Kontron AG Completes Acquisition of Dolch Computer Systems Inc.

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PRESS RELEASE Eugene McCabe Joins Interlace Systems Industry Advisory Board

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Ranked number one in 1999 and 2002 by Venture Development
Corporation, Dolch has delivered rugged, high -quality, top-performing
notebook and multi-slot portable platforms to engineers around the
world for over 27 years.
Unlike other support providers, Akibia assumes total responsibility
for resolving each client's support issue, regardless of whether it is
software or hardware-related.

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SAN DIEGO----Kontron AG announced
today that it has acquired Dolch Computer Systems, Inc.

Akibia is a registered trademark of Akibia, Inc.

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About Kontron

A leading global embedded computer technology company, Kontron
supplies a diversified customer base of OEMs, system integrators and
application providers in the communications, automation,
transportation , medical, military, aerospace, and test and measurement
markets. Akibia now provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios
of Linux services available in the marketplace. Akibia also specializes in developing
customized Linux training programs.

About Akibia, Inc.

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The company helps its customers to considerably reduce their
time-to-market and to gain a competitive advantage with products
including high-performance open computer platforms and systems, single
board computers, man-machine interfaces and mobile computers.

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The integration
of our mobile computing product lines will significantly enhance
Kontron's product portfolio, as well as provide considerable strategic
advantage in the embedded computing market. For
additional information on Kontron, please visit: www. All other products and company names
herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. With Akibia's in-depth knowledge
of Red Hat, Novell SUSE, Solaris and HP-UX operating systems, as well
as Sun Microsystems, Hewlett -Packard, Compaq and Dell hardware
platforms, the company enables clients to improve efficiencies by
consolidating all of their UNIX and Linux data center support needs.

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Kontron is a member of the Intel Communications Alliance.

If you'd like more information about this topic, or to schedule an
interview with Rachel Erskine, please contact Susan Duval at
508-621-4563 or sduval@akibia .

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As an independent services provider, with extensive expertise and
experience in UNIX and Linux , Akibia can objectively assess a
company's environment and determine the operating system(s) most
appropriate to meet their specific goals and requirements.
Akibia's Advanced Linux Training courses include Linux Systems
Administration, Linux Performance and High-Availability Clustering,
and UNIX-to-Linux Migration. Classes are designed to enable students
to become Linux certified and to help IT organizations transition from
supporting UNIX to Linux.
For more information about Akibia 's Linux service offerings please
visit www.

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As executive vice president for Worldwide Operations , Eugene McCabe runs
Sun Microsystems' supply chain, manufacturing and logistics programs, which
are recognized by the industry for delivering high quality and cost
effective product execution to Sun 's global customer base.

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"Dolch is recognized as an industry leader in the gas and
oil, test and measurement , and military market spaces.
"With over 17 years experience delivering mission-critical data
center support services for UNIX environments, it's a natural
progression for Akibia to expand the services we offer around Linux in
response to the evolving needs of our customers", says Tom Tucker,
President of Akibia. From Data Center Support and
Managed Infrastructure Services, to Network and Security Solutions,
Akibia partners with its customers to develop flexible, cost-effective
solutions that enhance the availability and performance of their
mission-critical IT infrastructure.

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for an
undisclosed cash amount from Siegel-Robert, Inc.

Akibia Announces Expanded Portfolio of Linux Services; Independent Services Provider Delivers Expert Linux Support Migration and Education Services

Training is delivered at Akibia's
state-of-the-art training facilities in the United States and Europe
and on-site at client locations.com or call 1-866-4 AKIBIA (1-866-425-4242).

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kontron. McCabe brings significant manufacturing and supply
chain experience to Interlace and will provide strategic guidance to the
company.

"We are excited to have Eugene join our Industry Advisory Board," said Jim
Lodestro, president and CEO, Interlace Systems."

About Interlace Systems

Interlace Systems provides Operational Performance Planning software that
bridges the gap between traditional business planning tools and execution
systems.

Interlace Systems and the Interlace Dynamic Planning solution are
trademarks of Interlace Systems, Inc.

