Spectrum Systems Expands Application Development
Solutions for Federal Government

Products from Flashline, Industrial Medium and Solstice
added to Spectrum’s GSA Schedule

Fairfax, VA – October 7, 2003 – Spectrum Systems, Inc., a leading government reseller and systems integrator, today announced that it has added software solutions from Flashline, Inc., Industrial Medium LLC, and Solstice Software, Inc. to their General Services Administration/Federal Supply Service (GSA/FSS) Schedule (GS-35F-5192G). The GSA Schedule is a government wide procurement contract that combines “fair and reasonable” pricing with ease of procurement for a multitude of products and services.

Spectrum has expanded its application development offerings with the Flashline Registry™, a software asset management and reuse solution; Industrial Medium’s Expressroom web content and site management software; and Solstice Software’s software integration testing solution. Combined with Borland’s Application Lifecycle Management product suite, Mercury Interactive’s Business Technology Optimization solutions, and other product lines already on Spectrum’s GSA schedule, the company is now able to provide government customers with a complete application development capability from concept to long-term productivity optimization and management.

“With the explosive growth in size and complexity of government software applications, it is imperative to utilize productivity tools at every stage of the development process,” explained Ron Segal, president and CEO of Spectrum Systems. “With the addition of these leading products, Spectrum now offers the government the only complete toolset in the industry – each with the best value proposition in its space, and each fully integrated with major competitive tools as well as the other tools in Spectrum’s application development product line.”

The Flashline Registry delivers commercial best practices for sharing and managing software assets, including Web services, components, frameworks, and models. Combined with the FlashPack™ for Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), the pre-configured solution enables agencies to manage compliance with, and speed adoption of, the FEA, and assists agencies with managing their Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Exhibit 300 business case submissions.

“Federal agencies are moving forward with initiatives like Federal Enterprise Architecture, legacy modernization and software consolidation. To gain the most value out of these programs, they must be able to reuse architectural and component assets across agencies,” states Charles Stack, founder and chief executive officer of Flashline. “Flashline is well positioned to help agencies promote agency-wide reuse and speed the adoption of these key IT programs. We are excited about our partnership with Spectrum Systems and look forward to bringing the benefits of software asset management and reuse to the public sector.”

One of the goals of the e-government strategy is to improve government response time to citizens – from weeks down to minutes(1). Industrial Medium understands that in today’s cost-conscious business environment, the business that an organization conducts on the Web is mission-critical. It is essential to have quality, relevant, and up-to-date Web site content. Industrial Medium’s Expressroom is an XML-based content management solution that allows organizations to more efficiently create and manage their Web sites. Designed to run on any operating system that supports Java, Expressroom enables development of design, content, and code in parallel, decreasing the overall time needed to develop and update content. Expressroom includes a robust graphical workflow system, a transactional deployment model, and a strong security model.

“We’re extremely pleased to be working with Spectrum Systems to provide the federal government with an Enterprise-class Content Management solution that integrates seamlessly with common MS Office © desktop productivity applications – ensuring that our customers maintain maximum workforce productivity and reduce the overall learning curve,” commented John Barrett, Industrial Medium’s managing partner.

The systems integration, cost reduction and validation within the federal government are ongoing issues. Solstice Software delivers automated testing software that validates the messaging backbone that is the heart of technology integration projects. With a focus on messages, and specific support for legacy integration, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Web services projects, Solstice’s Integra Enterprise solution can help federal agencies deliver critical integration projects on time and on budget by taking the end-to-end testing phase off of the critical path. Integra Enterprise provides automation, simulation, and validation for message-based applications. Integra Enterprise allows project teams to test earlier and more effectively, reducing the risk of delays, overruns, and production system errors.

Lori Gipp, vice president of marketing for Solstice, shared Solstice’s heritage working with the government. “Government clients with their high degree of integration have been core customers of Solstice from the beginning. By automating the time consuming testing and validation process, we help our clients deliver projects faster, at lower cost and with higher reliability.” Gipp further commented “With Solstice’s messaging solution, and the other application development solutions Spectrum provides, government clients will be able to secure a full solution from one source. We are very pleased that we were able to partner with Spectrum as this streamlines the buying process for Solstice’s valued government clients.”

In combination with GAO’s push for improving enterprise architecture management government-wide(2), software productivity solutions that allow for reuse of software assets, efficient web content management and rapid integration of technologies are of the utmost importance. Spectrum Systems can provide its customers with these solutions along with the application lifecycle solutions that are required to accomplish these goals.

About Spectrum
Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, Spectrum's customers rely on them to provide full-service solutions that support the entire software development lifecycle. Our strong partnerships with the leading software development product manufacturers enable us to create solutions with an integrated set of comprehensive and flexible tools, customized to your specific requirements. Spectrum's ability to implement and support complex software development projects is enhanced through our strategic partnerships with innovative service providers. For more information, please visit www.spectrum-systems.com.

About Flashline, Inc.
Flashline enables IT organizations to maximize the total Return on Software(tm) by delivering solutions that lower costs, accelerate development cycle times, and eliminate redundancy. The Flashline 4 product family orients software engineering around an asset portfolio to execute enterprise programs and development initiatives. Utilizing Flashline software and the best practices of Asset-based Software Engineering, some of the largest organizations in the world have achieved quantifiable improvements in productivity, quality, and agility - dramatically increasing the business value of IT. Flashline is a privately held company headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. For more information, please visit www.flashline.com.

About Industrial Medium LLC
Industrial Medium is a software and services firm with extensive experience in site design, implementation, and management. Industrial Medium's software products and managed services enable organizations to retain extensive control over their web sites without requiring in-house technical expertise. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Industrial Medium LLC is a privately held company. For more information, please visit www.industrialmedium.com.

About Solstice
Solstice Software, Inc. (formerly Class I.Q.) turns application testing inside out, radically reducing the time and money spent on EAI, Web Services and other complex software integration projects by automating early, end-to-end testing of the message-based systems that lie behind the application GUI. Solstice's extensive protocol library and simulation capability let users conduct early, effective tests across any protocol, any environment, and any component, regardless of component availability. Founded in 1996 and privately funded, Solstice Software is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, please visit www.solsticesoftware.com.

(1) Office of Management and Budget, Implementing the President’s Management Agenda for E-Government, E-Government Strategy, April 2003

(2) United States General Accounting Office Executive Guide, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 1.1) April 2003.

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for additional information contact:
Melanie Dynes
Spectrum Systems, Inc.
800-929-3781 x230