves spontaneous travelers -- planning their getaways less than two weeks in advance. What the other 90 percent don't know is that they can still get great last minutes deals for the Labor Day weekend on Hotwire.com .

How is it possible to get such great hotel deals on the last holiday weekend of the summer? As homeward bound business travelers vacate big city hotels, the number of vacant rooms increases dramatically. Hotwire has special relationships with major hotel suppliers to help them fill these hotel rooms that would otherwise go unsold. This results in deeply discounted room rates consumers won't see on other travel sites. Hotwire offers discounted rooms at hotels in major cities throughout the U.S.

"Savvy travelers know to take advantage of the hotel vacancies in big cities over the holidays," said Clem Bason, vice president of merchandising, travel expert at Hotwire. "Not only can they book a room in a four-star hotel for a two-star price, but they also have a variety of Labor Day activities like parades and festivals to celebrate the last holiday of the summer."

Over the Labor Day weekend, hundreds of thousands picnic and enjoy the music of the Chicago Jazz Festival. Boston travelers visit the city's North End, site of the largest St. Anthony's Feast, named the "Feast of all Feasts" by National Geographic Magazine. Additionally, visitors to New York can dance away the weekend at the Brooklyn Carnival.

Below are examples of hotel rates recently found on Hotwire.com for Labor Day weekend (August 29 - September 2):

New Orleans, 4 stars - $65 Chicago, 4 stars - $89 Atlanta, 3 stars - $59 Las Vegas, 4 stars - $89 Toronto, 4 stars - $69 New York, 3.5 stars - $129 Los Angeles, 4 stars - $99 San Diego, 3 stars - $54 * Hotel rates shown are based on deals available for stays between August 28 - September 2, 2008. Hotel rates shown do not include applicable tax recovery charges and fees. However, total cost, including all applicable tax recovery charges and fees, is shown before bookings are made on Hotwire.com. All bookings are non-changeable and nonrefundable. Rates subject to availability. Because rates change all the time, Hotwire customers are encouraged to check rates for themselves. Methodology

This survey was conducted online within the United States by Harris Interactive via its QuickQuery(SM) online omnibus service on behalf of Hotwire between June 10-12, 2008 among 2,019 U.S. adults aged 18 years and older. No estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated; a full methodology is available.

About Harris Interactive

Harris Interactive is a global leader in custom market research. With a long and rich history in multimodal research, powered by our science and technology, we assist clients in achieving business results. Harris Interactive serves clients globally through our North American, European and Asian offices and a network of independent market research firms.

About Hotwire

Hotwire.com(R) is a leading discount travel site with low rates on airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Launched in 2000, Hotwire(R) negotiates deep discounts from its travel suppliers to help travelers book unsold airline seats, hotel rooms and rental cars. J.D. Power and Associates 2007 Independent Travel Web Site Satisfaction Study(SM) recognized Hotwire for ranking "Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Independent Travel Web Sites, Two Years in a Row." Hotwire is an operating company of Expedia, Inc. . CST: 2053390-40. NST: 20003-0209. For more information, visit http://www.hotwire.com/.

Hotwire, Hotwire.com and the Hotwire logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Hotwire, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners. (C) 2008 Hotwire, Inc. All rights reserved.

Press Contact: Rachel Rogers Atomic PR for Hotwire rachel@atomicpr.com 310-689-7585

Hotwire

CONTACT: Rachel Rogers of Atomic PR, +1-310-689-7585,
rachel@atomicpr.com, for Hotwire

Web site: http://www.hotwire.com/

Point Blank Solutions Announces $8.3 Million Contract Award

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Point Blank Solutions, Inc. ("PBSI", Pink Sheets: PBSO), a leader in the field of protective body armor, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Protective Apparel Corporation of America ("PACA") has received an $8.3 million contract award from the Joint Contracting Command - Iraq/Afghanistan. The contract calls for the production and shipment of 30,000 tactical, concealable vests and 60,000 Level IV plates. The Company expects to complete production by December 2008.

Commenting on today's award, Larry Ellis, President and CEO stated, "This is a very important win for our Company as it represents another International award. This is a testament that our strategy is working. With close to $22 million in awards this year and over $80 million in solicitations remaining, we are successfully building a platform for growth in the years ahead. I believe 2009 will be the Company's best."

ABOUT POINT BLANK SOLUTIONS, INC.

Point Blank Solutions, Inc. is a leader in the design and production of technologically advanced body armor systems for the U.S. Military, Government and law enforcement agencies, as well as select international markets. The Company is also recognized as the largest producer of soft body armor in the U.S. With state-of-the-art manufacturing and laboratory testing facilities, strategic technology and marketing alliances, and an ongoing commitment to drive innovation, Point Blank Solutions believes that it can deliver the most advanced body armor solutions, quicker and better than anyone in the industry.

The Company maintains facilities in Deerfield Beach, FL, Oakland Park, FL, Pompano Beach, FL, Jacksboro, TN and Washington, DC. To learn more about Point Blank Solutions, Inc. visit our website at http://www.pointblanksolutionsinc.com/.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: THE STATEMENTS WHICH ARE NOT HISTORICAL FACTS CONTAINED IN THIS PRESS RELEASE ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH ARE BASED LARGELY ON THE COMPANY'S EXPECTATIONS AND ARE SUBJECT TO VARIOUS BUSINESS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES, CERTAIN OF WHICH ARE BEYOND THE COMPANY'S CONTROL. WORDS SUCH AS "EXPECTS," "ANTICIPATES," "TARGETS," "GOALS," "PROJECTS," "INTENDS," "PLANS," "BELIEVES," "SEEKS," "ESTIMATES," VARIATIONS OF SUCH WORDS, AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE ONLY PREDICTIONS THAT SPEAK AS OF THE DATE HEREOF AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT. THEREFORE, ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY AND ADVERSELY FROM THOSE EXPRESSED IN ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FACTORS THAT MIGHT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO SUCH DIFFERENCES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, (1) CHANGES IN THE COMPANY'S INTERNAL CONTROL STRUCTURE OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING, (2) UNCERTAINTY OF FUTURE FINANCIAL RESULTS, (3) ADDITIONAL FINANCING REQUIREMENTS, (4) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS, (5) GOVERNMENT APPROVAL AND CONTRACTING PROCESSES, (6) THE IMPACT OF COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS OR PRICING, (7) TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES, (8) THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, (9) THE OUTCOME AND IMPACT OF LITIGATION TO WHICH THE COMPANY IS A PARTY AND THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND OTHER INVESTIGATIONS REGARDING THE COMPANY, (10) TURNOVER IN THE COMPANY'S SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND (11) OTHER UNCERTAINTIES DETAILED IN THE COMPANY'S FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THOSE UNCERTAINTIES AND RISKS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN "RISK FACTORS," IN THE COMPANY'S PERIODIC REPORTS ON FORMS 10-K AND 10-Q. THE COMPANY UNDERTAKES NO OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE PUBLICLY ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR MANAGEMENT WITH REGARD THERETO OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS, OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENTS ARE BASED.

Company Contact: Media Relations/Investor Relations Glenn Wiener 212-786-6013 / ir@pbsinc.com

Point Blank Solutions, Inc.

CONTACT: Glenn Wiener, +1-212-786-6013, ir@pbsinc.com

Web site: http://www.pointblanksolutionsinc.com/

SAND Technology to Offer MicroStrategy for Enhanced Reporting Capabilities

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MicroStrategy(R) Incorporated , a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that SAND Technology Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SNDTF) , an international provider of intelligent data management software and best practices, has entered into an OEM agreement with MicroStrategy. SAND plans to include MicroStrategy software in its data management solutions to provide advanced reporting capabilities to its customers.

SAND Technology enables enterprises to store and retrieve large amounts of granular or historical data in a small footprint by compressing the data into an easy-to-access, searchable data repository. By including MicroStrategy's business intelligence software, SAND can now offer a broader solution to its customers with seamless reporting functionality. SAND customers will have the ability to access pre-defined MicroStrategy reports to help them gain greater visibility into their large volumes of data and make better business decisions by having the information they need at their fingertips.

"Our customers rely on SAND Technology for cost-effective data management solutions for their vast amounts of data," said Richard Grondin, Vice President R&D and Product Deployment at SAND Technology. "MicroStrategy is well-suited for our technology and our customers' reporting requirements. We were impressed with MicroStrategy's ease of integration and powerful reporting capabilities that are available through a user-friendly Web interface."

"We are delighted that SAND Technology has selected MicroStrategy to augment its reporting capabilities," said Sanju Bansal, MicroStrategy COO. "MicroStrategy's scalable platform enables broad and diverse user populations to report on and analyze very large volumes of granular data."

About SAND Technology

SAND is an international provider of intelligent information management software. The SAND/DNA product suite scales to help any size enterprise cope with exploding data requirements, now and into the future. SAND/DNA Access allows for retaining all potentially relevant data in a tiny footprint while providing instant access to just what's required. SAND/DNA Analytics allows for complex what-if analysis to meet any planned and unplanned business need.

SAND/DNA solutions include CRM analytics, and specialized applications for government, healthcare, financial services, telecommunications, retail, transportation, and other business sectors. SAND/DNA has achieved "Certified for SAP NetWeaver" status and SAND Nearline Integration Controller has achieved "Powered by SAP NetWeaver" status.

SAND Technology has offices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Central Europe.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy provides integrated reporting, analysis, and monitoring software that helps leading organizations worldwide make better business decisions every day. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its advanced technical capabilities, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. More information about MicroStrategy is available at http://www.microstrategy.com/.

MicroStrategy and MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform are trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts: Wende Cover Linda Arens MicroStrategy Incorporated SAND Technology 703-770-1646 650-726-7539 wcover@microstrategy.com Linda.Arens@sand.com

MicroStrategy Incorporated

CONTACT: Wende Cover of MicroStrategy Incorporated, +1-703-770-1646,
wcover@microstrategy.com; or Linda Arens of SAND Technology, +1-650-726-7539,
Linda.Arens@sand.com

Web site: http://www.microstrategy.com/

ProLink GPS Simplifies Golf Strategy, Course Management at Battleground at Deer ParkTexas Club Sees Range of Benefits Delivering Enhanced Revenue

CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProLink Solutions -- a wholly-owned subsidiary of ProLink Holdings Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: PLKH) and the world's leading provider of Global Positioning Satellite ("GPS") golf course management systems and digital out-of-home on-course advertising -- today announces the Battleground at Deer Park Golf Course (Deer Park, Tex.) now features the ProLink Solutions GPS system used at many of the world's most famous golf courses and plans to participate in ProLink's exclusive national advertising opportunity.

Water and sand enter play early and often at the Battleground, making for a challenging round. Highlights on the Tom Knickerbocker-designed layout include the par-3 17th hole, requiring a 175-yard carry over water, and the par-5 fifth, where ponds must be avoided from tee to green. Each hole on the 6,943-yard course carries a name associated with the historic San Jacinto Battleground, where General Sam Houston's troops defeated Santa Anna and the Mexican Army in 1836.

"The Battleground can be a demanding course, but the ProLink GPS system's features make it much simpler to pick the proper shots," says Louis Gantz, the course's General Manager. "While our golfers appreciate ProLink's exact yardages and hole depictions, it's also a tremendous tool for managing the course and earning additional revenue. We're especially excited about the food-and-beverage, tournament scoring and advertising functions."

"The Battleground at Deer Park stands out in a region known for great golf, and we are proud to call the club a trusted partner," says Lawrence D. Bain, CEO of ProLink Solutions. "Utilizing ProLink GPS is a winning proposition all around, as golfers enjoy a better experience and courses see an outstanding return on investment. For our on-screen advertisers, there's no more effective way to reach an affluent audience, in a serene environment, with no interference from other media."

