StorCase Technology Expands Canadian Market Coverage Through Agreement with Keating Technologies Inc.

Markham, ON – Keating Technologies announced today a branch outsourcing agreement with StorCase™ Technology, Inc., a leading worldwide manufacturer of data storage enclosure solutions.

“This partnership will provide our customers with convenient in-country sales, marketing and support services. Keating’s expertise will help us accelerate our growth plans within the Canadian territory.” – Deborah Hartson, Director of Sales and Marketing for StorCase.

StorCase Technology, a Kingston Technology Company, manufactures plug-and-play, fixed and removable storage enclosure solutions. By integrating drives, StorCase’s value-add resellers provide the entertainment, telecommunications, back office and government sectors with solutions that accommodate the simplest desktop applications to the most complex RAID, SAN and NAS storage implementations. StorCase products include the Data Express ®, Data Silo ®, Data Stacker®, InfoStation™ and Rhino®JR enclosures.

“StorCase’s quality products and services offer tremendous value to Canadian VARs and their customers” says Larry J. Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer of Keating Technologies. “StorCase’s outstanding seven-year warranty and 24×7 technical support compliments an impressive product line and ability to penetrate major end-users such as NASA and the Canadian Government.”

About StorCase Technology
In 1989, Kingston Technology launched a unique line of removable storage products for its customers. With the philosophy that quality products and close customer relationships inspire loyalty, Kingston’s Storage Product Division (SPD) quickly earned the respect of storage customers worldwide. Developing quality products was always a Kingston trademark, and their storage products were no exception. Data Express®, Data Silo®, Data Stacker®, InfoStation™ and Rhino®JR enclosures continue to be rugged, reliable and provide excellent performance. Now, as StorCase Technology, Inc., the company provides the same quality products, the same rigorous 100 percent testing requirement and the longest and most flexible warranties in the industry. For specific information on StorCase products, please call (800) 435-0642. For current product information, please visit www.storcase.com.

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is a 2000 winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies Program. As Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry, Keating has a staff of more than 100 and provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Keating currently represents Apollo (a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard), Digi International, Gateway Business, Norton-Lambert, Princeton Graphic Systems, Visioneer and Xircom and provides customer service and support on behalf of 3Com and Palm Inc. More information regarding Keating Technologies is available at (905) 479-0230 or by visiting the Company’s web site at www.keating.com.

USRobotics Selects Keating Technologies for Canadian Sales and Marketing

Markham, ON – Keating Technologies today announced an agreement with USRobotics, provider of the world’s No. 1 selling modem brand, to deliver sales and marketing services for its analog modem and new high-speed Internet access products in Canada.

“Keating’s proven track record in maximizing operational efficiencies and expanding distribution fits well with our go-to-market strategy,” said Brock Evans, director, USRobotics, Canada.

“With its considerable USRobotics’ sales and service history, we are confident Keating Technologies can provide extensive coverage for our current technologies while developing the market for our newest products in broadband access and wireless networking for homes and small businesses.”

Acquired by 3Com in 1997, last fall USRobotics reemerged as an independent company. With its strong brand, No. 1 market share position, and highly skilled team base, USRobotics is extending its analog modem leadership to the emerging markets of cable and DSL modems, wireless networking products and Internet devices.

“We are looking forward to again providing sales and marketing services to this industry leader,” says Larry J. Keating, president and chief executive officer of Keating Technologies. “USRobotics products continue to provide exceptional value to Canadian consumers, and their plan for marketing emerging Internet access products is something Keating is anxious to put into action.”

About USRobotics
USRobotics is the world’s leading modem provider, bringing the Internet into millions of homes and businesses around the world. For three decades, USRobotics has been at the forefront of modem technology. USRobotics has reemerged as an independent company and will continue its tradition of making the most reliable, easy-to-use and innovative Internet access solutions available. All USRobotics resources – from engineering to customer support – are dedicated to fulfilling that commitment. USRobotics is a privately held company headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill. with an Emerging Business Unit based in Irvine, Calif. For further information regarding the company and its products, please visit the Web site at www.usr.com.

