Ekahau's Wi-Fi Technology Selected as ``Best of Breed'' by IBSS; IBSS Selects Ekahau Technology for SynTrack Certification
COLUMBIA, S.C.--April 19, 2005--Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc. (IBSS) (OTCBB:IBSS), inventor and marketer of the Synapse(TM) technology for mobile computing and RFID software applications, and Ekahau, Inc., the leading provider of accurate Wi-Fi positioning solutions and site survey tools, announced today that IBSS is now certified as an authorized value added reseller of Ekahau's Wi-Fi Location Based Services (LBS) and Real Time Locating System (RTLS) solutions. IBSS will be adding the value of its wireless expertise and its Synapse-based application and integration capability, including its recently released SynTrack(TM) Intelligent Asset Tracking system.
In January, IBSS launched its new intelligent tracking application product, SynTrack(TM), a powerful framework to accommodate alternative and complementary Automatic Data Collection technologies, including Wi-Fi. IBSS has selected Ekahau as the best of breed Wi-Fi technology to be integrated with its SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare application.
"IBSS has the expertise to integrate and support our advanced Wi-Fi technology with their application framework, Synapse," stated Tuomo Rutanen, Vice President of Business Development for Ekahau. "We look forward to a mutually beneficial and active relationship as we move ahead."
IBSS' Chief Executive Officer, Dr. George Mendenhall, added, "Given Ekahau's demanding selection criteria for channel partners, IBSS takes great pride in establishing this new strategic relationship. Ekahau's products and technologies are clearly best-of-breed and should indeed extend and enhance the value of SynTrack(TM) as well as other future IBSS solutions."
About WiFi
Short for wireless fidelity this term is used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. wireless network regarding the inter-operability of various technologies.
About Ekahau, Inc.
Ekahau, Inc. is the industry leader in location-enabling Wi-Fi networks. Ekahau's customers include leading corporations around the world that are realizing the benefits of Wi-Fi-based location services and innovative network planning and optimization tools. Ekahau partners include wireless software developers, leading system integrators, and international OEM partners, who develop and market next generation location-based applications. For more information about Ekahau, please visit at www.ekahau.com or contact Tuomo Rutanen, VP Business Development Tel: 1-703-481-9861, E-mail: .
About IBSS
IBSS is the creator of Synapse(TM), a groundbreaking software technology. Synapse(TM) is a complete application development and deployment environment used to create, implement and manage a wide variety of real-time applications including RFID and wireless, quickly and efficiently.
IBSS is utilizing its Synapse(TM) technology to build and distribute a family of application products that are optimized to provide solutions for specific industries. SynTrack(TM), a Synapse based asset tracking solution highly optimized to exploit the power of Linux and Synapse in the healthcare sector is the initial release from this family of industry specific products.
Global enterprises utilizing Synapse(TM) enjoy tremendous time and cost advantages, in the development, deployment and on-going management of a growing number of real-time applications. Enabled by Synapse(TM) to take competitive advantage of cutting-edge technologies such as wireless networking, mobile computing and RFID, IBSS and its strategic partners bring solutions to customers for mission-critical applications in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, finance, insurance, retail, education, and government.
IBSS is headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IBSS and its Synapse(TM) technologies and services, call 1-803-736-5595 or 800-553-1038, or visit www.ibss.net.
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary significantly as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks associated with the Company's ability to satisfy its obligations incurred in recent private placements of secured debt, risks in product and technology development and integration, market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand, the impact of competitive products and pricing, changing economic conditions, and other risk factors detailed in Exhibit 99.1 of our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2003 and in other filings the Company makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission at its principal office in Washington, DC at prescribed rates by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. These filings are also available electronically through the Internet World Wide Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at the Internet address: http://www.sec.gov.
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