With ProLink's patented, 10.4" high-resolution color screen -- the industry's largest -- the Battleground at Deer Park's cart-mounted units display dynamic, easy-to-read graphics including distances to the pin and hazards, pro tips, pace-of-play timer and radial arc for cart-path-only holes. Golfers at the Battleground at Deer Park will also be able to order food and beverage items with a touch of a button on the ProLink screen.

For more information on the Battleground at Deer Park, visit http://www.deerparktx.gov/ or call 281.478.2080.

About ProLink

ProLink Solutions is the world's leading provider of GPS golf course management systems and revenue-generating on-course advertising. ProLink Solutions' core philosophy is to be a "Trusted Partner" to its golf-course customers. From enhancing golfers' overall experience and improving pace-of-play, to increasing current revenue streams and creating new profit centers for golf courses, ProLink Solutions' products and services have captured markets both nationally and globally. For more information about ProLink, visit http://www.goprolink.com/, call 480.753.2325 or email info@goprolink.com.

CONTACT: Daniel Mitchell Buffalo Communications 253.312.4536 dmitchell@billycaspergolf.com Investor Relations Contact: CEOcast, Inc. Gary Nash 212.732.4300 gnash@ceocast.com

ProLink Holdings Corp.

CONTACT: Daniel Mitchell of Buffalo Communications, +1-253-312-4536,
dmitchell@billycaspergolf.com; or Investors, Gary Nash of CEOcast, Inc.,
+1-212-732-4300, gnash@ceocast.com, both for ProLink Holdings Corp.

Web site: http://www.goprolink.com/
http://www.deerparktx.gov/

CIBER Inspires Efficiencies at Moody Bible Institute With Oracle PeopleSoft Implementation

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBER Enterprise Solutions, a division of CIBER, Inc. , has completed the implementation of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions (Student Administration) system for Moody Bible Institute. Chicago-based Moody provides Bible-centered undergraduate, graduate and distance-learning education curricula for more than 4,000 students. The newly implemented student administration system enables students and faculty to access financial and academic information securely via any Internet-enabled computer.

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CIBER provided project management, functional, and technical support to implement one of the first general release implementations of Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions v9.0. Additionally, CIBER helped to integrate the Campus Solutions application with Moody's existing PeopleSoft Enterprise Contributor Relations system so the two systems can share data, thereby reducing duplicate data entry tasks and simplifying data management. Moody's PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management system was also integrated with the Campus Solutions system.

CIBER's work included assisting with design and implementation of a robust Web-portal, which will facilitate the secure dissemination of financial and academic data to students and faculty with authorized accounts.

"CIBER is a leader in implementing student administration systems," said Frank Leber, Vice President of Information Systems for Moody. "CIBER has led the successful implementation of our PeopleSoft Enterprise Contributor Relations System, which has served us well, and the full-fledged PeopleSoft Enterprise Campus Solutions system. CIBER is skilled at implementing robust solutions and scaling them to fit the unique needs of our smaller, specialized Bible college. They have truly been a collaborative partner on our implementation of PeopleSoft systems."

"Moody Bible Institute has a distinguished reputation in the world of ministry education," said Mike Dillon, Senior Vice President of CIBER's Higher Education Practice. "Moody is clearly progressive in understanding the competitive advantage a well-planned IT system can provide in terms of streamlining business processes, reducing costs, and increasing student and faculty satisfaction with data access. It isn't just large institutions that can benefit from IT investments, and Moody will be quite pleased with the results of the project."

CIBER, a Certified Advantage Partner in Oracle Partner Network, is a leader in the U.S. and Canadian Oracle and PeopleSoft higher education markets, having implemented Oracle and PeopleSoft Enterprise applications at more than 175 institutions in the United States and Canada. Approximately 25 percent of Oracle and PeopleSoft higher education customers have worked with CIBER to implement and/or upgrade their software. CIBER won Oracle's 2005 UK Partner Innovation Award for implementations at the Universities of Cambridge, Manchester, and Derby in the United Kingdom.

Moody is best known for its education branch, which offers undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs. Other Moody ministries include Moody Publishers and Moody Radio. To learn more about Moody Bible Institute, please visit http://www.moody.edu/.

About CIBER, Inc.

CIBER, Inc. is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., CIBER now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 25 European offices and seven offices in Asia/Pacific. Operating in 18 countries, with more than 8,500 employees and annual revenue of approximately $1.2 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients' systems to "competitive advantage status." CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, the Reliable Global IT Services Partner. http://www.ciber.com/.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CIBER undertakes neither intention nor obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. CIBER and the CIBER logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CIBER, Inc. Copyright(C) 2008.

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CONTACT: Media Relations, Robin Caputo, rcaputo@ciber.com, or Investor
Relations, Jennifer Matuschek, jmatuschek@ciber.com, both of CIBER, Inc.,
+1-303-220-0100

Web site: http://www.ciber.com/
http://www.moody.edu/

China Information Security Technology, Inc. Announces First PGIS Contract Win in Northwest China

SHENZHEN CITY, China, Aug. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Information Security Technology, Inc., ("China Information Security," "CIST" or the "Company"), a leading application software developer, systems integrator and full-service Geographic Information Systems ("GIS") software solutions provider to the public security and civil-use markets in China, today announced that the Company has been awarded a new contract to construct the Police Geographic Information System ("PGIS") for the Kashgar City Police Bureau in Xinjiang Province, with a total contract value of $1 million. The contract is estimated to be completed by the end of 2008.

Kashgar City will be the first city in Xinjiang Province to use the PGIS. Xinjiang Province, located on the border of Northwest China, is a large area which takes up about one-sixth of the country's territory. CIST will provide the Kashgar City Police Bureau with an integrated solution under the new contract, including CIST's fundamental PGIS platform; editing, managing and maintenance of the comprehensive PGIS database; mapping and analysis of police information; and simplified police database query. After the PGIS installation is completed, CIST expects to use the Kashgar Police Bureau installation as a model for launching the PGIS system in other cities in Xinjiang Province and other western regions.

China Information Security provides PGIS customers with specialized GIS services, including specialized mapping, geographic positioning, messaging, automated police patrol area monitoring, patrol history tracking and work hour management. Management believes that the successful implementation of PGIS platform in Xinjiang will provide further business opportunities for CIST in terms of follow-on orders, upgrades and operational support services, as well as application interface services that enable interaction between the PGIS platform and other infrastructure applications.

"We are pleased that the local Xinjiang government has chosen CIST to build their public security information system, using our PGIS as its backbone," commented Mr. Jiang Huai Lin, CEO of China Information Security. The Kashgar City Police Bureau win follows a series of PGIS wins in the second quarter of this year and represents a new milestone for us, marking our entry into the Northwest China market. We expect that this contract win will enhance our leadership position in the public security market by expanding our distribution to over twenty provinces and provincial cities. To date, PGIS related projects have been installed in ten cities throughout China"

About China Information Security Technology, Inc.

Through its wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary, China Information Security Technology, Inc. ("CIST" or the "Company") headquartered in Shenzhen, China ("PRC"), is a leading application software developer, systems integrator and full-service Geographic Information Systems ("GIS") software solutions provider to the public security and civil-use markets in China, aiming to use information technology to improve public safety and information management. Its main business lines range from digital public security, to intelligent border control, and Geographic Information System (GIS). Its commitment to leading-edge technology and quality assurance has won the Company numerous government and enterprise contracts throughout China. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.chinacpby.com/ .

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" relating to the business of China Information Security Technology, Inc., and its subsidiary companies. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included herein are "forward-looking statements" including statements regarding the significance of the PGIS win in Kashgar, Xinjiang and the general ability of the Company to achieve its commercial objectives; the business strategy, plans and objectives of the Company and its subsidiaries; and any other statements of non-historical information. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believes," "expects" or similar expressions, involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these expectations may prove to be incorrect. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and available on its website ( http://www.sec.gov/ ). All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these factors. Other than as required under the securities laws, the Company does not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements.

For more information, please contact: Company Contact: Mr. Michael Lin Vice President, Investor Relations China Information Security Technology, Inc. Tel: +1-949-743-0868 Email: mlin@chinacpby.com Web: http://www.chinacpby.com/ Investor Relations Contact: Mr. Crocker Coulson President CCG Investor Relations Tel: +1-646-213-1915 (NY office) Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com Web: http://www.ccgir.com/

China Information Security Technology, Inc.

CONTACT: Company Contact: Mr. Michael Lin, Vice President, Investor
Relations, China Information Security Technology, Inc., +1-949-743-0868, or
mlin@chinacpby.com; or Investor Relations Contact: Mr. Crocker Coulson,
President of CCG Investor Relations, +1-646-213-1915 (NY office), or
crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

Web site: http://www.chinacpby.com/
http://www.ccgir.com/

China Information Security Technology, Inc. to Present at Three Upcoming Investor Conferences

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China Information Security Technology, Inc., ("China Information Security," "CIST" or the "Company"), a leading application software developer, systems integrator and full-service Geographic Information Systems ("GIS") solutions provider to the public security and civil-use markets in China, today announced that the Company's management will present at three upcoming conferences, including the Roth "One and Only" Best Ideas Conference in Mexico, SIG Second Annual Beijing Management Summit in China, and Credit Suisse Asia Technology Conference (ATC) in China.

The date, time and location of China Information Security's presentations at these conferences are as follows:

Roth Capital "One and Only" Best Ideas Conference 2008 Date: Friday, August 29, 2008 Time: 10:00 a.m. MDT Venue: One & Only Palmilla Hotel, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

This conference will feature presentations in a roundtable-style format. Presenting companies have been handpicked by the best and brightest minds from leading institutional investors. Representing the Company, Mr. Michael Lin, Vice President of Investor Relations will present at the conference. For more information, please contact Isabel Mattson-Pain at 949-720-7117.

SIG Second Annual Beijing Management Summit Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008 Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. China Time Venue: Grand Salon III, Grand Hyatt, Beijing, China

This conference brings together executives from public and private companies based in China and other emerging Asian economies. The event will showcase leading companies in the Chinese consumer, health care, Internet, and technology sectors, as well as companies in the global business services sector. The event format will consist of one-on-one meetings and company presentations. Representing the Company, Mr. Michael Lin, Vice President of Investor Relations will present at the conference. For more information, please contact Lori Aversano at Lori.Aversano@sig.com .

Credit Suisse Asia Technology Conference (ATC) 2008 Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Time: 7:00 a.m. - 6:45 p.m. China Time Venue: Intercontinental Shenzhen, China

Over 100 leading Asian technology companies spanning all sectors, including semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, software, internet, IT services and alternative energy will present. One-on-one meetings will be available upon request. Representing the Company, Mr. Michael Lin, Vice President of Investor Relations will present at the conference. For more information, please contact the Credit Suisse Corporate Events Department at ATC.2008@credit-suisse.com .

About China Information Security Technology, Inc.

Through its wholly-owned Chinese subsidiary, China Information Security Technology, Inc. ("CIST" or the "Company") headquartered in Shenzhen, China ("PRC"), is a leading application software developer, systems integrator and full-service Geographic Information Systems ("GIS") solutions provider to the public security and civil-use markets in China, aiming to use information technology to improve public safety and information management. Its main business lines range from digital public security, to intelligent border control, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Its commitment to leading-edge technology and quality assurance has won the Company numerous government and enterprise contracts throughout China. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.chinacpby.com/ .

China Information Security Technology, Inc.

