ARLO BESS JOINS HOPS AS CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER AND SENIOR VP OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Miami, Fla., July 31, 2006 - HOPS, a leading provider of data analytic tools and products, today announced that Arlo Bess has joined the organization as Chief Security Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Systems.

Bess has expertise in many areas, including building highly available and redundant data centers and call centers, building and staffing various departments and teams, launching enterprise-class security programs and running all aspects of disaster recovery and business continuity programs.

"Arlo brings us more than 20 years of information systems and security experience," said Simeon Kohl, CEO of HOPS. "His expertise in payment card and healthcare systems will have a great impact in how we service our clients."

Before joining HOPS, Bess was the regional security officer at eFunds, a 5500-person, multinational financial services firm. He was responsible for the Information Security Program for the Americas, ensuring it was consistent with the overall global security strategy of the company.

Prior to his position at eFunds, Bess was Vice President of Information Security and Vice President of Data Center Operations at WildCard Systems. His roles there ensured that all information systems infrastructure was built to scale quickly and securely, while supporting the high availability demands of the Visa/MasterCard issuing processor environment.

Bess received a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of California and a M.B.A. in Management of Information Systems from California State University. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Information Systems with an emphasis in Information Security.

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About HOPS
HOPS (www.hops.com) is a leading provider of data analytic tools and products, utilizing its unique data analysis engine to quickly get clients to places they have never been before. HOPS, which stands for Heuristic Optimized Processing System, is the fastest and most flexible on-demand analysis solution available for large sets of data. In a recent test, HOPS did an all-column scan of over 70,000,000 rows in only 13 seconds. Deployed through a SaaS model, HOPS’ products can analyze data for an entire enterprise, offering the scalability to work with hundreds of terabytes of data, cost effectively. Currently, HOPS services over 100,000 unique subscribers, houses 600 terabytes of customer data and produces over 350,000 monthly reports for the healthcare, financial processing and retail markets. HOPS is headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida.