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Des Moines, Iowa —May 23, 2007— In the early morning hours of Thursday May 17th an unexpected power transformer malfunction interrupted business services for several companies in Urbandale, Iowa. LightEdge customer 3pL Corp., a transportation/ logistics management company serving the open freight shipping industry, was one of the businesses affected by this incident along with many other area businesses.

3pL Corp., as part of its services, assures customers of continuous access to Internet tracking and load management technology and continuity of service as part of an extensive disaster recovery plan. The plan includes locating its critical technology at a secure center with extensive back up capability, onsite backup generation and use of LightEdge’s, Edge Business Continuity Center.

Without extensive pre-planning, the resulting power outage could have left 3pL Corp. unable to maintain extended access to the applications and communication devices that linked them to their customers during a peak freight processing time. With the need to remain available to their customers, 3pL quickly contacted LightEdge Solutions to utilize the company’s business continuity facility in Altoona.

The implementation of a virtual management concept is a key part of the 3pL Corp. strategic plan. The company currently receives many managed services through LightEdge including: Wide-Area-Networking, Managed Backup, Security, Internet, Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Hosted PBX Voice-over-IP. 3pL is also working with LightEdge to provide additional services related to their business continuity needs. At the time of the incident, the service contracts with LightEdge were not yet through the final approval stage.

“As fate would have it, this was our opportunity to test the plan before the contracts were signed,” said 3pL Corp. Executive VP – Technology Integration, Carl Waldenmaier. “LightEdge took care of us in our time of need. The process reinforced our ideas both on the importance of having a sound business continuity plan and the partnership that we have developed with LightEdge Solutions.”

Without incident, computer access and phone service was established that morning for 3pL staff members at the Edge Business Continuity Center in Altoona. The workers were able to resume operational activities until the power was fully re-established for the corporate office.

“People normally associate Disaster Recovery with infrequent events such as fire, or extreme weather. Simple things like fiber cuts and power outages happen more frequently and can be just as impacting to a business.” stated Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge Solutions. “The LightEdge and EdgeBCC teams came together beautifully to ensure that 3pL staff were productive within a short amount of time.”

About 3pL Corp.
3pL Corp. is a leading edge, data based technology-driven full service supply chain management company serving primarily flatbed freight shippers. It is a knowledge-driven systems improvement company that develops cost and quality enhancement solutions to reduce supply-chain problems. 3pL Corp. employs Logistic Specialists that manage orders from product creation to final delivery to the end customer through a network of Affiliated and Core carriers. The company has a cadre of systems-improvement experts with 80 years combined experience in the trucking industry. For more information, visit the 3pL Corp. website at www.3plcorp.com.

About the Edge Business Continuity Center
Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in Altoona, IA offering over 10,000 square feet of secure, environmentally controlled data center space and over 300 disaster recovery workstations provisioned with desktops and VoIP phone handsets. The facility has been built around a highly redundant private network infrastructure, allowing for some of the highest service level agreements in the industry. For more information, visit the EdgeBCC Web site at www.edgebcc.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

March 30, 2007, (Davenport, IA) – The Quad City Steamwheelers announced today that all 16 regular season games and any playoff games will be web cast live on Steamwheelers.com and Steamwheelerfans.com. The first web cast coincides with the season opener in Cincinnati on Saturday.

“LightEdge is pleased to continue the tradition of hosting the Steamwheelers’ web cast for a third year,” says Jim Masterson, Chairman and CEO of LightEdge Solutions. “Ultimately our business model is to enable activities through our technology infrastructure. Enabling the community to access the game in new ways is just an extension of what we do.”

The web casts from Lightedge Solutions will allow Steamwheelers fans the opportunity to listen to the games from anywhere in the world.

“We are very thankful that Lightedge Solutions is able to help us reach fans that, otherwise, would miss out on our games,” says Mike Bawden, Managing Partner of the Steamwheelers.

About the Quad City Steamwheelers
The Quad City Steamwheelers is the official, af2 professional football club of the Quad Cities. The Steamwheelers play home at The MARK of the Quad Cities in Moline, IL. For ticket information, please call (563) 324-4888. The Quad City Steamwheelers, af2 and Arena Football are licensed properties of Arenafootball2, all rights reserved. Look us up online at www.steamwheelers.com or www.af2.com. Information for die-hard Steamwheeler fans can be found on the official, Quad City Steamwheelers Fan Club web site: www.SteamwheelerFans.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

DES MOINES, Iowa—October 26, 2006— In the 24th annual Celebrate Business awards held at the Des Moines Downtown Marriott Hotel, the Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) was recognized today by the Greater Des Moines Partnership, RSM McGladrey and the Des Moines Business Record with an award for Economic Impact.  This award commemorates the EdgeBCC and its joint owners LightEdge Solutions and LBC Technology for their significant impact on the community through expansion of operations, facilities and workforce.

“We view the construction and operation of this facility to be of great value to Des Moines”, stated Mary Bontrager, Executive Vice President of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, “We feel that the addition of business continuity services will ultimately make Des Moines businesses more resilient to natural disasters and other factors that could impair their ability to do business.”

The EdgeBCC, a newly completed business continuity center serving Des Monies area businesses, was given an award for Economic Impact due to the scope of its capital investment, the realization of a new facility to serve businesses of the metro and the addition of professional labor positions for the community.  The EdgeBCC is a state-of-the-art facility used to provide unique risk mitigation and disaster recovery services for small and medium sized businesses in central Iowa.

“The Celebrate Business award for Economic Impact, provides additional validation to what we’ve known all along”, said Travis Thompson, VP of Operations for the EdgeBCC, “By providing risk mitigation and outsourced technical services, the EdgeBCC can have a significant impact on the small and medium sized businesses located in the Midwest and national companies located in disaster-prone areas.

The Celebrate Business awards recognize companies for specific business practices such as encouraging involvement in community activities, creating an employee-friendly work environment, and building a substantial reputation for integrity and quality while remaining outside the public limelight. Small- and large-business winners are selected annually in each category.

This year’s winners were:

Economic Impact Award:
EdgeBCC
Citigroup
Soy Innovations
Westec InterActive
Wells Fargo

Community Champion:
Large business – Orchard Place
Small business – SVPA Architects, Inc.

Workplace Environment:
Large business – Link Associates
Small business – Performance Marketing

Best Kept Secret:
Large business – Caleris, Inc.
Small business – C & L Companies

Commuter Award:
Nationwide/Allied Insurance

Best Workplace for Young Professionals:
Nationwide

About Edge Business Continuity Center
Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in Altoona, IA offering over 10,000 square feet of secure, environmentally controlled data center space and over 300 disaster recovery workstations provisioned with desktops and VoIP phone handsets. The facility has been built around a highly redundant private network infrastructure, allowing for some of the highest service level agreements in the industry. EdgeBCC is a joint venture between LightEdge Solutions and LBC Technology. For more information, visit the EdgeBCC Web site atwww.edgebcc.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

DES MOINES, Iowa; (October 10, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, a leader in converged
data networking, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and managed IT business services, today announced their inclusion in the Broadsoft Connections 2006 Executive Users Conference to be held in Scottsdale, Arizona later this month. Sanjay Srinivasan, LightEdge chief technology officer, will be included on a panel focused on the delivery of innovative
and affordable hosted VoIP solutions for small and medium enterprise customers. Srinivasan joins other industry leaders from Verizon and InfoHighway for this presentation and panel discussion.

What Sanjay Srinivasan, chief technology officer at LightEdge Solutions presents hosted VoIP customer case studies at Broadsoft Connections 2006 Executive Users Conference
When October 16, 2006, 4:30PM
Where The Phoenician Resort, Scottsdale, Arizona
Details The session will feature the perspective of the service provider
in the life cycle of a small to medium enterprise over IP
implementation. Speakers will share best practices as they
discuss end-to-end processes involved in facilitating key sales.

