PictureIQ Announces Agreement With Yahoo! Photos

Agreement Covers Use of PictureIQ Server Appliances for Internal and Consumer-Based Applications Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- PictureIQ(TM) Corporation (http://www.pictureiq.com ), a provider of intelligent Web image content production and delivery solutions for businesses, and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), a leading global Internet communications, commerce and media company, announced today an agreement to offer Yahoo!(R) Photos (http://photos.yahoo.com ) users with picture editing tools provided by PictureIQ PhotoForce(TM) server appliance. PictureIQ's technology will provide Yahoo! Photos users with consumer-oriented image enhancement capabilities through interactive, server-based photo editing, enhancement and creativity tools.

PictureIQ PhotoForce is a powerful server-based appliance designed to dynamicallyautomate the creation and optimization of image content. PhotoForce also enables content providers to offer Web site visitors interactive, server-based editing functions such as color and effect enhancements, rotate, zoom and crop. PictureIQ's server appliance is easy to deploy as it quickly integrates into any network infrastructure, complementing existing hardware or back-end software solutions.

"We're dedicated to providing businesses with new efficiencies in their image workflow and optimization processes," said Tom Hull, CEO of PictureIQ Corp. "It's gratifying to have Yahoo! deploy our technology and recognize the value it can bring to its millions of Yahoo! Photos users."

"PictureIQ's easy-to-use picture editing tools allows us to offer our users a convenient way to edit and enhance their pictures when using Yahoo! Photos," said Mark Hull, senior producer, Yahoo! Community Services. "We selected PictureIQ's technology because of their ability to offer a leading interactive image editing service that can scale with our needs."

At the core of PictureIQ's intelligent image content enhancement and production system is an innovative XML-based, multi-resolution imaging architecture that takes advantage of industry-leading Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) technology. As the sole third-party licensee of Adobe's technology, PictureIQ solutions provide seamless integration with image workflow processes.

For more information on PhotoForce or PictureIQ's other image content production and delivery solutions, call 206-628-5222 or go to http://www.pictureiq.com.

About PictureIQ
Founded in 1998 and based in Seattle, PictureIQ Corporation is a premier provider of intelligent Web image content production and delivery solutions for businesses. PictureIQ offers a family of scalable server appliances that automate image content production processes and enable dynamic delivery to the Web. TransForce(TM), a powerful, plug-and-play server appliance, dynamically prepares and optimizes images for delivery to any browser or Web-enabled device. PictureIQ's solutions streamline Internet image production, improve Web site performance and reliability, and cost-effectively prepare companies for a Web-enabled world. PictureIQ Corporation is the only third-party company with a license to the core imaging and video technologies from Adobe Systems, Inc., creator of industry-leading products including Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) and Adobe(R) Premiere(R).

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