Schwartz Communications Wins 12 New Clients.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Schwartz Communications, one of the leading public relations agencies focused on the high-technology, medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, today announced that it has won 12 new clients. They include leading storage, enterprise software, financial services and medical device companies. The companies selected Schwartz Communications for media relations, analyst relations, branding and speaking programs.

Six of the new clients--Elastic Path Software; FiREapps; PKWARE; Qualys, Inc.; Saber Corporation; and Xyratex--will be serviced out of Schwartz Communications' San Francisco office. Benefitfocus, Cadent, Integrity Interactive[R] Corporation, INTENT MediaWorks, StreamServe Inc., and Wright Medical Group will be serviced from Schwartz's Waltham, Mass., headquarters.

The new clients are:

* Benefitfocus (Charleston, S.C.)--a leading provider of benefits administration software and services;

* Cadent (Carlstadt, N.J.)--the leading provider of 3-D digital solutions for the orthodontic and dental industries;

* Elastic Path Software (Vancouver, B.C.)--a pioneer of flexible ecommerce software;

* FiREapps (Scottsdale, Ariz.)--a division of Rim-Tec, FiREapps is a leading provider of corporate foreign exchange management solutions;

* Integrity Interactive Corporation (Waltham, Mass.)--a leading provider of tools and services for managing and mitigating corporate ethics and compliance risk;

* INTENT MediaWorks (Atlanta)--a leading provider of technology for the distribution of licensed digital media entertainment and advertising via the Internet;

* PKWARE (Milwaukee)--the leading provider of enterprise solutions for secure and efficient data transfer and storage;

* Qualys, Inc. (Redwood Shores, Calif.)--the leading provider of on demand vulnerability management and policy compliance solutions;

* Saber Corporation (Portland, Ore.)--the premier provider of software products and services that enable government to better serve constituents;

* StreamServe Inc. (Burlington, Mass.)--the global leader in Enterprise Document Presentment (EDP) software;

* Wright Medical Group (Arlington, Tenn.)--a global orthopaedic medical device company specializing in the design, manufacture and marketing of reconstructive joint devices and biologics; and

* Xyratex (San Jose, Calif.)--a leading provider of modular enterprise-class data storage subsystems and storage process technology.

About Schwartz Communications

Schwartz Communications was founded in 1990 by the husband and wife team of Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz. With offices in Waltham, Mass., San Francisco and Stockholm, Schwartz has more than 200 employees and 180 clients. Schwartz Communications has garnered many honors and was named three times to the Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies.