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MDI Integrated Security and Intelligent Video Surveillance Deployed by OneSystems to Secure Singapore's Largest Unified National Celebration.


SAN ANTONIO -- SAFEnet(R) Software and ViewPoint(TM) Surveillance Cameras to Provide Security for the 40th Anniversary National Day Parade The National Day Parade (Abbreviation: NDP, Chinese: 国庆庆典, Malay: Perbarisan Hari Kebangsaan, Tamil: தேசிய தின அனிவகுப்பு  

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:MDII MDII Machine Detected Interoffice Irregularity ), a recognized leader in delivering open integrated access control, alarm management and video security solutions, today announced that MDI Security System's award-winning SAFEnet Open Systems Integration (OSI) Platform has been deployed by OneSystems Technologies Pte Ltd to serve as the centralized command and control, video and access management application for Singapore's 2005 historic National Day Parade (NDP).

This year's celebration marks 40 years of nation-building in the history of Singapore as an independent sovereign nation. NDP is organized and chaired by Commander 3rd Division, BG Loh Wai Keong, in cooperation with various national agencies and will showcase the precision and discipline of a military-style parade. The 21 contingents this year are formed by organizations representing the five pillars of Total Defense (Military, Civil, Economic, Social and Psychological) including the Singapore Armed Forces The Singapore Armed Forces (abbreviation: SAF, Malay: Angkatan Bersenjata Singapura, Simplified Chinese: 新加坡武装部队 , Singapore Police Force The Singapore Police Force (Abbreviation: SPF; Chinese: 新加坡警察部队; Malay: Pasukan Polis Singapura) is the main agency tasked with maintaining law and order in the city-state. , Singapore Civil Defense Force and uniform groups from schools, private sectors and grassroots organizations. The five pillars work together as part of a comprehensive strategy to safeguard Singapore's national security and are represented by 2,293 parade participants. They bring together all Singaporeans to defend the country against any kind of threat whether it is security, economic or social.

"After testing and evaluating several security systems in the market, we chose MDI's SAFEnet integrated security platform based on its open and scalable architecture and ease of integration for this mission-critical project," stated Eunice Hong, Chief Executive Officer of OneSystems Technologies Pte Ltd. "The Army's Operators have made it a point to exclaim how intuitive the graphics are and how crisp the images look," added Ms. Hong.

OneSystems Technologies, in partnership with MDI Security Systems, was tasked with designing and implementing the NDP perimeter security and surveillance solution. This centralized security operations center A Security Operations Center is a centralised unit in an organisation that deals with security issues.

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 provides the Singapore Armed Forces Command and Control Group with geographical visibility and situational awareness across select NDP events in real-time. The SAFEnet(R) open architecture enabled OneSystems to deploy and integrate numerous remote video server locations with multiple IP and leased line connections, channel-enabled intelligent video and motion analysis, centrally accessed alarm and event video recordings, wireless monitoring and video broadcasting to the Singapore Army's command posts.

"The presence of Singapore's President S R Nathan, as well as the upper echelon of Singapore's Army, Navy, Air Force, Police Force and civilian contingents enhanced our requirement for the highest level of security and situational awareness," stated the Chief Defense Officer, BG Loh Wai Keong.

This event marks the launch of a partnership between OneSystems and MDI in providing security solutions in Singapore and throughout Southeast Asia.

"We are proud of the work our teams performed together and look forward to the energetic and successful distribution and support of our products throughout Asia in partnership with OneSystems," noted Robert Schorr, Senior Vice President of Sales for MDI.

About MDI, Inc.

For over 25 years, MDI (NASDAQ:MDII) has been protecting their clients' people, facilities and assets by manufacturing innovative and dependable integrated security software and hardware solutions that can be comprehensively managed from a centralized point of command and control. The MDI product family currently protects over 8 million alarm points across the globe for many of the world's most recognized organizations including Microsoft, MBNA MBNA Monument Builders of North America
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 Worldwide, John Deere, Pepsi, FBI, US Secret Service, Fidelity Investments, Bureau of Engraving & Printing, Southwestern Bell, Department of Defense, IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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, Disney, Smithsonian Institution and MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology  to name a few. For more information on MDI Security Systems including its award-winning SAFEnet, iTRUST, ViewPoint and nTEGRITY product lines, please visit www.mdisecure.com.

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Except for historical information and discussions contained herein, certain statements included in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. These statements include a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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