DURHAM, N.C. and DALLAS, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Piranha, Inc.
(OTC Bulletin Board: BYTE), an innovator in compression science, today
announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Impact Solutions, has reached
agreement with OpenMind Publishing Group, a collaborative publishing service
for the academic community, to use Piranha science throughout its systems and
services.
"OpenMind is dedicated to delivering high quality content and learning
tools to college professors and their students," said Paul Elliot, chief
executive officer of OpenMind. "Our new relationship with Impact Solutions
and Piranha science will help us deliver those tools effectively and
efficiently via the Internet."
"We are extremely excited about working with Piranha science," said Craig
Johnson, Vice President of Business Development for OpenMind. "This will
insure that OpenMind Publishing Group's customers will receive the most
user-friendly experience without the hassles normally associated with a
web-based, 'rich media' experience. It also will enhance our users' ability
to quickly download OpenMind's exciting 'coursebook' learning tools."
"We are pleased to work with partners such as OpenMind to bring Piranha's
cost-saving technology to the academic world," said Larry Greybill, president
of Impact Solutions. "In a few months, Piranha has provided software
solutions for those handling huge amounts of data in the printing and
publishing industries, the financial world, the advertising world, and now the
world of academia. The science's ability to address the needs of diverse
groups is one of its strengths.
About OpenMind Publishing Group
OpenMind Publishing Group provides high-quality content and advanced
multimedia learning tools to professors and students in the higher education
marketplace. Its technology platform and services help professors and
students create and customize these materials to suit their individual needs.
Using a collaborative publishing process that allows instructors to access
and contribute to a large base of content, OpenMind helps professors build a
unique coursebook that is customized to their particular needs. This learning
tool is then delivered to their students via the Internet with alternate print
and CD-ROM versions available. Using their professors' unique coursebook as a
base, students will be able to choose from a variety of multimedia learning
tools that allows them to "micro-customize" the text to fit their individual
learning style. The final product is the most dynamic, highest-quality
content resource available, delivered at a price that is less than one-third
of a traditional textbook. For more information on OpenMind Publishing Group
and/or see a demonstration, please visit http://www.ompg.com or call 919-688-4555.
About Piranha, Inc.
Piranha, Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, provides digital data compression
technology through its three commercially available products: Piranha Byte(TM)
a publishing and printing product focusing on digital media workflow, Piranha
Net(TM) an image-based Web page product and Piranha Stream(TM) a real-time,
streaming video product. Piranha products are available on Linux, Windows and
Macintosh systems. Impact Solutions, Inc., is located in Freehold, NJ. More
information is available at http://www.piranha.com and http://www.impact-s.com or by calling
Impact Solutions 732-409-5190.
Piranha Stream and Piranha Byte are trademarks of Piranha, Inc. Other
companies' names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Included in this company profile are certain "forward looking"
statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such
forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may differ
materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements as a
result of certain factors including sales levels, retention, competition
trends and other market factors.
For more information, contact: Larry E. Greybill, Piranha, Inc.-Impact
Solutions, 732-409-5190, e-mail, lgreybill@impact-s.com; or Michael DiLorenzo
or David McKee, both of Schwartz Communications, Inc., 781-684-0770, or
piranha@schwartz-pr.com.
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CONTACT:
Larry E. Greybill, Piranha, Inc.-Impact
Solutions, 732-409-5190, e-mail, lgreybill@impact-s.com; or
Michael DiLorenzo or David McKee, both of Schwartz
Communications, Inc., 781-684-0770, or piranha@schwartz-pr.com
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