About BroadSoft Connections
This exclusive, invitation-only conference is an industry event for senior-level executives at service providers around the world delivering hosted voice services. BroadSoft Connections 2006 will build on the success of the Connections conferences that have come before. Sponsors and customers told us previous years’ conferences were a smashing success, and we keep raising the bar. Attending customers stated that Connections was the place to learn best practices to increase operational success and to meet with the leading vendors in an informal setting. Also attending will be executives from BroadSoft’s extensive list of world-class carrier customers, sponsors, partners, and third-party developers.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

DES MOINES, Iowa; (October 3, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions Inc., a leader in converged data networking, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and managed IT business services today announced that three separate orthopedic clinics in southern California will work directly with LightEdge Solutions as the hosting provider for their electronic medical records (EMR) rather than traditional application service provider (ASP) hosting through the EMR software vendor. The three clinics, representing 27 physicians, 200 total software users and 16 locations, banded together to leverage experience and take advantage of economies of scale in purchasing.

In this third-party hosting model, the EMR software is installed and hosted in one of LightEdge’s secure, redundant data centers that is monitored 24/7 and provides inherent disaster recovery benefits. Care providers and medical staff are able to ensure HIPAA compliance via secure access to the EMR system through a private high-speed connection to the LightEdge Solutions network or a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. Hosting service and support is provided by LightEdge industry-certified networking technicians while the EMR software support is provided by the EMR software manufacturer.

“All three clinics wanted an EMR solution without the care and feeding of additional on-site servers. Without a full-time technical person on staff or a core competency in IT, it seemed risky to support the EMR ourselves,” said Stephanie Roman, administrator of Orthopedic Consultants Medical Group.

Late in 2005, the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists, Orthopedic Consultants Medical Group and Ventura Orthopedic and Sports Medicine clinics launched a joint search for an electronic medical record system. After extensive evaluation, the groups had agreed on the EMR software, but were unable to find an independent party to host the application in the requisite manner.

“The hosting solutions that we reviewed were cumbersome and expensive, as many of the hosts were merely leasing data center space from another company. There were still middlemen and layers to wade through for support,” said Scott Lilly, administrator of Ventura Orthopedic and Sports Medicine. “LightEdge was the only provider to meet our needs with multiple, privatelyowned and operated data centers, and an affordable solution that was customized to our specific requirements.”

According to Mark Anderson, chief executive officer and healthcare futurist with AC Group, Inc., a healthcare technology advisory and research firm, the market is evolving towards independent third-party hosting for healthcare software. In a recent survey of nearly 2,500 participants, AC Group found that 40 percent of clinics with fewer than 50 users and 75 percent of clinics with more than 500 users prefer a third-party hosted model over a vendor-hosted or internally-hosted infrastructure, and this trend appears to be rising.

“The technology is finally right for electronic medical records, practice management and ePrescribing applications to be delivered through a hosted model. Our direct customer interaction allows LightEdge to act as a consultant, ensuring that the solution we offer meets our customer’s needs and their budget,” remarked Scott Riedel, product marketing manager for LightEdge Solutions.

“Knowing that our servers are being professionally maintained and that our data is secure means we have one less thing to worry about in the changing healthcare field,” said Jean Raives, administrator for the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists.

All administrators sited a ten-year track record, compliance with SAS-70 initiatives, the ownership of multiple data centers, a diversified product portfolio and a dedicated 24/7 engineering team as factors that contributed to their decision to choose LightEdge.

About The Center for Orthopaedic Specialists
Center for Orthopaedic Specialists is a group of fellowship-trained, board-certified/eligible physicians that provide general orthopedic services, as well as sub-specialty care. From sports medicine to hand surgery to total joint reconstruction, physicians provide care for adolescents and adults. For more information, visit www.cos-orthopaedics.com.

About Orthopedic Consultants Medical Group
Orthopedic Consultants Medical Group is a full service orthopedic center. With an emphasis on improving quality of life, movement, activity and work, the clinic provides state-of-the-art, comprehensive care. Orthopedic Consultants has served the San Fernando and Conejo Valley for more than 45 years, always maintaining a high level of personal attention to patients. To learn more about the clinic’s services, visit www.ocmgortho.com. www.ocmgortho.com.