CONTACT: for company contact, Mr. Michael Lin, Vice President of
Investor Relations of China Information Security Technology, Inc.,
+1-949-743-0868, or mlin@chinacpby.com , for investor relations contact, Mr.
Crocker Coulson, President of CCG Investor Relations, +1-646-213-1915 (NY
office), or crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

Web site: http://www.chinacpby.com/

Ener1 Chairman Adds CEO TitleFounder and Former CEO Becomes President and CTO

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman of lithium-ion automotive battery manufacturer Ener1, Inc. , today assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer. Company founder and former CEO Dr. Peter Novak moved into the new position of Chief Technology Officer and President. Dr. Novak will oversee the further development of Ener1 subsidiaries, NanoEner and EnerFuel, while continuing to provide technical leadership for Ener1's advanced automotive battery division, EnerDel.

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"I am pleased to hand over the chief executive title to Charles, who has steadily proven his ability to lead this company to fulfill its potential as a world industry leader," Dr. Novak said. "The market opportunity has grown tremendously in business scale and complexity over the years and we are now prepared to take full advantage of it."

"As Ener1 chairman since 2006, I've had the privilege of facilitating the company's emergence as a bona fide manufacturing enterprise poised to gain a dominant position in an industry that will have a major impact on society globally," Mr. Gassenheimer said. "It is clear that energy storage will be crucial in solving the world's energy problems. The lithium-ion battery will almost certainly play a central role in the first, and possibly most significant, hurdle to achieving that goal: the electrification of the automobile industry."

In addition to Ener1's battery operations, its wholly-owned subsidiary, NanoEner, creates highly specialized vapor deposition coating technology crucial for safe, cost-effective production of lithium-ion batteries and other advanced energy storage devices. Another wholly-owned subsidiary, EnerFuel, provides manufacturers and other developers of high-temperature fuel cells with engineering and testing services.

"Fuel cells and nanotechnology are crucial components in the later stages of electrification of the automotive industry," Dr. Novak said. "By combining different alternative energy strategies, Ener1 is pioneering the next generation of automotive power sources."

The company also announced the addition of Mark D'Anastasio to its Board of Directors. Mr. D'Anastasio, president of Washington, D.C.-based Emerging Markets Communications LLC, brings to the Ener1 board twenty years of experience in strategic communications for global leaders in business, including five years as Chairman of the International Development Practice for Burson-Marsteller.

About Ener1, Inc.:

Ener1 develops and manufactures compact, high performance lithium-ion batteries to power the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles. The publicly traded company is led by an experienced team of engineers and energy system experts at its EnerDel subsidiary located in Indianapolis, which is building proprietary battery systems based on technology originally pioneered with the assistance of the Argonne National Lab.

Ener1 is seeking to become the first company to mass-produce a cost-competitive lithium-ion battery for hybrid and electric vehicles. Demand for battery solutions is being driven by a need to reduce dependence on oil as well as growing concern about vehicle emissions. In addition to the automobile market, applications for Ener1 lithium-ion battery technology include medical, military, aerospace, electric utility and other growing markets.

EnerDel recently received the prestigious R&D 100 award for excellence in its technology and uniquely innovative design. The award is shared by EnerDel and its research partners at Argonne National Laboratory. EnerDel is an active member of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium, which works closely with automakers, component companies and others to accelerate the commercial development of new battery technology.

Major shareholders of Ener1 include Ener1 Group, Inc., a privately held, global investment and advisory firm, and ITOCHU Corporation, a Japanese trading company and distributor of manufacturing equipment essential to lithium-ion battery production. ITOCHU has annual revenue of approximately $90 billion and offices in more than 80 countries. Ener1 has also received funding from a growing number of institutional investors.

In addition to battery technology, Ener1 develops commercial fuel cell products through its EnerFuel subsidiary and nanotechnology-based materials and manufacturing processes for batteries and other applications through its NanoEner subsidiary.

Contacts: INVESTOR RELATIONS: MEDIA RELATIONS Rachel Carroll Jon Coifman VP Corporate Communications Waggener Edstrom Worldwide P: 212 920 3500*105 P: 212 907 6516 E: rcarroll@ener1.com E: jcoifman@waggeneredstrom.com

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CONTACT: Investor Relations, Rachel Carroll, VP Corporate Communications,
Ener1, Inc., +1-212-920-3500, ext. 105, rcarroll@ener1.com; or Media, Jon
Coifman, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide, +1-212-907-6516,
jcoifman@waggeneredstrom.com, for Ener1, Inc.

Web site: http://www.ener1.com/

CCID Consulting's Preliminary Study on China's Telecom Market After Restructuring

BEIJING, Aug. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released its study on China's telecom market after restructuring.

Status of Telecom Market in the First Half of 2008

MIIT's data shows that in the first half of 2008, the national telecom service completed a total amount of 1,095.21 billion Yuan, up 25.9% year-on- year; telecom business income was 398.79 billion Yuan, up 9.2% year-on-year. The gap between total revenue of telecom service and income is further enlarging. Falling prices in telecom services fully reflects the intense competition in China's telecom market. Generally speaking, there are two major characteristics of China's telecom market in the first half of 2008:

1. Huge differences between telecom services' development

Mobile communications' rapid development is still the major impetus of China's telecom steady growth in the first half year of 2008, with an income going up 15.9% year-on-year and a market share of 53.6%. Data communications service has the rapidest growth rate, in particular, broadband access has a growth rate of 40.4% and a share of 9.4%. The shares of fixed network local call connection and long distance call continue to decrease.

Figure 1: Business Structure of Telecom in the First Half Year of 2008 http://www.ccidconsulting.com/upload/13723.jpg Source: MIIT, CCID Consulting Sorting, July 2008 2. Carriers' Dominant Situation Further Strengthens

China Mobile's dominant situation further strengthens in 2008H1. After telecom reorganization, the new combined carriers nearly have similar asset scale, but their distance in business development continues to enlarge. Taking mobile communication users for example, Figure 2 describes GSM users of China Mobile and China Unicom in 2008H1.

Figure 2: GSM users of China Mobile and China Unicom in 2008H1 (Unit: 1,000) http://www.ccidconsulting.com/upload/13724.jpg Source: Annual Reports of China Mobile and China Unicom, CCID Consulting Sorting, July 2008

By the end of June, 2008, China Mobile's users has increased by 45.25 million, with the total number of users' number reaching 414.6 million; China Unicom's has 7.035 million new users, with total number of users reaching 127.6 million. The number of users between the two major providers continues to enlarge. The income of China Mobile has exceeded 93 billion Yuan in 2008Q1, up 19.7% year-on-year; China Unicom's income in 2008Q1 is 25.95 billion Yuan, up 6% year-on-year. The distance between these two carriers further enlarges, widening their profit distance.

Changes in the Telecom Market

China's mobile communications market's rapid development is in favor of China Mobile. After the telecom reorganization, only three carriers have mobile operation license, but currently the most important subject of New Telecom and New Unicom is still resource integration, which limit their capabilities to challenge China Mobile in public mobile communications market in short-term. However, telecom reorganization's final purpose is supporting and forming three market competition corpuses, all with nationwide network resources, similar strengths and scales, full-services management ability and strong competitiveness. Affected by internal and external factors, China's telecom market will experience more changes in next one or two years.

1. Regulation Policy

The monopoly in the telecom industry is highly sensitive to industrial policies. In the next one or two years, regulation policies might make a turn to ensure the market is competitive -- asymmetry regulation policy that aims at China Mobile might appear, just as the tariff imposed by supervision departments in the past. With past experience proofing direct tariff regulation ineffective and might result in disordered competition, similar policies are likely to affect telecom industrial profit level and may bring about unfavorable influence on telecom infrastructure.

With South Korean telecom market's experience, a possible asymmetric regulation policy may be unidirectional wireless number portability. This asymmetric regulation policy means users could freely transfer from one carrier to another carrier, but if another carrier's users would like to transfer to this carrier, they will be restricted. After carrying through asymmetric regulation policy, telecom tariff level will decrease; and in order to retain users, the level of service will improve. There are three influencing factors of asymmetric regulation policy: the first is popularity of mobile communications: wireless number portability's implementation's coverage rate is about 60%. In view of China's huge user population, this proportion could slightly decrease. The second is technology limitation, wireless number portability has higher requirements to unified operation support system; however, China's telecom infrastructure is still regionally unbalance. The third is domestic 3G. China Mobile undertakes network setup of TD-SCDMA, which will be the important considering factor of asymmetric regulation policy.

2. 3G Progress

China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom will obtain their 3G licenses at the end of 2008. With 3G's continuous development worldwide, 3G service is increasingly mature. Especially in future mobile communications with Internet service as the core, compared with 2G network, the advantage of 3G and B3G network will be increasingly obvious. In future China's 3G developments, China Unicom has the most mature WCDMA license; China Mobile's TD-SCDMA standard is supported by the nation; China Telecom's CDMA2000 has gone ahead, which could rapidly aim at high-end users. Three carriers have their own advantages. In the process of 3G, technology and standard become carrier development's important variable.

3. Industrial Market's Development

Carriers have confronted the crisis of ARPU fluctuation, so the industrial sector is now considered as a new growth point. Currently, China's industrial telecom application development is at primary stage. Public user's standardization service in the industrial market is still rough to satisfy users' customized and personalized demands, and the services carriers provide cannot integrate industrial users' business process. As for developed industrial users, these three carriers are nearly in the same horizontal line. Compared with China Unicom (China Netcom), China Telecom has slight advantage, with increasing industrial users, while China Netcom's industrial clients' number has a downslide in 2008Q1; compared with China Mobile, acquiring precious mobile operation license will be beneficial to China Telecom's deep development to industrial users.

About CCID Consulting

CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter known as CCID Consulting), the first Chinese consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange (GEM) of Hong Kong (stock code: 8235.HK), is directly affiliated with China Center for Information Industry Development (hereinafter known as CCID Group). Headquartered in Beijing, CCID Consulting has so far set up branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Chengdu, with over 300 professional consultants after many years of development. The company's business scope has covered over 200 large and medium-sized cities in China.

Based on major areas of competitiveness: industrial resources, information technology and data channels, CCID Consulting provides customers with public policy establishment, industry competitiveness upgrading, development strategy and planning, marketing strategy and research, HR management, IT programming and management. CCID Consulting's customers range from industrial users in electronics, telecommunications, energy, finance, automobile, to government departments at all levels and diversified industrial parks. CCID Consulting commits itself to becoming the No. 1 advisor for enterprise management, the No. 1 consultancy for government decisions and the No. 1 brand for informatization consulting.

For more information, please contact: Cynthia Liu Coordinating Manager CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. Tel: +86-10-8855-9080 Email: liuyan@ccidconsulting.com

CCID Consulting Co., Ltd.

CONTACT: Cynthia Liu, Coordinating Manager of CCID Consulting Co., Ltd.,
+86-10-8855-9080, or liuyan@ccidconsulting.com

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Agilysys Enhances Relationship with Oracle Retail for Mid-Sized RetailersBundled offering positions retailers for the next generation in store systems

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agilysys, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced today an enhanced relationship with Oracle Retail to help provide a cost-effective store solution to mid-sized retailers. Through this enhanced relationship, Agilysys will now be a leading integration and support services provider to mid-sized retailers in North America for Oracle Retail's stores software suite. The bundled offering will provide retailers with an integrated solution, combining the strengths of Agilysys' systems implementation expertise, services, hardware procurement and support with the Oracle Retail stores software applications.

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"The combined solution helps to improve operational efficiency, technology utilization and in-store profitability at an attractive price point for retailers who may not otherwise be able to implement such a robust solution," said Paul Civils, vice president, Agilysys Retail Solutions Group. "We work with customers as their trusted advisors to provide this innovative bundled solution that goes far beyond today's typical business and IT systems. Agilysys ensures that the software and technology is delivered, installed and supported throughout its entire lifecycle."

