Beltsville, Maryland - July 8, 1999 - Vertical Software, Inc. (VSI) announced today that is has successfully completed the first phase of the Summerville Assisted Living Facilities' Server-based Computing national deployment.

Twelve months ago, VSI was approached by Summerville's Assisted Living Facilities, from Alexandria Virginia, with a major concern that many organizations face. How was Summerville going to meet their aggressive growth plans, provide access to mission critical applications, provide effective systems management, and meet their technology goals, while maintaining a sound fiscal strategy that would allow them to meet their expected profits? VSI's developed a Server-based computing solution, which allows Summerville to achieve all their stated goals.

Summerville chose VSI, a Microsoft Solutions Provider - Partner and Citrix PLATINUM Solution Provider, to implement a solution based on Microsoft Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Metaframe. With the solution in place, Summerville can now manage their entire Wide-Area Network (WAN) from a single location with only a minimal increase in staff, bring new facilities on-line within days instead of months, and corporate data is protected in a secured fully redundant system.

"With VSI and Citrix Metaframe, we were able to have 14 newly acquired facilities up and online, fully configured within 1 weeks time, there's no way that could have happened with 14 standard LAN configurations. In addition, we are able to easily manage our WAN and train users using standard Citrix utilities from our corporate office in Virginia".

States without any productivity degradation. Wyse 3515 Windows Based Terminals are used at each facility to decrease on-going management costs and increases user adoption. In addition, VSI implemented Voice Over IP (VOIP) technology to each remote location to increase WAN efficiency.

BRAINWAVE CONTROLLED COMPUTERS MADE ULTRA AFFORDABLE BY APPLE'S IMAC

Darien, CT - May 19, 1999 - IBVA Technologies, Inc. announced today full compatibility with the Apple iMac and current generation Apple G3 computers. Bringing their IBVA brain/computer interface system to a greater market at a low price point.

"Even we are amazed at what you can do with our system and an iMac at this price point." said Drew DeVito, Executive Vice President of IBVA Technologies, Inc. "It used to be that you had to match our system up with a fairly expensive computer to get a great experience with brain/computer interaction. Now you can get our system and an iMac for the same price that you used to only be able to buy a computer alone for. It really is amazing to see this happen."

The IBVA System allows anyone to use their actual, real time brainwave activity to change movies as they are watched, create interactive brainwave influenced music, control digital video and sound, study hardcore brain activity, fight brain Vs brain against another person, trigger external devices and software as well as a full featured range of other brain/computer interface functions.

IBVA Technologies also sells add-ons to their system called Expansion Paks. These Expansion Paks extend the brainwave control on:

*Sony Playstations
*Infra-red devices such as cable boxes, satellite systems, televisions and more.
*Home automation systems for light control, door security control and more.
*Virtual Reality headgear.