MINNEAPOLIS, November 11, 2008 – www.newboundary.com – New Boundary Technologies®, the IT automation innovator, today announced the release of its new Green IT Solution. Powered by Policy Commander® and the company’s unique PwrSmart™ technology, the Green IT Solution automates the enforcement of computer power management to dramatically reduce PC and computer monitor power consumption, energy costs, and environmental impact. The New Boundary Technologies Green IT Solution delivers centralized control of PC power management to IT departments enabling enterprise-wide energy efficiency and cost savings.

Research indicates that more than 100 million workers in the U.S. regularly use PCs on the job, and the majority of them never or only occasionally turn off those computers at the end of the workday. According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates, the average PC left on all the time uses more than 700 kilowatts-hours of electricity, more than an average refrigerator, and wastes approximately 400 kilowatt-hours by running at full power when not in use. Each year, U.S. companies waste an estimated $4-billion powering computers that are not being used. Proactively managing PC power consumption can cut PC energy costs by 60 percent or more, or up to $350,000 annually for an organization with 5000 PCs. In fact, the potential for energy cost savings by implementing proactive PC power management is one reason Gartner named Green IT as its top strategic technology of 2008.

The Green IT Solution from New Boundary Technologies delivers significant cost savings by automating the implementation and enforcement of power management on Windows® desktops, laptops, and servers. Powered by the company’s Policy Commander® automated policy management product and its innovative PwrSmart™ technology, the solution deploys intelligent power management policies to every computer that administrators choose to manage. It then monitors managed systems and automatically enforces the selected power management profiles and settings, even if end users try to disable or change approved power management settings.

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, only 36 percent of workforce PCs are turned off at the end of the workday. Other research indicates that when PC-based power management functions are enabled, the majority of users will disable them within a few months. To overcome these issues, organizations need a solution that implements PC power management at the network level, and utilizes automation technologies to continuously enforce and maintain power management functions.

“Organizations around the world are realizing that green initiatives not only help the environment by reducing energy waste and emissions, but they help the bottom line by immediately cutting energy costs,” said Tom Diamond, President of New Boundary Technologies. “By automatically enforcing PC power management, our Green IT Solution creates self-monitoring and self-maintaining computing environments that maximize savings with minimal impact on the IT staff. New Boundary Technologies is a leader in reducing total cost of PC ownership, and our Green IT Solution reinforces that leadership position.”

About New Boundary Technologies
New Boundary Technologies develops innovative software solutions for IT management and remote equipment monitoring and control. The company’s Prism Suite® automates asset management, software deployment, desktop configuration management, patch management, and packaging. Policy Commander® automates computer security and power management policy enforcement. Radiem® technology monitors and controls remote and mobile equipment via the wireless Internet. Providing the highest quality software and customer support, New Boundary Technologies’ consistent growth has been recognized for five consecutive years in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 program. Founded in 1985, New Boundary Technologies is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.newboundary.com or call 800-747-4487.

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Rochester, MN October 21, 2008 — http://www.ResultsplusSoftware.com — ResultsPlus, a fundraising software solution from Metafile, is enabling large and small non-profit organizations to automate nearly all mission critical fundraising activities with minimum IT involvement. Page Education Foundation, utilizes ResultsPlus to help Minnesota youth of color realize their college dreams.

Page Education Foundation, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a small, non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Minnesota youths of color. By fostering positive attitudes about education and offering financial assistance for college, the foundation has helped send over three thousand students to college in the past 20 years.

Unfortunately, because the foundation was using an antiquated software system that did not have the ability to maintain detailed donor information, they were challenged when it came time to plan and target future fundraising initiatives.

The system Page Education Foundation was using did not even have the capability to provide foundation employees specific information about donor’s interests or to record specific causes donors had contributed to in the past. Without specific donor data, requests for donations and acknowledgement letters, a critical communication which helps the foundation seek support for Minnesota youth interested in attending college, could not be customized to the letter recipients.