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is a 2000 winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies Program. As Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry, Keating has a staff of more than 100 and provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Markham, and Montreal. Keating currently represents Apollo (a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard), Digi International, Gateway Business, Norton Lambert, Princeton Graphics Systems, USRobotics, Visioneer, Xircom, Zebra Technologies and provides customer service and support on behalf of 3Com and Palm Canada Inc.More information regarding Keating Technologies is available at (905) 479-0230 or by visiting the Company’s web site at www.keating.com.

Keating Technologies’ New Merchandising Division Offers Full Suite of Retail Merchandising Support Services

Markham, ON – Keating Technologies Inc. today announced the launch of a new division that will provide a full suite of nation-wide merchandising services to manufacturers. This new division will operate as Merchandising Works™, under the leadership of newly appointed director of merchandising, Scott Butterworth.

“Keating has always offered a wide range of marketing services, so this new division is evolutionary, not revolutionary for us,” states Larry J. Keating, president and chief executive officer of Keating Technologies Inc. “We are very fortunate to be starting this new venture off with Scott Butterworth at the helm. Scott’s many years of merchandising management experience ensures success for our valued clients and our company.”

The services offered include sales force support, sales merchandising, sales demonstrations, special event marketing and mystery shopping. In addition, while Keating traditionally has specialized in the high technology and consumer electronics markets, this new venture will take the company into virtually any industry where consumers buy products.

“Keating’s Total Market Management® approach has proven invaluable in the technology industry, ” states Butterworth, “and it is an ideal time to extend our marketing expertise into other industries through merchandising.”

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is a 2000 winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies Program. As Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry Keating provides Total Market Management services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Keating has a staff of more than 100 and Merchandising Works has a network of 500 field representatives from coast to coast. Keating currently represents Apollo (a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard), Digi International, Gateway Business, Norton-Lambert, Princeton Graphics Systems, USRobotics (Canada) Corporation, Visioneer, Xircom, Yahoo! branded computer products, Zebra Technologies and provides customer service and support on behalf of 3Com and Palm Inc. More information regarding Keating Technologies is available at 1-877-Keating or by visiting the Company’s web site atwww.keating.com.

Keating to Expand Canadian Market Coverage for Digi International

Markham, ON – Keating Technologies and Digi International® Inc., a leading worldwide provider of data communications hardware and software, announced today the expansion of Digi’s Canadian market coverage through a branch outsourcing agreement.

“Outsourcing our Canadian branch operation to Keating Technologies gives us the cost efficiencies, speed to market, and depth of resources needed to continue to grow our business,” states Gregg Wilkes, vice president of Americas sales for Digi. “By leveraging Keating’s expertise in these areas, we will get immediate expansion of our Canadian market coverage.”

Digi products include industry-leading multiport serial adapter, terminal server and universal serial bus (USB) connectivity products. The company also provides local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) connectivity solutions. Designed for businesses primarily in the retail, hospitality, financial and industrial automation sectors, Digi’s product line allows their customers to automatically collect, track, measure, monitor and control the critical data they need to gain a competitive advantage and build their businesses.

“Digi’s considerable contribution to serial communications and related technologies since their inception in 1985 has been invaluable to Canadian resellers, government and corporate users,” says Larry J. Keating, president and chief executive officer of Keating Technologies. “We are confident that layering on top of that our national-wide presence and comprehensive service offering will simply compound the value.”

About Digi International
Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII), based in Minneapolis, is the leader in Connectware, wired and wireless, hardware and software connectivity solutions that businesses use to create, customize and control retail operations, industrial automation and other applications. Connectware network-enables the essential devices that build business. Digi markets its products through a global network of distributors and resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For more information, visit Digi’s Web site at www.digi.com, or call (800) 344-4272 (U.S.) or (612) 912-3444 (International).

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is a 2000 winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies Program. As Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry, Keating has a staff of more than 100 and provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Keating currently represents Apollo (a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard), Digi International, Gateway Business, Norton-Lambert, Princeton Graphics Systems, Visioneer, Xircom, Zebra Technologies and provides customer service and support on behalf of 3Com and Palm Inc. More information regarding Keating Technologies is available at (905) 479-0230 or by visiting the Company’s web site at www.keating.com.

