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Osage Opens Office in New York City Location to Focus on Inktomi, Sun Microsystems, and Java Solutions 09:15 a.m. Jan 20, 1999 Eastern PHOENIX, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move to continue building a nationwide IT organization, Osage Systems Group (Amex: OSE) announced today the opening of their new location at the World Trade Center in New York, NY. The establishment of the new office will allow Osage to expand its east coast operations into the New York metropolitan area and Northern New Jersey, further promoting its Inktomi channel partner relationship, Sun Microsystems value-added reseller capabilities, and Java Center services. "We are very excited about the new business opportunities that arise with opening our first office in New York City," said Jack Leadbeater, Chairman and CEO of Osage. "We have formed very strong partnerships with some important industry leaders that will allow us to bring top-notch products and services to the metropolitan area. Our New York office will play a significant role as we continue to grow our ERP, Java, and systems integration practices nationwide." As a channel partner for Traffic Server(TM), the industry's premiere network caching solution from Inktomi Corporation (Nasdaq: INKT), Osage provides regional expertise to deliver network design, turnkey installation, configuration, and performance optimization services for current and future customers. Osage's Chicago office is also the first Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) value-added reseller in the world to be named an Authorized Java Center. "In the short time since becoming one of the first Inktomi Traffic Server(TM) Partners, we have seen great demand from ISPs and new media companies for the product," said Rob Wolfe, General Manager of Eastern Operations for Osage. "In addition to our partnership with Inktomi, our relationships with key vendors such as Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Netscape, Cisco, and others give us a tremendous amount of resources to draw from when consulting and designing IT solutions for clients....."