COMPREHENSIVE CONSTRUCTION DEBUTS ENHANCED VIEWPOINT V6 SOFTWARE.

Viewpoint Construction Software, Portland, Ore., just released the 6.2.0 version of Viewpoint V6 Software, featuring more than 300 solid enhancements. Through a continuous feedback loop with General Contractors, Heavy / Highway Contractors and Specialty/Sub Contractors, Viewpoint keeps = pace with the rapid changes facing the way each does business.

Features highlights in the 6.2 release include:

Time savings and reduced paper flow with the ability to email payroll direct deposits to employees and EFT payments to vendors;

Enhanced integration with point and click exporting of data to Microsoft Excel;

Increased productivity by automating tasks through simple customization allows users to run reports and routines, and link directly to other areas of the application with the click of a button; Workflow and document management just got easier with the ability to upload and view PDFs. Collaborate on documents with the ability to annotate and mark-up attachments; Reduced time searching for key information with the ability to attach transaction documents directly to the associated data.

Considered by customers to have the industrys most mature data architecture, Viewpoint V6 Software is easy to implement and configure. Along with release 6.2 Viewpoint has added a suite of Consulting and Technical Services that ensure data is converted and customers are implemented sometimes in as little as 51 days. Many customers talk about how theyre used to multiplying implementation budgets by 2 3 times, but find with Viewpoint that it often comes in under budget.

An easy way to streamline subcontractor prequalification

Because many of our customers told us how difficult it is to manage their database of qualified subcontractors, with this release we introduce our PreConstruction module to do just that. No longer do companies need to rely on manual methods. Subcontractor prequalification allows them to collect information as they like it within certain areas.

About Viewpoint Construction Software

With a long-standing focus on the issues and challenges facing mid to large-scale contractors, Viewpoint Construction Software has carved out a unique position in the business software marketplace. Instead of pointing our resources towards the development of generic business solutions, we have focused our attention on solving the unique need of construction professionals.

This means working closely with our customers to gain the specific insights we need to adapt our software to new industry conditions. The results, products that are built to scale with our customers business, yet not force them to invest in infrastructure that outpaces their current needs. And most importantly, it means building a software platform as rock-solid as the foundations our customers build their roads, bridges and buildings upon.

For more information, visit www.viewpointcs.com or 971/255.4649. >TX MORNINGSTAR DEBUTS QUOTESPEED 2.0, A WEB-BASED DATA APP >TX Morningstar, Inc. (NASDAQ: MORN), Chicago, a leading provider of independent investment research, has launched Morningstar QuoteSpeed 2.0, a new Web-based application that provides instant, real-time market data on up to 4 million investments from more than 160 sources, including all major global equity exchanges and indexes; foreign exchange and treasury markets; futures, derivatives, options, commodities, and precious metals.

QuoteSpeed packages real-time market data information with desktop-like interactivity in a pure Web application, providing a complete solution for broker-dealers, brokerage firms, banks, and other institutions that require accurate and timely market data to help make investment and trading decisions. Using the latest in real-time data streaming technology, QuoteSpeed can handle up to 500,000 concurrent users and 1 million messages per second on a single entry-level server. It eliminates the need for installing bulky thick-client terminals, software, or plug-ins to operate, instead requiring only HTML, JavaScript, and a Web browser. Morningstar's equity and fund data, fundamental research, news, and analysis can be accessed through links in QuoteSpeed.

QuoteSpeed is an affordable, low-cost solution that is available as a stand-alone application as well as a module through a variety of Morningstar platforms, including Morningstar Direct, a Web-based institutional research platform; Morningstar Advisor Workstation, a Web-based software platform for financial advisors that integrates client and portfolio data with other desktop systems; and Site Builder, a suite of Web components that can be configured to help investment companies create or enhance their Web properties. In addition, a limited version of QuoteSpeed is available to Morningstar.com Premium subscribers.

"Morningstar has built a reputation for creating user-friendly interfaces and for providing transparent, complete investment data and information," said Brian Delegan, senior product manager at Morningstar. "We believe that QuoteSpeed 2.0 continues this tradition by raising the bar for market data system design. QuoteSpeed will also help our clients to lower their support, hardware, and software costs, eventually allowing them to replace their older thick-client terminals with a browser-based, thin-client application with all of the same capabilities but none of the system overhead."

The intuitive and easy-to-use interface allows users to monitor a list or portfolio of securities via the "Watchlist" feature--a live-quote window that includes complete, real-time quote and fundamental data. Securities from a watch list can easily be dropped onto charts, news, and other windows within the application, enabling flexible monitoring, comparisons and research. QuoteSpeed charts feature intra-day and historical price and volume with candlesticks, OHLC bars, moving averages, Bollinger Bands to monitor volatility, and more. Streaming news from Morningstar and other providers is available in a news reader window.

Real-time alerts based on conditions set by the user are available as a pop-up in the application, a column in the watch list, or via e-mail. Across the application, QuoteSpeed's auto-complete search functionality allows for fast and logical filtering of securities. The pure Web-based interface has desktop-like features including overlapping and customizable windows, multiple workspaces, right-click menus and drag-and-drop interactions.

For more information about QuoteSpeed, please visit: http://global.morningstar.com/QuoteSpeedWeb.

With the acquisition of Tenfore Systems in 2008 (now called Morningstar Real-Time Data), Morningstar now serves more than 500 real-time data clients around the world, including brokerages, banks, trading firms, buy-side institutions, and other firms.

About Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of Internet, software, and print-based products and services for individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar provides data on nearly 325,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 4 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. The company has operations in 19 countries and minority ownership positions in companies based in three other countries.

For more information, visit http://www.morningstar.com or call 312/696-6050.