“In the non-profit world every last bit of data is important, from donation amounts to spouse’s names and children’s birthdays,” states Mark Gerber Regional Account Manager with Metafile, creator of ResultsPlus fundraising software. “Without this key data, it is very difficult to send out customized acknowledgement letters and nearly impossible to build lasting donor relationships.”

By spending an inordinate amount of time electronically tracking individual donor relationships, rather than working to better target future fundraising initiatives, Page Education Foundation started to see a decline both in donations for programs like the Page Scholarship program and in volunteerism for Service-to-Children Mentoring program.  These declines were something that Page Education Foundation and the youth of Minnesota could not afford.

Page Education Foundation selected Metafile’s ResultsPlus to deploy a solution that would foster deep donor relationships and meet the needs of their fundraising goals.

In working with Page Education Foundation, Metafile helped to:
•effectively replace the antiquated database system
•easily access specific information about donors and their families

“It’s hard to believe that just over two years ago when I began working with the Page Foundation, we were developing initiatives based on so little information about our donor base,” states Carolyn Jones, Administrative Director of Page Education Foundation.  “Now, each step in our efforts is based on the type of strategy that can only be developed by taking into account as much objective data as possible.”

The implementation of ResultsPlus helped Page Education Foundation not only effectively fundraise for programs and campaigns but also foster deep donor relationships that ultimately enables Minnesota’s youth of color to fulfill college dreams.

To download the full Page Education Foundation Success Story please visit Metafile’s dedicated ResultsPlus site.

About Metafile’s ResultsPlus:
For over 25 years Metafile’s ResultsPlus has existed as the premier non-profit fundraising software providing firms like Ronald McDonald House, Benedictine Health System, and Habitat for Humanity the tools necessary to readily achieve their missions. Metafile, located in Rochester, MN, provides solutions to firms worldwide. For more information on Metafile’s ResultsPlus and an archive of client success stories, please visit www.resultsplussoftware.com

About Page Education Foundation:
Page Education Foundation was created in 1988 with a simple but innovative idea—enticing young people of color to positively influence younger children by offering mentoring and financial assistance for college in exchange for their volunteer service. Please visit www.page-ed.org for more information on Page Education Foundation.
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Automated Windows Configuration Management Suite Introduces Secure, Internet-based Administration and Compliance;Extends Mobile Workforce and Distributed Environment Management

MINNEAPOLIS, October 16, 2008 – www.newboundary.com – New Boundary Technologies®, the IT automation innovator, today announced the release of Prism Suite® 9. Powered by the company’s automated configuration management innovations like Smart Update™ and Configuration Groups, Prism Suite 9 extends Windows configuration management to now include secure, Internet-based administration of the mobile workforce and widely distributed remote locations. With an open client/server architecture and modular design, Prism Suite 9 is engineered to automate and streamline processes within corporate IT departments and for delivery via managed service provider (MSP) and software as a service (SaaS) models.

Prism Suite 9 delivers robust, safe, and seamless Windows system management for any location, from any location. Engineered for the needs of IT departments that manage widely dispersed office locations and mobile Windows systems, Prism Suite 9 is also ideally positioned to provide managed service providers with an automated Windows configuration and compliance offering that can be delivered as an online service.

“Prism Suite 9 automates the Windows configuration management processes that are essential to supporting a wide variety of compliance initiatives,” said Michael Osterman, president of Osterman Research. “The Internet-based administration feature allows Prism Suite to drive new efficiencies that allow IT departments to extend their staffing and budget resources. By combining a high level of automation and ease of use with Internet-based administration, Prism Suite also offers managed service providers a powerful Windows configuration management solution they can offer as a service that delivers the same level of configuration compliance that corporate IT departments can achieve.”

Powered by scalable technologies that enable dynamic Windows configuration management, Prism Suite automates asset management, software packaging and deployment, and software patching to deliver continuous, real-time compliance with organizational IT standards and regulatory measures. New features of Prism Suite 9 include:

• Enhanced, secure functionality and performance over the Internet for remote and mobile workforce management.
• Decentralized deployment of software and configuration tasks that improve performance and optimize bandwidth use.
• Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) support that delivers more flexibility in dynamically grouping systems for performing management tasks.
• Efficient, reliable packaging of 64-bit software that speeds deployment of large, complex applications.

