Newpoint Technologies, Inc., Announces New Fault Tolerant, High Availability Options for its Mercury Product Line for Support of Unmanned Remote Site Operations

SALEM, N.H. (Map) - SALEM, N.H., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISYS), and a recognized leader in Network Management and Remote Site Monitoring solutions, now adds high availability features to its already successful Newpoint Mercury product line. Mercury RSM and Mercury EM are element managers interfacing with equipment and automating service restorations at unmanned remote sites around the globe. Both Mercury solutions send data to a network management system, such as the Newpoint Compass NMS, at the Network Operations Center (NOC). Data can be transmitted back to the NOC using a WAN, Dial up, Satellite Overhead or by using the Iridium service. Mercury allows end users to define primary and multiple backup paths to remote sites. These sites include fixed, transportable, and mobile satellite terminals, as well as AM/FM/TV transmitters, SCADA, cellular, and microwave radio sites.

The Mercury RSM and Mercury EM solutions are now offered with options for a RAID hard drive arrangement and integrated battery backup. The RAID system will insure that hard disk failures do not affect remote site operations until a technician can replace the failed hard disk. The integrated battery backup will allow the Mercury to warn an operator of a power failure, and enable an orderly transfer and automated or manual shutdown of the site through the Mercury unit.

"Our Mercury products and Compass software are deployed at remote, unmanned sites in the deepest, darkest corners of the Earth, places where unstable power is not just a risk, but a foregone conclusion of day-to-day operations. We are thrilled to offer features typically associated with much higher cost -- high availability servers," stated Newpoint President, Wally Martland. "Options for RAID hard drive arrays and integrated battery backup systems enables Newpoint to take unmanned, automated remote site management to higher and more reliable levels at a price point not available elsewhere in the industry."

For more information regarding Newpoint's Mercury and Compass Network Management Systems, visit us on the Web at http://www.newpointtech.com.

About Newpoint Technologies

Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., is an industry leader in Satellite and Terrestrial Network Management Systems for control of data, Internet, broadcast, telecom, and hybrid networks. Newpoint has also been the industry's dominant supplier of software and hardware for remote site management products. Newpoint's principal customers are commercial satellite operators, telecommunications companies, broadcasters, and broadband service providers. Newpoint delivers a range of services, from out-of-the-box software to complete turnkey solutions that manage large enterprise-level infrastructure systems.

About Integral Systems

Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported more than 205 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource applications. Integral Systems was the first company to offer an integrated suite of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software products for satellite command and control: the EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) product line. EPOCH IPS has become the world market leader in commercial applications with successful installations on five continents.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, Integral Systems provides satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc., subsidiary, Integral Systems also provides software for equipment monitoring and control to satellite operators, broadcasters, and telecommunications firms. Integral Systems' RT Logic subsidiary builds telemetry processing systems for military applications, including tracking stations, control centers, and range operations. Integral Systems' Lumistar, Inc., subsidiary provides system- and board-level telemetry acquisition products. Integral Systems has approximately 500 employees working at its headquarters in Lanham, MD, and at other locations in the U.S. and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.integ.com.