MSI Customers Can Achieve Implementation in One Week

[Omaha, Neb. - February 9, 2005] - MSI Systems Integrators (MSI), a leading comprehensive solution provider of hardware, software and services, has added IBM's Workplace ® Services Express to its easy Portal deployment offering. The QuickStart offering is designed so that customers can design, install and implement a complete Portal solution in as little as one week.

"QuickStart was built specifically so that companies could efficiently achieve a portal solution in a very short time," said Mike Fischer, vice president, MSI Enterprise Software & Solutions.

The integrated collaboration features of Workplace Services Express include instant messaging, online awareness, teamspaces, document management with versioning, and MS Office and Windows integration. It includes knowledge transfer to allow the basic end-user to perform administrative functions because it enables the integration of business applications and information into a single point of access. Departments that may benefit most are Human Resources, Corporate Communications and Finance, with options like enabling paperless payroll for a company's finance department.

"An IT department can exhaust its resources trying to constantly configure the company's new hire workstations for the right applications, documents and web sites in order to achieve the best job performance," said Jim Crumb, competency center leader, MSI Content Management. "Workplace Services Express QuickStart streamlines that process by bringing it all together into a single interface."

Company executives and IT departments benefit from Workplace Services Express QuickStart by:

• Enabling faster, more efficient decision making
• Maximizing productivity and return on resources
• Capturing and efficiently leveraging corporate know how
• Maximizing the use of limited personnel

End users benefit through a better user interface and flexible access to documents and applications. The collaborative features allow individuals and teams to become more effective and productive while reducing expenses and inefficiencies.

About MSI Systems Integrators

MSI Systems Integrators is an IT integration firm that helps companies make their businesses better by providing IT optimization, virtualization, data center optimization, security, unified communications, and business continuity solutions. A leading provider of hardware, software, and services, MSI has deep technical skills and partners with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Symantec, and VMware to provide world-class business solutions that help companies be more efficient, dynamic, and resilient. MSI is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska with offices throughout the United States. For more information about MSI, please visit www.msiinet.com or call 800-640-4674, extension 2394.

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Teresa Mardesen
MSI Systems Integrators
(800) 640-4674, x2394
tmardesen@msiinet.com

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