“New Boundary Technologies has nearly two decades of experience in developing and leveraging technologies that manage and automate Windows system configurations, and we continue to build on that core competency with each new product release,” said Tom Diamond, president of New Boundary Technologies. “With the release of Prism Suite 9, we are enhance our leading position in reducing total cost of ownership of Windows systems in the enterprise and SMB market, as well as offering a best-of-breed solution to managed service providers looking to expand their service offerings into the Windows configuration and compliance areas.”

About New Boundary Technologies
New Boundary Technologies develops innovative software solutions for IT management and remote equipment monitoring and control. The company’s Prism Suite® automates asset management, software deployment, desktop configuration management, patch management, and packaging. Policy Commander® automates computer security policy enforcement. Radiem® technology monitors and controls remote and mobile equipment via the wireless Internet. Providing the highest quality software and customer support, New Boundary Technologies’ consistent growth has been recognized for five consecutive years in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 program. Founded in 1985, New Boundary Technologies is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.newboundary.com or call 800-747-4487.

MINNEAPOLIS –August 12, 2008 — http://www.testedandproven.com/ — DDL, the leading product and package testing services firm specializing in medical device package testing, recently discovered through the company’s July “Vibration Testing Quizzler” that only 46 percent of Medical Device Packaging Professionals truly understand that vibration testing can prevent defective products or packaging from going to market.

In his winning Vibration Testing Quizzler response, David Anderson VP of Research & Development at GT Urological stated, “When there is the slightest chance that any of our medical products will be exposed to a transportation, operation or storage environment, it is vital that we implement vibration testing before going to market.”

The vibration testing quizzler question below received answers from nearly 200 medical device packaging professionals.

Question: Package and product testing should always be expanded to include vibration testing when there is a chance of exposure to what environments?

“Essentially, vibration testing is something products and packaging should be subjected to when there is a chance of its exposure in transportation, operation or storage,” states Patrick Nolan COO of DDL.

To gain more insight into understanding the importance in executing vibration testing and the critical need for continuing education in medical device packaging guidelines please visit specific vibration testing http://www.testedandproven.com/vibration_testing.html

About The DDL Packaging Quizzler
The DDL’s Packaging Quizzler is a semi monthly online challenge which poses real world packaging questions which Medical Device Packaging Professionals encounter on a daily basis.

One winner who answers The Packaging Quizzler correctly and is selected at random will be awarded a significant prize, such as an IPod.

To participate in the next Quizzler please click “The Packaging Quizzler”.

About DDL
DDL offers expert package testing, product testing and material testing services including shock testing, vibration testing, tensile testing, leak testing and validation services. Additionally, DDL provides expert package design, development and prototyping services for those clients who desire to outsource their package development function. DDL package testing clients find value through its growing suite of PackServices: PackAdvice, a zero-cost package testing consulting service, and PackReview, a DDL approved certification to demonstrate compliance with ISO 11607 (clause 6). DDL Testing Services maintains full service testing labs in Minnesota and southern California. DDL’s package design, development and prototyping services are offered to support national clients through staff and operations based in southern California. (www.testedandproven.com)

Based in New Delhi with additional offices in Bangalore and Mumbai, Taarak is an information technology security company offering a wide range of IT solutions and services to protect business critical networks and information. With the addition of Prism Suite and Policy Commander, Taarak adds software and hardware asset management, software deployment, patch management, and security policy enforcement to its portfolio of technology solutions.

“We are excited about our new relationship with Taarak and our entry into the IT solutions market in India,” said Tom Diamond, president of New Boundary Technologies. “Taarak is an established company with a strong reputation for providing top quality technology solutions and services, and we share many common values and goals. Working together, our companies can offer organizations automated IT security and configuration management solutions that help them work and compete more efficiently and effectively.”

The partnership with Taarak India is the result of New Boundary Technologies’ participation in a State of Minnesota trade mission to India led by Governor Tim Pawlenty.

