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Mind Over Machines Acquires Natoli Design Group
CEO Tom Loveland cites client benefits in acquisition of UX design firm

Owings Mills, MD – February 4, 2008 -- Mind Over Machines, a provider of intelligent enterprise applications to government and commercial clients, has acquired Natoli Design Group, a User Experience (UX) design firm serving Fortune 1000 clients including Condé Nast, SC Johnson, Chamberlain and Lucent.

Natoli’s UX services include Ethnographic Research, Information Architecture, Usability Engineering and User Interface Design. Founder and CEO Joe Natoli, along with all employees of the company, joined Mind Over Machines in October. Natoli serves as Director of User Experience.

In announcing the merger, Mind Over Machines CEO Tom Loveland said, “Natoli’s proven talent, reputation and experience strategically complement Mind Over Machines’ service offerings. Our current clients are already seeing enormous benefit from the work Joe’s team has done. This potent mix – thoughtful interface design and powerful application development – creates intuitive products that allow people to do their jobs more easily and efficiently.”

For Natoli, the merger was an easy decision. “We had been approached several times before. While a couple of those deals might have made financial sense, the cultural fit just wasn’t there, and the opportunity to really create value for customers wasn’t there. Mind Over Machines supports the entrepreneurial culture I created at Natoli Design Group. I’m not ready to retire, and the team that helped me build this company deserved my consideration. Tom and I believe that our job is to hire the absolute best talent, create a motivating work environment, and get out of the way.”

The combined enterprise will consolidate their two Baltimore-area offices into the Mind Over Machines headquarters facility over the next several months. Additional information on the company’s combined capabilities will appear on the corporate web site over the coming weeks.

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Mind Over Machines Among Fastest Growing Private Companies
nclusion in Inc. Magazine's Annual List Highlights Company's Three-Year Growth

Owings Mills, MD – November 21, 2007 - Mind Over Machines, a web applications provider to government and commercial clients, has earned a place on Inc. Magazine’s 2007 list of the fastest growing private companies in America. Published annually for 25 years, the Inc. list is highly-regarded for the depth and accuracy of its private sector analysis.

Accepting the recognition for the company, CEO Thomas Loveland said, “We would like to thank Inc. Magazine for identifying Mind Over Machines’ growth from among seven million private companies in America. Our team rarely stops to admire past success – it seems there is always a larger opportunity in our immediate future. However, this recognition can’t be ignored. I congratulate the entire Mind Over Machines team for this accomplishment.”

Citing additional resources provided to his staff this year, Inc. Project Manager Jim Melloan said the 2007 list “provides the most comprehensive look ever at the most important part of the economy – the entrepreneurial part.” Despite Mind Over Machines’ location in a Mid-Atlantic region that had the fewest fast-growing companies on the Inc. list, the magazine’s profile of the company highlighted its 99.5%.annualized growth over the three-year period examined and ranked it as one of the top companies in Maryland.

Since it was founded in 1989, Mind Over Machines has grown in both the Commercial and Government sectors. Initial success in Commercial, State and Local markets encouraged the company to pursue Federal opportunities. Recently, the company’s Federal Government business has expanded and now accounts for a significant portion of the company’s revenue.

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Mind Over Machines Solution Fights Terrorist Financing
Department of Homeland Security Expands Scrutiny of Financial Transactions

Owings Mills , MD – June 5, 2007 - Mind Over Machines, Inc., a web applications provider to government and commercial clients, announces FinCEN Alert – domain expertise and technology that helps businesses comply with recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) safeguards America’s financial systems from the abuses of financial crime, including terrorist financing and money laundering, and enforces provisions of the Patriot Act requiring companies to confirm that their business associates are not on any of multiple terrorist watch lists.

Initially focused on financial institutions, DHS has now expanded the scope of FinCEN to include certain other businesses. Law firms and companies with similar fiduciary relationships are now being examined, others will follow. For companies that deal with many clients, business partners, and investors, compliance is a daunting and potentially costly ordeal fraught with risk. Mind Over Machines recognized the opportunity, developed expertise, and created an innovative and cost effective technology solution. The company has successfully implemented FinCEN Alert at a large national firm.

"There are at least a dozen separate Terrorist Watch databases," says Tom Loveland, CEO of Mind Over Machines, "containing thousands of names with new names added regularly. For companies dealing with thousands, or tens of thousands, of business associates, the matrix expands exponentially. Add FinCEN's sense of urgency and the need for an automated solution, today, is extreme."

FinCEN Alert allows client staff to perform ad hoc searches – against every terrorist watch database in a single transaction – as new business associates are acquired. In addition, the system regularly reconfirms the status of associates as terrorist watch databases are updated with additional names.

FinCEN Alert, Server Edition, provides an even more cost-effective solution for businesses that need to perform in excess of one million searches per year.

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Mind Over Machines Named #9 in Baltimore Business Journal’s List of Top 25 Software Development Firms
Company Ranks #4 in List of Top 25 Website Development Firms

Owings Mills, MD – March 13, 2007 - Mind Over Machines, Inc., a web applications provider to government and commercial accounts, announced today that the Baltimore Business Journal has ranked the Company #9 in the annual list of Baltimore-based top software development firms and #4 on the list of top website development firms.

These highly-anticipated lists were published in the March 9, 2007 edition of the Baltimore Business Journal. Rankings are based on company revenues.

"We are extremely pleased to be ranked among the top 10 most successful companies in our industry," said Tom Loveland, President and CEO, Mind Over Machines. "We achieved a 30 percent increase in revenue in 2006, a wonderful accomplishment given our highly competitive marketplace. We are proud of the hard work and ingenuity exhibited by our entire team last year."

In other recent recognitions, Microsoft ranked the Company among its Top 10 Microsoft Gold Partners in the Baltimore and Bethesda metropolitan areas. Gold Partners have successfully passed a series of stringent requirements and have proven the highest commitment and expertise in building and delivering IT solutions.

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Mind Over Machines Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program
Company Ranks Among Microsoft's Top 10 Partners in Baltimore, Bethesda Metro Areas

BALTIMORE, MD – January 16, 2007 - Mind Over Machines, Inc., an information technology solutions provider to government and commercial accounts, announced today that the Company has joined the elite ranks of the Gold Certified Partners in the Microsoft Partner Program. This prestigious designation recognizes companies that have proven the highest commitment and expertise i n building and delivering IT solutions based on Microsoft technologies. Gold Partners have successfully passed a series of stringent requirements.

Mind Over Machines attained this status in three information technology competency areas:

Business Process and Integration Solutions—for its expertise in deploying business to business solutions, EAI, business process integration and management;
Custom Development Solutions—for its proficiency in creating custom software solutions for business and government customers who require value-added capabilities to optimize business and operational effectiveness; and,
Data Management Solutions—for its competency in implementing Microsoft SQL Server solutions that feature data warehousing, business intelligence, online analytical processing (OLAP), data mining, and decision support.

Gold Partners are those elite companies that earn the highest endorsement. They are recognized for the knowledge, skills, and commitment to creating and implementing technology solutions that match their customer's exact business needs. Microsoft Gold Certified Partners have demonstrated the most robust, efficient and scalable implementations.

"Displaying the Gold Partner Logo will be a signal to the marketplace that we have achieved a significant level of industry experience for Microsoft-based technologies," said Tom Loveland, Chairman & CEO of Mind Over Machines. "It also reinforces to our current and future customers that our business is reliable, experienced, and endorsed by Microsoft."

The Microsoft Partner Program represents its ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. The Company has been a Microsoft partner for more than ten years.

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