With access to real-time customer, product and market information, there are more opportunities to turn occasional shoppers into lifetime customers. Additionally, this relationship will help generate measurable results with improved total cost of ownership (TCO), revenue and profitability through an offering which combines pre-configured software/middleware, pre-certified hardware & peripherals, delivery via streamlined professional services and on- going support.

About Agilysys, Inc.

Agilysys is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions to corporate and public-sector customers, with special expertise in select markets, including retail and hospitality. The company uses technology - including hardware, software and services - to help customers resolve their most complicated IT needs. The company possesses expertise in enterprise architecture and high availability, infrastructure optimization, storage and resource management, identity management and business continuity; and provides industry-specific software, services and expertise to the retail and hospitality markets. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., Agilysys operates extensively throughout North America, with additional sales offices in the United Kingdom and China. For more information, visit http://www.agilysys.com/ .

Trademarks

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.

PR Contacts: Maureen Morreale, Agilysys, Inc., 440-519-8161, maureen.morreale@agilysys.com

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CONTACT: Maureen Morreale, of Agilysys, Inc., +1-440-519-8161,
maureen.morreale@agilysys.com

Web site: http://www.agilysys.com/

AT&T Serves Up Nation's Fastest 3G Network at US Open

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tennis buffs with wireless service from AT&T Inc. can rely on enhanced network coverage courtside during the US Open from August 25 - September 7. AT&T has deployed a portable Cell Site on Wheels (COW) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y., to accommodate the anticipated increase in wireless voice and data traffic inside and around the Arthur Ashe Stadium, the parking lots at Shea Stadium and Corona Park and along the heavily traveled Grand Central Parkway.

"AT&T is committed to providing the best possible wireless experience for our customers using the iPhone 3G or other AT&T device on the third generation (3G) mobile broadband network at the US Open," said Tom DeVito, vice president and general manager of AT&T's wireless division in New York and New Jersey. "By supplementing our existing service in the area, we're able to make certain our customers get the wireless network speeds and reliability they've become accustomed to when making a phone call, sending a text message or checking e-mail."

According to data from leading third party researchers who specialize in testing mobile networks, AT&T has the nation's fastest 3G network providing the fastest downlink and uplink data speeds. The technology used by AT&T enables customers to simultaneously use voice and data features -- something not available with all carriers. The 3G network is available in more than 305 metropolitan areas including New York City and is expected to reach nearly 350 by year end. AT&T offers 3G data roaming in more than 60 countries and voice calling in more than 200. Customers can also use their wireless services aboard 120 cruise ships worldwide.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. In 2008, AT&T again ranked No. 1 on Fortune magazine's World's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list and No. 1 on America's Most Admired Telecommunications Company list. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.

Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Ellen Webner of AT&T Inc., +1-973-775-1321, mobile,
+1-201-532-7292, ellen.webner@att.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/

Jack Henry & Associates Leverages In-House to Outsourcing Migration Trend Among Existing Core Clients- Twenty-Seven In-House Clients Contract to Migrate to Outsourcing During Fiscal Year 2008 -

MONETT, Mo., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. , a leading provider of integrated technology solutions and data processing services for financial institutions, today announced that during its 2008 fiscal year (ending June 30), 27 banks automated by the technology platforms provided by its Jack Henry Banking(TM) division contracted to migrate from in-house processing to the company's outsourcing offering.

These banks are now among the 524 diverse financial institutions that have chosen to outsource their information and transaction processing to Jack Henry Banking's OutLink Data Centers(TM). Through six regional data centers and 20 item processing centers, Jack Henry Banking leverages its functionally distinct core processing platforms -- SilverLake System(R), CIF 20/20(R), and Core Director(R) -- to provide turnkey outsourcing solutions to banks ranging from de novo to multi-billion dollar mid-tier institutions.

Alabama-based Peoples Southern Bank, which installed CIF 20/20 in-house in 1986 and now has approximately $138 million in assets, is among the banks that migrated to outsourcing. According to Sandra Minor, the bank's chief technology officer, "Like most businesses we relied very heavily on independent silos of knowledge and expertise. We evaluated a variety of solutions to this common problem that ranged from an aggressive internal training program to moving from in-house processing to outsourcing. Our visits with other banks that are outsourcing their information and transaction processing to Jack Henry Banking convinced us that we simply didn't want the responsibility of data processing anymore. Our move from a CIF 20/20-based in- house operation to a CIF 20/20-based outsourced operation was seamless since it didn't require a conversion. On the Monday morning after the weekend migration, our employees literally couldn't see a single difference -- other than they needed a new password or two -- in the way they did their jobs and served our customers. Our staff immediately embraced the change and more importantly, the migration was completely transparent to our customers -- completely. Outsourcing has made our day-to-day work life easier and if we knew then what we know now, we would have moved to outsourcing sooner. Outsourcing is the best thing we've done for our bank in years."

Tony Wormington, president of Jack Henry & Associates, said, "The move from in-house processing to outsourcing is a growing trend and we are proactively helping a number of our core clients evaluate outsourcing. Outsourcing enables banks to leverage our extensive infrastructure and processing environment to eliminate the capital expenditures required for in-house systems, the need for resident resources to operate and manage in-house data centers, and long-term capacity planning. Outsourcing also provides banks with the ability to focus on their core competencies with ongoing access to advancing technology, strict regulatory compliance, and our technology and security experts."

Kevin Williams, CFO of Jack Henry & Associates, concluded, "Our outsourcing business represents a significant component of our recurring revenue, and these migrations have the potential to generate more revenue long-term largely based on an outsourced bank's ability to implement more of our complementary solutions without the initial capital expenditures required for in-house installations. In the near-term these migrations replace in-house maintenance fee income with monthly processing fees, and our customers typically implement additional complementary products during the migration to outsourcing."

About Jack Henry Banking

Jack Henry Banking, a division of Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. , is a leading provider of integrated computer systems for banks ranging from de novo to mid-tier institutions. Jack Henry Banking currently serves approximately 1,700 banks as a single source for integrated, enterprise-wide automation and as a single point of contact and support. Additional information is available at http://www.jackhenrybanking.com/.

About Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. is a leading provider of computer systems and ATM/debit card/ACH transaction processing services primarily for financial services organizations. Its technology solutions serve more than 8,700 customers nationwide, and are marketed and supported through three primary brands. Jack Henry Banking supports banks ranging from de novo to mid-tier institutions with information and transaction processing solutions. Symitar(TM) is the leading provider of information and transaction processing solutions for credit unions of all sizes. ProfitStars(R) provides highly specialized products and services that enable financial institutions of every asset size and charter, and diverse corporate entities to mitigate and control risks, optimize revenue and growth opportunities, and contain costs. Additional information is available at http://www.jackhenry.com/.

Statements made in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking information. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking information. Specifically, there are a number of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by any forward-looking information. Additional information on these and other factors, which could affect the Company's financial results, are included in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on Form 10-K, and potential investors should review these statements. Finally, there may be other factors not mentioned above or included in the Company's SEC filings that may cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking information.

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

CONTACT: Analysts, Kevin D. Williams, Chief Financial Officer, or IR,
Jon Seegert, Director of Investor Relations, both of Jack Henry & Associates,
Inc., +1-417-235-6652

Web site: http://www.jackhenry.com/

Autodesk Announces Intent to Acquire Electrical Computer-Aided Design ECSCAD Technology from Mensch und Maschine GroupDeal Would Expand Autodesk Electrical Computer-aided Design Choices for Controls Designers

SAN RAFAEL, Calif., and MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Further enhancing its Digital Prototyping Solution for manufacturing, Autodesk, Inc. , a leader of design innovation software and technologies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Mensch und Maschine Deutschland GmbH, a member of the Mensch und Maschine group, to acquire substantially all of the assets -- including the ECSCAD product line -- of Elektro-CAE-Software GmbH (ECS), a premier solution provider of electrical computer-aided design (CAD) software. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

The agreement shows Autodesk's commitment to creating the most comprehensive and versatile electrical CAD software offering in the market, and is expected to expand the reach of Autodesk electrical CAD solutions to industry segments in the European marketplace that rely on database-driven methods for their designs. The acquisition complements AutoCAD Electrical software, which is used to quickly create accurate schematic-based design. As both product lines are built on the AutoCAD platform, Autodesk will be positioned to enhance functionality and performance for both ECSCAD and AutoCAD Electrical customers, and create even more powerful tools for electrical controls design. The transaction is expected to close in Q3 of Autodesk's fiscal year and is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.

"Autodesk can better serve electrical controls designers in Europe by offering the best solution for even the largest-scale projects," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions senior vice president. "The addition of ECS technologies enhances the Autodesk solution for Digital Prototyping and helps a larger audience to create complete digital prototypes that integrate both mechanical and electrical designs."

"Extending Autodesk electrical CAD capabilities with Elektro-CAE-Software solutions opens the door to new and enhanced workflows currently unavailable from either drawing-centric or database-driven electrical CAD software alone," said Guenter Manz, Managing Director, Elektro-CAE-Software. "Together, ECS and Autodesk solutions will give controls designers the ability to choose the tools and methods that best fit their design requirements."

About Mensch und Maschine Software

Mensch und Maschine Software SE (M+M) is a leading European supplier of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software with locations in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Poland, Romania, USA, Japan and APAC. M+M's diversified product range includes CAD/CAM solutions in different price / performance areas for key industries (e.g. mechanical and electrical engineering, architecture, geography). The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Wessling near Munich. In 2007, group sales of EUR 212.9 million were achieved with 327 employees. M+M is listed on the Prime Segment of Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

About Elektro-CAE-Software

ECS was founded in 1993 and is located in Donzdorf next to Stuttgart. ECS is one of the leading suppliers for databases oriented ECAD systems. The main focus of ECS is historically the mechanical engineering market but recently the number of users of energy suppliers and plant construction companies are growing. These customers use ecscad for electrical engineering and development of larger plants and benefit from the database oriented online multiuser concept of ecscad.

About Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk has developed the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art digital prototyping solutions to help customers experience their ideas before they are real. Fortune 1000 companies rely on Autodesk for the tools to visualize, simulate and analyze real-world performance early in the design process to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation. For additional information about Autodesk, visit http://www.autodesk.com/.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements regarding the impact of the acquisition on Autodesk's product offerings and the performance of its business. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: difficulties encountered in integrating merged businesses; whether certain market segments grow as anticipated; the competitive environment in the software industry and competitive responses to the acquisition; and whether the companies can successfully develop new products or modify existing products and the degree to which these gain market acceptance.

Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of Autodesk are included in the company's reports on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2008, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2008, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates, in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter product offerings and specifications at any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical or graphical errors that may appear in this document.

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CONTACT: media, Noah Cole, +1-415-200-6310, noah.cole@autodesk.com; or
investors, David Gennarelli, +1-415-507-6033, david.gennarelli@autodesk.com,
both of Autodesk, Inc.

Web site: http://www.autodesk.com/

Farecast Holiday Forecast: Thanksgiving and Christmas Fares Up More Than 30 PercentTravelers must monitor for price drops and remain flexible in travel dates to save money; top leisure destination hotels down 20 percent, mitigating skyrocketing airfares for late summer travel.

SEATTLE, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Fareologists at Live Search Farecast (http://farecast.live.com/) today issued an early forecast for the 2008 holiday travel season, uncovering a grim outlook for consumers hoping to travel on peak dates. Fares for Thanksgiving 2008 are up 35 percent from 2007, while Christmas and New Year's fares are up 31 percent.

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"This holiday season may well be the perfect storm for airfare that sends travelers running for cover," said Fareologist Joel Grus. "The combination of high fuel prices, airline capacity and route cuts means holiday travelers may easily spend upwards of $100 more per ticket than last year. There are deals out there for both Thanksgiving and Christmas, but they're few and far between, and won't last long."

