Video Guidance Creates Portable, On-Demand Conferencing Systems to Aid Minnesota Disaster Response Crews

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(Business Wire)--
Swine flu, flooding, tornadoes. These are a few examples of disasters that
demand the immediate attention from emergency response units. Eden Prairie-based
Video Guidance, the leading visual communications providers in the Upper
Midwest, today launched "VG Transport," a new portable video conferencing
solution expressly created to help Minnesota disaster response teams meet face
to face in an ad-hoc and secure fashion to share information and coordinate
response efforts.

Designed with advice from Northeast Minnesota emergency managers, VG Transport
is particularly critical when conducting emergency meetings during a pandemic
without personal contact and contamination.

"VG Transport was designed to be a two-way, interactive video system used in the
field, allowing a response team to bring their office functionality to the scene
of an emergency," said Dustin Artwohl, senior account manager for Video
Guidance. The system -- scaled down to be mobile -- has a 15-inch LCD monitor
that connects to a video codec. Access to a satellite connection or using a
mobile broadband card enables the users to enjoy HD quality and security through
AES video encryption. The system can also be connected to a large monitor or
projector to accommodate a large-room presentation.

Video Guidance built the new system for the Northeast Region 2 of the
Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM), comprised of county, city
and other emergency response planners. Video Guidance will equip 14 emergency
managers in 14 Northeast Minnesota counties with Video Suitcases. The system was
funded through a $500,000 Homeland Security grant.

The Northeast Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) region of
Minnesota is nearly 300 miles long and wide. A trip to the center of the region
for a meeting takes hours one way. "A two-hour meeting can take a full day of
time and lots of money in mileage expenses," said Scott Camps, St. Louis County
Emergency Manager. "With video conferencing, I can attend from my office and
have all of my resource materials at my fingertips without any extra expense.
The project enhances the effectiveness of our work and will pay for itself by
saving time and expense."

The 14 HSEM regional units will connect 11 County Emergency Managers, the City
of Duluth, and the Mille Lacs and Grand Portage Reservations to each other, to
the State Emergency Operations Center and to contacts in Canada. These units
will be used in everyday planning and meetings in a secure face-to-face
environment. The program is being coordinated with an Assistance to Firefighters
Grant to the City of Duluth and expects to have the VG Transport in this month.

Founded in 1999, privately held Video Guidance, Inc. (www.videoguidance.com)
provides conferencing, telepresence and audio visual technologies and services
that facilitate natural, visual communication.Video Guidance`s 2008 year-end
results grew an impressive 21 percent over 2007.Strategic alliances include
Conference Plus, Tandberg (OSLO: TAA.OL), Polycom (NASDAQ: PLCM), LifeSize, On
Stream Media Corporation, Radvision (NASDAQ: RVSN), VBrick, and Accordent.

Video Guidance was also twice namedto Inc`s. 5,000 list of the nation`s fastest
growing private companies in 2007 and 2008.In 2007, the company has been among
the Top 100 of the fastest growing regional companies in Minnesota and
Wisconsin, and recognized by The Business Journal as one of the "50 Fastest
Growing Privately Held Companies" in the Twin Cities metro area.This year, Video
Guidance received the "Grant Services Partner of the Year" honor from TANDBERG
for helping organizations create teleconferencing solutions in telemedicine and
distance learning in underserved rural areas.

For Video Guidance, Inc.
Shore to Shore Communications, Inc.
Gail D. Shore, 952-925-6102
gshore@winternet.com

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