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February 12, 2009

EAST BAY POINT OF SALE SYSTEMS NAMED AS ENVYSION CHANNEL PARTNER

Managed Video as a Service Provider expands footprint with the largest retail systems integrator in the Bay Area

LOUISVILLE, Colo., February 12, 2009 — Envysion^TM Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, today announced it has signed a channel partnership agreement with East Bay Point of Sale Systems, one of the largest retail systems integrators in the Bay Area headquartered in Oakland, Calif.

Through the new agreement, East Bay Point of Sale Systems will offer sales, implementation and support services for the full suite of Envysion solutions, including Envysion Video and Envysion Insight featuring POS integration with the world’s leading POS vendors. Together with Envysion’s leading MVaaS platform, East Bay Point of Sale  offers retailers a complete turnkey and comprehensive managed video solution.

 ”Our clients count on us to customize an end-to-end solution enabling them to maintain a high-level of customer and employee satisfaction,” explained Dan Alipaz, president of East Bay Point of Sale Systems. “We chose to partner with Envysion due to its managed video platform and POS integration capabilities which are leading the industry in next generation capabilities.”

“We are excited to have East Bay Point of Sale Systems join our Channel Partner family,” said Matt Steinfort, Envysion’s President and CEO. “Our combined expertise and dedication to technology, customer service and support will help clients maximize their productivity and profitability.”
About East Bay Point of Sale Systems
For over 70 years East Bay POS has served the hospitality and retail Point of Sale needs of the San Francisco Bay Area. We are the largest independent Point of Sale systems integrator in the Bay Area and have installed Aloha POS in over 1,000 restaurants, bars, and hotels since 1998. We offer our customers a full range of products and services, including POS Systems, site surveys, system consulting and support. We pride our selves on our service, not just sales. Our relationship extends past your system installation, providing peerless 24/7/365 service and support, supplies, and ongoing consultation. Rest assured that your restaurant’s POS needs will be met now and in the future, just as it has for each of our customers for the past 70 years.
 About Envysion
Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insight to improve performance in every location, every day. Envysion services go beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion eliminates the complexity of managing a large scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business. Target markets include multi-location restaurants, retail operations, and hotels. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Colorado. For more information, visit www.envysion.com or call 877-258-9441.

Envysion Press Contact:
Terri Douglas    
Catapult PR-IR     
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 18  (office)
Cell: 303-808-6820 (cell)
tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

November 18, 2008

ENVYSION, INC. PROMOTES MICHAEL WILSON TO CFO

Key senior executive selected as CFO to manage financial backbone of growing Web-based Managed Video as a Service Provider

LOUISVILLE, Colo., November 17, 2008 — Envysion^TM Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, today announced that Michael Wilson has been promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer for the company. Previously, Wilson served as Director of Finance for Envysion since June 2007.

“Michael continues to be the driving force backing the financial fortitude of Envysion,” said Matt Steinfort, president and CEO of Envysion. “Through his leadership and ability to secure funding, Michael has earned the position of CFO. As we continue to grow, Michael will play a vital role in managing the financial backbone of the company.”

In his expanded role, Wilson will continue to be responsible for all finance functions of Envysion, including debt and equity funding, strategic financial planning and analysis as well as general accounting for the company.

Prior to joining Envysion, Wilson was Senior Finance Manager with JohnsonDiversey, Inc., where he held a variety of roles supporting the sales, marketing and supply chain organizations. Michael’s early career experiences include finance positions at GM’s Cadillac Motor Car Division and Deloitte’s New York Audit Practice.
About Envysion
Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insight to improve performance in every location, every day. Envysion services go beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion eliminates the complexity of managing a large scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business. Target markets include multi-location restaurants, retail operations, and hotels. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Colorado. For more information, visit www.envysion.com or call 877.258.9441.

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Envysion Press Contact:
Terri Douglas
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 18 (office)
Cell: 303-808-6820 (cell)
tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

November 12, 2008

NEW MVAAS SERVICE FROM ENVYSION BROADENS ENTERPRISE-CLASS VIDEO SOLUTION

Envysion launches differentiated service solutions to extend the value of its award-winning MVaaS platform

LOUISVILLE, CO – November 12, 2008 – Envysion™ Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, today announced the introduction of its new tiered service offering. Envysion will offer distinct PCI-Compliant service bundles to provide benefits that will complement any business model. With the program launch the company introduces Envysion Video, a turn-key managed video surveillance solution and Envysion Insight, which adds its enterprise-wide POS exception reporting and operational analytic capabilities.

