News - Press Release - February 2004

COLE SOFTWARE LLC RECEIVES SPONSORSHIP AWARD

NaSPA honors Afton, VA software company with 2003 Sponsorship Award

AFTON, Va. , Feb. 18/ -- Annually NaSPA (Network and Systems Professionals Association) recognizes its members and IT professionals who are making a positive impact on the NaSPA community or IT industry as a whole with the NaSPA Awards Program.

On February 17, 2004 Cole Software LLC received notification that the NaSPA Board of Directors had awarded the Afton, VA software company the NaSPA Sponsorship Award for 2003.

"Your company has shown exceptional dedication to the professional growth of NaSPA members, and we greatly appreciate your efforts," stated NaSPA President Scott Sherer. "On behalf of the membership and board of directors, congratulations and keep up the good work in 2004!"

"As Cole Software's founder and developer of the company's core product, z/XDC ® , I am proud of our leading role in the assembler and mainframe community," said David Cole.

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Cole Software LLC is a small, solely owned, software development company. Cole Software LLC exists for one purpose: the continued development of superior debugging products for advanced systems-level programmers. Our customers are among the foremost of the world's software development houses and Fortune 500 companies. Users of the z/XDC product are some of the brightest programmers in the software development industry.  These experts are responsible for the continued enhancement and expansion of the Cole Software product line.

For more information on Cole Software or z/XDC ® contact Robert W. Shimizu at 1 (800) XDC-5150, bshimizu@colesoft.com.