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Aztek Networks

Named Finalist for

CSIA APEX Award

Provider of emergency stand alone (ESA) systems

for telecom companies recognized as

a top technology company in colorado.

Boulder, Colo. (May 22, 2008) - Aztek Networks (www.azteknetworks.com), the leader in Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) equipment for enabling network switch collapse, today announced it has been named a finalist for a 2008 APEX Award. Presented by the CSIA, the APEX Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments and leadership by Colorado’s advanced technology companies and people. The awards ceremony will take place June 5, 2008 at the Exdo Event Center in Denver.


“We are very excited to be recognized for the innovative technology we are developing and implementing across America’s telecommunications networks,” said Steven Bruny, CEO of Aztek Networks. “Aztek’s ESA solutions are truly revolutionary in that they are specifically designed to help ensure public safety by continuously maintaining local calling capabilities and subscriber access to emergency 911 services regardless if the line is severed due to an accident or natural disaster.”

CSIA is the largest and most influential association in Colorado for the IT industry. Since the program’s inception in 2000, CSIA’s APEX Awards have expressed well-deserved recognition for the numerous technology company success stories and technical advancements produced in Colorado. Presented in eight categories, the awards celebrate outstanding leadership, support, unique innovations, and noteworthy community contributions on the part of the people and companies operating within Colorado’s IT industry. Tickets are available at www.csiaonline.com.

About Aztek Networks
Based in Boulder, Colorado, Aztek Networks is the leader in Emergency Stand Alone (ESA) switching products that enable switch collapse for network migration. The company's patent-pending True ESA™ technology is the basis for the first and only truly open-standards, environmentally hardened and fully redundant ESA switch. Aztek's TDM and IP-based ESA switches, when combined with fiber-to-the-home or broadband multi-service access systems, offer telecommunications carriers reliable and cost-effective solutions for green-field access applications and the replacement of legacy remote switches. More information is available at www.azteknetworks.com.

About CSIA
CSIA is the leader on behalf of the information technology industry in Colorado, providing connections, insight, advocacy, and competitive edge programs and services to help technology companies succeed and prosper. Since 1994, CSIA has been involved in legislative issues and public policy to represent the information technology industry in Colorado, and has provided a number of annual programs, events and connections to support business success. The organization’s strategic mission includes work with the educational/academia community to increase the number and quality of students in math, science and technology. And, CSIA, is a proud founding member of the Advance Colorado Center and the only Colorado IT association in the national CRITA consortium of IT associations cross North America. www.csiaonline.com.