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COOP Systems and Verizon Business Partnership Offering World-Class ASP BCP Software Services

Herndon VA, May 8, 2006 - - COOP Systems today announced a partnership with Verizon Business (formerly Verizon and MCI) to deliver a superior level of ASP performance and security for customers world-wide for its myCOOP BCP software product. These services are available immediately to support an unprecedented need by customers for vendor-hosted BCP software solutions.

““Substantially all new BCP software procurements now require vendors to have ASP services, as organizations ask the post-Katrina question ‘what if our internal networks fail?’ Our advanced zero-client architecture and Verizon Business’s best-in-class collocation and network capabilities allows delivery of a superior ASP solution worldwide,” said Chris Alvord, CEO of COOP Systems. “Exceptional security is also necessary. We have been able to withstand the scrutiny of sophisticated organizations requiring a superior level of physical, network, and application security.”

ABOUT VERIZON BUSINESS

Verizon Business’s global IP network has been recognized as the world's most connected Internet backbone by TeleGeography in its annual Global Internet Geography Database and Report, with the greatest number of Autonomous System (AS) network connections of any IP network. MCI's expansive IP footprint, coupled with its direct interconnections, exceeds all other competitor networks and enables its business customers and ISPs to reach more destinations directly through its global IP backbone than any other carrier. Verizon Business’s global IP network spans more than 446,000 miles across 150 countries on six continents and is backed by experienced sales and service reps around the globe, offering the fastest speeds available over IP today, as the first company to route and switch OC-192 IP network traffic.

ABOUT COOP SYSTEMS - - Web-Based Continuity Planning™

COOP Systems (www.coop-systems.com), headquartered in Herndon, VA, is an exciting provider of continuity planning software. With a special focus on large clients with distributed planning needs, increasing numbers of innovative private and public sector clients have been deciding for myCOOP™.

Contact Information

Vicki Alvord, Marketing
COOP Systems
607 Herndon Parkway, Suite 108
Herndon, VA 20170
Phone: 703-464-8700
Fax: 703-464-9683
e-mail: vickialvord@coop-systems.com

SOURCE: COOP Systems

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