“India’s economy is growing at an unprecedented rate, and that growth is being fueled in part by new information technology adoption,” said Tony Lorusso, Executive Director of the Minnesota Trade Office. “This partnership between New Boundary Technologies and Taarak India is a great example of how Minnesota businesses can expand and benefit from participating in the global marketplace.”

Powered by innovative technologies that deliver core desktop configuration management functionality, Prism Suite automates asset management, software packaging, deployment, and patching to drive new IT efficiencies. Prism Suite is an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use solution that virtually eliminates the need for training and consulting. Prism Suite’s open architecture and modular design provides administrators with a high degree of flexibility to customize the solution to suit their needs and work processes.

Policy Commander leverages innovative security policy management technologies that automate Windows security configuration enforcement to create sustainable compliance environments. The core automation technologies in Policy Commander enable IT professionals to lock down Windows systems, and keep them locked down, automatically and continuously.

“New Boundary Technologies has a reputation for developing innovative solutions that automate IT security and management process,” said Harish Tyagi, chief executive officer of Taarak. “The addition of Prism Suite to our product portfolio provides a market leading patch management solution for customers, and Policy Commander allows us to market a state-of-the art security policy management solution that delivers greatly enhanced desktop and server security through automated configuration management technologies.”

About Taarak
Taarak, established in 2001, is a premier distributor and provider of perimeter, network, and endpoint information security solutions. Taarak’s information security solutions include best-of-breed secure content and threat management solutions and appliances for the perimeter, network, endpoints, messaging and Web. Taarak distributes, sells, and supports category-leading information security products to the public, corporate, and SME sectors throughout India as well as products and services to the SME and consumer markets through partnerships with channels. Taarak represents several overseas companies on an exclusive basis for the Indian region. For more information, visit Taarak at www.taarak.com.

About New Boundary Technologies
New Boundary Technologies develops innovative software solutions for IT management and remote equipment monitoring and control. The company’s Prism Suite™ automates asset management, software deployment, desktop configuration management, patch management, and packaging. Policy Commander® automates computer security policy enforcement. Radiem® technology monitors and controls remote and mobile equipment via the wireless Internet. Providing the highest quality software and customer support, New Boundary Technologies’ consistent growth has been recognized for five consecutive years in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50 program. Founded in 1985, New Boundary Technologies is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, visit www.newboundary.com or call 800-747-4487.

San Mateo, CA – 17 June 2008 – Lead management software firm Marketo today announced the addition of marketing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) veteran Rob Reid to its Board of Advisors.  Reid brings to Marketo over 30 years of experience in the enterprise software industry and a track record of catapulting his companies into market leadership positions

With its sophisticated, yet easy-to-use lead management software already setting a new standard in the B2B marketing industry, Marketo will tap Reid’s insight and experience as the company continues to expand its vision.

Most recently, Reid served as Group Vice President, Siebel CRM OnDemand, for Oracle Corporation, where he managed the team responsible for the new industry leading CRM OnDemand solution. He came to Oracle from Siebel, where he was responsible for OnDemand marketing and the IBM strategic relationship. He also served as president and CEO of on-demand CRM innovator UpShot, which grew 10 times in three years under his leadership.  Reid’s success at these market leaders, as well his work as CEO at Concur Commerce Network and Seeker Software, Inc., solidified his position as a leader in the SaaS industry. 

“The on-demand SaaS model has already transformed the CRM industry, and Marketo is bringing the value of that innovation to the underserved marketing automation segment,” said Reid.  “They’re delivering on the promise of SaaS with software that’s unprecedented in its ease-of-use. I’m honored to be a part of their team because I know firsthand the great need marketers have for on-demand tools that are both sophisticated and intuitive.”

Reid’s expertise is also rooted in his role as Vice President at Documentum, Inc., where Reid established the company as the business and technology leader in the Document Management market. He was also the catalyst for the creation of Documentum’s industry focused plans and solutions, including taking Documentum through its “Crossing the Chasm” strategies. These strategies propelled Documentum into being Silicon Valley’s fastest growing software company according to Deloitte & Touche in the early ‘90s.

