WESTERN NEW YORK SOFTWARE COMPANY TO EXPAND
Microlanguage to Create 53 New Jobs With Salaries Ranging From $40,000 to $100,000

Albany, NY--April 24, 2002 -- Governor George E. Pataki today announced that Microlanguage is investing $2.23 million to expand its Western New York operations. This investment will enable the company to create 53 new jobs over the next three years paying salaries ranging between $40,000 to $100,000.

"This is great news for Western New York and demonstrates how our economic policies are helping to generate new job opportunities and building a brighter future for the Empire State," Governor Pataki said. "Attracted by our tax cuts and smart economic policies, more and more companies like Microlanguage are recognizing that Western New York is an outstanding place to invest, expand and create new jobs."

Microlanguage, which was founded in April 2001 by Robert Fritzinger, founder of Voice Technologies Group (VTG), has developed a powerful new technology that enables portal (information) providers, global 2000 corporations, and government agencies engaged in Homeland Defense and Security efforts, to precisely extract content from very large knowledge bases and real- time, streaming content.

Mr. Fritzinger said, "We've succeeded in assembling a talented management team that is aggressively moving a very exciting technology out of the lab and into a ready marketplace. It's very motivating for our team to have the State of New York, and Empire State Development's Western New York office in particular, infoTech Niagara, and the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise (BNE) commit their support to our vision. We've gotten great support from them through every step of this process, and can't praise them enough."

Joel A. Giambra, Erie County Executive said, "This is proof positive that Erie County works. I'm pleased that Microlanguage will be developing its next generation of tools here in Erie County for years to come. Thanks to Governor Pataki's continued leadership the Upstate economy continues to expand and move in the right direction."

State Senator Mary Lou Rath said, "The hard work invested over the past several years into attracting companies to Western New York is certainly paying off. Microlanguage will be yet another top-level employer to create new jobs in our region that could have chosen to expand any other area in the U.S. The fact that they, like so many companies in recent years, have flourished here, shows that the cooperation between Governor Pataki and local officials is impressing the private sector and will continue to move Western New York forward economically."

Assemblyman Jim Hayes said, "Today's announcement that Microlanguage is investing $2.23 million to expand operations and create 53 new jobs, at salaries of $40,000 to $100,000, is great news for Western New York. Governor Pataki's tax cuts and economic policies continue to make New York State more business friendly and are specifically helping Western New York grow jobs. I am pleased to join with other state and local officials in welcoming this expansion at Microlanguage and look forward to continuing my support for Governor Pataki's efforts to help Western New York create an economic environment where businesses and families can prosper."

In addition to allowing Microlanguage to significantly expand its staff, the investment enables the Company to further develop its cutting edge software to meet specific customer demand. Microlanguage's human language processing software tightly couples with the security solutions, content and document management systems, and voice recognition software solutions its OEM partners provide.

Empire State Development Chairman Charles A. Gargano said, "Under Governor Pataki=s leadership, we continue to have success in attracting new investment into New York. In fact, the highly respected Site Selection Magazine recently ranked the Empire State third in the nation in expanding and attracting new business investment into our State, a significant jump over the disappointing 20th place ranking New York received in 1994."

Cian Robinson, Executive Director of infoTech Niagara added, "With the products and services that this company offers, Microlanguage could have chosen to locate anywhere in the US but chose to stay and grow in Western New York. We are proud to have been able to assist Microlanguage with their start-up needs and are committed to helping them achieve their goals and objectives. We also thank our public sector partners, Empire State Development, which structured an incentive package that allowed Microlanguage to remain and grow in Western New York."

In consideration for Microlanguage's commitment to invest $2.23 million, creating 53 jobs and retaining 4 jobs in New York State, the company is eligible to apply for a $100,000 capital grant from Empire State Development.

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