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Blackboard Becomes USA Technologies' Reseller to Expand Distribution of e-Suds(TM) Online Laundry Service to Colleges and Universities Nationwide.


MALVERN, Pa. -- High Tech Laundry and Leading-edge Payment System Combine to Improve Laundry Experience

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 Inc., the Nation's leading provider of software and services to the education industry, has become a reseller of USA Technologies' e-Suds(TM) online laundry service.

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) announced today that Blackboard had added e-Suds to its product line and would offer it to hundreds of academic institutions that use the Blackboard Transaction System(TM).

e-Suds is the leading Internet connected The Internet Connect program in Mac OS X serves to allow the user to activate dial-up connections to the Internet via an ISP or VPN. It also provides a simple way to connect to an AirPort Network.  laundry system that was recently featured on Fox National News for its innovativeness (click on the link to see the segment http://www.usatech.com/company_info/news/usa_2006_05_24.php). With e-Suds students go online to check the availability of laundry washers and dryers through the Internet; they swipe their Blackboard transaction card to activate the laundry system, and are notified by email on their PC or receive a cellular phone text message when the laundry is done. The cost of the service is automatically deducted online from a student's Blackboard account.

"The relationship leverages the best leading edge technology from both Blackboard and USA Technologies to bring a quality product to campuses nationwide," said Wendy Jenkins, Vice President, Marketing, USA Technologies. "Blackboard has indicated to us that several universities and colleges are waiting on the reseller agreement, and it anticipates that these institutions will begin installations this coming summer."

USA Technologies' e-Suds online laundry system has already been installed at 15 universities and colleges, including Rutgers University Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771. Campuses and Facilities


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There are an estimated 1.3 million washers alone in America, with more than 700,000 located on college and university campuses. USAT's e-Suds system already receives more than 50,000 hits a day from students.

Campus administrators praise e-Suds for generating new business and increasing customer satisfaction, while university students say it takes the drudgery out of doing laundry and frees them up to better utilize their time.

"We are excited to welcome Blackboard as a reseller, integrating their technologies with ours to bring students the most efficient, high-tech laundry service imaginable," said Ms. Jenkins. "We believe that the Blackboard partnership is what many of our partners and potential customers have been waiting for."

About USA Technologies:

USA Technologies is a leader in the networking of wireless non-cash transactions, associated financial/network services and energy management. USA Technologies provides networked credit card and other non-cash systems in the vending, commercial laundry, hospitality and digital imaging industries. USA Technologies is an IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries)  Business Partner. The Company has marketing agreements with Cingular Wireless, Honeywell, Blackboard, and ZiLOG Corporation. For further information on USA Technologies, please visit www.usatech.com

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