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Southpaw Ships Digital Production Workflow Solution, TACTIC 2.0
Only Single Software System for Streamlining Project and Asset Management

TORONTO, October 6, 2008 — Southpaw Technology Inc., makers of TACTIC™, a leading digital asset management system, today announced the immediate availability of TACTIC 2.0, the next generation of its easy to use, fully customizable workflow infrastructure. Available for Mac OSX, Windows and Linux, TACTIC 2.0 offers a single software solution to manage the complex flow of digital assets, ensuring workflow pipelines to be dependable, efficient and cost effective. For more information or to see a TACTIC 2.0 demo please visit www.southpawtech.com.

"I looked under the hood of several digital asset management systems before deciding to use TACTIC for the production work we're doing at iloura," said Stefan Gillard, general manager of technology at Omnilab Media. "We selected TACTIC because of its easy integration and modern underlying architecture that can scale to meet our production teams' complex content demands. We've also been very impressed with the support and openness of the Southpaw team, who has worked closely with us to ensure that TACTIC's product functionality will continue to evolve with our studios' growing needs."

TACTIC 2.0 Highlights

TACTIC 2.0 is the only one-stop solution for asset, workflow and project management. New project tools allow artists to explicitly define and visually streamline software pipelines, improving efficiency and workflow within multiple departments.

New and improved features in TACTIC 2.0 include:

New Project Customization Tools to easily individualize projects or fine-tune current productions
New Visual, Node-based Pipeline Editor intended to visually create pipeline processes
New TACTIC Browser and Custom View Builder designed for creation of custom views within the TACTIC web interface
Robust and Powerful Client API enhanced to control every aspect of TACTIC directly from custom scripts and in-house studio tools

“Our goal has always been to keep everything open and all things possible,” said Remko Noteboom, CTO of Southpaw. “With TACTIC 2.0’s innovative advanced new features, facilities can construct and integrate their own pipelines seamlessly across various departments, creating limitless potential for project and tool customization.”

Pricing and Availability

TACTIC 2.0 sells for a suggested retail price of USD $895 per user. This includes all software upgrades and technical support for the first year. Ongoing upgrades and support may be purchased for USD $185 per user, per year. TACTIC is licensed per "Active User" – meaning a studio can assign as many user accounts as they need; only those that are set as active by the TACTIC administrator require a license. TACTIC is sold and supported by a network of authorized resellers from across the globe. For a complete list of resellers, or to directly purchase TACTIC 2.0, please contact sales@southpawtech.com. For more information, please visit the Southpaw Technology website at www.southpawtech.com or contact Southpaw at (416) 651-4729.

About Southpaw Technology Inc.
Founded in 2005, Southpaw Technology Inc. provides software to simplify the digital asset management workflow for film production houses, design houses, and other organizations finding the complex interaction of thousands of models, images, and other digital assets to be a major problem threatening their budgets and deadlines. TACTIC, the company¿s flagship software, is the only web-based, enterprise class solution that provides project management, workflow management and asset management in a single software solution for all industries using digital assets, including film and video, games, and industrial design. Southpaw Technology Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information please contact Southpaw Technology at contact@southpawtech.com or visit us at www.southpawtech.com.

by Southpaw Technology Inc.

Southpaw's TACTIC™ Digital Production Workflow Solution Selected by Digital Domain

Los Angeles, California, August 8, 2008 — Southpaw Technology Inc., makers of TACTIC™, a leading digital asset management system, today announced that Academy Award®-winning studio Digital Domain has chosen to integrate TACTIC into its digital production workflow. The company plans to put the solution into service on upcoming feature film, commercial and game projects.

"TACTIC promises to provide us with a solid infrastructure for managing the complex flow of digital assets through our pipeline," said Phil Peterson, Digital Domain's Senior Technology Officer. "We're working closely with Southpaw to integrate this application into our overall workflow management architecture and toolset."

"It's very exciting to work with Digital Domain's dedicated, creative and talented group of digital artists, and we are thrilled they have chosen to integrate TACTIC into their production pipelines," said Remko Noteboom, CTO of Southpaw. "We are committed to providing a robust asset management solution that is capable of managing the highly complex projects and leading-edge visual effects work that Digital Domain tackles everyday."

Southpaw will debut TACTIC 2.0 during SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles from Aug. 12-14, 2008. To see a TACTIC demo please visit the Softimage booth (#647) during the following days/times: Tues., Aug. 12 from 3-5 p.m.; Wed., Aug. 13 from 12-2 p.m.; Thurs. Aug. 14 from 12-2 p.m. For more information or to book a private demo please contact Mary Jane Konigshaus at maryjane@southpawtech.com or (647) 229-4280.

by Southpaw Technology Inc.