Nationally, the average ticket cost for the most popular Thanksgiving itinerary -- Wednesday departure, Sunday return -- is $490, up $66 from last year. Travelers who have flexibility will be rewarded with big savings; returning on Monday or Tuesday can save more than $90 per ticket. The landscape for Christmas and New Year's fares is similar, with fares averaging $420.

"Don't forget," Grus added, "Many airlines are adding additional fees, such as baggage, on top of these fares, which can push the cost of travel higher."

Grus offers the following tips for holiday travelers:

-- Watch October for holiday price drops. During 2006 and 2007, most Christmas itineraries saw price drops in the first two weeks of October. Farecast data suggests there are 50 percent more price drops during the holidays than other times of the year, so alerts are critical to catch elusive deals.

-- Travelers from big markets should wait. Travelers flying to and from major airports are much more likely to see price drops this fall and should closely monitor for lower fares before purchasing. Those flying in or out of smaller regional airports, which have been more affected by airline capacity cuts, should buy as soon as they find a fare with which they are comfortable - don't expect major price drops this fall.

-- Travelers will pay more this year. Unless a traveler finds the deal of the season, he will pay more for his holiday flights than in years past. Travelers should accept this and not hold out for a lower fare; it likely won't come and the cost will just continue to rise.

"In 2007, travelers found the best holiday fares in the second week of October," Grus said. "This year is a whole new game, so I recommend anyone who needs to fly on peak travel days to buy as soon as they find a reasonable fare. Those who do have flexibility in their travel dates should monitor fares closely over the next few months and look for fare drops."

Hotels Compensate for Higher Airfare

The Fareologists also uncovered an interesting trend in hotels: Some hotels at key vacation destinations are significantly lowering rates to counterbalance a rise in airfare. In many cases, overall trip costs including air and hotel have not increased above 2007 costs.

"The intense media attention to high airfares has everyone thinking that travel this year is vastly more expensive than ever before, and that's just not the case," Grus said. "For example, let's look at an eight-day trip for two to Miami in September. Airfare has increased $109 since last year, but hotels are $173 less expensive, meaning the total trip cost is actually down $64."

The trend holds true for many destinations in Hawaii and Florida. The trend is particularly interesting for Hawaii, which this year has seen some of the steepest fare increases of any destination. Nationally, hotel rates are about even with last year, but rates at leisure destinations such as Hawaii and Florida are down as much as 20 percent.

Farecast Airfare Predictions and Hotel Rate Keys

Live Search Farecast helps save online travel shoppers money with an airfare prediction for their specific trip. The airfare prediction shows whether the lowest fares appear to be rising or dropping and provides a recommendation to buy now or wait. In April 2006, Navigant Consulting Inc. tested more than 44,000 airfare predictions and confirmed that Farecast's predictions were 74.5 percent accurate.

Farecast's Hotel Rate Key helps consumers know at a glance if the current rate for a hotel is a deal or not a deal. The initial beta version uses historical rates and offers Hotel Rate Keys for more than 5,000 hotels in 30 major cities across the country for up to 90 days in the future. Farecast builds the unbiased Hotel Rate Key on science, not marketing.

About Live Search Farecast

Farecast, acquired by Microsoft in 2008, is the smart travel search site that helps consumers buy with confidence. In addition to providing flight and hotel search, Farecast helps consumers know when to buy with airfare predictions and know where to stay with Hotel Rate Keys. Farecast has been recognized as the 2008 Webby Award Travel winner, named Conde Nast Traveler's "Best Site for Knowing When to Book" in 2008, named one of Travel + Leisure's Top 25 Travel Websites in 2007, awarded Budget Travel's 2007 Extra Mile Award, named one of PC World's 20 Most Innovative Products for 2006, listed in "Best of What's New 2006" by Popular Science, named one of TIME Magazine's "50 Coolest Websites" in 2006, and named one of the "Best Trip Planning Tools" by BusinessWeek readers in 2006. Buy travel smarter at http://farecast.live.com/.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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Oracle Honored in Everything Channel's 2008 VARBusiness Annual Report CardContinued Support and Dedication to Partner Community Earns Overall Middleware Category Win; Oracle also posts victory for Product Innovation in Data & Information Management Category

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- Demonstrating its ongoing dedication to deliver leading partner solutions and programs, Oracle today announced that it was named a winner in the 2008 Annual Report Card (ARC) from Everything Channel's VARBusiness.

-- Now in its 23rd year, the VARBusiness ARC Awards recognize outstanding partner programs and superb vendor service in 18 major product categories. The ARC Awards were held at an awards ceremony held on August 18 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Dallas, Texas.

-- Oracle captured the ARC Company of the Year Award in the Middleware Software category, and won the subcategories of Middleware Product Innovation and Partnering.

-- In the Data & Information Management category, Oracle posted a victory for Product Innovation, highlighting the continuing strength and innovation in its flagship Oracle Database(R) product.

-- Winners were selected by VARBusiness editorial based on the survey results of more than 5,000 systems integrators, IT consulting organizations, value-added resellers (VARs), solution providers and software developers.

Supporting Quotes

-- "For 23 years we've asked Solution Providers to grade their vendor partners on criteria such as product quality and innovation, partner programs and support, and each year the results of these grades have created the VARBusiness Annual Report Card which reflects the level of commitment vendors have to the channel and to their Solution Provider partners. Congratulations to all of the winners," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel editorial.

-- "Oracle is dedicated to delivering industry-leading solutions and services that help Oracle and our partners succeed together in the marketplace," said John Gray, Group Vice President, NAS Technology Alliances and Channels, Oracle. "This honor, bestowed by the votes of our valued partners, demonstrates Oracle's commitment to continually improving partner opportunities across our Oracle Fusion Middleware suite of solutions, and offering partners the optimum vehicle to increase sales and customer value with Oracle."

Supporting Resources ARC Information: http://www.everythingchannel.com/ Oracle Database 11g: http://www.oracle.com/database/index.html Oracle Fusion Middleware: http://www.oracle.com/products/middleware/index.html Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal: http://www.oracle.com/partners/index.html Oracle Partner Success Stories: http://www.oracle.com/customers/partners/index.html About VARBusiness (http://www.varbusiness.com/)

For the past 20 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

Everything Channel (http://www.everythingchannel.com/, http://www.channelweb.com/)

Everything Channel, formerly CMP Channel, is the one-stop-shop for accessing, enabling and accelerating technology sales channels. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with an unparallel audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels. Through innovative sales and marketing solutions, Everything Channel arms the sellers of technology with the resources they need to achieve measurable and significant results. Everything Channel is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 20,000 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels.

About Oracle

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/.

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Web site: http://www.oracle.com/

RoyaltyShare Announces Acquisition of Broad Street Digital Limited

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- RoyaltyShare, Inc., a premier provider of digital royalty and content delivery solutions to the entertainment industry, today announced the acquisition of Broad Street Digital Limited from Arbinet-thexchange, Inc. , a leading provider of innovative voice and IP solutions for buying and selling telecommunications capacity. As part of the sale agreement, RoyaltyShare and Arbinet have agreed to work together to explore market opportunities to serve the rapid convergence of the telecommunications and entertainment industries. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Broad Street Digital is the developer of Rightsrouter,(R) a digital content licensing management and distribution platform for the distribution of digital assets. With offices in London and New York, Broad Street Digital has signed over 500 record labels to its content delivery service. As a result of today's announcement, Broad Street Digital customers will have access not only to content distribution services, but an opportunity to adopt RoyaltyShare's state-of-the art revenue and royalty management platform.

"RoyaltyShare offers the first and only platform that automates the entire digital sales process -- from catalog management and content delivery to artist and mechanical royalty processing," said Bob Kohn, Chairman and CEO of RoyaltyShare. "The acquisition and strategic relationship announced today will significantly increase our reach into the European market and provide us with the opportunity to work with one of the world's leading telecommunications service providers to address the needs arising from the convergence of telecommunications and the distribution of recorded entertainment."

"The sale of the Broad Street Digital business to RoyaltyShare will allow us to focus our resources more effectively on our core voice and IP transit businesses," said William M. Freeman, CEO of Arbinet.

About RoyaltyShare

RoyaltyShare is the worldwide leader in Web-based royalty processing and digital content management solutions for the global entertainment industry. Utilizing an innovative Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application delivery model, RoyaltyShare provides a suite of on-demand services dedicated to simplifying the increasingly complex digital sales process. Its state-of-the-art system and dedicated 24/7 support team enable music labels, distributors and publishers to accurately manage the entire digital sales process anytime, anywhere. RoyaltyShare's service offerings include the ripping and coding of content, metadata management, storage and delivery of digital content, managing sales and distribution information, calculating royalties and generating Web-accessible royalty reports. RoyaltyShare's web-based solution supports the management of content sold through digital, physical, subscription, mobile and other channels. For more information, please visit http://www.royaltyshare.com/.

About Broad Street Digital Ltd.

Broad Street Digital is a global license management company specializing in intellectual property rights and digital content distribution. Broad Street Digital developed and operates the patented Rightsrouter(R) license management platform that enables a music, video or photo rights holder to catalogue, transact, distribute and manage licensing of its content with the world's major online and mobile retail services. Broad Street Digital is a division of Arbinet Digital Media Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., , the leading provider of solutions to simplify the exchange of digital communications. For more information about Broad Street Digital, visit http://www.broadstreetdigital.com/.

RoyaltyShare, Inc.

CONTACT: Michael Kelly of Nadel Phelan, Inc., +1-831-440-2403,
Michael@Nadelphelan.com, for RoyaltyShare, Inc.; or Hilary Halliwell of
Arbinet-thexchange, +1-732-509-9166, hhalliwell@arbinet.com

Web site: http://www.royaltyshare.com/
http://www.broadstreetdigital.com/

Itanium Solutions Alliance Welcomes Supermicro As SponsorSupermicro joins industry leaders in developing Itanium marketplace

SAN RAMON, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Itanium Solutions Alliance welcomes Super Micro Computer, Inc. as a sponsor of the non- profit association. The server hardware manufacturer joins founding sponsors Bull, Fujitsu, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, Hitachi, Intel, NEC and SGI in committing time and resources to the growing organization, adding a unique perspective and considerable expertise to the Alliance's efforts. Supermicro's sponsorship will be announced tonight as part of the first annual Innovation Celebration event honoring the Alliance's 2008 Innovation Award winners in San Francisco.

"It's our great pleasure to welcome Supermicro into the Itanium Solutions Alliance, and we look forward to their leadership and strong contributions toward our goal of accelerating the adoption and development of Itanium-based solutions," said Joan Jacobs, executive director of the Alliance. "As a veteran server manufacturer with strong ties to the system integrator channel, Supermicro's participation will benefit the Alliance and its members with their tremendous depth of experience in deploying Itanium-based solutions."

Supermicro joins the Alliance as a longtime manufacturer and vendor of Itanium-based platforms. The company's SuperServer line employs Itanium processing technology for a range of IT environments and applications, providing powerful, highly scalable mission-critical infrastructure for IT organizations and data centers.

"Our support of the Itanium Solutions Alliance reflects our commitment to the market for Itanium-based solutions," said Charles Liang, president and CEO of Supermicro. "We expect our customers to value the vast processing power, exceptional reliability and application flexibility that our Itanium-based servers deliver, and supporting the Alliance serves those customers, and our business, very well."

The Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Award honors those who have most creatively and innovatively implemented Itanium-based solutions within their organizations. Tonight's event will honor 2008 winners the University of Houston bioinformatics research team (in the Humanitarian Impact category); Protegesoft (in the Enterprise Business Application category); and S7 Software (in the Entrepreneurial Innovation category).