Envysion Video
With the Envysion Video service, customers will benefit from an easy-to-use managed video surveillance solution designed to improve operations, reduce shrink and increase profitability. Envysion Video’s simple and intuitive web interface allows users to easily view, navigate, save and share live and recorded video from anywhere there is an Internet connection.

In addition, the service provides powerful search capabilities that permit the detection of motion from any camera view, eliminating tedious manual searching and enabling users to quickly find specific events based on date, time and motion.

Envysion Insight
In addition to the benefits of Envysion Video, Envysion Insight integrates critical business systems with video, creating a powerful tool that goes beyond traditional surveillance solutions. By tying business systems to video, Envysion Insight allows customers to identify relevant video based on key operational data, such as Point-of-Sale, to gain the visual context of what happened. Users can create custom exception-based reports and alerts to quickly drive their attention to the most critical times in their business. Envysion Insight not only enables operators to monitor transactions, such as voids, returns and promotions, it also minimizes time spent reviewing video and maximizes the impact video can have on business operations.
“We are pleased to offer a tiered service that will meet the varied needs within the retail, restaurant and hospitality segments,” said Matt Steinfort, president and CEO of Envysion. “The release of these two new services is yet another example of how Envysion’s MVaaS solution can rapidly be adapted to meet specific market requirements.”
About Envysion
Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insight to improve performance in every location, every day. Envysion services go beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools, such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion eliminates the complexity of managing a large scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business. Target markets include multi-location restaurants, retail operations, and hotels. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Colorado. For more information, visit www.envysion.com or call 877.258.9441.
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Envysion Press Contact:
Terri Douglas               
Catapult PR-IR                   
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 18     (office)
Cell: 303-808-6820 (cell)
tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

ENVYSION SELECTED TO PRESENT AT COLORADO INVENTOR SHOWCASE

Company to demonstrate its award-winning Managed Video as a Service offering

WHO:        Robert Hagens
                Chief Technology Officer
                Envysion, Inc.
                (www.envysion.com)

At Envysion, Hagens is responsible for Envysion’s technical direction and for the development of its Managed Video as a Service offering. Prior to Envysion, Hagens was SVP of Network Engineering at Level 3 Communications, where he was instrumental in designing and building one of the largest Internet and VoIP networks in the world. Before that, he was Director of Internet Engineering and the founding engineer responsible for MCI’s Internet backbone. He also was a Senior Engineer at Advanced Network and Services (ANS). Rob received a bachelor of arts degree in Biology from Carleton College and a master of science degree in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin/Madison. 

Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insight to improve performance in every location, everyday. Envysion services go beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools, such as Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software-as-a- Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion eliminates the complexity of managing a large scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business.
WHAT:    As CTO, Hagens will be demonstrating Envysion’s MVaaS to attendees and judges at the Colorado Investor Showcase. The annual event attracts inventors and ingenious new products from all over the country. It offers a rare opportunity to meet the inventors of unique and compelling products and services, feel the intensity of their spirit, touch their creations and experience the transformation as they step participants from the here and now to a better tomorrow. A cadre’ of 60 judges comprised of local media, company executives, investors and local dignitaries will review and award top inventions in a number of categories.

WHERE:    The Cable Center
               2000 Buchtel Boulevard
               Denver, CO  80210

WHEN:    Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
             3:30 to 8 p.m. (Mountain)

CONTACT:    For more information on Envysion or to set up an interview with Hagens, please contact Terri Douglas at Catapult PR-IR (303) 581-7760, ext. 18 or tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

September 29, 2008

ENVYSION SELECTED AS A 2008 DEMOGALA SHOWCASE COMPANY

Envysion to present its award-winning Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) technology at the 2008 DEMOgala

LOUISVILLE, CO – September 29, 2008 – Envysion^TM Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, today announced it has been selected by the Colorado Software and Internet Association (CSIA) to demonstrate its innovative Envysion Video managed video technology at CSIA’s DEMOgala 2008 on Thursday, October 2, 2008 in downtown Denver. Earlier this summer, Envysion received CSIA’s APEX Award for Most Innovative Technology Product.

 ”We are honored that Envysion has been selected by CSIA to showcase Envysion Video at this year’s DEMOgala, a premier event for Colorado technology companies,” said Matt Steinfort, president and CEO of Envysion. “Envysion Video is redefining video surveillance for our growing list of customers and, in the process, providing organizations with the insight they need to improve their overall business performance.”

Out of more than 120 organizations that were nominated, Envysion was one of the elite group of 20 companies that was selected to showcase its technology to DEMOgala participants on the event floor. The Fourth Annual CSIA DEMOgala includes speakers and thought leaders from across the nation in a series of 25 panel discussions centered around disruptive and cutting edge technology and what it means to our lives, business, health and futures.

