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Pinnacle Introduces Palm.kiosk, a Self Service Kiosk Solution
New product expands Pinnacle Corporation™ food service offering to the
convenience retail market

ARLINGTON, Texas - February 27, 2007: The Pinnacle Corporation (Pinnacle) announced today the launch of its new self service kiosk solution, Palm.kiosk, powered by Xpedient. Pinnacle has partnered with Xpedient to capitalize on their expertise in the self service kiosk industry within the convenience store market.

The Pinnacle Corporation will re-brand Xpedients kiosk to market, sell and support the product as a Pinnacle product under the name Palm.kiosk. Xpedient currently has over 200 food service kiosks installed in retail locations throughout the market, including key clients MAPCO Mart and Thorntons Inc. With the addition of this self service kiosk solution this spring, Pinnacle will expand their food service offering and increase penetration into the convenience retail market.

"We are pleased to introduce Palm.kiosk to the market," says Denise Lewis, Palm POS Solution Manager. "Palm.kiosk will strengthen Pinnacle's food service offering and allow a platform to launch other kiosk-based functionality in the future using Xpedient's proven technology. This product is already established in the c-store market place making it a great addition to Pinnacle's broad product line."

The self service kiosk is an extension of Pinnacle€s Palm POS, adding even more integration convenience to their solutions offerings for current and future Pinnacle clients. Palm.kiosk will be offered on multiple hardware platforms including Ultimate Technologies, NCR, Pro-Tech and Meridian; and will support all basic QSR requirements of the convenience store industry. Initially, Palm.kiosk will include food service order operation capabilities but will be expanded to include additional functionality in the near future.

Palm.kiosk offers many valuable features including integrated bump bar, kitchen video and consumer video systems, simple to use graphics-based corporate office authoring tools, remote support tools, and automated communication mechanisms to distribute setup and change information to store kiosk locations. In addition to these valuable features, retailers will have the option of fitting their Palm.kiosk units with custom graphics to provide another mode of advertising and communication to their customers at the self service kiosk.

We are very excited about our softwarepartnership with Pinnacle, stated Michael Golway, President of Xpedient. Using PCATS standards, Palm.kiosk will utilize Xpedient easy to use screen management software. This award winning software will allow retailers to quickly build and maintain their kiosk screens with simple drag and drop mouse clicks. Screen content and item prices must be kept up- to-date in successful kiosk programs and Pinnacle has selected the right tool for the job.

About Palm

Palm POS has a broad range of capabilities that are desired by today more progressive convenience store marketers. From advanced scanning and the intuitive touch-screen cashier interface, Palm POS improves your ability to service your customers. Palm POS is hardware flexible, and works with a variety of scanners, printers, pole displays, security cameras, lottery, money order, kitchen video, price sign, car washes and more. Nationwide, it is used to process more than $ 10 billion in total convenience store sales and is certified on more than ten different credit payment networks. With an open architecture, it provides comprehensive management, operational and retail reporting across the enterprise for better, more accurate and timely decision making. Palm POS also supports Pinnacle Loyalink, a real-time, non-invasive customer loyalty management solution that allows PALM POS clients to efficiently drive a broad range of responsive consumer marketing and promotional programs.

About Pinnacle

The Pinnacle Corporation (www.pinncorp.com) is a leader in the automation technology industry focusing on the rapidly evolving convenience store and petroleum industries. Pinnacle delivers products that automate the broad spectrum of convenience store operations and supply chain management of fuel operations. Nationwide, Pinnacle's products and services are used daily in thousands of convenience outlets to automate and improve their store operations and by fuel marketers to increase their efficiency in the complex management of fuel delivery.

About Xpedient

Xpedient LLC operates as a software company providing business solutions through self-serve kiosk applications. Its activities include software development, consulting, implementation, training and support services for the principal products Xpedient, Xpedient CMM and Xpedient PMM. The Xpedient software platform is a scalable enterprise solution that allows businesses to create, manage and deploy a wide array of self-serve kiosk applications such as food ordering, retail, product locator, human resource, hotel check-in, medical, manufacturing and ticketing applications. The Company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

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