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Established in 1993, Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis and server systems. These Server Building Block Solutions provide benefits across many environments, including data center deployment, high- performance computing, high-end workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations. For more information on Supermicro's complete line of Itanium-based solutions, visit http://www.supermicro.com/

About the Itanium Solutions Alliance

The Itanium(R) Solutions Alliance is a global community of hardware, operating system and application vendors dedicated to accelerating the adoption and ongoing development of Itanium(R)-based solutions. Formed in September 2005, the Alliance is comprised of some of the most influential companies in the computing industry with a shared, strategic commitment to delivering mission critical computing solutions based on the Intel(R) Itanium(R) architecture. http://www.itaniumsolutions.org/

Itanium Solutions Alliance

CONTACT: Joan Jacobs of Itanium Solutions Alliance, +1-925-275-6610,
joan.jacobs@itaniumsolutionsalliance.org; Michael Kalodrich of Super Micro
Computer, Inc., +1-408-503-8063, michaelk@supermicro.com; James McIntyre of
McClenahan Bruer Communications, +1-503-546-1016, james@mcbru.com, for Itanium
Solutions Alliance

Web site: http://www.itaniumsolutions.org/
http://www.supermicro.com/

Phoenix Technologies Announces Phoenix MicroCore(TM) for Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processors for Netbooks and Nettops

MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Phoenix Technologies Ltd. , the global leader in core systems software, today announced Phoenix MicroCore BIOS to support the new Intel Atom processor developed for simple, affordable netbooks and nettops. Phoenix MicroCore is being demonstrated in Phoenix booth #531 at the Intel(R) Developer Forum (IDF) August 19-21, 2008 in San Francisco.

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"As pioneers in the personal computing industry, Phoenix and Intel have traditionally worked hand-in-hand on innovation as the industry has evolved, and the emerging netbook and nettop devices offering an affordable option for education, photo and video viewing, social networking, voice over IP, e-mail, messaging, browsing, and numerous other Internet activities and basic applications are no exception," said Dr. Gaurav Banga, CTO and SVP of engineering at Phoenix Technologies. "Phoenix's leadership position in standards-based firmware uniquely positions us to help our OEM and ODM customers capitalize on Intel's newest line of processors designed to enable low-power devices and PCs to deliver extraordinary Internet experiences. We provide a compelling technology advantage and business benefit to all our customers and this latest version of our firmware product was developed in order to support the low cost, low power devices that our customers are bringing to market."

"Built with the world's smallest transistors with groundbreaking low power capabilities and industry-leading 45nm Hi-k Metal Gate technology, the Intel Atom processor is driving marketplace innovation for new easy-to-use netbooks and nettops. These purpose-built devices offer affordable price points, great battery life and adequate performance for simple Internet content consumption," said Erik Reid, Director Mobile Platforms Marketing, Intel Corporation. "Phoenix's long history and expertise in core systems engineering in conjunction with Intel processors will continue to drive netbook and nettop innovation."

Wachovia Capital Markets research analysts predict the market for low-cost notebooks and desktops is the computing industry's major growth driver through 2010.

"Consumers are increasingly turning to low-cost alternatives to full-powered PCs for simple tasks like surfing the web and reading and sending email and Intel(R) Atom(TM) processors along with Phoenix MicroCore BIOS represents the most powerful way to deliver the desired functionality for the best cost," said Martin Lin, Director Notebook Design Center, Quanta Computer Inc. "We're pleased that Phoenix has proactively anticipated our need for superior and flexible firmware code to support these new devices for the Internet."

About Phoenix Technologies

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. is the global market leader in system firmware that provides the most secure foundation for today's computing environments. The PC industry's top system builders and specifiers trust Phoenix to pioneer open standards and deliver innovative solutions that will help them differentiate their systems, reduce time-to-market and increase their revenues. The Company's flagship products and services -- AwardCore, SecureCore, FailSafe, HyperSpace, BeInSync and eSupport -- are revolutionizing the PC user experience by delivering unprecedented performance, security, reliability, continuity, and ease-of-use. The Company established industry leadership and created the PC clone industry with its original BIOS product in 1983. Phoenix has 155 technology patents and 139 pending applications, and has shipped in over one billion systems. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.phoenix.com/

Phoenix, Phoenix Technologies, Phoenix FailSafe, HyperSpace, BeInSync, eSupport and the Phoenix Technologies logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact: Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Global Press Office Tel : +1 408 570 1060 public_relations@phoenix.com

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CaseCentral Migrates On-Demand eDiscovery Platform to Oracle(R) Real Application ClustersSoftware-as-a-Service Provider to Corporate Legal Departments and Law Firms Adopts Clustered Database Environment to Optimize Performance, Availability and Scalability

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- CaseCentral, the leading secure SaaS platform for corporations looking to take control of eDiscovery, has migrated its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform to Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters to deliver better performance, scalability and availability, Oracle announced today.

-- CaseCentral's platform allows corporations to apply disciplined business process to litigation and regulatory matters, reducing risk and business disruption, boosting productivity, and controlling costs. CaseCentral has delivered its proven, SaaS platform to over 1,100 customers and more than 7,250 registered users.

-- CaseCentral actively manages several hundred terabytes of evidence -- 95 percent of which is unstructured data such as emails, office documents, and images -- and has hosted over 25,000 individual litigation matters.

-- San Francisco-based CaseCentral initially deployed its clustered database environment in 2007. Its purpose-built Java-based platform is deployed on a multi-node cluster of HP BladeSystem servers running Linux.

-- CaseCentral utilizes Oracle Enterprise Manager to help provide the monitoring and management necessary to meet the mission-critical needs of their clients. CaseCentral will migrate customers currently supported by Microsoft SQL Server to the clustered Oracle Database environment.

Supporting Quote

"CaseCentral offers a highly scalable, on demand software platform that allows companies to own the eDiscovery process and their law firms to own the execution," said Ted Sergott, Chief Technology Officer, CaseCentral. "At a moment's notice, a new or existing client can send us millions of documents and terabytes of data to support an eDiscovery matter and thanks to our architecture, we are fully prepared to accommodate that volume of mission-critical data. Running on Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters, CaseCentral offers customers a scaleable, secure and available platform to meet their eDiscovery needs."

Supporting Resources Related Resources About Oracle Database: http://www.oracle.com/database About Oracle Real Application Clusters: http://www.oracle.com/clusters About Oracle Enterprise Manager: http://www.oracle.com/enterprise_manager/index.html To download free, evaluation versions of Oracle software, go to: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html Terms, conditions and restrictions apply. About CaseCentral

CaseCentral is the leader in on-demand eDiscovery software for corporations looking to take control of eDiscovery. CaseCentral enables companies to efficiently and defensibly respond to today's legal and compliance challenges, consistently, accurately and faster, while delivering overall savings of 30-60 percent and increasing earnings per share (EPS) by up to 1.1 percent. The company's on-demand eDiscovery software platform, with its secure, multi-party architecture and configurable litigation workflow engine, includes best-practice solution templates that enable companies to be operational within hours. CaseCentral is the first to provide eDiscovery business intelligence dashboards giving customers real-time insight into review rates, quality rates and costs per document by case, firm or user. CaseCentral is used by more than 25 of the Fortune 100 and 81 of the AmLaw 100. Founded in 1994, CaseCentral is consistently chosen to handle many of the most complex and highly visible litigation projects in the nation. For more information, call 1.800.714.2727 or visit http://www.casecentral.com/.

About Oracle

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/.

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kreeves@bando.com, for Oracle

Web site: http://www.oracle.com/
http://www.casecentral.com/

Nokia's Services & Software Unit Grows and Focuses its EffortsContinued Growth in Investments in Key Internet Services Areas

ESPOO, Finland, August 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia's Services & Software unit today announced plans to refine parts of its global research and development activities. While Nokia continues to grow its investments in consumer Internet services, the unit plans to integrate some of our content delivery services into a single service to create a better experience for consumers and to continue increasing investments into key initiatives. Nokia's Internet services strategy continues unchanged with a focus on key service areas such as music, games, messaging and location based services.

Nokia has started today relevant local employee consultations to discuss these plans. These plans concern approximately 200 employees - approximately half in Finland - working in the Services and Software unit. The aim is to find alternative solutions and work for as many employees as possible within Nokia, at which the company has a good track record from previous years.

"This year we plan to hire more people into the Services & Software unit than the number of affected employees, so we expect that many employees will be able to transition to new jobs within Nokia," said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Services & Software. "We have made great progress with the initial offering this year and I see great potential going forward as we bring context aware Internet services to people's pockets. These changes will strengthen our offerings and enable us to accelerate the delivery of new Internet experiences to market."

About Nokia

Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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Tower Semiconductor Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results Conference Call

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tower Semiconductor , a pure-play independent specialty foundry, will hold its conference call to discuss second quarter 2008 results on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (09:00 a.m. Central, 08:00 a.m. Mountain, 07:00 a.m. Pacific and 17:00 Israel Time).

The conference call will also include an update on Tower and Jazz Technologies Plan of Merger and Reorganization, following the form F-4 effectiveness and the Jazz shareholders meeting set to vote on and approve the merger on September 17, 2008.

Tower Semiconductor will issue the second quarter earnings release on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, during pre-market hours.

This call is being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at Tower's Web site at http://www.towersemi.com/, or can also be accessed in the U.S. and in Israel by calling a domestic number:

1-888-668-9141 (U.S. Toll-Free) 03-918-0691 (Israel) +972-3-918-0691 (International)

The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at http://www.earnings.com/, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com/).

The teleconference will be available for replay for 90 days. About Tower Semiconductor Ltd.:

Tower Semiconductor Ltd. is an independent specialty foundry that delivers customized solutions in a variety of advanced CMOS technologies, including digital CMOS, mixed-signal and RF (radio frequency) CMOS, CMOS image sensors, power management devices, and embedded non-volatile memory solutions. Tower's customer orientation is complemented by its uncompromising attention to quality and service. Its specialized processes and engineering expertise provides highly flexible, customized manufacturing solutions to fulfill the increasing variety of customer needs worldwide. Offering two world-class manufacturing facilities with standard and specialized process technologies ranging from 1.0- to 0.13-micron, Tower Semiconductor provides exceptional design support and technical services to help customers sustain long-term, reliable product performance, while delivering on-time and on-budget results. More information can be found at http://www.towersemi.com/.

Contact Information: Tower Semiconductor Limor Asif, +972 4 650 6936 Limoras@towersemi.com or: Shelton Group Ryan Bright, (972) 239-5119 ext. 159 rbright@sheltongroup.com

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

CONTACT: Limor Asif of Tower Semiconductor Ltd., +972 4 650 6936,
Limoras@towersemi.com, or Ryan Bright of Shelton Group, +972 239-5119
ext. 159, rbright@sheltongroup.com, for Tower Semiconductor Ltd.

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Circuit City Opens New Channel to Help Consumers with Transition to Digital TelevisionToll-Free Telephone Contact Center Offers Expert Advice, Sale of DTV Converter Boxes and Other Options

RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- To better serve Americans preparing for the upcoming switch from analog to digital TV, Circuit City announces it has opened a toll-free telephone contact center to answer consumers' questions and assist with the purchase of government approved digital TV converter boxes. The contact center can be reached at 888-280-9382.

"We know the clock is ticking and in less than six months, most U.S. TV stations will switch from traditional analog signals to digital broadcasts," said Brian S. Bradley, senior vice president - multi-channel at Circuit City Stores, Inc. "People are eager to learn more about how the DTV switchover will affect them, and we believe our new contact center will be a valuable public information resource. Our contact center also will be an important new sales channel for people who live in rural areas and for customers who find it inconvenient to visit traditional retail locations."

Under federal mandate, most TV stations in the U.S. will stop broadcasting analog signals and switch to purely digital broadcasts after February 17, 2009. Circuit City has been an active participant in the government coupon program to make converter boxes more affordable and has offered government approved DTV converter boxes in its stores since mid-February, 2008.

