Press Release

MCOECN Chooses JAMS as Scheduler for DASL Application

Columbus, OH – December 6, 2004 - MVP Software, Inc., the developer of JAMS, an enterprise-class job scheduler, today announced that the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network (MCOECN) has selected JAMS for use in developing the Data Analysis for Student Learning (DASL) application which will be used by member schools.

The MCOECN represents the 23 Data Acquisition (DA) Sites of the Ohio Education Computer Network that are part of the Ohio Department of Education.

One of the missions of the MCOECN is to bring the benefits of mass purchasing power with technology vendors to the DA Sites. This allows the DA Sites to purchase equipment and software at large "group rates", saving school districts substantial money.

“Before choosing JAMS, we carefully evaluated and reviewed the enterprise-class job schedulers on the market,” said Duane Baker, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the MCOECN. “We narrowed our search to two alternatives and ultimately selected JAMS for its flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and low overhead. Upon deployment, the DASL application and JAMS will be utilized in 500-700 school districts which are supported by the DA sites”, continued Baker.

The MCOECN will be utilizing JAMS OpenVMS with DASL to complete data base updates for student administration, school bus routing, national and criterion-referenced test scoring, learning/curriculum management systems, spreadsheet, and library automation services. Each DA site will also have the option to implement a Windows solution that will include JAMS .NET.

“Early in the sales cycle it became very apparent that the MCOECN required a solution that included both OpenVMS and .NET. We knew that JAMS was one of a handful of applications that could meet this criteria and are very pleased that JAMS was ultimately chosen to support such an important undertaking”, commented Lisa Parker, Director of Marketing for MVP Systems.

The MCOECN began implementing JAMS in August 2004 and expects to have the software fully deployed before the end of the year. Initially 18 data centers will be using JAMS to provide job scheduling capabilities in conjunction with the DASL or other applications.

About the Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network The Management Council of the Ohio Education Computer Network provides leadership for effective and efficient information technology for the learning community in Ohio.

About MVP Systems:

MVP is a private corporation dedicated to the development and marketing of JAMS a full featured, multi-platform job scheduling system supporting the Windows, OpenVMS and UNIX/Linux environments. MVP is committed to providing quality products that reduce the complexities of data center management, increase productivity and lower development and operational expenses. For more than 15 years MVP and its partners have successfully marketed JAMS throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe. For more information, please visit the MVP website at www.mvpsi.com.