Disaster Management Can Work If You Have an Expert by Your Side; PortBlue CEO Available to Address Automated Response Strategies.

WHO:    Paul Dimitruk, CEO of PortBlue Corporation, based in Los
        Angeles.  Recently named to the Department of Homeland
        Security's Private Sector Advisory Group, Dimitruk is a member
        of the Advisory Committee of the Center for Strategic and
        International Studies in Washington and has been a member of
        the World Economic Forum and the Young Presidents
        Organization. He holds a BA with High Honors from Denison
        University, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees, and
        a Juris Doctor degree from New York University. He is an
        Associate Member of the Association of Former Intelligence
        Officers.

WHAT:   Dimitruk is available to comment on how to improve disaster
        readiness and management, sharing the lessons learned through
        his company's PortBlue Hospital Incident Response System
        (HIRS). HIRS is a comprehensive application for managing
        incidents ranging from day-to-day patient surges to mass
        casualty events. When deployed, HIRS is much like having a
        disaster management expert at your side, when it is needed
        most. The application is already under contract with Amerinet,
        whose members include more than 1,850 hospitals and 19,600
        non-acute care facilities and is beginning deployment in
        hospitals this fall.

            "Sadly, events like Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina show
            that we must do more to prepare for disasters," Dimitruk
            said. "The JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of
            Healthcare Organizations) requirements became much more
            stringent after Sept. 11. I expect Hurricane Katrina will
            result in even more stringent requirements, and rightly
            so. When disaster does strike, state and local leaders
            need expert advice and direction on the scene. Expert
            systems like HIRS can provide that."

        Expert systems like HIRS can be developed to assist in a
        variety of situations such as evacuation planning, victim
        assistance programs, security management and disaster
        preparedness and more. PortBlue works with recognized experts
        to effectively package the vast knowledge and advice of these
        individuals and make is accessible to those who most need it.

HOW:    To speak with Paul Dimitruk, contact Edge Communications, Inc.

        Ken Greenberg
        818-990-5001
        [e-mail]

About PortBlue

Los Angeles-based PortBlue (www.portblue.com) develops and hosts expert systems for business and government applications, primarily in the healthcare, national and homeland security and law enforcement sectors. PortBlue captures human know-how and makes it available through expert systems that give users confidence and conviction in their decisions. PortBlue's modules have various applications, including helping hospitals prepare for and manage mass casualty events resulting from terrorism, and teaching criminal case management to police officers.