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"With Kontron's vast array of embedded
technologies and Dolch's ability to develop and deliver custom
solutions, Kontron takes a leading position in providing rugged
computing solutions. Previously, as
vice president for High End Operations, McCabe was responsible for
overseeing the manufacturing, supply chain management and operations
engineering for the company's flagship Enterprise server and network
computing product lines. "Eugene brings valuable
domain expertise in operations and supply chain management that will help
steer our strategy and ensure we maintain a leadership position in the
emerging operational performance management market. The company's products and services are marketed to
large and mid-size enterprises in high-technology and electronics, discrete
manufacturing and consumer goods industries.

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In this capacity, he introduced important
innovations in the way in which Sun provides Customer Ready Systems, or
customized solutions that integrate hardware and software to individual
customer requirements. Prior to Sun, he spent more
than a dozen years with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and later
(post-acquisition) with Compaq. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988
and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent IT
services company with offices across the United States and Europe.

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A leading developer
of ruggedized computers and flat panel displays for harsh environment
applications, Dolch will assume the Kontron name and operate as a
business unit of Kontron America, Inc. In addition to portable computer platforms,
Dolch offers display products designed with rugged touch screen
technology, protected against shock and vibration and sealed to
survive the harshest environments or situations.

----Akibia, a
leading independent IT services provider, announced today at Linux
World, its expanded portfolio of Linux services including Red Hat and
Novell SUSE Linux Operating System (OS) Technical Support, Multivendor
Hardware Maintenance, UNIX-to-Linux Migration Services and Linux
Training.
Akibia's Linux OS Support Offering, Linux ASSIST, provides 24x7,
Level 1 through Level 3, technical support for current and older
versions of Red Hat and Novell SUSE Linux.

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His early experience at DEC Europe spanned
from network and
system product design (including hub and router design, secure systems,
low-cost servers ) to field engineering support. Interlace Systems is
headquartered in San Mateo, Calif.

Akibia provides enterprise-class IT solutions that enable leading
companies worldwide to maintain and optimize their data center
environments and security infrastructure.

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The company is
listed on the German TecDAX 30 stock exchange under the symbol "KBC". To
contact our European Headquarters, please call +31 (0) 318 581950.

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All other product
and company names mentioned are the property of their respective
owners and are mentioned for identification purposes only.

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"Kontron now has a complete offering of rugged OEM technologies
and rugged mobile computers for military, telecommunications test +
measurement , engineering data acquisition, oil + gas control +
display, and public safety command + control customers ," added Dale
Szymborski, General Manager of the Northern California Rugged Mobile
and Module divisions . Now executives and planners can use a simple Excel front-end to
model complex business problems using the Interlace server that automates
the collection and consolidation of data stored in multiple disconnected
systems. The solution is used to support a variety of critical operational
planning processes such as consensus demand plan creation and management,
material component exposure and liability estimation, and sales and
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Akibia's ASSIST service is
delivered by Linux certified engineers and is designed to complement
both Linux software distributors ' basic subscription licensing. By
leveraging Akibia's existing infrastructure, systems, processes , best
practices, and economies of scale, Linux ASSIST provides exceptional
value to customers in the form of superior technical support service
as well as cost-effective and flexible pricing .

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Mr. As vice president of
Manufacturing for Alpha Systems and of Manufacturing Technology, McCabe led
major advances in process simplification and cost reduction in
manufacturing.
A key and unique benefit Akibia offers its clients is an unbiased,
single point of contact for both Linux and UNIX OS Technical Support
and Multivendor Hardware Maintenance.

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"We are very excited to have Dolch Computer Systems join the
Kontron group," said Thomas Sparrvik, President and CEO of Kontron
America. For more information, contact
(650) 574-1422 or visit www.

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LinuxWorld Boston 2005

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Kontron
employs more than 1,700 people worldwide and has manufacturing
facilities in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific .
Interlace Systems, a leading provider of
Operational Performance Management software, today announced the addition
of Sun Microsystems' operations executive, Eugene McCabe, to its Industry
Advisory Board.
Akibia's UNIX-to-Linux Assessment and Migration Services are
designed to help companies evaluate the optimal platform(s) for their
data center environment and plan and deploy their migration strategy.