LizardTech Launches Community Blog

Business Wire, Jan 30, 2008

Zoom Offers Information, Resources and Commentary on Geospatial Imaging

SEATTLE -- LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, today officially launched Zoom, a new blog that includes news about LizardTech products, insight into LizardTech development, and conversation about the latest geospatial industry happenings. Zoom can be found at http://lizardtech.com/blog.> Every week, Zoom offers a closer look at some aspect of LizardTech or the industry it serves, including software tips, notes on conferences that LizardTech attends, updates on LizardTech products, even employee profiles. Zoom also includes links to industry resources and commentary on the geospatial industry and software development as seen from the experts in geospatial imaging. LizardTech's Matt Fleagle leads the editorial efforts for the blog, with many staffers regularly supplying content.

"LizardTech has been around for 15 years, something most people don't realize," said Matt Fleagle, LizardTech's technical writer and Zoom editor. "We began as a small software company with a commitment to our customers. With this blog, we hope to further strengthen our connection to the geospatial community. Zoom will provide a look at the geospatial industry and imaging software from our point of view, and hopefully draw geospatial professionals into an ongoing conversation that will be rewarding, interesting and constructive for everyone."

About LizardTech

LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., was founded in 1992 to build valuable business solutions from technologies created by the world's leading research organizations including Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and AT&T Labs. LizardTech is a leader in applying state-of-the-art technologies to the real-world challenges of managing, distributing, and accessing large complex digital content such as aerial photographs, satellite imagery, and color scanned documents. LizardTech's software is installed on millions of desktops and integrated into a wide variety of platforms and applications. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo. LizardTech is a division of Celartem, Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules:4330). For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc., develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.

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