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Bantu Announces Move to New Headquarters in Northern Virginia; Company Growth, Customer and Partner Proximity Driving Forces for Move.


TYSON'S CORNER, Va. -- Bantu, a premier provider of secure Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM EIM Enterprise Incentive Management
EIM Enterprise Information Management
EIM Enterprise Identity Mapping (IBM)
EIM Enterprise Instant Messaging
EIM Employee Internet Management
EIM European Institute for the Media
), today announced that it has relocated its headquarters to the Tysons Corner area in response to recent and anticipated growth, as well as closer proximity to key customers and partners. The company's new address is 8110 Gatehouse Road, Suite 101E, Falls Church, VA 22042.

"Tyson's is the heart of the government IT and technology corridor," said Larry Schlang, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Bantu. "Moving our headquarters to the area brings us closer to our customers and partners. The larger space will accommodate our planned growth and guarantees stronger relationships and support."

The move follows on the heels of several large customer wins, including the company's recent announcement that the US Army, Air Force and Navy have deployed Bantu's Inter-Domain Messaging Gateway (IDM) technology to connect their discrete EIM platforms into a single, real-time information sharing backbone. The technology enables the 3.5 million Department of Defense personnel to communicate and collaborate in real time across disparate military networks, for the first time at the enterprise level.

Bantu's EIM application has an extensive footprint across the federal government on sensitive and secret networks, meeting the unique and stringent enterprise technology requirements for this environment. Bantu's additional future growth markets include the financial and education sectors.

About Bantu, Inc.

Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Bantu, Inc. is a leader in secure Enterprise Instant Messaging (EIM). The Bantu EIM Platform provides robust messaging, presence, alerting and conferencing that enhance real-time communication and collaboration, resulting in greater productivity and operational effectiveness. Bantu EIM provides the highest levels of security and scalability, is platform-independent, and easily integrates into any business application or service. Bantu's government, corporate and education customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
Homeland Security

executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States
, Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical , British Army, HSBC HSBC Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
HSBC Humane Society of Broward County (Florida)
HSBC Humane Society of Bay County (Bay County, Michigan) 
, Sprint, Wells Fargo, The George Washington University George Washington University, at Washington, D.C.; coeducational; chartered 1821 as Columbian College (one of the first nonsectarian colleges), opened 1822, became a university in 1873, renamed 1904.  and Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University, mainly at Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins in 1867 had a group of his associates incorporated as the trustees of a university and a hospital, endowing each with $3.5 million. Daniel C. . For more information, visit www.bantu.com.
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