PlatinumSolutions, Inc. Teams With PostgreSQL, Inc.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2003
For Immediate Release
- Washington, DC &
- Wolfville, Nova Scotia

PlatinumSolutions, Inc. joins the PostgreSQL, Inc.
worldwide network of Certified Alliance Program partners

"PlatinumSolutions, Inc. is a recognized leader in the information
technology industry. We've reached this position by delivering honest,
objective, and practical advice to all of our clients," states
PlatinumSolutions President Adam Rossi. "Our clients have in turn trusted
us to develop their mission critical information systems and applications.
We are committed to promoting secure, open standards-based solutions, and
we actively contribute to many free and open source software community
projects, including the Keel(sm) Web Application Meta-Framework and of
course, PostgreSQL."

PlatinumSolutions serves both private sector and government organizations
including: telecom, financial services, Federal Government agencies, law
enforcement, intelligence, and Homeland Security. These services include
Application, Information Management, and Integration services for:

- Applications & Information Management:
Custom web-based enterprise solutions; Internet collaboration tools
for information sharing and analysis; Database Licensing (if mandated);
Database Development; Database Administration; Data Warehousing;
Information Analysis, Reporting and Decision Support; Business
Continuity & Disaster Recovery.
- Integration:
XML-based information exchange for inter-agency and business partner
collaboration; Internet-enabling legacy applications and legacy data
sources.
- Security:
Secured applications and web systems protected by the latest controls,
audit, authorization, and authentication technologies.

"We are proud to add PlatinumSolutions as PostgreSQL, Inc.'s newest
Platinum Certified Alliance Program (CAP) member. They have been a trusted
technology partner to the FBI since 1999 and have earned one of the
highest ratings from customers in the 2002 D&B (Dun & Bradstreet) Past
Performance Evaluation(tm) - with a 100% overall positive performance
rating." explains PostgreSQL, Inc. CEO Geoff Davidson, "Evidence of their
capabilities, expertise and service excellence was also proven throughout
the rigorous process of competencies review and testing, qualifying
PlatinumSolutions, Inc. to earn the designation of a PRIME CAP partner,
with the lead responsibility for fulfilling all US Federal Government and
Agency requests, as well as for signing up other US CAP partners for that,
and other, channels."

PlatinumSolutions initiates work with new clients by first identifying
their most critical priorities, either through direct consultation or with
the PlatinumSolutions Fast Forward Assessment:

http://www.platinumsolutions.com/fastforward

The PlatinumSolutions team then moves quickly to identify the steps that
are necessary to reach their clients' goals. From sound project planning
through implementation to support, PlatinumSolutions services consistently
meet both time frame and budgetary requirements.

PlatinumSolutions is led by President Adam Rossi, who is featured in the
upcoming Open Source for National and local eGovernment Programs in the
U.S. and EU conference in Washington, DC (March 17-19, 2003):

http://egovos.org/march-2003/index.html

Adam will be presenting a timely and topical discussion on the Experiences
of Open Source Companies and Consultants Track:

http://egovos.org/march-2003/cfp-review.cgi?id=46

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Contacts for more information:
PostgreSQL, Inc.
360 Main Street, Suite 21
Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Canada B4P 1Z9
Media & Public Relations,
Phone: 902.542.0713 eMail: pr(at)PgSQL(dot)com
PostgreSQL, Inc. CAP Programs
Phone: 902.542.0713 eMail: sales(at)PgSQL(dot)com

PlatinumSolutions, Inc.
1610 Washington Plaza North
Reston, VA
USA 20190
Public Relations
Phone: 703.471.9793 eMail: press(at)platinumsolutions(dot)com

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For a copy of this document in PDF format go to:
http://www.pgsql.com/press/CAP_PSI.pdf