About Ventura Orthopedic & Sports Medicine
Ventura Orthopedics has been serving the Central Coast of California since the 1930s and, over that time, has grown to 10 offices in Ventura County that support the work of 13 orthopedists, a dozen therapists, and a range of ancillary services. For more information visit www.venturaorthopedic.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

ALTOONA, Iowa and DES MOINES, Iowa—September 26, 2006—LightEdge Solutions and LBC Technology celebrate the grand opening of the Edge Business Continuity Center in Altoona, Iowa. The facility provides businesses with immediate access to a fully-functional alternate workspace, including individual workstations, meeting spaces and data center services, which can be utilized if a company’s primary office location is compromised by a natural disaster or unplanned interruption.

In the event of a disaster, EdgeBCC customers can immediately relocate key staff members to the Altoona facility, where they can resume critical operations. Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone systems enable immediate transfer of services to the offsite location, and pre-established desktop images can be loaded on computers at each workstation, providing employees with the same access, features and applications that are available to them at their primary location.

EdgeBCC is constructed specifically for the risks associated with Central Iowa. Its pre-cast concrete wall and roof design has been tested to withstand sustained 200 mph winds for maximum tornado resistance. The entire facility is designed to offer N+1 redundancy on every main component including: multiple power grids, uninterruptible power supplies and onsite diesel powered generators. EdgeBCC’s Midwest location offers companies in risk-prone areas the opportunity to leverage the relative stability of the Central Iowa environment and the tested and proven safety and security of the EdgeBCC facility for business continuity planning.

“We are excited to celebrate the grand opening of the EdgeBCC facility,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge Solutions. “EdgeBCC enables small and midsize businesses to take advantage of risk mitigation and business continuity options that have previously been either too costly or too difficult to implement. The solution is truly unique, and provides Midwest businesses with business continuity planning options that were not previously available in this area.”

“Edge BCC is the only building of its kind in central Iowa,” said Peder Malchow, president of LBC Technologies. “Our world-class facility brings much needed data center facilities as well as disaster recovery workspace to Iowa and surrounding area businesses.”

EdgeBCC Advantages

Location: EdgeBCC is located near the junction of Interstates 35 and 80, on land that is known to be flood resistant and geologically stable, and is serviced by two independent power grid substations systems that are underutilized and not prone to blackouts/brownouts.

Facility: The pre-cast, fully insulated concrete structure has been designed and tested to withstand sustained 200 MPH winds, and is enclosed with a dry design, double membrane concrete roof.

Data Center Designed for Next Generation Components : The facility has been specifically designed to accommodate the increasing power and cooling demands of next generation computing and storage environments.

Geographical Data Redundancy: LightEdge data connectivity provides full redundancy with services from two Central Offices that are separated by
15 miles. Dual fiber paths lead into the building at two separate locations, providing an alternate fiber connection if one of the fiber strands were
ever severed.

Pre-provisioned PC’s and Voice-over-IP Phones: EdgeBCC is pre-provisioned with Voice-over-IP handsets that can quickly and seamlessly transfer their corporate phone systems to the EdgeBCC infrastructure. Pre-provisioned desktop computing environments and pre-configured customer desktop images enable customers to move critical employees into the disaster recovery space to seamlessly continue critical operational functions.

For more information on EdgeBCC
EdgeBCC will be complete and fully operational on November 1, 2006. To learn more about the datacenter and disaster recovery workspace availability or other IT services offered through the facility, contact LightEdge Solutions or LBC Technology.

LBC Technology
516.226.2277

LightEdge Solutions

877.771.EDGE

About Edge Business Continuity Center
Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in Altoona, IA offering over 10,000 square feet of data center space and over 300 disaster recovery workstations provisioned with desktops and VoIP phone handsets. The facility has been built around a highly redundant private network infrastructure, allowing for some of the highest service level agreements in the industry. EdgeBCC is a joint venture between LightEdge Solutions, LBC Technology and Ladco Development. For more information, visit the EdgeBCC Web site atwww.edgebcc.com.