Keating Technologies Named One of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies

Markham, ON – Keating Technologies Inc. today announced that the Company has been selected as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Private Companies, a program designed to recognize and honour companies that excel in best business practices.

Now in its eighth year, The 50 Best Managed Private Companies Program, sponsored by Arthur Andersen, CIBC and the National Post, identifies winners from all regions across Canada and from a wide range of industries. The program involves an extensive interview process and in-depth examination of hundreds of companies’ management practices. Only the 50 Best are chosen based on their ability to continuously enhance organizational assets, their commitment to customer satisfaction and employee motivation, and in the innovative ways they create value in today’s economy.

“This award has been a tremendous opportunity for our team to receive well deserved visibility,” states Larry Keating, president and chief executive officer of Keating Technologies Inc., “and the process is a valuable revelation of our best practices and quality management processes.”

Keating founded the company in 1987 on the belief that Canadians were entitled to high quality service and support on technology-based products regardless of where they were manufactured. In order to make this a reality, Keating started a representation business that foreign-based manufacturers could utilize to drive sales and build a loyal customer base in Canada. This principle of “Canadians serving Canadians” still guides the company today and has driven its success.

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry. With a staff of more than 100, the Company provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Keating currently represents Apollo (a subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard), Digi International, Gateway Business, Norton-Lambert, Princeton Graphics Systems, Visioneer, Xircom, Zebra Technologies and provides customer service and support on behalf of 3Com, USRobotics and Palm Inc. More information regarding Keating Technologies is available at 1-877-Keating or by visiting the Company’s web site at www.keating.com.

Increased head office facilities to include a new 7,000sq. ft. call centre and a 5,000 sq. ft. logistics and service centre.

Zebra Technologies Annouces Expanded Support of the Canadian Market Through Branch Outsourcing Agreement with Keating Technologies

Vernon Hills, IL – Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), the worldwide leader in bar code printing, today announced an increased presence in Canada through a branch outsourcing agreement with Keating Technologies Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Keating will provide an enhanced channel focus for Zebra Bar Code Products, and will undertake activities to increase brand awareness and customer support of the Zebra and Eltron product lines in a number of Canadian industries including manufacturing, warehousing and distribution, and retail.

“Keating Technologies is an established organization that intimately knows the needs of the Canadian channel and their customers,” states Mike Adell, Vice President Sales, Zebra Technologies. “Through Keating’s sales, marketing, and support expertise, we will be better equipped to cater to the needs of our Zebra customers in Canada.”

Zebra Technologies Corporation offers the industry’s broadest line of on demand bar code label printers to meet most application needs. Zebra-brand printers vary from the industrial-duty Xi Series, to the Stripe Desktop line, suitable for office work. Eltron-brand bar code products offer affordable and easy-to-use printers, ideal for lower volume and distributed bar code label printing applications. All Zebra Technologies printers are known for their excellent quality and dependability. In addition to an extensive line of printers, Zebra offers a wide range of label materials and ribbons to ensure optimum performance.

“Zebra is the industry leader in thermal transfer, direct thermal and wireless thermal bar code printing solutions because of its reputation for delivering quality and value in its lines of Zebra and Eltron branded printers and supplies,” states Larry Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keating Technologies Inc. “We’re very excited to have the opportunity to build upon Zebra’s product offering by developing sales, marketing, and support programs tailored for Zebra’s Canadian channel partners and their customers.”

Zebra Technologies Corporation manufactures and distributes Zebra- and Eltron-brand on-demand bar code label printers, secure ID printing systems and plastic card printers used in automatic identification and plastic card personalization applications worldwide. The company also offers software and related supplies, including more than 300 label and ribbon combinations. Zebra has an installed base of more than 1.8 million printers and Zebra’s customers include more than 70 percent of FORTUNE 500 manufacturing companies. For information about Zebra Technologies Corporation, please visit www.zebracorporation.com. Zebra products can be found at www.zebra.com and Eltron products can be found at www.eltron.com.

