IBSS Enhances SynTrack^TM for Healthcare With Radianse Indoor Positioning Solution

Technology Certified For Use with IBSS Hospital Asset Tracking System; IBSS approved as Authorized Radianse Reseller

COLUMBIA, S.C, Feb. 09, 2006 — Integrated Business Systems and Services, Inc. (IBSS) today announced that it has collaborated with Radianse, Inc. to integrate Radianse's Indoor Positioning Solution (IPS) with SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare, Release 1.5.5, IBSS' hospital asset tracking system. Utilizing active-RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) with proprietary location technology, Radianse's IPS technology, in combination with SynTrack(TM), enables real-time location visibility of medical equipment, patients and staff. IBSS has certified the use of Radianse's IPS with SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare and has been approved as an Authorized Reseller of IPS by Radianse.

"We are pleased that IBSS has chosen to make its RFID solutions 'Radianse Ready(TM),'" stated John Pantano, Radianse Vice President of Marketing. "The integration of Radianse's active-RFID location technology with SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare means that IBSS can now extend the benefit of room-level accuracy to its healthcare customers, thus improving the ability to find the precise location of equipment and people, anywhere, anytime."

According to Lee Dunston, Director of Sales at IBSS, "The SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare asset tracking system is available on a pre-loaded network appliance for 'plug and play' operation. Combined with IPS technology, like that from Radianse, our solution is quick to implement, easy to use and simple to administer."

About SynTrack^TM for Healthcare

SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare lets healthcare organizations benefit from improved asset management, which helps to reduce costs and improve patient care. SynTrack(TM) uses RFID tags to track the location of assets in real time, so that the hospital staff has the location of any tracked asset on any hospital campuses. SynTrack(TM) supports a mix of RFID Real-time Location Systems (RTLS) and traditional tracking technologies from various vendors via a single framework. That way, a customer can choose cost-effective 13.56MHz wristbands for patient tracking, active tags for assets and personnel, WiFi real-time location technologies for WiFi-enabled devices, and mix in proximity readers, barcode readers, biometrics and legacy or specialized tracking technologies to provide a unified view of assets and personnel.

SynTrack(TM) for Healthcare is founded on the robust real-time processing technology of Synapse(TM) from IBSS, providing scalability from a single point of use solution to distributed enterprise level solutions. One of several products in the Synapse(TM) family, the SynTrack(TM) application takes advantage of the intelligent, configurable Synapse(TM) RFID application framework, making it easy to extend functionality and integrate seamlessly with legacy hospital management and ERP systems.

About Radianse, Inc.

Radianse, Inc., Lawrence, Mass., provides hospitals with location-enabled workflow solutions to improve patient throughput and resource management. At the core of Radianse solutions is the Company's indoor positioning system (IPS), which uses active-RFID tags, LAN-ready receivers and web-based location analysis software to locate and associate medical equipment, patients and staff. Additional software extends this integrated view to include beds, ADT, orders, labs, and medical equipment, helping hospitals improve efficiencies and safety and increase satisfaction and revenues. The Radianse Ready(TM) partner program provides equipment and clinical applications providers the ability to integrate identity and time-based location data.

About IBSS

IBSS is the creator of Synapse(TM), a groundbreaking software technology. Synapse(TM) is a complete framework and methodology used to create, implement and manage a wide variety of dynamic, distributed, networked, and real-time enterprise applications including RFID, quickly and efficiently. Global enterprises utilizing Synapse(TM) leverage the power of its single, flexible framework to enjoy tremendous time and cost advantages, in the development, deployment and on-going management of customized 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 803-736-5595 or 800-553-1038, or www.ibsds.net.

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