Apteryx Expands Reseller Network to Cover 60% of the Nation’s Dental Practices

Akron, OH. - July 18, 2000 -- Apteryx, Inc. is pleased to announce the continued expansion of the company's value-added reseller (VAR) network. The VAR network is committed to broaden the customer base of XVa3®, the dental industry's leading digital image management software application.

Since the fourth quarter of 1999, Apteryx has established relationships with VAR's that in aggregate cover 60% of the nation's dental practices. With coverage from Maine to the Great Plains, and from Florida to the Deep South, dental practices now have local integration management companies nearby that will enable the practice to expand into clinical image management, with XVa3 as the foundation. Since the introduction of the VAR program, Apteryx has more than quadrupled sales of XVa3, further establishing the application's leadership in clinical image management.

"For some time we have felt that the best way for Apteryx to market and distribute XVa3 was to develop relationships with VAR's who understand the need for a complete integration solution of clinical image management in dental practices," said Bob Roberts, Vice President, Business Development for Apteryx. "It is important to us that resellers understand that practices not only require a local firm to install, train and maintain their systems, but that dental practitioners want to rely on an organization that can provide turnkey solutions to their image and clinical management issues. We are pleased that our resellers meet those requirements completely."

Contact Apteryx, Inc. for the value-added reseller serving your area.

For more information, visit Apteryx's web site at www.apteryx.com or Apteryx's product site at www.apteryxware.com, or contact Apteryx at 330.376.0889 or via email at info@apteryx.com.

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For more information, contact:

Apteryx, Inc.
354 S Main St Ste 300
Akron, OH 44311
330.376.0889

web site: www.apteryx.com
product web site: www.apteryxware.com
e-mail: info@apteryx.com