Ridgeline Technology Earns 2008 'Best of FOSE' Award Recognition for GoBook(R) MR-1...

Ridgeline Technology Earns 2008 'Best of FOSE' Award Recognition for GoBook(R) MR-1 Offering

Rugged Ultra-Mobile Notebook PC Honored for Innovation, Relevance
to Government Use, Performance and Value
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Ridgeline Technology, a manufacturer solutions provider that
delivers portable information technology (IT) solutions to government
and enterprise customers, announced today that the company earned a
Government Computer News (GCN) 2008 'Best of FOSE' Award for its
offering of the GoBook(R) MR-1 ultra-mobile notebook PC manufactured
by General Dynamics Itronix. A two-pound, full-function rugged
notebook measuring 4.3 inches by 6 inches, the GoBook MR-1 allows
users to work on a superior outdoor viewable display, wherever duty
takes them.

"The US government is the world's largest purchaser of IT
products. FOSE continues to be a showcase for the latest in technology
offerings for the government - and in particular, products that meet
the government's demanding requirements for scale and security," said
Wyatt Kash, editor in chief of Government Computer News. "With so many
quality submissions, we struggled to narrow down the 2008 GCN 'Best of
FOSE' winners, suggesting once again, the degree of technology
innovation that companies are focusing on for public sector
applications."

During FOSE, April 1-3, 2008, GCN's editors and technology
analysts reviewed more than 100 products including the General
Dynamics Itronix GoBook MR-1, which was showcased at the Ridgeline
Technology booth. Winners were chosen based on four criteria:
innovation, usability/applicability to government, relative
performance based on specifications and value.

"We are not surprised that the GoBook MR-1, a key component of our
rugged computing solutions portfolio, was selected as a winner in the
Best of FOSE awards," said Melissa Payton, director of sales and
marketing, Ridgeline Technology. "The GoBook MR-1 is ideally suited
for our government customers who need computing devices that can adapt
to a variety of usage scenarios, whether in helicopters, transport
planes, and combat vehicles or deployed on a battlefield. Our
partnership with General Dynamics Itronix helps us provide our
customers with innovative, best-in-class solutions they can rely on
for their mission critical activities."

"The ultra-mobile, lightweight GoBook MR-1 is designed to serve
users in virtually all conditions and operating environments where
portability may be crucial to getting the job done, or even survival,
making it ideal for government use," said John Schneider, Business
Unit Director at General Dynamics Itronix. "The fact that the GoBook
MR-1 has been recognized by GCN's Best of FOSE Awards proves that it
truly is built with innovation, reliability and the end user's
requirements at the forefront."

About the General Dynamics Itronix GoBook(R) MR-1

Rugged from the ground up, the GoBook MR-1 ultra-mobile notebook
combines the power of Windows(R) XP or Vista(R) with exceptional
durability, performance, multi-wireless capability and outdoor screen
clarity in a compact form factor. The GoBook MR-1 is a two-pound,
full-function rugged notebook measuring 4.3 inches by 6 inches,
allowing users to work on a portable, lightweight, reduced-footprint
machine wherever duty takes them and without sacrificing any of the
features of a full-size rugged notebook. An Intel(R) Core Solo 1.2 GHz
processor gives the GoBook MR-1 the power to leverage multi-threaded
applications and boosts overall speed and performance. The GoBook MR-1
is built to manage multiple, embedded wireless radios including
simultaneous WLAN, PAN, GPS and WWAN, with seamless roaming for
uninterrupted coverage. To accommodate the varied needs of government
users, the GoBook MR-1 is engineered with stackable expansion module
architecture for flexibility in integrating additional functionality.
The MR-1 also features unparalleled outdoor viewability with the new
patent-pending DynaVue(TM) touchscreen display technology developed by
General Dynamics Itronix.

About Ridgeline Technology

Founded in 2005, Ridgeline Technology is headquartered in Santa
Cruz, CA. Ridgeline is a Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and
HUBZone-certified Company offering dependable alternatives to
government and enterprise organization's computing requirements
including power management, scalable storage, and security protection.
For more information visit www.ridgeline-tech.com

Ridgeline Technology
Melissa Payton, 703-239-8575
Fax: 703-239-8592
melissa@ridgeline-tech.com

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