“Rob is a highly-respected SaaS and marketing luminary, and we’re thrilled that he’ll be providing strategic counsel as we continue to expand our presence in the industry,” said Marketo CEO Phil Fernandez.  “We’re transforming the SaaS industry with software that people are actually excited about using because it’s so easy, and we’ll count on Rob’s combination of industry knowledge and marketing expertise to guide us as we continue to deliver on our vision.”

About Marketo
Marketo (http://www.marketo.com) is the leading provider of sophisticated yet easy on-demand marketing automation software that helps enterprise and mid-market B2B marketing professionals drive revenue and improve marketing accountability. Marketo’s demand generation solutions automate and measure lead management activities — including email marketing, lead nurturing, lead scoring and landing page optimization — to help marketers generate and qualify sales leads, shorten sales cycles and demonstrate results. Unlike traditional marketing automation solutions, Marketo is powerful yet easy to use without training and offers an on-demand model to get customers up and running quickly, with no charges for set-up or integration. Founded by former Epiphany executives, Marketo is a trusted provider for industry leaders such as Trimble Navigation, McKesson and Thomson CompuMark. Marketo’s Modern B2B Marketing blog (http://blog.marketo.com) and marketing best practices community are recognized as industry destinations for marketers to share ideas and help each other drive results. For more information on Marketo, visit http://www.marketo.com or call 650-655-4830.

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SHOREVIEW, MN, June 17, 2008 — http://www.ecumen.org – Aging services provider Ecumen, one of the country’s largest non-profit senior housing companies, is developing a green senior housing for North Country Health services in Bemidji, Minn.  It is seeking to be one of the country’s few LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) senior housing developments.

The $20 million senior housing development, to be owned by North Country Health Services and developed by Ecumen, is being built using environmentally friendly or “green” features and methods.  For example, underground parking will lessen impervious surface space and reduce water use, lighting features will prevent light and energy waste, and many construction materials will be harvested locally. 

North Country Health Services and Ecumen plan to submit the project for third-party LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the United States Green Building Council.

“Three words stood out as we began to shape this project – mission, vibrancy and sustainability,” said Jim Hanko, president and CEO of North Country Health Services.  “The new housing will complement our mission of assuring a lifetime continuum of quality healthcare services, it will be a vibrant community that allows people to live in Bemidji for a lifetime, and it will help sustain natural resources that we all share.”

“This project fully embraces a philosophy that aging is all about living,” said Sandy Bensen, North Country Health Services’ (NCHS) vice president of senior and community living services.  “This will be a community that promotes healthy, successful aging and that honors and celebrates a person’s life to its very end.”

Slated for a late-summer groundbreaking, the senior housing development will include independent living apartments, assisted living apartments, and memory care apartments.  The link to the NCHS mission is most evident with the “aging in place” concept where older adults can move in not needing any services and as they age, assisted living services are brought to them when they need them and on an ala carte basis.  All living spaces will link to Neilson Place, the North Country Health Services skilled nursing care center that opened in 2004.  The project is anticipated to open in the fall of 2009.

When completed, the Anne Street site will have more than 148,000 square feet of livable space in two buildings.  Eighty catered living apartment homes, which feature independent living and assisted living, will have underground parking.  The one-story memory care building will have 27 studio apartments.

Other features will include a library and media center, grand fireplace lounge, commercial kitchen and dining room, two guest motel-like suites, a hair salon and barber shop, community room, fitness room, and outdoor patios and walking paths.

“We’re extremely proud to be working with North Country Health Services and helping make this shared vision become a reality,” said Steve Ordahl, senior vice president of business development for Ecumen. 
About North Country Health Services
North Country Health Services (www.nchs.com) is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system comprised of North Country Regional Hospital, Neilson Place, Baker Park, Bemidji Medical Equipment, and the North Country Health Services Foundation. 

