America's Emergency Network Taps VBrick to Transmit Live Hurricane Updates to the Public and the Media

WALLINGFORD, CT--(Marketwire - August 17, 2009) - As the U.S. moves into the busiest part of
the 2009 hurricane season, VBrick
announced today that America's Emergency
Network (AEN) has deployed VBrick to power its satellite-based
emergency video distribution system. AEN's system is designed to continue
working after a disaster to keep government agencies and residents informed
even when all land-based power and communication lines have been knocked
out. Working with VBrick, AEN has syndicated live hurricane video feeds to
media Web sites across the U.S.

Bryan Norcross, president and chief executive officer of AEN and former
hurricane analyst for the CBS network, has recognized the critical role
VBrick plays in helping AEN carry out its mission. Said Norcross: "IP
video transmission is in many cases the only way for emergency managers at
the state level, in large counties, or in small towns, to distribute
critical information to the public when hurricanes threaten. VBrick enables
us to fill this critical communications gap in the U.S. emergency
communications system with a complete solution that manages the entire
process from encoding of video through to distribution to the public, the
media, and other government officials."

AEN chose VBrick over competitive solutions because only VBrick's open
standards allow video to be distributed to an unlimited number and type of
users and locations. VBrick allows AEN to easily encode video to a digital
format and disseminate the content to television and radio stations at the
same time it is displayed on subscribing media Web sites. The AEN network
includes a satellite-based video distribution path, which is essential when
broadcasting emergency communications as land-based infrastructure such as
cell phone towers and power lines can be destroyed during hurricanes or
earthquakes.

AEN has also joined forces with Weather Decision Technologies (WDT), an
advanced weather-data delivery and content provider, whose clients include
many of the leading media outlets and their partner websites. With AEN's
groundbreaking access to LIVE video updates from the National Hurricane
Center, and WDT's extraordinary reach into weather-related media outlets,
the opportunities to reach more people with this vital information have
grown exponentially. WDT is currently in the process of connecting AEN's
feeds to their extensive network of media websites.

Real-Time Video Transmission to the Media

During hurricane season 2008, AEN distributed government video feeds to a
number of top newspapers in Florida, including The Miami Herald, The South
Florida Sun Sentinel and The Florida Times Union. All of these newspapers
broadcast on their Web sites a direct transmission from the Florida Division of Emergency
Management including news briefings from the governor. These updates
keep residents informed of emergency information and serve as a key
audience-building strategy for newspapers and television stations eager to
embrace new strategies for driving traffic to their Web sites.

"Working with AEN has been an especially rewarding experience and we
applaud their commitment to use video -- an easily consumed communications
medium -- to keep key constituents abreast of breaking weather
emergencies," said Vince Graziani, chief executive officer, VBrick. "We
look forward to a long relationship with AEN. And we will continue to
provide the advanced, scalable and easy-to-use IP-video transmission
technology they need to fulfill their mission."

About America's Emergency Network

AEN's goal is to be sure that every emergency manager, whether from a large
county or small town, has an outlet to reach the public, the media and
other government officials. The AEN satellite-based video distribution
system is designed to continue to work after a disaster when all power and
communications lines are knocked out. For the first time, emergency
managers and other public officials have a direct conduit to the public and
the media to explain what has happened and how the government is
responding. See www.emergency.info for more information.

About VBrick Systems, Inc.

VBrick is the leader in Enterprise IP Video solutions. With over 6,000
customers and 60,000 installations worldwide -- including 50 of the Fortune
500 -- VBrick enables rich media communications to employees, customers,
partners and shareholders. Examples of live and on-demand applications
include executive broadcasts, distributed training, digital signage, TV
distribution and Web 2.0 marketing. Headquartered in Wallingford, CT,
VBrick's products and services are available through industry-leading
value-added resellers. For more information, visit www.vbrick.com