About LBC Technology
LBC Technology is a one-call, end-to-end technology and business process partner for small and medium businesses (SMBs). LBC’s unique SMB Support Portfolio represents a well-coordinated approach to serving the SMB market’s technology needs more effectively, providing best-in-class technology strategies, solutions, and support to traditionally underserved market segments. LBC makes technology management easier and less risky for SMBs every step of the way-not just buying, but also installing, running, adapting, protecting, and supporting SMB technology investments. For more information, call Peder Malchow at 515-974-4520 or visit the LBC Technology Web site at www.lbctechnology.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

ALTOONA, Iowa and DES MOINES, Iowa—September 21, 2006—LightEdge Solutions, LBC Technology and Ladco Development today announced that local business leaders, chambers of commerce, and media representatives are invited to attend the grand opening of the EdgeBCC facility on Tuesday, September 26th at 2:00 PM in Altoona, Iowa.

What Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC)
Grand Opening
When September 26th 2006, 2 p.m. CST
Where EdgeBCC, 1435 Northridge Circle NE in Altoona, Iowa.
Details Ribbon Cutting Ceremony—2 p.m.
Martha Willits, President and CEO of the Greater Des Moines
Partnership, will kick-off the ribbon cutting ceremony with a short
speech. Members of the Greater Des Moines Partnership and the
Altoona Chamber of Commerce will participate in the ceremony.

Microsoft, Cisco Guest Speakers
Representatives from Microsoft and Cisco will also speak on their
roles in the EdgeBCC project and the relevance of business
continuity for today’s business.

Reception and Facility Tours— 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
LightEdge Solutions, Ladco Development and LBC Technology
will host a reception and offer facility tours after the ribbon cutting
ceremony and guest speakers.

Microsoft Mobile Technology Truck
The Microsoft Mobile Technology truck will also be open during the
entire event for live demonstrations of Microsoft technologies
including SQL, CRM, Exchange, Live Communications Server,
SharePoint Portal, and more.

Sponsors for the EdgeBCC grand opening include: Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, Syncsort, ACS, IBM, Baker Group, Saxton, Wolin, and MRV. For more information, contact LBC or LightEdge.

LBC Technology 516.226.2277
LightEdge Solutions 877.771.EDGE

About Edge Business Continuity Center
Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in Altoona, IA offering over 10,000 square feet of data center space and over 300 disaster recovery workstations provisioned with desktops and VoIP phone handsets. The facility has been built around a highly redundant private network infrastructure, allowing for some of the highest service level agreements in the industry. EdgeBCC is a joint venture between LightEdge Solutions, LBC Technology and Ladco Development. For more information, visit the EdgeBCC Web site atwww.edgebcc.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

DES MOINES, Iowa; (September 19, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions’ CEO, Jim Masterson, will be the featured in-studio guest on 98.3 FM’s (KWQW) The Iowa Business Hour, with host Jim Goodman.

What Jim Masterson, LightEdge Solutions CEO, Interview on The Iowa Business Hour
When September 20th 2006, 7 PM CST
Where 98.3 WOW-FM, Des Moines Talk Radio Station
Details Goodman will interview Masterson on topics related to the growth
and development of a successful entrepreneurial business in Iowa.
The open format of the show will allow listeners to call in with
specific questions for Masterson.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

MINNEAPOLIS (September 12, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, Inc., a leader in converged data networking, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and managed IT business services, has been named a finalist in Upsize Minnesota Magazine’s Business Builder Awards and is being recognized for its best practices in finance and operations.

“The Upsize Business Builder Awards honor Minnesota small businesses for their hard work and performance achievements,” said Beth Ewen, editor of Upsize Minnesota. “We are pleased to name LightEdge Solutions as a finalist in the Best Practices in Finance and Operations category.”

