Sypherlink Strikes Strategic Partnership with Polytechnic University, Opens NYC Office

Business Wire, Nov 30, 2007

DUBLIN, Ohio & NEW YORK -- Sypherlink, Inc., the information-management-software company with patented automated mapping and rapid virtualization software, has entered into a strategic partnership with Polytechnic University, expanding its operations to New York City.

"Through a marketing and technical development partnership with Polytechnic University's Brooklyn Enterprise Science & Technology (BEST) Center, we can more quickly roll out our data-sharing and data-integration solutions to the large and globally oriented businesses and government agencies in New York," said Sypherlink CEO James Paat, noting that the company has opened an office at Polytechnic University's MetroTech campus.

"We see this as a perfect marriage of institution and company, technology and market," said BEST director of business development, Bruce Niswander. "Polytechnic University is spurring the technology entrepreneurial revolution in Downtown Brooklyn and in New York City. Besides making low-cost facilities and an array of business services available to Sypherlink, and other companies, as well, BEST provides high-quality technical and marketing support, and a great pool of resources with Polytechnic's highly trained faculty and tech-savvy students."

"We are gaining entry to the best market in the world," said Paat. "And it is gratifying to know that the income BEST derives from Sypherlink will be reinvested in small technology start-up companies born in Polytechnic's BEST Center."

"It is a real win-win situation," said Niswander, who noted that BEST marked its third anniversary last month. "Being a strategic partner in Sypherlink's product development and commercial expansion gives us the opportunity to show how a university can turn technology innovation into an economic engine with students and faculty competing in - and building - New York's rapidly expanding Silicon Alley."

About Sypherlink, Inc.

Sypherlink is an information-management-software company that intelligently links critical information across disparate data sources. Its two distinct patented technologies automate much of the data sharing and integration processes, providing both corporate and public sector organizations with faster, more cost-efficient ways to locate, manage and use information. Its core technology is a heuristics matching technology that automates the discovery and mapping of data. Its virtualization technology for rapid prototyping provides the capability to access multiple physical, disparate data sources from a single, virtual query. In May 2007 the company introduced its National Information Exchange Gateway solution for accelerating and enriching government data-sharing and intelligence efforts, which includes pre-built interfaces to such rich information sources as D&B and Acxiom Risk Mitigation, and conformance to the national information exchange model. Other Sypherlink sales partners include ASG, Battelle, COPLINK, IBM, Keane, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Unisys. Customers include government agencies, such as U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Transportation Security Agency, U.S. Army and Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), as well as multiple Fortune 1000 financial services, insurance and healthcare organizations. For more information about Sypherlink, please visit www.sypherlink.com.

About Polytechnic University and the Brooklyn Enterprise on Science & Technology and Technology Transfer (BEST) Center

Polytechnic University, one of the nation's oldest private engineering universities, was founded in 1854 in Brooklyn, New York. Today, it is the New York metropolitan area's preeminent resource in science and technology education and research. Located on Polytechnic University's campus, The BEST Center seeks to foster entrepreneurial activities by providing low cost facilities, educational opportunities, and an array of technological and business services to new and emerging companies. In addition to its main campus at MetroTech Center in Brooklyn, Polytechnic offers programs at sites throughout the region, including Long Island, Manhattan and Westchester. Additionally, the University offers several programs in Israel. For further information, and to learn more about the entrepreneurial Power of PolyThinking, and the BEST Center, please visit www.poly.edu/incubator.> Note: Sypherlink is a trademark of Sypherlink, Inc. The names of actual companies, organizations and/or products and services mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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