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LizardTech Launches Online Forum Discussion Site

New LizardTech Forums site invites you to share your thoughts and opinions

SEATTLE, Wash. – January 29, 2008 - LizardTech, a division of Celartem, Inc., and a leading provider of software solutions for managing and distributing digital content, today officially launched its new online Forums site for open discussion on all things related to LizardTech and its product lines. The LizardTech Forums can be accessed at http://www.lizardtech.com/forums and community members are encouraged to post tips, tricks, questions and general discussion on the geospatial industry.

“LizardTech’s Forums site is a great way to share industry findings among users,” said Robert Parker, LizardTech Sales Engineer and Forum contributor. “This site is a great resource for LizardTech users; it is always on and it makes communication with our customers easier.”

The new Forums site is an interactive environment where LizardTech users and employees can communicate with, support, and search for and share industry knowledge with one another on topics ranging from geospatial image formats, software interoperability, compression tools, and more. LizardTech Forums is a location where users can share their thoughts and opinions on all topics related to geospatial imaging; the site strives to provide interesting discussion and topics for user-to-user conversation.

“With the new Forums site focused on geospatial content, we are able to share information and listen to the people who use our products,” said Jon Skiffington, LizardTech Senior Product Manager. “This interaction will help us build products in the future that help our customers even more.”

About LizardTech

Since 1992, LizardTech has delivered state-of-the-art software products for managing and distributing massive, high-resolution geospatial data such as aerial and satellite imagery and LiDAR data. LizardTech pioneered the MrSID technology, a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, Denver, London and Tokyo. For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com.

About Celartem

Celartem Technology Inc. http://www.celartem.com 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, JASDAQ: 4330. Established in 1996, Celartem is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has a wholly owned subsidiary, Celartem Inc. d.b.a. LizardTech with headquarters in Portland, OR.