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Defentect Teams With San Diego State University, Axis Communications and OnSSI for Radiation Detection Homeland Security System

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 05:00 CST

San Diego State University's Viz Center Tests and Displays Leading Radiation Technology to Protect the Region, Nation, and World Against Terrorism and Assist Business

NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Defentect (OTC Bulletin Board: SLNH) announced today that it has entered a joint operational agreement with San Diego State University's Homeland Security Program and its Immersive Visualization Center (SDSU Viz Center) to establish a permanent gamma radiation detection perimeter system. The program demonstrates best practices and solutions to deter, detect, and defend against the illicit transport of radiological materials, which are the core components of dirty bombs. The research demonstration will also help develop techniques for using radiation to assist with numerous Homeland Security and business applications such as moving cargo across borders, oceans, and airways in secure and innovative ways.

The San Diego State University's Viz Center is involved with testing and displaying cutting-edge technology to protect the region, the nation, and the world against terrorism. It is frequented by organizations interested in increasing the safety of their assets and employees. Viz Center visitors often consist of State, County, and local officials; national and international agencies including the Department of Homeland Security; and private-sector groups representing hospitals, municipalities, storage facilities, transportation facilities, and waste management companies.

The SDSU installation integrates Defentect's GT2(TM) gross gamma radiation detection sensor system and its DM3(TM) sensor management, monitoring, and messaging platform; OnSSI Ocularis IP Video command-and-control software; and the Axis P3301 Fixed Dome Network Camera and the Axis 233D Network Dome camera. Axis network cameras mobilize to target a detected threat and interrogate the area for individuals who are contaminated by or are transporting gamma-emitting radioactive materials.

According to Joey Dusina, Defentect's Vice President, Sales, the agreement establishes the San Diego Viz Center location for participants to demonstrate the efficacy of integrating various levels of Defentect's radiation detection solutions into existing security detection systems to affected industries such as hospitals, hotels, government agencies, and businesses.

"This agreement provides Defentect and its partners with a publicly accessible demonstration of the state of radiation security technology," said Mr. Dusina. "This live demo helps people relate the solution to a real-life situation. It takes the hypothetical out of the equation, making it a reality-based scenario. This is something previously missing from most people's understanding of both the threat and its assessment."

Dr. Eric Frost, Founder and Co-Director of SDSU Viz Center, and Co-Director of the Homeland Security Master's Degree Program at SDSU, stated, "People can visit the Viz Center's courtyard and experience firsthand the efficiency of the gamma radiation detection system via Defentect's monitoring software. This program is one more way Viz Center is working to evaluate and enhance tools and technologies to help both public and private entities deal with potential hazards with accuracy and speed -- important in the face of mounting and unseen threats."

ABOUT DEFENTECT

Defentect (www.defentect.com) is a homeland security technology firm that develops and markets intelligent threat awareness solutions and advanced technologies to fight the worldwide threat of terrorism. Defentect offers customized radiation detection, as well as chemical, biological, nuclear and explosive messaging and alerting systems for clients to monitor threats. Defentect architecture is designed to protect and defend against disruption in economically or politically vulnerable locations such as domestic or foreign airports, seaports, border crossings, military and government facilities, transportation hubs, research labs, food irradiation plants, hospitals and other public and commercial facilities. The Federal Government (DHS) has classified approximately 100,000 U.S. locations as critical infrastructure in the United States alone. Defentect is a business unit of Splinternet Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: SLNH OB

ABOUT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND SDSU VIZ CENTER

Founded in 1897, San Diego State University (www.sdsu.edu) is the oldest and largest institution of higher education in the San Diego region. SDSU offers Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorates and its nearly 33,000 students participate in academic curricula distinguished by direct faculty contact and an increasingly international emphasis that is meant to prepare them for a global future. The Viz Center is involved in many Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief (HADR) efforts globally, as well as seeking to assist business in solving problems and assisting regions and nations. The Viz Center is also the focus for the Homeland Security Master's Program helping educate and train leaders and officials in Homeland Security nationally and internationally.

ABOUT AXIS COMMUNICATIONS

Axis (www.axis.com) is an IT company offering network video solutions for professional installations. The company is the global market leader in network video, driving the ongoing shift from analog to digital video surveillance. Axis products and solutions focus on security surveillance and remote monitoring, and are based on innovative, open technology platforms. Axis is a Swedish-based company, operating worldwide with offices in more than 20 countries and cooperating with partners in more than 70 countries. Founded in 1984, Axis is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm, under the ticker AXIS.

ABOUT OnSSI

On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (www.onssi.com) offers a comprehensive IP video surveillance control and management software solution. Ocularis, OnSSI's IP Video Control platform, is designed to operate on a single platform with unprecedented levels of user-intuitiveness, open architecture and scalability. With core competencies rooted in both the IT and professional security markets, OnSSI's unique solution provides feature-rich camera management, sophisticated recording and archiving, automatic Push Live Video on event, control-room video-wall management and virtual matrix functionality. OnSSI's IP solutions can be found in a wide range of municipalities, federal and local government agencies, as well as enterprise, industrial, and educational settings.

SOURCE Defentect

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