Business Intelligence Software

San Jose, CA — September 11, 2009

BVI Networks, Inc. provider of RetailNEXT, the most comprehensive in-store business intelligence and decision support system announces a partnership with Qualex Consulting Services, a leading provider of business intelligence systems to the gaming and hospitality industries.

The BVI Networks product suite gives companies quantified and qualified insights into their shopper’s behaviors through advanced video analytics, POS and business system data all aggregated and presented in a feature rich business intelligence dashboard. RetailNEXT provides a first to market capability for retailers to collect data on shoppers in their stores and to transform the way staffing, merchandising, packaging and advertising is done. The results are impressive improvements in conversion, store profit, operational and financial efficiencies.

“Qualex helps BVI bring these capabilities to the hospitality and gaming segment of the industry, where they have established a reputation for best in class business intelligence services and solutions over the past two decades,” says Alexei Agratchev, BVI Networks, Inc. Founder and President. “This partnership exists because we are confident that the BVI solution set has great

value for casinos, resorts and entertainment related businesses – and Qualex clearly agrees.”

“Organizations in the hospitality and gaming businesses want to know as much as possible about their customers to enhance the customer experience and optimize business returns. The expectation is to be more efficient in customer acquisition, cross-sell and up-sell efforts, as well as in customer retention. With the integration of video and data analytics, the BVI platform provides a 360 degree view of the customer,” says Al Cordoba, Senior Executive at Qualex Consulting Services. “We are very impressed with the BVI software’s unique ability to analyze in-store data beyond point-of-sale transactions. They have deep technical experience in video, data analytics, and larger scale enterprise applications.”

Qualex and BVI will begin implementing the RetailNEXT system immediately in selected casinos and hospitality venues.

About Qualex Consulting Services, Inc.: Qualex Consulting Services, Inc. is an award-winning leading BI software integrator headquartered in Miami, FL, with international offices in London, Mumbai, Buenos Aires and Santo Domingo. With over two decades worth of experience integrating BI Software, Qualex provides software and consulting services primarily to large enterprises and medium-sized businesses worldwide, including federal, state and local governments as well as key organizations in the gaming and hospitality, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, energy, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, retail and healthcare industries. Qualex has qualified as a SAS Gold Partner since 2002 and has been honored several times with both the prestigious SAS Partner Excellence Field’s Choice Award as well as the coveted Partner Excellence Award. Qualex was the Winner of the 2004, 2005 and 2006 SAS Field Choice Award. Qualex is a SAS Reseller in the USA and was awarded reseller of the year in 2007. Qualex consultants have worked on a wide variety of projects representing nearly every industry within the international SAS user community. Qualex gives customers the benefit of its experience in solving business problems and providing solutions. All work, including on-site work, is supervised by senior consultants with at least ten years of experience.

Qualex Consulting Services

4300 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 203

Miami, Florida 33137

W. 1.305.576.5144 . 1.786.371.4884

Qualex Media Contact

Andrew Pearson 310-890-2360

About BVI Networks, Inc. BVI Networks offers the only in-store business intelligence solution proven to deliver clear, actionable information and measurable ROI across multiple store departments within weeks of installation. The open RetailNEXT platform provides real-time and near real-time customer metrics that let retailers dramatically improve store execution and customer satisfaction by optimizing staffing, merchandise placement, and in-store advertisements. RetailNEXT also enables brand manufacturers to make much better product and marketing decisions and truly measure ROI on advertising investments. The BVI Networks team includes former senior managers from Cisco, Motorola, IBM, Juniper, Novell and Intel, as well as retail professionals with extensive backgrounds in operations, merchandising and asset protection.

BVI Networks, Inc.

99 Almaden Blvd. No. 575

San Jose, California 95113

W. 1.408.844.2162

BVI Networks, Inc. Media Contact

Kathryn Howe

W. 1.408.884.2162 x 710

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BVI Networks Extends RetailNEXT Product Capabilities

San Jose, CA — April 12, 2010

BVI Networks continues to expand its already robust retail business intelligence platform, RetailNEXT, providing what is rapidly becoming the standard approach to in-store monitoring; a single platform that automatically creates, aggregates and reports key store activity and performance metrics from every store, every day.

In the March 11, 2010 “BVI Networks Delivers Real-Time Store Monitoring” report, Gartner analyst, Hung LeHong states that “The immediate benefit to retailers is the ability to analyze sales conversion data by time of day and by location. Analyzing this data can help assess the degree of success of many store initiatives such as intraday changes in signage, end caps, staffing levels, open/close times or any other store activity that can be associated with time of day.”

Current product enhancements are focused on two main areas: 1)Conversion management and traffic flow optimization with the addition of an advanced heat mapping feature and 2) staffing optimization through automated reporting of key resource performance metrics tied to traffic and dwell information. This focus reflects BVI Network’s ongoing dedication and ability to meet the unique requirements of managing a retail store environment. Map data overlay and store hot zone optimization have always been benefits of RetailNEXT, but now, with additional development attention in these two areas, retailers are given further revolutionary insight and in-depth analysis of staff to store activities.

“In every conversation we have with our clients we try to identify new requirements that will help them accomplish even more,” says Alexei Agratchev, CEO of BVI Networks. “Their requirements become our roadmap and have lead to a system that not only addresses multiple retail needs with a single platform investment, but is optimized for the store environment and is architected to scale to thousands of stores in a way that is affordable and easy to deploy.”

Enhanced RetailNEXT Features:

Store Heat Map: In the map view, data can be viewed as an overlay, or on top of the store plan-o-gram. This allows for easy viewing and knowledge of where high traffic, dwell, POS, and view activity is located in real-time. The heat map is a visual representation of the data that helps users instantly identify high traffic locations or high levels of customer interaction.

Staffing Enhancements: RetailNEXT will continue to provide per minute and hour foot traffic, giving retailers visibility into the locations and times that their store sees the most shopper activity. Now, the RetailNEXT solution automates reporting of staff-to-customer ratios, staff-to-sales ratios, as well as the number of associates in the store at any time. This feature enhancement allows retailers to monitor and influence store performance based on their staffing decisions. All staffing metrics can be compared to existing RetailNEXT store data, such as IPT, foot traffic, display and aisle engagement, and shopper views, in order to achieve deeper shopper and store activity insights.

About RetailNEXT

BVI Networks’ RetailNEXT is a complete solution that enables retailers and manufacturers to use video, transaction data from business systems, and best in class video analytics algorithms to address some of their highest priority objectives in terms of optimizing store operations, gaining valuable marketing & sales data and improving security. It automatically provides real-time answers to key in-store questions such as: what are my store traffic patterns; what are my store hot zones; what is the stoppage power of a display; what is my conversion rate for the store and individual sections; are my stores properly staffed?

About BVI Networks

BVI Networks offers the only in-store business intelligence solution proven to deliver clear, actionable information and measurable ROI across multiple store departments within weeks of installation. The open RetailNEXT platform provides real-time and near real-time customer metrics that let retailers dramatically improve store execution and customer satisfaction by optimizing staffing, merchandise placement, and in-store advertisements. RetailNEXT also enables brand manufacturers to make much better product and marketing decisions and truly measure ROI on advertising investments. The BVI Networks team includes former senior managers from Cisco, Motorola, IBM, Juniper, Novell and Intel, as well as retail professionals with extensive backgrounds in operations, merchandising and asset protection. BVI Networks is rapidly establishing partnerships with leading in-store solution providers and is quickly expanding its customer base. Early customers include major big box retail chains, grocery stores, hardware stores and specialty retailers. BVI Networks is headquartered in San Jose, California.

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