Keating Technologies Inc., headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry. With a staff of more than 100, the company provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Markham, and Montreal. Keating Technologies represents leading manufacturers and works with distributor and reseller partners by bringing technology products and services to the Canadian consumer through the retail, corporate, government, and education markets. For more information regarding Keating Technologies, please call 1-877-Keating or visit the company’s web site at www.keating.com.

Apollo And Keating Technologies Announce Strategic Agreement To Develop Canadian Market For Apollo’s Line Of Printers

San Diego, CA and Markham, ON – APOLLO Consumer Products and Keating Technologies Inc., Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service, today announced an agreement to develop APOLLO’s Canadian market. Under the terms of the agreement, Keating will provide national sales, marketing and customer-support services for APOLLO’s line of consumer printer products in Canada.

“APOLLO is now in a position to provide Canadian consumers with a low-cost, high-quality choice in inkjet printers through our arrangement with Keating,” said Ed McCarthy, APOLLO’s sales director for North America and Latin America. “APOLLO has continually expanded its distribution worldwide with partners in the United States, Europe and several countries within Asia Pacific in our first year of operation. We expect that success to grow even more as we continue to add quality partners such as Keating in new regions.”

APOLLO offers quality printers that are colourful, modern, fun and designed to meet APOLLO’s mission: “Great Value. In Style.” APOLLO’s current printer product lines include the following:

APOLLO P-1200 printer series – a stylish, compact, single-print-cartridge colour
inkjet printer series
APOLLO P-1220 Barbie® printer – a customized single-print-cartridge printer with
decorative decals and Barbie Magic Hair Styler software
APOLLO P-2200 series – a stylish, two-print-cartridge printer with PrintMaster
Publishing Suite 4.0 software from Mattel Interactive and HP Instant Delivery
Internet printing software.

APOLLO printers are powered by HP’s proven inkjet technology and use HP colour print cartridges. They are currently available through Ingram Micro Canada.

“The inkjet-printer market in Canada represents a tremendous opportunity for APOLLO,” said Larry Keating, president and chief executive officer, Keating Technologies. “Our strategy is to grow APOLLO’s retail market, and to pursue OEM bundle opportunities while providing our full complement of award-winning customer-care services.”

Customer Support Program
A comprehensive APOLLO customer-support program is available in Canada through Keating Technologies. This program features the following:

Minimum one-year limited warranty
90 days of toll-free technical support
24 hours a day, seven days a week support
Express support call service availability
Interactive support
24-hour to 48-hour warranty service available

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc. headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is Canada’s leading branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry. With a staff of more than 100, the company provides Total Market Management™ services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Markham, and Montreal. Keating Technologies represents leading manufacturers and works with distributor and reseller partners by bringing technology products and services to the Canadian consumer through the retail, corporate, government, and education markets. For more information regarding Keating Technologies, please call 1-800-Keating or visit the company’s web site at www.keating.com.

About APOLLO
APOLLO Consumer Products was established in January 1999 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, the worldwide leader in the inkjet-imaging industry. APOLLO-branded products are powered by proven HP inkjet technology and provide consumers affordable, stylish solutions, starting with an ultra-low-price printer introduced in April 1999 and the Barbie printer in June 1999. APOLLO delivers “Great Value. In Style.” Please visit www.myapollo.com for more information about APOLLO.

Gateway Marks Its Canadian Debut With Comprehensive Produce, Service And Support For Canadian Businesses

Toronto, ON – In a move that will expand computing choices for Canadian businesses, Gateway Inc. (NYSE: GTW), today enters the Canadian computer market with a comprehensive product, service and support offering for business. The launch will give Canadian businesses access to Gateway’s full complement of award-winning business computers, backed by world-class bilingual service and support nationwide.

Gateway enters the Canadian computing market with a comprehensive business model designed to meet the needs of Canadian business, government and education customers. With the establishment of Gateway Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Gateway 2000 International, the company will continue its rich customer-centric heritage to deliver the best value and performance choices to meet business computing needs.

Gateway Business in Canada will leverage established Canadian channel players to address sales and support requirements for businesses. Gateway has formed an alliance with Keating Technologies to manage marketplace operations including sales, marketing and client care services. It is also teaming with channel partners GE Capital IT Solutions, Insight and Supercom to meet the sales and service requirements of Canadian business, government and education customers.

