Avitek Launches Authorized Java Center Location with Grand Opening and Kick-Off of Annual Java Technology Harvest.

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1998--

Avitek celebrates grand opening of their Java Authorized

Center for customers throughout the Rocky Mountain region 

Avitek, Inc., a software development firm dedicated to solutions based on Java(tm) technology, today will celebrate the grand opening of Avitek's Authorized Java Center(SM), one of 14 Sun Microsystems Authorized Java Center service locations in the United States.

Joined by executives from Sun and other leading Java technology vendors, Avitek will commemorate the new Center by hosting the First Annual Java Technology Harvest, a day-long event featuring presentations on the latest Java technology developments and networking opportunities for Java software developers and customers.

"Avitek's Authorized Java Center will provide businesses throughout the Rocky Mountain region with a level of expertise and knowledge only an organization purely focused on Java technology can offer," Tim Miller, president and CEO of Avitek, says. "That focus, and the technical advantage that a close relationship with Sun brings, will provide current and future customers the tools they need to leverage Java technology within their business."

As a strategic part of Sun's Java technology program, Authorized Java Center locations are organizations certified wherein trained representatives provide education, training, integration and consulting services to customers interested in realizing business benefits from Java technology. In its role as an Authorized Java Center location, Avitek representatives will provide assessment, mentoring and just-in-time training services, a state-of-the-art demonstration facility running a variety of computer platforms including Sun, and access to the latest versions of Java technology products for developers throughout the region. Introduced by Sun in 1995, the Java platform is one of the computing industry's fastest growing programming and operating technologies. Because software applications based on Java technology can run on any desktop or server, they are ideal for widely distributed applications residing on corporate Intranets and the Internet.

"Avitek's focus on developing advanced solutions based on Java technology makes it an ideal service provider for the burgeoning Boulder/Denver Internet services and telecommunications marketplace," said Dave Knofler, area marketing director at Sun Microsystems. "As the value and advantages of implementing Java technology within the enterprise continues to grow, companies like Avitek, and the strategic services provided through the Authorized Java Center, will become a major asset to corporate customers throughout the region."

With more than 100 customers and business partners expected to attend the Technology Harvest, Avitek has scheduled a series of panel discussions and presentations from Sun, Web Logic, Object Design, and Boulder-based companies, SCM Labs, Electronic Commerce Associates and the Root Group, a reseller of Sun hardware. Several case studies illustrating successful Java applications, including projects at U S WEST and EchoStar Communications Inc. will also be previewed. "Companies throughout the Denver metro area, and especially in Boulder, are extremely active in developing leading-edge software applications written in the Java programming language," says Ryan Martens, vice president of marketing for Avitek. "This event will provide local developers and managers the opportunity to network and compare their experiences with the Java platform."

Since its founding in late 1995, Avitek has emerged as a leading developer of custom programs utilizing Sun's Java technology for a wide range of corporate applications, including several customer service and electronic commerce applications. With more than 25 Java technology projects developed and implemented for organizations raging from small start-ups to Fortune 500 clients, the company has achieved 250 percent average quarterly revenue growth, over the prior years quarters, for seven consecutive quarters. "With more than 25 full-time employees, and plans to triple that number by the end of 1999, Avitek can successfully manage projects of any size," says Avitek's Miller. "Becoming an Authorized Java Center will certainly help Avitek continue its steady growth and provide cutting-edge service and technology solutions to our growing customer base."

ABOUT AVITEK, INC.

Founded as a Java technology development organization in 1995, Avitek has continued to grow rapidly as an employee-owned business based in Boulder, Colorado. Through reuse of custom Java technology components and by utilizing the company's proven Steel Thread(R) methodology, Avitek has established itself as a technical leader in the development of Java software solutions for businesses. With complete project support from technical analysis, design and prototyping through engineering, component assembly, development and deployment, Avitek has successfully completed more than 25 Java technology projects for clients including U S WEST, TRW, EchoStar Communications and DMW Worldwide. For more information about Avitek, its services and the Avitek Authorized Java Center, contact Ryan Martens at [phone], e-mail at [e-mail], or visit the company Web site at http://www.avitek.com.

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