To: jimpit who wrote (334 ) 4/26/2001 12:33:03 PM From: Bill Fortune III Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 466 Well Jim, again in looking over the press release of 4/19, I am still trying to grasp the huge impact this will have on PRAV in the months and years to come. At least in my opinion I don’t believe that “huge impact” is an over-statement. IDC provides state-of-the-art monitoring services to tens of thousands of customers throughout North America. IDC has led the security industry in redundant communication systems and has been an Underwriters Laboratory Listed Central Station since 1987, just one year after the company began operations. "This agreement blends the best of both companies into one powerful offering," said Eduardo Guendelman, president and CEO of Paradigm. "Paradigm provides the products, wireless network system backbone and client-server application, while IDC provides the call center hosting service as well as access to a huge customer base and 24/7 monitoring. The services being made available from IDC will provide economical monthly rates covering Internet based tracking for the consumer, to locate their vehicles, as well as more advanced monitoring "concierge" type services for use of help buttons installed in the vehicles, or emergency requests." "We are excited about this agreement and look forward to selling our customers this new technology," said Raymond J. Menard, Vice President, Development with IDC. "Response from our business customers and the emerging retail channels generated by PowerLOC has been very positive - especially when they realize they can track anything from vehicles to sales people and virtually any moving object. We will be able to ensure the highest quality of service since not only is the PowerLOC Tracker based on the latest Java (tm) high performance and redundant software engines, but also uses the latest Compaq Alpha server technology as provided by PowerLOC." The call-monitoring industry is well established in the monitoring of stationary objects, including homes, businesses and manufacturing facilities. With this agreement in place, monitoring of moving objects - both vehicles and persons - can now be realized. The system will be installed this summer, and services are planned to be commercially available by Q3 2001. News release links:sackepr.com orbiz.yahoo.com Regards, Bill