Bio-Imaging Technologies Increases Network Efficiency With Expand Networks.

Business/Technology Editors

ROSELAND, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2001

-- ACCELERATOR 4800 Doubles Number of Medical Images Transferred for

Image Data Management of Clinical Trials --

Expand Networks, a leader in optimizing network performance, today announced that Newtown, Pennsylvania-based Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: BITI), has successfully deployed Expand's ACCELERATOR 4800s to increase network capacity at key points in its network, instantly doubling the number of medical images that can be transferred from site to site. Bio-Imaging develops time-saving software and study processes that facilitate image data management for clinical trials conducted by pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies worldwide.

Bio-Imaging regularly transfers large medical image files from site to site over its T1 Frame Relay network. The company, headquartered in Newtown with offices throughout the United States and in Europe, chose Expand Networks' ACCELERATORs to cost-effectively increase its network capacity to better handle these mission-critical file transfers.

Expand Networks' award-winning ACCELERATORs use Enterprise Caching Technology to enable businesses to increase capacity, throughput and speed by an average of 100 to 400 percent, and often more. "The ACCELERATORs doubled our efficiency in transferring critical imaging data," explained Richard L. Sandy, manager, Information Systems at Bio-Imaging Technologies. "With the ability to facilitate quicker, smoother and more reliable transfers of the imaging data across the network, we can now ensure faster completion of clinical trials for our customers."

"We have consistently demonstrated the universal value Expand offers in addressing network performance," said Talmon Marco, president and co-founder, Expand Networks. "Our success with Bio-Imaging adds the medical imaging industry to the growing number of vertical markets where the ACCELERATORs have been successfully tested and implemented."

Expand Networks' Enterprise Caching solution has been deployed since 1999 by service providers, small and medium-sized businesses, FORTUNE 1000 corporations and major government agencies. Enterprise Caching extends the concept of Web caching to the entire enterprise, addressing all diverse traffic found on enterprise and service provider networks. Using a series of patented algorithms, Expand Networks caches content at the byte level, moving it closer to the edge of the network and closer to the user. This increases network speed, capacity and throughput by 100 to 400 percent or more, ultimately improving the end-user experience.

About Expand Networks

Expand Networks pioneered the development of Enterprise Caching Technology which increases network speed, capacity and throughput by 100 to 400 percent or more. Expand Networks offers a reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution to the strain created on networks by mission-critical applications such as Intranet, Extranet, B2B, ERP, CRM, Thin Client and the Web. By accelerating the deployment of new services and applications and offering sophisticated monitoring and management capabilities, Expand Networks improves the end-user experience and reduces the Total Cost of Ownership. Clients include leading organizations such as Motorola, Texas Instruments and the United States Department of Defense. Expand Networks is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey and Tel Aviv, Israel with offices throughout the United States and in the United Kingdom, France and Italy. The company's sales force is augmented by a global network of Value Added Resellers. To learn more, visit www.expand.com or call [phone].

Expand Networks, ACCELERATOR 4000, ACCELERATOR 2700, ACCELERATOR 2800 and ACCELERATOR 4800 are trademarks of Expand Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc.

Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. is a pharmaceutical contract service organization providing services that support the product development process of the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The Company has specialized in assisting its clients in the design and management of the medical-imaging component of clinical trials since 1990. In 2000, Bio-Imaging announced the formation of a new division, Bio-Imaging, ETC., to address the education, training and certification needs of medical-imaging facilities, personnel and equipment. Bio-Imaging serves its clients on a global basis through its corporate headquarters (Newtown, PA), U.S. Business Offices (New Jersey, Massachusetts, California and Washington) and its European office (Leiden, The Netherlands).