About Ecumen
Ecumen (www.ecumen.org) is based in Shoreview, Minn., and is one of the largest non-profit senior housing, services and development companies in the United States.  The name Ecumen comes from the word ecumenical, which in turn is derived from the Greek word for home:  “Oikos.”  Ecumen’s mission is to create “home” for older adults wherever they choose to live.  Ecumen is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and has 4,000 team members.  Ecumen writes about news and ideas that are shaping the future of aging services at its Changing Aging blog: http://www.ecumen.org/changing-aging/
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Minneapolis, MN - May 28, 2008 – SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announced that its customer, Arena Brands, has been named to Apparel Magazine’s inaugural Top 50 Innovators list. Named among global retailers and vendors, Arena Brands was recognized for its decision to outsource its EDI to SPS Commerce, benefiting from rapid connections to its trading partners, integration with its Oracle system, and an automated order fulfillment cycle that eliminated days from its delivery.

“We are pleased to be honored by Apparel Magazine and extend our appreciation to SPS Commerce, which has provided Arena with an outsourced EDI service that has exceeded my expectations,” commented Keith Ritchie, Corporate IT Director at Arena Brands Inc. “Using a standardized format to integrate with our Oracle solution, we can quickly add new trading partners without taking time or resources away from other IT projects. While the technology is superior, the best part about partnering with SPS Commerce is their people. By outsourcing to SPS Commerce, Arena has been able to improve our productivity and enhance our supply chain relationships.”

Apparel Magazine announced The Top 50 Innovators in its May 2008 issue.

“SPS Commerce is pleased to congratulate Arena Brands on this impressive distinction,” stated Archie Black, president and CEO of SPS Commerce. “We were honored to be selected by Arena as their EDI outsourcing partner several years ago, offering them a proven, multi-tenant B2B integration solution and experience in meeting the EDI needs of its retail customers. The EDI mappings for Arena’s transactions were already created and in use by these suppliers, to reduce implementation time and improve reliability. They are a pleasure to work with, and we are glad to see the apparel industry formerly recognizing their achievements in innovation.”

To learn more about Arena Brands use of SPS’ outsourced EDI services, download its case study at http://www.spscommerce.com/n_news/cs/2008/cs_arena.shtml.

About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) B2B integration, connecting every partner in the supply chain. Retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs have selected SPS Commerce as their outsourced provider to automate and integrate their trading relationships. Using the SaaS model, SPS Commerce dramatically lowers setup and on-going costs, along with the time and risks of traditional EDI software by outsourcing the entire B2B communication process. The company’s offerings leverage its multi-tenant architecture, multi-party sharing, comprehensive knowledge of thousands of retailer’s business processes and specifications and integration expertise with a variety of systems for accounting (Great Plains, Quickbooks, MAS series), ERP (Oracle, NetSuite, SAP), packing and shipping (Agile, InSite, Scancode), and WMS (HighJump, Infor, Manhattan Associates). SPS Commerce is the recognized SaaS leader in B2B integration with more than 10,000 recurring revenue customers, pre-built integrations spanning 2,700 unique fulfillment workflows across 1,200 retailers, grocers and distributors, a customer satisfaction rate of 93% and the most comprehensive SaaS product suite available. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.

SPS Commerce is a registered trademark of SPS Commerce Inc. SPSCommerce.net and the SPS Commerce logo are the property of SPS Commerce, Inc. All other names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Minneapolis, MN. - May 2008 – www.chiefmfg.com – Chief Manufacturing, the industry leader in projector, monitor and flat panel TV mounting solutions, is excited to announce the launch of its latest web innovation – the MOUNTBUILDER™ Product Configurator for Projector Mounts, Flat Panel Mounts and Accessories.

“We are often told by customers that we offer so many mount accessories and applications that it’s hard to know which accessories to choose for each application,” said Laurie Englert, Director of Marketing. “With the goal of making this easier for the customer, the team went to work and came up with this incredible concept. We’ve shown it to customers and they are thrilled to get a visual tool of the many different options.”

MOUNTBUILDER is an online tool that will revolutionize the way mounts are selected and specified. Users go to the Chief website and walk through a logical sequence of steps for building a mount configuration that visually appears before them on their computer screen. Drop distance and weight capacity are automatically calculated as parts are added. A parts list is also generated, with the ability to edit parts and quantities. The tool allows users to log in and create a password so they can save configurations for proposals or future jobs.