“We are honored to be recognized as a finalist in the Best Practices in Finance and Operations category, and to be in the ranks with such high caliber companies,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge Solutions. “Our success can be attributed to the dedication and perseverance of our entire team.”

The winners in each of six award categories and the Upsize Business Builder of the Year will be announced at a seminar and luncheon on Thursday, October 26, 2006, at the Earle Brown Heritage Center, Brooklyn Center. For more information about the award and seminar, or to register for the event, visit www.upsizemag.com.

About the Upsize Business Builder Awards
The Upsize Business Builder Awards recognizes the hard work and ingenious efforts of Minnesota-based small businesses with fewer than 100 employees. The event highlights 30 organizations in the categories of finance and operations, customer relations, technology and innovation, community impact, people and workplace and communications and marketing. In addition, one company is named the Upsize Business Builder of the Year based on certified revenues and innovative growth strategies. Upsize Minnesota will feature all 30 companies and their best practices in its December issue.

About Upsize Minnesota
Upsize Minnesota, founded in 2002, is the only Minnesota-based how-to magazine dedicated to helping small-business owners and top managers build bigger and more profitable companies. In 10 issues each year, Upsize provides expert advice on enhancing a company¹s competitiveness and growth, and real-life stories from the owners who are driving results at their businesses. For more information, visit www.upsizemag.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

DES MOINES, Iowa; (August 15, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, Inc., a leader in converged data networking, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and managed IT business services, today announced that NetSimplicity has selected LightEdge as the application hosting provider for its Meeting Room Manager (MRM) On Demand product offering, which will enable customers to adopt and implement software without the time and financial commitment necessary to purchase, install and maintain servers, storage and backup devices on-site.

As a Software as a Service (SaaS) offering, NetSimplicity’s industry-leading MRM software is hosted in LightEdge’s world-class secure, redundant data center and managed 24x7x365 by a professional network operations team. Instead of purchasing the software, installing it and maintaining it on their own network servers, businesses can subscribe to the MRM On Demand service from NetSimplicity for a low monthly fee or annual payments. The advantages of an on-demand solution include:

  • Lower upfront costs and no capital investment
  • Quick deployment with minimal impact to corporate network
  • Scalable for business growth
  • Reduced burden on in-house IT staff for installation, operation and maintenance
  • Software and technology upgrades automatically included
  • Highest security and redundancy with built-in data backup and recovery
  • Convenient 24/7 online access to the system from any location

“Our MRM On Demand offering removes the barriers to entry for businesses by lowering upfront capital costs and eliminating capital investment,” said Nancy Harris, vice president of NetSimplicity. “After evaluating several vendors, we determined that LightEdge was the best fit with our on-demand strategy, providing the level of advanced technology and expertise we needed to ensure the highest reliability and availability of our solution.”

“As a leader in office administration software, NetSimplicity is expanding the usefulness of its room scheduling software to a broader base of customers,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge. “Now businesses that cannot afford the infrastructure or ongoing maintenance can quickly and easily subscribe to MRM On Demand at a fraction of the cost.”

About NetSimplicity
NetSimplicity is an office administration software company with a large roster of more than 2000 domestic and international customers, including many Fortune and Global 1000 firms. Founded in 1994 and originally known as Network Simplicity, the company is recognized as the leader in easy-to-use and easy-to-buy software that solves office administration problems for small, medium and large-sized organizations in a broad range of industries. NetSimplicity is a division of Forget (NasdaqNM:FORG – News). For more information, please visit www.netsimplicity.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

ALTOONA, IA and DES MOINES, Iowa; (July 26, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, LBC Technology and Ladco Development today announced that construction of the Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is on schedule and has reached a major milestone as the external structure and roof have been completed and passed testing. The parking lot, concrete placement pads for diesel backup generators and data center cooling units have also been finished in preparation for an estimated grand opening date of November 1, 2006.

EdgeBCC is a 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility engineered to provide businesses with a safe haven for protecting their data assets and ensuring critical business operations during a natural disaster to unplanned interruption. The facility has been designed and tested to withstand 200 mph sustained winds, sits atop two separate power grids and includes redundant connections to the Internet. In addition to a full range of data center services, Edge BCC offers disaster recovery workspace with fully-equipped, plug-and-play voice and data connectivity.

