SEATTLE, Wash. - August 5, 2008 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem Inc. and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, announced the release of GeoExpress Remote Edition at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego where LizardTech is exhibiting in booth number 401. This edition offers a new licensing option, better integration with LizardTech Express Server and improved JPEG 2000 compatibility.

GeoExpress Remote Edition, a new licensing option for GeoExpress, provides unlimited MrSID and JPEG 2000 encoding and manipulation in a Terminal Services or Citrix environment. Now users can install GeoExpress on a central server and log in remotely to run GeoExpress. This is of great benefit since imagery can now be stored in a central repository so remote users no longer have to copy large images to their location. Now, multiple users can run GeoExpress concurrently, and perform intensive image processing jobs such as compression, reprojection, or color balancing on the server to free up their local machine for other work.

This edition also offers better integration with LizardTech Express Server. GeoExpress now allows users to upload larger datasets to Express Server than before for use in WMS applications, streaming via JPIP, or viewing on the web.

Improved JPEG 2000 compatibility is another new benefit. With better support for both JPEG 2000 Part I and JPEG 2000 Part II files, it is easy for users to use their imagery everywhere.

"We continually strive to create products that will add value to our customers' imagery assets and with GeoExpress Remote Edition we did just that," said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech senior product manager. "This functionality has been commonly requested by our users, so we're sure they'll see immediate benefits in their workflow and productivity by leveraging the new licensing option, better integration with Express Server and improved JPEG 2000 compatibility."

To learn more about GeoExpress and other products in LizardTech's Express Suite, please visit: http://www.lizardtech.com/products/geo/ or stop by LizardTech booth number 401 at the 2008 ESRI International User Conference in San Diego.

About LizardTech

LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., was founded in 1992 to build valuable business solutions from technologies created by the world's leading research organizations including Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and AT&T Labs. LizardTech is a leader in applying state-of-the-art technologies to the real-world challenges of managing, distributing, and accessing large complex digital content such as aerial photographs, satellite imagery, and color scanned documents. LizardTech's software is installed on millions of desktops and integrated into a wide variety of platforms and applications. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo. LizardTech is a division of Celartem, Inc., which is wholly owned by Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. develops and sells innovative technologies for storage, access and distribution of rich media content. Celartem has developed technology in the areas of digital image compression, scalable image viewing and secure content distribution and management. Celartem is listed on the Osaka Securities Exchange, Hercules:4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. with headquarters in Seattle.