Envysion is an innovator in web-based video management that goes beyond video surveillance. Envysion provides demonstrable results, enabling customers to improve profitability and the customer experience in every location, every day. Unlike other video surveillance services, Envysion leverages the Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) platform, which is highly scalable, centrally managed, and does not strain customers’ IT staff or network.

Envysion has received accolades for its technology not only from CSIA, but also from VON (Video On The Network) Magazine and The Boulder County Business Report as part of its annual IQ Awards ceremony.

About Envysion
Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion Video enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insights to improve performance in every location, every day. The service goes beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools such as Point of Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion Video eliminates the complexity of managing a large- scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business. Target markets include restaurants, retail, hotels and financial services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Colorado. For more information, visit www.envysion.com or call 303-590-2350.

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Envysion Press Contact:
Terri Douglas       
Catapult PR-IR     
303-581-7760, ext. 18 (office)
303-808-6820 (cell)    
http://www.envysion.com

July 21, 2008

ENVYSION EXTENDS LEAD IN ENTERPRISE VIDEO MARKET WITH NEW FEATURES FOR ITS MANAGED VIDEO AS A SERVICE OFFERING

Newest additions to Envysion Video make it even easier for businesses to harness the power of video on the web for operational improvement

LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 21, 2008 — Envysion^TM Inc., (www.envysion.com) the leading Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) provider, is redefining video surveillance, giving operators the insights to improve business performance in every location, every day. Retail and restaurant chains, hotels and financial services businesses are leveraging Envysion Video to materially improve their operations (see today’s other news releases: PCI Compliance; Delivers MVaaS to Hotels; Kurani’s). Matt Steinfort, CEO of Envysion said, “Our focus continues to be on creating value for our customers by enabling them to easily manage and use video to improve their profitability. With our Software as a Service-based architecture, we are uniquely positioned to adapt to customer requirements and continually innovate. Our most recently released capabilities are powerful examples of how customer feedback can be quickly incorporated to increase the impact we can have on their businesses.”
Envysion Video, the company’s Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS) offering is quickly establishing itself as an industry-changing platform. MVaaS is based on the Software as a Service (SaaS) model of software deployment, where software is hosted as a service provided to customers across the Internet. Like other SaaS applications, MVaaS eliminates software upgrade and version control challenges while protecting customers against technology obsolescence.
As a new category of video services, Steinfort says MVaaS solutions vary from traditional video systems in a number of ways:

• Entirely web-based user interface provides easy access to video in any location from anywhere in the world.
• SaaS model eliminates much of the networking complexity and IT requirements at each remote location.
• Customers benefit from improvements in technology and capabilities without having to manage upgrades or version control.
• Centralization of user and recorder management allows administrators to easily manage access for many users across a large number of locations.
• Real-time monitoring of all devices (recorders and cameras) ensures customers’ systems are fully operational.

MVaaS’ architecture provides strong network security and adherence to industry requirements, such as PCI Compliance, and ensures customers aren’t exposing themselves to new risks.  “Envysion Video addresses the scaling challenges of managing distributed video systems across multiple locations. It enables a wide group of people to leverage video in a large number of locations without taxing companies’ networks or their IT organizations and without jeopardizing their security,” Steinfort explains.

The new features that Envysion announced today further enhance its industry leading position in MVaaS and provide even more powerful tools for customers to use to improve their profitability.  New features include:

• Event search and filtering allows users to view and manipulate Point of Sale (POS) and other event data with spreadsheet-like functionality. Users can easily sort and filter large amounts of data to quickly find the video for the events that are most critical to their business.
• Advanced reporting and alerting capabilities enable operators to use data and business rules to drive attention to their most important store sets. Users can create a single report with alerts in seconds that will monitor hundreds of locations and automatically notify them when a business rule is triggered, so they can quickly and easily view video of the event in question.
• Video collaboration allows businesses to centrally archive video clips into a secure and private managed video library for sharing best practices, creating training video from real footage, or case tracking and management. Users eliminate the need to download, manage and email large video files – instead of sending links to annotated video for training or investigative purposes.
• Multi-channel audio support adds a powerful new tool for customers, providing full insights into events with both visual and audible context. Currently in beta and available to customers on a limited trial basis, this feature allows users to listen to audio associated with the video from any camera on their Envysion system.

Steinfort says early customer feedback has been extremely positive. “We have been using Envysion Video within our restaurants since it was first released,” said Ryan Elmore, owner of multiple Rosati’s Pizza franchises. “It allows me to conduct unannounced and undetected time-shifted store visits when I otherwise wouldn’t be able to because of the time it takes to physically drive to each location, saving me time and fuel costs. Envysion is constantly improving and adding new features to their service, and with their managed video model, I receive all of their upgrades and new features automatically, without having to download patches or learn new systems.”