The new contact center will enable consumers to redeem their government coupons to purchase converter boxes over the telephone. Contact center associates also will be able to help consumers explore other options for the DTV switchover, including upgrading to digital television sets, or signing-up for cable or satellite service.

The company also has created a special informational section on its Web site at http://www.circuitcity.com/tvsignal to assist consumers with questions about the upcoming transition.

About Circuit City Stores, Inc.

Circuit City Stores, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of consumer electronics and related services. The domestic segment operates through 701 Superstores and 9 outlet locations in 158 U.S. markets. The international segment operates through approximately 800 retail stores and dealer outlets in Canada. Circuit City also operates Web sites at http://www.circuitcity.com/, http://www.thesource.ca/ and http://www.firedog.com/.

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BIO-key(R) Announces Emergency Alert and Management Solutions for Schools and CampusesMobileSRO(TM) and MobileCampus(TM) Wireless Data Communications Link School Security, Administration and Faculty

WALL, N.J., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BIO-key International Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: BKYI) , a leader in finger-based biometric identification and wireless public safety solutions, today announced the availability of MobileSRO(TM) and MobileCampus(TM), silent, secure emergency alert and management solutions for K-12 schools and higher education, respectively.

MobileSRO can be deployed on a BlackBerry, or other smartphone, thereby allowing a teacher or administrator to quickly and easily send a silent alert to the school resource officer (SRO), or other designated security personnel, without unnecessarily alarming students or provoking an intruder. Security personnel and administrators can also use MobileSRO to alert other faculty and staff about an evolving incident, and how to protect themselves and their students until the situation is resolved. MobileSRO can also be used to link the school resource officer directly with the local public safety 911-center to immediately dispatch police, fire and emergency medical personnel to the scene.

MobileCampus offers similar functionality for campus police and administrators in colleges, universities, medical centers and other campus-based organizations. In addition, MobileCampus, like MobileSRO, can link to student and faculty databases enabling campus police officers to verify the identity of individuals in a building or on the campus.

Both solutions can also be used for day-to-day non-emergency messages and all-staff announcements including the presence of a visitor. MobileSRO and MobileCampus can be deployed on any combination of PCs, laptops and BlackBerry and Windows Mobile smartphones.

MobileSRO and MobileCampus are built on BIO-key's MobileCop(R) secure, wireless mobile data communications platform that is currently used by more than 750 police and other public safety departments in the U.S. to dispatch and manage first responders in the field. Both solutions are superior to currently available school emergency alert products based on patching into the police radio system or using cell phone text messaging. Unlike voice radio-based systems, BIO-key's silent, "scanner-proof" communications approach lets administrators better manage a sensitive incident in a school or campus environment. While the delivery of text messages may be affected by cell phone network capacity, BIO-key's school and campus solutions offer guaranteed message delivery and audible alerts for critical messages.

"With MobileSRO and MobileCampus, BIO-key is breaking out beyond our traditional law enforcement mobile data market to bring new and innovative solutions to those who most need it -- school resource and campus patrol officers and administrators chartered to protect our young children and college students," said Ken Souza, Senior Vice President and General Manager of BIO-key's Law Enforcement Division. "School departments and higher education institutions now have access to the same proven emergency alert and management technology used by thousands of first responders across the country on a daily basis."

About BIO-key

BIO-key International, Inc., headquartered in Wall, New Jersey, develops and delivers advanced identification solutions and information services to law enforcement departments, public safety agencies, government and private sector customers. BIO-key's mobile wireless technology provides first responders with critical, reliable, real-time data and images from local, state and national databases. BIO-key's high performance, scalable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy biometric finger identification technology accurately identifies and authenticates users of wireless and enterprise data to improve security, convenience and privacy and to reduce identity theft. Over 750 police departments in North America use BIO-key solutions, making BIO-key the leading supplier of mobile and wireless solutions for law enforcement. (http://www.bio-key.com/)

This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected on the basis of these statements. The words "estimate," "project," "intends," "expects," "believes" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the "safe-harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. For a more complete description of these and other risk factors that may affect the future performance of BIO-key International, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB and its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company also undertakes no obligation to disclose any revision to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Company Contact: BIO-key International, Inc. Bud Yanak 732-359-1100

BIO-key International Inc.

CONTACT: Bud Yanak of BIO-key International Inc., +1-732-359-1100

[video] Geoffrey Talbot, CEO of Statmon Technologies Corp. Discusses First-Quarter Results on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press Show

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Statmon Technologies Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: STCA) , a wireless and fiber infrastructure network management solution provider, today announced that the company's CEO, Geoffrey Talbot, is featured in an exclusive interview on WallSt.net's 3-Minute Press Show.

The interview gives viewers an overview of the company, and the significance of the company's latest press release.

To view the clip in its entirety, visit: http://www.tv.wallst.net/r/3-minute-press/StatmonCEO/213/901 About Statmon Technologies Corp.

Statmon Technologies Corp. is a wireless and fiber infrastructure network management solution provider. Axess, its proprietary software application, and its supporting integration products are deployed in telecommunications, media broadcast and navigation aid transmission networks to optimize operations and ensure that the entire network continues to function. The Statmon Platform is designed to self-heal, or preempt transmission failure by automating the integration of the different devices and disparate technologies in a network under a single umbrella control system and permit manual corrective action at the network operations center or from any connected computer, including a wireless device.

About WallStreet Direct, Inc.

WallStreet Direct, Inc. operates WallSt.net (http://www.wallst.net/), a leading source of up-to-the-minute business news, comprehensive financial tools and original multimedia content for the investment community. In addition to WallSt.net, WallStreet Direct owns and operates WallStRadio (http://radio.wallst.net/), an online hub for business podcasts from well-known business news personalities and publishers, and WallStTV (http://tv.wallst.net/), a hub for business and finance video content. We have received two hundred eighty dollars from Statmon Technologies Corp. for the dissemination of this press release. To read our full disclaimer, and for a complete list of our advertisers, and advertising relationships, visit http://www.wallst.net/disclaimer/disclaimer.php.

Contact: WallStreet Direct, Inc. 800-4-WALLST

Statmon Technologies Corp.; WallStreet Direct, Inc.

CONTACT: WallStreet Direct, Inc., 1-800-4-WALLST

Web site: http://www.wallst.net/

Earth Search Sciences Appoints New Chief ScientistFollowing move to Boston, Earth Search boosts its operations capabilities with appointment of respected senior scientist

BOSTON, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Earth Search Sciences, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ESSE) , a technology company focused on the development of domestic, inland oil resources, today announced the appointment of a key addition to its senior management team. Michael D. Lockhart has been appointed as Earth Search's Chief Scientist.

As Chief Scientist, Lockhart is responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive technology strategy for Earth Search (ESSI). Lockhart has developed more than 30 patentable technologies in various technology fields and has extensive experience running R&D projects for General Dynamics and several government agencies.

Luis Lugo, CEO of ESSI, believes Lockhart's expertise in environmental impact assessments will help ESSI in its efforts to develop technologies that contribute economically, without the environmental impacts normally associated with petrochemical resource development.

"In the end, the technologies and subsequent applications we develop will be subject to strict environmental scrutiny," said Lugo. "We want to make sure ESSI leads the way in creating zero footprint standards and practices that serve as a benchmark for the industry as a whole."

Lugo said Lockhart's appointment comes at a critical juncture as ESSI closes in its proof-of-concept gasification technology testing scheduled for the fall.

"Michael's impressive technology background will make crucial contributions in helping to originate and direct R&D efforts for our patented gasification process and our patented ultraspectral remote sensing instruments."

"I have had the pleasure of working as a consultant on a key ESSI project for several months and am extremely excited to help advance the company's technologies that have the potential to promote environmentally-sound domestic oil production and national security," said Lockhart.

Lockhart has 28 years of experience as a senior analyst and research scientist in biosurveillance and information analysis, environmental engineering, synthetic organic and analytical chemistry fields, applied optical physics, and in the defense industry.

Lockhart has provided environmental and occupational health consulting services for many local, state, federal, and private agencies and industries - many of those services focused on environmental compliance and site analysis, environmental evaluations, indoor air quality assessments, and EPA and OSHA industrial training.

Lockhart holds an M.A. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia. About Earth Search Sciences - http://www.earthsearch.com/

Earth Search Sciences, Inc.'s [OTCBB:ESSE] revolutionary ultraspectral technology provides the ability to accurately read the chemical properties of surface substances from great altitudes and produce easily interpreted maps allowing the user to identify specific minerals and substances on the surface of the earth by their diagnostic reflectance patterns. Ultimately, this remote sensing capability identifies a greater number of exploration targets quickly and economically, monitors the environmental situation, and improves the probability of finding anomalies. Older, more conventional methods would take decades to cover the same area, and at a much greater cost. Within the realm of exploration, remote sensing does not replace the need for geological knowledge, geochemistry, geophysics, seismic, drilling, etc, which are some of the more conventional tools used for exploration. The application of Earth Search's patented and IP-protected hyperspectral technology cuts across the commercial, medical and military spectra.

This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The information reflects numerous assumptions as to industry performance, general business and economic conditions, regulatory and legal requirements, taxes and other matters, many of which are beyond the control of the company. Similarly, this information assumes certain future business decisions that are subject to change. There can be no assurance that the results predicted here will be realized. Actual results may vary from those represented, and those variations may be material.

Earth Search Sciences, Inc.

CONTACT: Luis F. Lugo of Earth Search Sciences, Inc., +1-857-488-0532,
llugo@earthsearch.com; or Patrick Cusick, +1-208-388-3800, pcusick@peyron.com,
for Earth Search Sciences, Inc.

Web site: http://www.earthsearch.com/
http://www.peyron.com/

American Airlines Launches Aircell's Mobile Broadband Service 'Gogo'American is the First Airline to Offer Full Inflight Internet in the U.S. on the Entire 767-200 Fleet

FORT WORTH, Texas and ITASCA, Ill., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Marking the beginning of the next wireless revolution, American Airlines made history today with the launch of the mobile broadband service, Gogo(TM) provided by Aircell(R).

Effective today, customers traveling on American's Boeing 767-200 aircraft can access complete coast-to-coast coverage on nonstop flights between New York and San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, and New York and Miami. American, the world's largest airline and founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, and Aircell, the world's leading provider of airborne communications, have joined together to bring the first full inflight broadband service to the U.S. market.

"We are pleased to provide our customers with the unprecedented ability to stay connected to their family, friends and business associates on the ground via the Internet while traveling at 30,000 feet above the United States," said Dan Garton, American's Executive Vice President - Marketing. "With today's launch, American Airlines makes history as the first and only U.S. airline to offer customers full inflight Internet connectivity, demonstrating once again our industry leadership and focus on our customers."

Aircell's Gogo will be available to customers as a fee-based service in all cabins. Aircell will charge $12.95 on flights more than three hours, which include American's Boeing 767-200 flights. Each paid Gogo session includes full Internet access. Cell phone and Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) services are not available.

Gogo turns an American Airlines flight into a Wi-Fi hotspot, enabling passengers to surf the Web, check any email, Instant Message, access a corporate VPN, and more. Once the aircraft has reached 10,000 feet, users can simply turn on their Wi-Fi enabled devices such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs, open their browsers and be directed to the Gogo portal page where they sign up and begin surfing. Gogo is powered by the Aircell air-to-ground (ATG) Broadband System, which runs over Aircell's exclusive nationwide network.

"Today, U.S. air travel changes forever. With Aircell's unique ATG inflight Internet service, airlines finally have an economically viable option for providing the broadband connectivity passengers are demanding," said Jack Blumenstein, President and CEO, Aircell. "American Airlines is the first to bring inflight Internet to market, and today the days of being cut off from the rest of the world while in the air become history."

