FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2003

Tech Electronics Ships Latest "EMS Plug-In for AxisTV" as Part of 5.0

DENVER -- Dean Evans & Associates (www.dea.com) today joined Tech Electronics, Inc. (www.techelec.com) in announcing the release of version 5.0 of TEi’s AxisTV product. AxisTV is a sophisticated, network-based visual messaging system that is used to create text bulletins for display on video monitors. Facilities use it to broadcast important information to their guests. The EMS Plug-In for AxisTV is an optional module that reads data directly from an EMS database, allowing for the real-time display of a facility’s list of events.

“We’re excited about the new functionality in version 5.0,” says Kevin Raasch, executive vice president of Dean Evans & Associates. “Each new upgrade to AxisTV or EMS strengthens what has already been a very successful strategic alliance between our companies. I think it’s been a great benefit to both organizations that TEi took the initiative to write the EMS Plug-In interface.”

According to Trey Hicks, marketing and sales director for TEi, the version number of this release was set at 5.0 to emphasize the amount of new functionality that has been added. “We jumped from 3.2 to 5.0 to really make a point: This is not just an upgrade, but a whole new AxisTV system – redesigned from the ground up.” More than a dozen significant enhancements – from an increase in resolution options to a more powerful Web browser interface – have been made to the product.

Several substantial improvements have been made to the EMS Plug-In for AxisTV as well, including:

• Support for multiple event schedule bulletins per channel, each with unique display parameters
• Ability to adjust the frequency with which the Plug-In checks for changes in event information
• Automatic text wrapping of long event descriptions
• Ability to adjust the length of time for which each event schedule bulletin is displayed
• Support for the use of MP3 or WAV audio clips with event schedule bulletins

“We’ve added a tremendous amount of content creation and visual display power to the AxisTV product line while keeping the system extremely easy to use,” says Hicks. “And that’s the big news – we’ve increased usability while adding functionality.”

About Tech Electronics

Norcross, Georgia-based Tech Electronics, Inc. (www.techelec.com) designs and manufactures video and computer control, routing and display products for use in corporate, education and government applications. For more than 22 years, TEi has created products that are engineered with precision and simplicity of design, assuring high performance, reliability, and the utmost in efficiency and functionality. You can contact Tech Electronics at 800-572-4935 or 770-446-1416. Region-specific sales email addresses are available at their Web site.

About Dean Evans & Associates

Founded in 1986 and based in Denver, Colo., Dean Evans & Associates develops, markets and supports a line of sophisticated software products for facility scheduling, event management and office hoteling. Their Event Management Systems (EMS) family of software products is ideal for scheduling and managing events, rooms, services and resources for a wide variety of educational institutions, associations, organizations and corporations. Thousands of organizations and companies, including four of the six largest U.S. banks and more than a dozen Fortune 100 companies, rely on EMS software. Other users include conference and convention centers, cultural venues, sports facilities, schools and universities, and churches. Online demonstrations, screen shots and sample reports are available at www.dea.com, or call 1-800-440-3994 and ask to speak with Tom Schek.