“EdgeBCC is really a unique endeavor. The collaboration of Ladco, LBC and LightEdge brings a great deal of knowledge and experience to the table that usually isn’t found with a single business,” said Skip Williams, vice president of sales for Binomial, a national business continuity consulting group. “This facility is indicative of a growing trend toward business continuity for small and medium businesses. EdgeBCC can make this a reality for businesses in Iowa and surrounding states.”

“Business continuity has long been an important component in the risk mitigation strategies of large companies,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge Solutions. “More and more, small and midsize businesses are increasing their reliance on technology, and therefore need to consider the same types of business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives. EdgeBCC will not only help the businesses through a disastrous event, but also positively impact their productivity on a daily basis.”

“Upon completion, EdgeBCC will be the only building of its kind in the Des Moines metro area allowing businesses from Iowa and surrounding states to utilize secure and redundant data center facilities for normal business operations and disaster recovery workspace during a natural disaster or other business interruption,” said Peder Malchow, president of LBC Technology. “On a national level, the facility will allow businesses in hurricane or earthquake-prone areas to host applications or store data in a world-class facility located in the relative safety of the Midwest.”

To manage the facility, EdgeBCC has appointed technology veteran Travis Thompson as chief operating officer. Thompson brings 14 years of experience with the security and engineering processes associated with wide area networking, voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) and storage networking. Currently a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) and a Cisco Certified Security Specialist (CCSP), Thompson will oversee daily operations including monitoring of the site’s two data centers, coordinating the usage and testing of the disaster recovery workspace and administering the security of both the physical building and the private network.

The building is expected to open by November 1, 2006, with a grand opening ceremony scheduled for September 26, 2006. Facility tours are available through LBC and LightEdge. To make a risk-free reservation for disaster recovery workspace, data center space or managed services, contact LBC or LightEdge.

About Edge Business Continuity Center
Edge Business Continuity Center (EdgeBCC) is a state-of-the-art facility located in Altoona, IA offering over 10,000 square feet of data center space and over 300 disaster recovery workstations provisioned with desktops and VoIP phone handsets. The facility has been built around a highly redundant private network infrastructure, allowing for some of the highest service level agreements in the industry. EdgeBCC is a joint venture between LightEdge Solutions, LBC Technology and Ladco Development. For more information, visit the EdgeBCC Web site at www.edgebcc.com.

About LBC Technology
LBC Technology is a one-call, end-to-end technology and business process partner for small and medium businesses (SMBs). LBC’s unique SMB Support Portfolio represents a well-coordinated approach to serving the SMB market’s technology needs more effectively, providing best-in-class technology strategies, solutions, and support to traditionally underserved market segments. LBC makes technology management easier and less risky for SMBs every step of the way-not just buying, but also installing, running, adapting, protecting, and supporting SMB technology investments. For more information, call Peder Malchow at 515-974-4520 or visit the LBC Technology Web site at www.lbctechnology.com.

About LadCo Development
West Des Moines-based Ladco Development specializes in land and facilities development. Ladco’s seasoned development team has developed an entire range of facilities from general use buildings to specialized complexes such as medical campuses and medical centers. Ladco Development’s strengths and experience enable it to work on any stage, in any scale. When the final “product,” is delivered, tenants and investors not only appreciate the quality of the new facility, but also the positive process and close partnership gained in working with Ladco. The company offers a complete continuum of services-development, financing, equity partnerships, and professional property management. For more information, contact Ladco Development at 515-278-8505 or visit the Ladco Development Web site at www.ladcodevelopment.com.

About LightEdge Solutions
LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

LightEdge Solutions® and the LightEdge Solutions logo, and Scale-on-Demand™ are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of LightEdge Solutions, Inc. EdgeBCC™ and the EdgeBCC logo are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of the Edge Business Continuity Center. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.