About American Airlines

American Airlines is the world's largest airline. American, American Eagle and the AmericanConnection(R) airlines serve 250 cities in over 40 countries with more than 4,000 daily flights. The combined network fleet numbers more than 1,000 aircraft. American's award-winning Web site, AA.com, provides users with easy access to check and book fares, plus personalized news, information and travel offers. American Airlines is a founding member of the oneworld(R) Alliance, which brings together some of the best and biggest names in the airline business, enabling them to offer their customers more services and benefits than any airline can provide on its own. Together, its members serve nearly 700 destinations in over 140 countries and territories. American Airlines, Inc. and American Eagle Airlines, Inc. are subsidiaries of AMR Corporation. AmericanAirlines, American Eagle, AmericanConnection, AA.com and AAdvantage are registered trademarks of American Airlines, Inc. .

About Aircell

Aircell is the world's leading provider of airborne communications. As winner of an exclusive FCC frequency license in 2006, Aircell(R) has built a revolutionary mobile broadband network for commercial and business aviation. In 2008, the Aircell Network and its inflight portal, Gogo(TM), revolutionized the commercial airline passenger flight experience by delivering a robust Internet experience at 35,000 feet. In addition, the Aircell Network provides airlines with connectivity to operations and a path to enhanced cabin services such as video, audio, television and more. A similar feature set is available to Business aircraft operators. Aircell has facilities in Broomfield, Colorado, and Itasca, Illinois. Aircell's vision is to give everyone the ability to stay in touch, in flight(R). For more information about Aircell, please visit http://www.aircell.com/.

About Gogo(TM)

Gogo, powered by Aircell, turns a commercial airplane into a Wi-Fi hotspot with true inflight Internet access. Passengers with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, smartphones and PDAs, can surf the Web, check any e-mail, Instant Message, access a corporate VPN and more. For more information about Gogo, please visit http://www.gogoinflight.com/.

Aircell, Gogo, and in touch, in flight are trademarks of Aircell LLC. AmericanAirlines(R) We know why you fly(R) Current AMR Corp. releases can be accessed on the Internet. The address is http://www.aa.com/

American Airlines

CONTACT: Charley Wilson of American Airlines Corporate Communications,
+1-817-967-1577, corp.comm@aa.com; or Brenda Chroniak of RF|Binder,
+1-781-455-8250, aircell@rfbinder.com, for Aircell

Web site: http://www.aa.com/
http://www.aircell.com/
http://www.gogoinflight.com/

AT&T and Leading Child Safety Organizations Take Online Safety to the ClassroomNation's Largest Broadband Provider and 4,500 D.A.R.E. Officers to Provide Online Safety Lessons to Parents, Students and Communities Nationwide

DALLAS, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced it is returning to the classroom through online safety education developed by the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKeepSafe) and presented by Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) officers. As the nation's largest broadband and wireless provider, AT&T has a longstanding commitment to protect consumers online and safeguard their Internet experience. The company offers parental controls for various communications modes such as Surf Smart (Internet at home), Wireless Smart (mobile phone), Watch Smart (TV) and Talk Smart (home phone).

Through the storybook adventures of iKeepSafe's Internet safety character, Faux Paw the Techno Cat(R), elementary students grades 1-5 will learn about online safety, with emphasis on cyber-bullying awareness for fifth graders. D.A.R.E. officers will visit classrooms and present animated movies and books to students, then engage in educational exercises. AT&T will later join D.A.R.E. officers at community forums, where local residents and parents can learn about online safety and how they can keep their families safe online.

"Ninety percent of tweens report they have used the Internet by the time they are nine years old," said Brent Olson, AT&T assistant vice president of Public Policy. "That's why it's important for online safety education efforts to reach elementary-school-aged children, before they become active online users."

"It's equally important for parents, families, and communities to understand the current challenges involved in keeping their children safe online, whether over the computer or over the cell phone -- which every parent of a texter knows is quickly becoming the primary mode of communication for today's tweens and teens," Olson added. "We are excited to join with iKeepSafe and D.A.R.E to bring these important messages to local schools and communities."

Approximately 4,500 D.A.R.E officers will be trained to present the program in hundreds of cities nationwide over the course of the 2008-2009 school year.

"This program uses positive messaging to teach children in an entertaining and effective way about online safety and about how to be good digital citizens," said Marsali Hancock, president of iKeepSafe. "Studies have shown that positive messaging resonates with children better than scare tactics. It's essential we deliver those messages when children are young and receptive -- before they become 'experts' at digital communication."

"D.A.R.E America is proud to join with iKeepSafe and AT&T to assist in the vital work of helping our young people avoid and combat cyber-bullying," said Anita Bryan, deputy director for education, D.A.R.E America. "This destructive and hurtful behavior is a direct obstacle to the learning and growth that children may experience from healthy use of the Internet."

Along with its participation in the iKeepSafe and D.A.R.E. program, AT&T is also an active member of the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) -- an international nonprofit organization committed to providing innovative solutions for family online safety -- which will issue three studies focused on best practices in online safety education.

AT&T is also supporting a program through Enough Is Enough, an Internet safety organization dedicated to protecting children and families from the Internet dangers of pornography and sexual predators. The Enough Is Enough program targets at-risk youth, who have little to no parental supervision and are in an environment that makes them more susceptible to risky online behavior. The pilot program launches in Virginia in the fall, and the national rollout is next year. The Enough Is Enough organization will also distribute an online safety 101 kit for parents later this year, with tips and instruction from a variety of organizations and companies, including AT&T.

AT&T offers a full library of supportive Internet safety and security tips and interactive safety games for kids, all available at http://www.att.com/safety. In addition, consumers can go to http://onguardonline.gov/ to review practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help them be on guard against Internet fraud, secure their computer and protect their personal information.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Andrea Brands of AT&T Inc., mobile, +1-312-307-9027,
andrea.brands@att.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/

Orbitz Honors Customers' Favorite Hotels With 'Best In Stay' AwardsAwards Recognize Top Customer Reviewed Hotels for Family, Couples, Business and Leisure Travelers

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orbitz.com (http://www.orbitz.com/), a leading online travel company, today announced the winners of its first annual Orbitz Best In Stay Awards (http://bestinstay.orbitz.com/), recognizing more than 100 top-rated hotels based on reviews by the guests themselves.

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"With more than 160,000 hotel reviews, Orbitz offers travelers the relevant information they need to find the hotel that is right for them," said Tom Russell, Group Vice President of Brand Marketing for Orbitz Worldwide. "With our Best In Stay awards, we are harnessing this guest feedback to recognize and celebrate the hotels that provide the best customer experience, according to the travelers who have stayed there."

Orbitz Best In Stay winners were selected based on the overall numeric score they received by Orbitz customers. Reviews and scores for each hotel are collected only from Orbitz customers who have booked and stayed at the hotel. Reviewers are asked to rate a variety of hotel attributes on a scale of 1 to 5, including amenities, maintenance, hotel staff, room comfort, location, and value. The "overall score" is an average of all reviewer scores submitted.

Making Orbitz Best In Stay winners even more relevant for travelers, awards are given in four categories based on the type of traveler who submitted reviews -- families, couples, leisure vacationers and business travelers.

Travelers can also take advantage of a special 15% OFF promotion code, available at http://bestinstay.orbitz.com/, to experience these award winning hotels and share their own reviews with other travelers. Use promotion code HOTELAWARD15 to take advantage of this offer*.

The following hotels are a sample of the 2008 Orbitz Best In Stay winners in some of the most popular travel destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Caribbean. Awards were given to hotels in the following destinations: New York, Boston, San Francisco, Miami / Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hawaii, Caribbean, Mexico, Toronto and Montreal. For the entire list of award-winning hotels visit http://bestinstay.orbitz.com/.

New York: Best In Stay Family Hotel: Eastgate Tower Hotel, 3-Star Best In Stay Couples Hotel: Millennium Hilton, 4-Star Best In Stay Leisure Hotel: New York Marriott Marquis, 3-Star Best In Stay Business Hotel: Affinia Manhattan, 3-Star Las Vegas: Best In Stay Family Hotel: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, 4-Star Best In Stay Couples Hotel: Wynn Las Vegas, 5-Star Best In Stay Leisure Hotel: The Grandview at Las Vegas, 4-Star Best In Stay Business Hotel: The Signature at MGM Grand, 5-Star Orlando: Best In Stay Family Hotel: Runaway Beach Club Resort, 4-Star Best In Stay Couples Hotel: Hilton at Walt Disney World Resort, 4-Star Best In Stay Leisure Hotel: Caribe Cove Resort, 4-Star Best In Stay Business Hotel: Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, 5-Star Chicago: Best In Stay Family Hotel: Amalfi Hotel, 4-Star Best In Stay Couples Hotel: The Westin Michigan Avenue, 4-Star Best In Stay Leisure Hotel: Hotel Monaco, 4-Star Best In Stay Business Hotel: The Talbott Hotel, 4-Star Hawaii: Best In Stay Family Hotel: Turtle Bay Resort, 4-Star Best In Stay Couples Hotel: The Westin Maui Resort and Spa, 4-Star Best In Stay Leisure Hotel: Outrigger Maui Eldorado, 3-Star Best In Stay Business Hotel: The Wyland Waikiki, 4-Star

Introduced in 2005, the Orbitz hotel review process lets travelers take advantage of the first-hand knowledge of more than 160,000 authentic hotel customer reviews solicited only from Orbitz travelers who have actually booked and stayed at the hotel. The hotel reviews can be sorted based on the type of traveler to find the right hotel that fits travelers' specific needs: business travelers, leisure vacationers, couples and families.

Terms and conditions:

*Book a qualifying hotel between August 20, 2008, and September 30, 2008, for 1 or more nights for travel between August 20, 2008, and December 15, 2008, via Orbitz and instantly receive 15% off your booking through the use of the promotion code. Eligible destinations for this promotion include select hotels in the following locations: Boston, Caribbean, Chicago, Dallas, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Mexico, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, San Francisco, Toronto, Washington D.C. To display qualifying hotels or packages, click "I have a promotion code." and enter the promotion code, then look for hotels or packages marked with the icon "COUPON." Limit one discount per hotel room and one promotion code per booking. Discounts are not redeemable for cash for any reason. Any attempt at fraud will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted. Orbitz reserves the right to change or limit the promotion in its sole discretion.

About Orbitz

Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com/) is a leading online travel company that enables travelers to search for and purchase a broad array of travel products, including airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, cruises and vacation packages. Since launching its website http://www.orbitz.com/ to the general public in June 2001, Orbitz has become one of the largest online travel sites in the world based on gross travel bookings. On Orbitz, consumers can search more than 80,000 suppliers worldwide including airlines, hotels and car rental companies. Orbitz is a brand that is owned and operated by Orbitz Worldwide .

About Orbitz Worldwide

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading global online travel company that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research, plan and book a broad range of travel products. Orbitz Worldwide owns and operates a portfolio of consumer brands that includes Orbitz (http://www.orbitz.com/), CheapTickets (http://www.cheaptickets.com/), ebookers (http://www.ebookers.com/), HotelClub (http://www.hotelclub.com/), RatesToGo (http://www.ratestogo.com/), the Away Network (http://www.away.com/) and corporate travel brand Orbitz for Business (http://www.orbitzforbusiness.com/). For more information on how your company can partner with Orbitz Worldwide, visit http://corp.orbitz.com/.

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CONTACT: Abigail Hunt of Orbitz, +1-312-894-4734,
abigail.hunt@orbitz.com; or Kevin Gray of Brodeur, +1-617-587-2851,
kgray@brodeur.com, for Orbitz

Web site: http://www.orbitz.com/
http://bestinstay.orbitz.com/