Key Features of MOUNTBUILDER:

• Visually builds an installation
• Builds a parts list
• Auto-calculates weight capacity and drop distance
• Saves configurations for future use
• Creates a PDF with image for proposals
• Includes Chief’s Easy Bid Spec Form

The Chief Web Development team created MOUNTBUILDER in an effort to further ease product selection, bids and ordering for Chief customers. The 8-month development cycle was challenging, but also exciting for the team.

Historically, Chief leads the industry with innovative tools, including its popular MountFinder™ Manufacturers Cross Reference Database that is updated daily and has the largest selection of flat panels and projectors in the industry.

MOUNTBUILDER currently offers a selection of Projector Mount configurations. Future phases will include modules for flat panel wall mounts; Carts and Stands; Monitors and Totally Custom Solutions. User testing concluded the week of May 19th, with the launch planned for the end of May. The URL to access the site will be www.mountbuilder.com.

Build Winning Combinations with MOUNTBUILDER at this year’s InfoComm 2008, Booth C1224.

About Chief
Chief Manufacturing, a division of Milestone AV Technologies, has more than 30 years of proven product and service excellence. Committed to responding to industry needs in the Pro AV, Residential and Office markets, Chief offers a complete line of mounts, lifts and accessories for flat panel displays and projectors.

Chief continues to design innovative mounting solutions that complement the technology they support. With multiple product awards and patented designs, Chief provides unique mount features, and is recognized for delivering not only quality products, but knowledgeable, helpful customer service.

U.S. and Europe sales offices support a global network spanning the Americas, Europe, the Pacific Rim and beyond. Chief distribution centers are located in Minnesota and the Netherlands. www.chiefmfg.com.

Minneapolis, MN — May 16, 2008 — Open Systems, Inc., a single source provider of TRAVERSE and OSAS accounting, CRM, eBusiness, not for profit, manufacturing and distribution software, and SPS Commerce, the leading provider of SaaS EDI services, today announce that they have teamed to provide an integrated supply chain solution for mid-market companies. The joint solution pre-wires TRAVERSE users to SPS’ network of over 1200 retailer trading partners.

“This solution enables our TRAVERSE customers to quickly and easily communicate important documents to their customers, suppliers, third party logistics providers, and sourcing agents,” said Open Systems VP of Sales Paul Lundquist. “They can send and receive purchase orders, invoices, advance ship notices and other electronic documents directly from within their TRAVERSE application. Using the ‘multi-tenant’ Software-as-a-Service model, our users save time and reduce costs by leveraging SPS’ specialized expertise, infrastructure and existing maps.”

“We are very pleased to partner with Open Systems as a part of our SPS Ecosystem community,” said Archie Black, President and CEO of SPS Commerce. “By teaming SPS’ on-demand B2B integration with their industry-leading TRAVERSE accounting and business solution, mid-sized organizations can benefit from a more streamlined and hands-free approach to communicating necessary order, shipping and billing information with their trading partners.”

About SPS Commerce
SPS Commerce is the leader in Software as a Service (SaaS) B2B integration, connecting every partner in the supply chain. Retailers, manufacturers and 3PLs have selected SPS Commerce as their outsourced provider to automate and integrate their trading relationships. SPS Commerce has more than 10,000 recurring revenue customers, pre-built integrations spanning 2,700 unique fulfillment workflows across 1,200 retailers, grocers and distributors. It has a customer satisfaction rate of 93%. SPS Commerce is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. For additional information, please contact SPS Commerce at 866-245-8100 or visit www.spscommerce.com.

About Open Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1976 on the premise of delivering powerful accounting software solutions to small and mid-market customers, Open Systems is a single-source provider of accounting, distribution, manufacturing, not-for-profit, CRM and eBusiness solutions. Products offered include: OSAS for Windows, UNIX, Linux and Mac users; TRAVERSE for the Microsoft platform; and TRAVERSE eBusiness Solutions. Source code for Open Systems products is provided at no additional cost. For more information on Open Systems products, call 800-328-2276 or visit www.osas.com.

For further information:

Ann Wickstrom, Communications Specialist
Phone: (952) 403-5727/Email: annw @ osas.com