“Today’s competitive environment, coupled with customers’ evolving business requirements makes this the ideal time for Gateway to enter the Canadian market,” said Van M. Andrews, senior vice president, Gateway Business and president, Gateway Canada. The channel plays a major role in Canada, conducting the majority of sales through business in the country. By leveraging the strengths of our built-to-order model and the sales expertise of key resellers throughout Canada, we are poised to deliver a unique customer-centric model that gives Canadian businesses the best of both worlds when purchasing a Gateway™ computer system.”

Canadian businesses can now experience first-hand Gateway quality, value and customer satisfaction that customers in the United States, Europe and the Asia Pacific region have enjoyed. In the United States Gateway has garnered more than 300 individual product awards and enjoys high brand loyalty.

“In the United States, Gateway is currently the third largest computer manufacturer,” commented George Bulat, manager PC Research, International Data Corporation (Canada) Ltd. “Despite increased consolidation, the company’s value position and recognizable brand name also bodes well within the Canadian marketplace.”

About Gateway
Gateway (NYSE: GTW), a Fortune 250 company founded in 1985, focuses on building lifelong relationships with consumers and businesses through complete technology personalization. Gateway ranked number one in U.S. consumer PC revenue in the second quarter of 19991 and was rated among the top ten best corporate reputations in America according to a survey conducted in the fall of 1999 by The Wall Street Journal and Harris Interactive, Inc. Gateway employees worldwide serve clients with services and built-to-order computers that consistently win top awards from leading industry publications. Gateway had total global revenue of $7.5 billion in 1998 and shipped 3.54 million systems.

1. According to GartnerGroup/Dataquest US PC Quarterly statistics.

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Visioneer Teams Up With Keating Technologies To Capture Canadian Market

Fremont, CA – Visioneer, the leader in personal imaging products, announced a strategic alliance in the Canadian market through an exclusive agreement with Keating Technologies, Canada’s premiere branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry. Under the terms of the agreement, Keating will provide national sales and marketing services for Visioneer’s full line of award-winning imaging products.

“We will be leveraging Keating’s expertise and relationships in the Canadian market to offer customers Visioneer’s award-winning scanners,” says Roger R. Lund, Visioneer’s Vice President, North American Sales. “We expect that with this increased support of the Canadian market, we will quickly achieve the same level of success that the Visioneer brand has in the rest of North America.” Visioneer recently ranked as one of the top three scanner brands in the US retail market and four of its scanners ranked in the top 10 best selling scanner models according to the April, 1999, PC Data survey results. Sales for the first quarter of 1999 showed a 50% increase over the previous quarter.

Visioneer’s product line includes the OneTouch flatbed as well as the Strobe sheet-fed scanners that incorporate the industry-recognized PaperPort software, along with USB capabilities. The OneTouch flatbed scanner makes storing, scanning, copying, faxing, printing and e-mailing scanned images as easy as pressing one button. The Company’s family of scanners is distributed in Canada through Ingram, Merisel, and Tech Data.

“With more than half-a-million scanners expected to ship in Canada this year, there is an increasing demand for the effortless, multi-application imaging solution that Visioneer provides,” states Larry Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keating Technologies. “We are looking forward to working with Visioneer to provide these innovative imaging solutions to the Canadian consumer.”

About Visioneer
Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., Visioneer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Primax Electronics Ltd., develops and markets imaging products that provide a faster and easier way to scan photographs and documents into computers and put them to work in the most popular applications. The Company’s first product shipped in 1994. Visioneer personal imaging systems have garnered widespread industry acceptance and endorsements. Additional information about Visioneer and its products may be found on the Company’s web site at www.visioneer.com.

About Keating Technologies
Keating Technologies Inc. headquartered in Markham, Ontario, is Canada’s premiere branch outsourcing service to the high technology industry. With a staff of more than 100, the Company provides total market management services including sales, marketing and customer support through offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Keating Technologies represents leading manufacturers and works with distributor and reseller partners in bringing technology products and services to the Canadian consumer through the retail, corporate, government, and education markets. For more information regarding Keating Technologies, please call 1-800-565-3284 or visit the Company’s web site at www.keating.com.