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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>Equilibrium & Extensis: Technology Partnership</h1></div>
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<p>Equilibrium Announces Strategic Technology Partnership with Extensis</p>
<p>Equilibrium MediaRich Engine to be Integrated with Extensis Portfolio Server</p>
<p>SAUSALITO, CA. -- June 30, 2008 -- Equilibrium<br />
(<a href="http://www.equilibrium.com" title="http://www.equilibrium.com">http://www.equilibrium.com</a>), the leading provider of automated media<br />
production and delivery solutions for workgroup, enterprises, and<br />
application service providers, today announced a strategic technology<br />
partnership with Extensis (<a href="http://www.extensis.com" title="http://www.extensis.com">http://www.extensis.com</a>) a software developer<br />
that allows creative workgroups and professionals to streamline their<br />
workflow and securely manage their digital assets and fonts. In this<br />
technology partnership, Extensis will OEM Equilibrium's MediaRich Graphics<br />
engine for integration into a future release of Extensis Portfolio Server.<br />
Extensis is a brand of Celartem, Inc., which led a capital investment in<br />
Equilibrium earlier this year.</p>
<p>"Integrating Equilibrium's powerful and rich media asset engine into our<br />
digital asset management solution will strengthen Portfolio's capabilities<br />
to deliver rich media on-demand for our customers evolving needs," said<br />
Brian Berson, Extensis General Manager. "The MediaRich engine will offer a<br />
more stable, scalable and faster solution while providing overall improved<br />
imaging capabilities from Portfolio and also add robust accelerated support<br />
of new file types and self service media processing capabilities in the<br />
future."</p>
<p>This partnership extends Extensis' commitment to the Digital Asset<br />
Management (DAM) market through continued product development and greater<br />
overall product utility. Equilibrium's powerful MediaRich media asset<br />
engine offers Portfolio users the ability to automate image, animation,<br />
sound and digital video production.</p>
<p>"We're pleased that Extensis has chosen Equilibrium's patented MediaRich<br />
CORE technology to power Portfolio's image, audio and video production and<br />
processing," said Sean Barger, CEO of Equilibrium. "The over two hundred<br />
man-years of research and development in MediaRich will help expand the<br />
functionality of Portfolio so that both existing and new customers will<br />
gain significant benefits."</p>
<p>About Portfolio</p>
<p>Portfolio 8.5 is the perfect software solution for marketing and creative<br />
workgroups--it streamlines workflows through efficient organization,<br />
viewing, routing, archiving and distribution of creative assets. A<br />
surprisingly affordable solution, Portfolio Server 8.5 ensures proper use<br />
of a brand's creative assets across all internal and external teams,<br />
partners and vendors, while eliminating the guesswork involved in hunting<br />
down and tracking creative assets. Portfolio--trusted by IT; approved by<br />
creatives. Individual creative professionals can also power up their<br />
workflow with Portfolio 8.5, the surprisingly affordable, easy-to-use<br />
desktop version is a top choice of graphic designers and photographers.</p>
<p>About MediaRich</p>
<p>Equilibrium MediaRich automates image, sound and video productions and<br />
enables the multi-channel delivery of any media assets. MediaRich is a<br />
scalable, high volume media distribution and repurposing engine. It enables<br />
today's companies to leverage dynamic editing and delivery for the<br />
real-time creation of graphics, audio and video files on-demand to any<br />
device. MediaRich seamlessly integrates with any Digital Asset Management<br />
(DAM) or Content Management System (CMS).</p>
<p>About Extensis</p>
<p>Extensis is a software developer that allows creative workgroups and<br />
professionals to streamline their workflow and securely manage their<br />
digital assets and fonts. Extensis' award-winning client/server and desktop<br />
products are used by hundreds of Fortune 5000 companies and include<br />
Universal Type Server for server-based font management, Suitcase Fusion for<br />
single-user font management and the Portfolio suite for digital asset<br />
management (DAM). Extensis was founded in 1993 and is based in Portland,<br />
Oregon, and the United Kingdom. Extensis is a division of Celartem Inc.,<br />
which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For<br />
additional information, visit <a href="http://www.extensis.com" title="http://www.extensis.com">http://www.extensis.com</a> or call<br />
1-800-796-9798.</p>
<p>About Equilibrium</p>
<p>Equilibrium, the world leader in media processing since 1992 when it<br />
released the first automated graphics processing software, DeBabelizer, now<br />
leads the monetization of the next-generation Internet revolutions: music,<br />
video and mobile. Media companies can break through traditional limits in<br />
mass-produced media using Equilibrium's unique, high-powered MediaRich<br />
engine for real-time personalization and delivery of music and video to<br />
everything -- even mobile. Equilibrium offers its powerful solutions to the<br />
workgroup, enterprise and web-server, delivering the same CORE technology<br />
for cross-platform interoperability and integration virtually anywhere. To<br />
learn more about Equilibrium and its products, please visit<br />
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