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Founded in August 1991, Datamaxx has grown from a local Tallahassee company of five employees to a national leader in providing technology solutions to law enforcement and criminal justice agencies with nearly 90 employees working at its corporate headquarters. Datamaxx has additional employees at satellite offices in Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, and West Virginia

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Datamaxx Licenses Certicom Encryption Technology to Secure Wireless Law Enforcement Application
High performance, mobile security technology enables confidential transmission of data from RIM 950 Interactive Pagers and handheld computers

Certicom, a leading provider of next-generation encryption technology, and Datamaxx Applied Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of information technology to law enforcement agencies, today announced a licensing agreement whereby Datamaxx will secure its CyberFORCE wireless platform with encryption technology designed by Certicom. Certicom's elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) will offer Datamaxx customers, such as the New York City Police Department, additional trust and assurance that their wireless transactions will be protected across the full range of wireless devices supported by the CyberFORCE™ platform.

http://www.mobic.com/oldnews/9911/datamaxx_licenses_certicom_encry.htm

Under terms of the agreement, MDSI will assign to Datamaxx its existing contracts in the public safety market in North America, including the North Carolina Highway Patrol, the City of Roanoke, VA, and TRW Inc. for the Ohio MARCS project. Datamaxx will provide continued support for these customers, while working with new customers to introduce them to Datamaxx’s enhanced mobile products and services.

“Datamaxx is committed to serving the wireless communications needs of the public safety market, and this agreement is another very important step to meeting that objective,” said Kay Stephenson, President and CEO of Datamaxx. “We have strengthened our business by adding not only new products and services but also new customers who understand the value of wireless communications in the mission-critical public safety environment.”

In addition to relationships with new customers, Datamaxx will gain a team of very talented and experienced engineering and wireless product systems professionals. This expertise will accelerate the development of additional wireless applications for the new Datamaxx OMNIXX Force Product Suite, the next generation of wireless products, releasing early third quarter of 2002.

About MDSI
Mobile Data Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDSI; TSX: MMD) is the leading provider of mobile workforce management solutions. MDSI’s suite of applications improves customer service and relationships and reduces operating costs by empowering service companies to optimally manage their field resources. The Company also provides all of the professional services, wireless connectivity, and hosting capabilities necessary to implement its solutions. For more information, please visit MDSI’s Web site at www.mdsi-advantex.com.


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