SEATTLE, Wash. -March 9, 2005 - LizardTech, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions that make it significantly easier to manage and distribute digital content, today announced that it is working with Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) to extend the Oracle® Spatial 10g GeoRaster architecture to integrate native MrSID technology. GeoExpress with MrSID is powerful wavelet-based software that enables users to manage, access and distribute massive geospatial imagery such as aerial photos and satellite images.

This venture represents LizardTech's first step toward providing JPEG 2000 support for Oracle Spatial 10g in the future. LizardTech is working with Oracle through its Partner membership in the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

Both companies are working closely together in order to extend each organization's ability to deliver to enterprise customers a geospatial solution that will benefit both the technical and the non-technical user to help improve efficiency and reduce the cost of storing and retrieving massive image files.

"Our goal is to provide the most robust tools for managing, accessing and distributing massive geospatial imagery by enabling our customers to leverage Oracle Spatial 10g technology," said Carlos Domingo, president and chief executive officer, LizardTech. "With Oracle's industry leading database technology and LizardTech wavelet imaging expertise, it's a significant win for enterprise customers who need a solution for storing and distributing large raster data sets."

Several key advantages are achieved by integrating LizardTech's native MrSID wavelet technology in Oracle Spatial 10g.

• Reduced storage costs: Database size is greatly reduced (20 to 30 times depending on the compression ratio used) without introducing artifacts into the imagery. This reduction in database size results in reduced storage costs.

• Improved performance: Fast loading of existing MrSID data into Oracle Spatial 10g increases productivity for users receiving their data in MrSID format. Additionally, very fast retrieval of image data is realized due to efficiencies inherent in wavelet properties.

• Enterprise-wide integration: Unprecedented decision support is achieved when a single geospatial data repository manages all mission-critical data - raster, vector, and relational.

Furthermore, Oracle Spatial 10g customers will not need to modify their existing applications; rather, the GeoRaster API will support direct access to MrSID imagery.

LizardTech has long been an industry leader in developing technology for managing and distributing large raster data, such as aerial and satellite imagery, giving decision-makers access to rich information that otherwise would be too costly to obtain. Oracle Spatial 10g provides the tools and technologies required to build enterprise class solutions that enable organizations to capitalize on all their spatial data resources. LizardTech's flexible wavelet-based technology adds substantial value in the Oracle 10g environment that can greatly benefit government and non-government organizations alike. The new Oracle Spatial 10g GeoRaster API will provide a plug-in architecture to support partner compression technologies. LizardTech will supply the module that will enable that API for loading and retrieving MrSID data natively to and from Oracle Spatial 10g.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

The Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 14,000 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.

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 MrSID® (Multiresolution Seamless Image Database), a powerful wavelet-based image encoder, viewer, and file format, and sits on the Technical Committee of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for the purpose of extending the capabilities of JPEG 2000 to geospatial applications, driving cross-platform interoperability and rapid Internet distribution for geospatial imagery. LizardTech has offices in Seattle, London and Tokyo and is a division of Celartem Technology Inc., (Hercules: 4330). For more information about LizardTech, visit www.lizardtech.com or call 206-652-5211 or toll free 1-866-725-5211.

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.

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