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ENSCO and BroadWare Partner for Integrated Network Video, Multi-Sensor Surveillance Systems

Springfield, Va./Cupertino, Calf., October 4, 2004 – ENSCO, Inc. and BroadWare Technologies, Inc. today announced a partnership to cooperate in product integration and joint marketing.

Under the agreement, ENSCO will integrate BroadWare Media Server™ technology, for management and distribution of video surveillance data in network environments, into its SENTRY™ chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) Early Warning and Decision Support System.

The jointly integrated products offer a comprehensive multi-sensor surveillance system in which live video from BroadWare’s platform supports CBRN analysis, automated alerting and decision support capabilities provided by SENTRY.

“This is a natural partnership leveraging the core strengths of our network video technology and ENSCO’s innovative multi-sensor integration technology,” said Bill Stuntz, CEO of BroadWare Technologies, Inc. “This agreement helps systems integrators more easily roll out the comprehensive and integrated security solutions that their customers demand.”

SENTRY, currently in operation at several U.S. Government facilities, automates alarms from CBRN sensors and provides the user with rapid interpretation of an incident through an understandable interface. In the event of an alarm, SENTRY executes dispersion and predictive source-term models, based on current local meteorological conditions, and provides decision support and response mechanisms that are consistent with site policy.

These mechanisms include sounding alarms and notifications, communicating evacuation plans, locking down the facility, and initiating collective protection strategies to minimize the time between sensor detection and response. Together with local and remote access to real-time video, from any network camera, the user has a multifunctional tool to assess situations and respond correctly in order to save lives.

“SENTRY communicates directly with CBRN sensors to provide the user with real-time analysis of conditions in an easy to use interface,” said Steve Streetman, SENTRY project manager for ENSCO. “The addition of BroadWare’s network video technology for visual inspection provides an additional layer of intelligence, and provides users with a higher level of situational awareness.”

BroadWare and ENSCO are currently working on several joint projects for undisclosed customers. The two companies are cooperating in marketing the integrated solution to systems integrators serving the homeland defense, military and industrial markets.

About ENSCO, Inc.

ENSCO, Inc. provides engineering, science and advanced technology solutions for the defense, security, transportation, environment, aerospace and intelligent automation industries. Founded in 1969, ENSCO is a $100 million, 800-person privately-owned corporation. Headquartered in Falls Church, Va., ENSCO has major offices in Springfield, Va., Endicott, N.Y., Melbourne and Cocoa Beach, Fla., and field offices around the United States and in Beijing, China.
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About BroadWare Technologies, Inc.

BroadWare Technologies is the industry pioneer in enabling distribution, viewing, storage, and management of real-time video in a networked environment. BroadWare Media Server provides a highly scalable server platform for deploying distributed video surveillance systems for defense, homeland security, transportation and law enforcement applications. Partners include Boeing, EMC, and Northrop Grumman. Customers include Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq, NASA, Siemens Corp., Delaware Department of Transportation and multiple U.S. government agencies and military branches. For more information, visit BroadWare Technologies.