About Envysion
Envysion is an award-winning innovator in web-based video management that is redefining video surveillance and providing demonstrable results for its customers. Envysion Video enables organizations to leverage remote video and provides operators insights to improve performance in every location, every day. The service goes beyond traditional security and loss prevention applications by integrating video with business tools such as Point of Sale (POS) systems. Operators benefit from easy-to-use remote viewing of live and recorded video from an unlimited number of locations, providing insight into operations, loss prevention, marketing effectiveness and customer behavior. The company is driving the development of Managed Video as a Service (MVaaS), which brings the Software as a Service (SaaS) model to the video surveillance market. Through the MVaaS platform, Envysion Video eliminates the complexity of managing a large scale video deployment and is constantly and seamlessly upgraded, allowing users to focus on their business. Target markets include restaurants, retail, hotels and financial services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Louisville, Colorado. For more information, visit www.envysion.com or call 303.590.2350.
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Envysion Press Contact:
Terri Douglas    
Catapult PR-IR     
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 18 
Cell: 303-808-6820
tdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com

April 8, 2008

EMA IDENTIFIES HOT TOPICS FOR RSA 2008

Virtualization security joins other current trends in IT security
that will be bantered about at the conference

BOULDER, Colo., April 4, 2008 – With IT virtualization one of the hottest topics in technology it’s not surprising that virtualization security will likely peg the “buzz meter” at the upcoming RSA 2008 conference. Scott Crawford, research director for the security and risk management practice at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) (www.enterprisemanagement.com), says virtualization security has quickly become one of the highest visibility concepts in IT, and that EMA will explore the new frontier of virtualization security in a new research study that will be initiated at RSA 2008.

“RSA is a great place to kick off our research on virtualization security,” said Crawford. “As the use of virtualization continues to climb, so do questions about the security issues it raises. Virtualization security will definitely generate huge interest at this conference.”

Currently, virtualization itself is at the top of many executives’ agendas. As virtualization is adopted by more and more companies, security professionals have begun to integrate security methods into this new approach. Unfortunately, there is no real standard method for implementing virtualization, which makes it more difficult for security professionals to form a general consensus regarding the actual issues of security in virtualized environments. This has made virtualization security an elusive target.

In addition to virtualization security, EMA has identified several other hot topics for RSA 2008, including:

• Current trends highlight that there is a big difference between compliance and security. The Societe Generale case illustrates how an insider with knowledge of technical business risk controls in IT can perpetuate fraud on a massive scale. On the other hand, the recent Hannaford case shows how attackers can exploit exposures that are beyond the controls required by current regulatory mandates.

• As underground computer activity continues to mature, attacks have become more sophisticated, thus complicating the discovery and criminal prosecution of these attackers. This seedy environment has created a foundation for major investments into criminal activities.

• 2008 appears to be a year in which security strategies will focus on ground-up approaches to develop and deploy more secure systems and applications. As a result, many organizations are integrating new security processes into the pre-production phases of systems and applications.

• The number of websites with malicious codes is constantly on the rise. In addition, the exploitation of browsers and the plug-in applications that they integrate is continually growing. Vulnerable websites become a target for hackers to flip into major attackers. In addition, one of the most alarming trends is that attackers can leverage legitimate websites in a manner that even trained security professionals may not recognize as harmful.

• Information risk management continues to be a very complex challenge for many organizations. High-privilege user accounts wield a large amount of control over IT systems, but they are not necessarily well secured.

• As SaaS models and approaches to “security in the cloud” continue to mature, new product and service offerings have sprung from many security vendors. The implications for security strategy management in containing many of the risks and costs of maintaining in-house tools and expertise could lead to the outsourcing of security departments to third-party organizations.

RSA 2008 will be held April 7-11 in San Francisco, Calif. at the Moscone Center.  If you would like EMA comment on virtualization security or any of these topics, please contact Guy Murrel at gmurrel@catapultpr-ir.com or 303-581-7760.

About Enterprise Management Associates

Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst and consulting firm dedicated to the IT management market. The firm provides IT vendors and enterprise IT professionals with objective insight into the real-world business value of long-established and emerging technologies, ranging from security, storage and IT Service Management (ITSM) to the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), virtualization and service-oriented architecture (SOA). Even with its rapid growth, EMA has never lost sight of the client, and continues to offer personalized support and convenient access to its analysts. For more information on the firm’s extensive library of IT management research, free online IT Management Solutions Center and IT consulting offerings, visit www.enterprisemanagement.com.

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