ABM Data Systems, an Ultrak Company, Selected for Prestigious Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.

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LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 2002

ABM, a division of Ultrak, Inc. (Nasdaq:ULTK) specializing in central station automation solutions, announced that Los Alamos National Labs, of Los Alamos, N.M. and Sandia National Laboratories, of Albuquerque, N.M. selected Phoenix as the solution for their central station upgrades. The decision was based on an evaluation of local dealer and factory technical support, maturity of the windows-based software, and compatibility with local hardware. Integrated Controls of Albuquerque New Mexico are the designers/installers for the new systems. Integrated Controls will also be installing Phoenix into their new Central Station and will serve as a backup station to Los Alamos.

Los Alamos National Laboratory is a Department of Energy (DOE) laboratory, managed by the University of California. The Laboratory is one of the largest multidisciplinary institutions in the world. It is the largest institution and the largest employer in Northern New Mexico. Sandia National Laboratories is also a government-owned facility that develops science-based technologies that support national security. Sandia focuses on four key areas including nuclear weapons, nonproliferation and materials control, energy and critical infrastructure and emerging threats.

ABM's Phoenix 2000 has many unique system features that make it ideal for both laboratories:

-- TCP/IP is the native language;

-- Phoenix is one of the only solutions with the ability to transmit information in a dual capacity -- through Ethernet and Fast Ethernet (100 Base T) category 5 cabling, and also via serial connection;

-- Phoenix 2000 is completely Windows 2000/NT based -- not a shell over an older database structure;

-- Phoenix 2000 can be fully distributed over a local and wide area network;

-- ODBC compliance gives Phoenix the versatility to work effectively with a vast majority of database applications and platforms.

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