Viscount Systems (OTCBB:VSYS) announced today that the company's plans to introduce its new Freedom platform have now been formalized. Official launch is scheduled for the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) tradeshow and tradeshow in Dallas in October.

Prior to this launch the company is sponsoring and presenting Freedom in an online forum through Realcomm to a selection of real estate CIO's on July 29. The company has a large number of meetings scheduled for the Security Xchange with some of the largest US security integrators in Utah on August 2/3. The company is then scheduled to participate in the isecurity virtual tradeshow hosted by Security, SDM and Smarthome magazines on August 25. Finally, the company is sponsoring 2 webinar events scheduled for the first week of September for approximately 800 online integrator and end user attendees.

?While we have had success with our current MESH technology, Freedom has the ability to forever change physical security systems are deployed,? noted Stephen Pineau, President and CEO of Viscount. ?The issue with our current platform was that the card readers had proprietary elements that inhibited our ability to deal with legacy systems and most card readers on the market. MESH Freedom bridges take any reader signal and converts it to IP and allows users to manage security as an IT software application without any of the control hardware required by existing suppliers. We can also deploy US government FIPS compliant systems at a fraction of the price of current systems.?

?The response to this approach has been overwhelmingly positive,? continued Mr. Pineau. ?Not only does it simplify systems for security integrators at a dramatically reduced cost but it allows IT companies to enter the security market by selling physical security as a software application.?

About Viscount Systems

Viscount Systems Inc., is a designer and manufacturer of telecommunications and electronic door control access systems for the security industry. The company's diverse line of products are designed to improve safety and manage security for property owners and users. Viscount's products have been installed in approximately 35,000 sites in over 30 countries and are sold through a 500 member, North America-wide dealer network comprised of security equipment vendors. Additional information on Viscount's products may be obtained on-line at http://www.viscount.com.

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Viscount Systems, Inc.
Steve Pineau, 1-866-252-9446
VP, Corporate Communications
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