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10/15/04 – Comm-Group, Inc. enters into marketing referral agreement with Optinfo, Inc.

Chevy Chase, MD, October 15, 2004 – Comm Group, Inc., an information technology consulting firm based in Chevy Chase, MD, today announced the execution of a Marketing Referral Agreement with Optinfo, Inc., a leading technology solutions company that assists global organizations in avoiding operational risk.

Under the terms of the agreement, Comm-Group™ will market Optinfo solutions within the federal government, as well as telecommunications, quasi-governmental, utilities and healthcare markets.

”Global financial institutions are rapidly adopting the Enterprise Exception Management Suite™ (eEMS™) in order to eliminate risks in operational and financial data,” says Steve Manz, CEO of Optinfo. “Our next generation reconciliation and exception management technology can be applied to any complex industry where data accuracy and compliance with government regulations, like Sarbanes Oxley, are important,” Manz says.

“The marketing agreement between Optinfo and Comm-Group™ will enable growth of Optinfo’s global customer base into new industries, while at the same time providing Comm-Group’s™ governmental and commercial clients with a superior operational risk avoidance software platform. eEMS™ from Optinfo will enable Comm-Group’s™ existing and prospective clients to improve efficiency and productivity within their operations, improve the accuracy of their data, and reduce costs and business risks at the same time. Comm-Group™ is tremendously excited about bringing new capabilities to our clients through this marketing partnership,” stated Linwood C. Jolly, President of Comm-Group™.

About Comm-Group, Inc.

Comm-Group, Inc. is an information technology firm specializing in providing enterprise level technical solutions to the federal government, quasi-governmental agencies, as well as the private sector. Specifically, the Firm provides Enterprise Consulting, Application Development and Implementation Services, Infrastructure Services, Information Assurance, LAN Administration, Website Development and Data Risk Management Consulting.

Linwood C. Jolly founded the Firm in 1999 as an information technology firm, specializing in providing technical expertise to the telecommunications industry. To learn more about Comm-Group™, please visit www.comm-group.com or call 240.235.5033.

About Optinfo

Optinfo provides global financial service organizations with technology solutions designed to avoid operational risk. Through increased process automation, financial institutions are able to minimize or eliminate manual interventions and generate greater results in a shorter period of time. By focusing on the reconciliation process and exception management, Optinfo’s Enterprise Exception Management Suite™ is capable of streamlining any business process, data processing task and reporting requirement. The technology’s ability to communicate between any electronic systems regardless of format, language or code and integrate people into automated processes are two of the keys to removing barriers between corporate legacy systems and future-focused business processes. To learn more about Optinfo, please visit www.optinfo.com or call 704.594.9210.