For Immediate Release

MILWAUKEE, WI -- November 1, 2002 -- The S4 Group, Inc. has met the requirements to become a member of the Iconics System Integrator Program. This relationship augments S4’s capabilities by providing access to the training, technology, and support necessary to successfully develop, deliver, and support full featured Human Machine Interfaces for SCADA, Building Automation, and Industrial Automation applications.

The Iconics-based products and services are one of the key platforms on which The S4 Group, Inc. delivers turnkey solutions for its customers.

The S4 Group, Inc. specializes in products and service that integrate SNMP manageable devices into Iconics OPC-based HMI systems giving the Industrial Automation, Building Automation, or SCADA operator visibility into and control of SNMP devices and the underlying Ethernet infrastructure supporting their systems. In addition, these same systems can now report into traditional SNMP Network, Systems, and Enterprise Management systems to feed valuable information into ERP and Decision Support systems used to make business decisions.

S4 is available to deliver turnkey solutions or to augment the efforts of other system integrators and developers.

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The S4 Group, Inc. provides management consulting, systems architecture planning, and system integration services to clients in the HVAC, Building Automation, and Industrial Automation industries

Founded in 1986, ICONICS is a leader in the development of Web-enabled industrial automation software for Microsoft® Windows® operating systems. Offering the industry's only suite of fully-integrated OPC-based components and products, GENESIS32™ Enterprise Edition is available for Windows XP, 95, 98, Millennium, and 2000, and Windows NT®. Pocket GENESIS™ for Windows CE and Pocket PC was built from the ground up based on ICONICS' OPC-To-The-Core™ framework. ICONICS offers a complete set of Plug and Play automation components, including best-in-class OPC ActiveX® Controls, OPC Toolkit, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Microsoft SQL Server®–based data logging, Multimedia Alarming, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) products. ICONICS is represented in over 50 countries and has in excess of 100,000 product installations worldwide. Visit us online at www.iconics.com.

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