Simtrol Acquires Sole Ownership of Justice Digital Solutions.Digital Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted Market a Major Growth Opportunity for Company NORCROSS, Ga. -- Simtrol, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : SMRL SMRL Spock Mountain Research Labs ), a leading device control middleware provider, today announced it has acquired 100% ownership of Justice Digital Solutions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (JDS See Java Desktop System. ) in an agreement with Integrated Digital Systems, LLC. JDS develops and sells Curiax Arraigner ar·raign tr.v. ar·raigned, ar·raign·ing, ar·raigns 1. Law To call (an accused person) before a court to answer the charge made against him or her by indictment, information, or complaint. 2. [TM], a unique digital arraignment software solution that builds on the successful implementation of OakVideo, a CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. Magazine Top 100 Award winning application (www.oakgov.com/about/news/pr_06_94.html) developed by Oakland County, MI. In a technical and licensing relationship with Oakland County, JDS is advancing this application as part of a national rollout in partnership with 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) and Polycom. Curiax Arraigner leverages Simtrol's powerful device control and monitoring middleware and IBM's WebSphere and Rich Content Infrastructure software as part of its solution stack. In a November 12th editorial in The Oakland Press, Oakland County stated 10,000 warrants have been issued using the solution, resulting in $1.5 million in local police officer time savings. They also estimate savings of $3.9 to $4.0 million per year using the solution for conducting digital arraignments, resulting in the system paying for itself in one to two years. A full text of the editorial is located at www.theoaklandpress.com/stories/111206/opi_2006111228.shtml. Simtrol's Chief Executive Officer, Rick Egan, commented: "We have examined several vertical markets to leverage Simtrol's core technology and have found a killer application Killer Application Killer application or "killer app" is a buzzword that describes a software application that surpasses all of its competitors. Notes: The term is sometimes used to describe a type of software. to drive significant revenue. Based on Oakland County's strong return on investment and the scalability of our Curiax[TM] software, each of the nation's 3,143 counties is a potential customer. Varying with county populations, Curiax solutions - consisting of hardware, software and services - will cost between $250,000 and $6 million and be implemented by our channel partners. This equates to a total market size of approximately $3 billion for digital arraignment products, of which $1 billion is software. In a post-September 11th world where our law enforcement officials are directed to do increasingly more to protect citizens, Curiax allows redeployment of officers to street duty to increase first responder first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency capabilities, while providing an average return on investment of 12 to 18 months. This is a powerful combination of customer and cost benefits for this multibillion dollar market." In addition to the rapid redeployment of police officers, JDS customers will experience numerous other benefits similar to Oakland County including: increased safety at courts, jails, and holding cells by virtually eliminating offender transport, with a corresponding reduction in potential liability; demonstrable return on investment for counties by reducing costs of incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. , transportation, and payroll costs; and, increased productivity by enabling law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). to prepare booking documents online and create digital case files on a central server. The company also announced it has hired Stephen J. Kale kale, borecole (bôr`kōl), and collards, common names for nonheading, hardy types of cabbage (var. as the Chief Legal Officer of JDS. Mr. Kale is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School The University of Michigan Law School, located in Ann Arbor, is a unit of the University of Michigan. The Law School, founded in 1859, currently has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students, most of whom are earning the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.) or Master of Laws (LLM). with 28 years experience as a practicing attorney. Mr. Kale has maintained a private practice for the past 15 years in addition to his role as a consultant for program design and interface to law enforcement, prosecutorial pros·e·cu·to·ri·al adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with prosecution: "a huge investigative and prosecutorial effort" Lucian K. Truscott IV. and court personnel for Oakland County's OakVideo project. Mr. Egan stated: "We are thrilled to have Steve join our team because his unique law and technology background made him a great fit for Oakland County's OakVideo project. This experience will be invaluable to JDS as we rapidly advance our software and channel partner program in 2007." About the Companies Simtrol, Inc. is headquartered in Atlanta and develops and sells a unique form of device control middleware that ties devices to applications using open standard interfaces. This enables companies to control, monitor, diagnose, schedule and manage devices in a powerful, uniform way. The Company's products are used in a number of vertical markets including healthcare, law enforcement, digital signage, education, corporate, hospitality and residential. Simtrol sells to a number of Fortune 1000 corporations, government entities, educational systems and other end users through professional system integrators, value added resellers (VARs) and other distributors who are supported by the Company's sales and technical support staff. For more information about Simtrol, please visit www.simtrol.com. Justice Digital Solutions develops and sells Curiax[TM], a digital judicial arraignment solution based on the success of a deployment in Oakland County, Michigan Oakland County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2005, the population was estimated at 1,214,361.[2] The county seat is Pontiac6. Oakland County is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, though the actual city of Detroit is located in . In a unique technical and licensing relationship with Oakland County, JDS is advancing this application as part of a comprehensive digital arraignment solution. JDS markets to county governments in the United States and foreign governments around the world. For more information about Justice Digital Solutions, please visit www.justicedigital.com. The digital arraignment platform was developed to avoid the dangerous and costly logistical problems associated with the transport of prisoners and the overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. of court dockets. By integrating multipoint videoconferencing, digital document management, digital signatures and evidence into a unified platform, the solution substantially reduces the time and money associated with transporting prisoners to and from court for arraignments, while significantly improving court security and lowering law enforcement costs. Certain statements contained in this press release are "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, such as statements relating to financial results and plans for future business development activities, and are thus prospective. These statements appear in a number of places in this release and include all statements that are not statements of historical fact regarding intent, belief or current expectations of the Company, its directors or its officers with respect to, among other things: (i) the Company's financing plans; (ii) trends affecting the Company's financial condition or results of operations; (iii) the Company's growth strategy and operating strategy; (iv) the Company's new or future product offerings. The words "may," "would," "could," "will," "expect," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "plans," and similar expressions and variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. Among the key risks, assumptions and factors that may affect operating results, performance and financial condition are liquidity and other capital resources issues, fluctuations in its quarterly results, competition and the other factors discussed in detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ONGOER is a trademark of Simtrol. Curiax and Curiax Arraigner are trademarks of Justice Digital Solutions, LLC. All other brands, logos, products or company names are the copyrights and/or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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