From: Jennifer Thompson <JThompson@AckermannPR.com> To: Jeff Hooper <JHooper@AckermannPR.com> Subject: TeamLinux Completes Two Acquisitions, Announces New exploreStudio Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 15:59:24 -0400 CONTACTS: Terry MacEwen TeamLinux Corporation 937 427-5377 tmacewen@team-linux.com <mailto:tmacewen@team-linux.com> Jeff Hooper Ackermann Public Relations & Marketing 865 584-0550 jhooper@ackermannpr.com <mailto:jhooper@ackermannpr.com> TeamLinux Completes Two Acquisitions, Announces New exploreStudio Kiosk Division Nationwide open source professional services firm becomes a leading kiosk and specialized device provider, fiscal 2001 revenues to exceed $15 million. Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 2000 - TeamLinux Corporation today announced that it has launched a new kiosk, specialized device and e-commerce solutions business unit resulting from its acquisition of two of the nation's established leaders in these technologies. The acquisitions will catapult the company into a leading position among the nation's top providers of interactive technologies. In its latest of six acquisitions since launching in March, rapidly expanding TeamLinux has acquired the assets of both NCR's Design Center and Gem City Solutions. Its new kiosk and special device design and development business unit, which will be launched as "exploreStudio," will consist of employees from all three companies. The acquisitions combine the manufacturing and customer relationship strengths of Gem City Solutions; the Design Center's internationally recognized design and development expertise with the open source design, software development and support capabilities of TeamLinux. exploreStudio will provide world-class end-to-end kiosk, special device and e-commerce solutions to the banking, hospitality, retail, food service, supermarket and government industries as well as other developing interactive markets. "We estimate that the acquisition of Gem City's on-going customer base and relationships will push our revenues in excess of $15 million for the new fiscal year beginning October 1. exploreStudio (the former NCR Design Center), and Gem City Solutions have strong reputations and portfolios that demonstrate market-proven kiosk, special device and e-commerce solutions featuring world-class design, innovative aesthetics, solid user interface and mechanical design," says Dan Maher, TeamLinux chief executive officer. "The strategic acquisition of two of the nation's foremost leaders in technology solutions enables our new exploreStudio division to provide customers a single source for complete interactive solutions. TeamLinux now offers total end-to-end solutions that include design, manufacturing, service and support from prototype to large-scale rollouts." The NCR Design Center The former NCR Design Center is utilized by major banking, supermarket and retail companies worldwide. This team is an internationally recognized design, development and manufacturing organization specializing in product design and development, interactive kiosks, Web-enabled products, and e-commerce applications. Customers include AT&T, PNC Bank, Sears, Federated Department Stores, 7-Eleven, Boston Market and the United States Postal Service. Multidisciplinary team members of the internationally recognized group specialize in integrated solutions encompassing product design and development; interaction and graphic design; communication design and merchandising; technology integration; manufacturing; staging; and Web, Internet and installation services. While associated with NCR, the Design Center was awarded more international design awards than any other U.S. corporation from organizations including the Industrial Designers' Society of America, Industrie Forum Design Hanover, The American Center for Design and Business Week, Fortune and PC magazines. Gem City Solutions The former Gem City Solutions is a division of Dayton based Gem City Engineering, an ISO9000 approved company with more than 60 years of design, engineering and manufacturing excellence. This Division, started in 1997, is a single source for design, engineering and manufacturing expertise that puts public access interactive multimedia technology to work in a total package or single solution. The company's interactive technologies are being applied in retail shops, building lobbies, shopping malls and rail, bus and air terminals. Gem City Solutions' customer base includes NCR, Airborne Express, North Communications, Muze, Pixel Magic, Applied Science Fiction, Reynolds and Reynolds, IBM, Blockbuster Video, and others. About Team-Linux Corporation TeamLinux is a leading professional services and product organization that provides completely integrated enterprise solutions enabled by open source/Linux technologies. The company's service offering includes Enterprise Assessment, Network Design and Management, Information Security, Database Design, Application Porting, Web Site Design and Implementation, Network Operations Center Design and Deployment, Open Source and Linux Training, Interactive Kiosks and Design Services, Internet Appliances and Embedded Devices, and Industrial Design Services. TeamLinux provides national coverage through its network of regional centers of expertise. Each regional office houses consulting professionals, interoperability labs and complete training centers. Visit TeamLinux on the Web at www.team-linux.com <http://www.team-linux.com> and exploreStudio at www.exploreStudio.com. # # #