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Marathon Technology Services Signs Up an Exclusive ‘VIPSuite’ Reseller Partner Print E-mail

CLEVELAND, OH, June 27, 2008 – Marathon Technology Services, LLC.,(MTS), a Cleveland, Ohio-based technology company, has entered into an agreement with ScoopVIP, LLC.(SVIP) which grants SVIP the exclusive rights to resell MTS’s ‘VIPSuite for Private Clubs and Land Developers’ hosted application suite. The signing of the reseller agreement follows closely on the heels of the signing of a technology assignment agreement between the two companies.

“Our strategy as a company is to develop industry-specific integrated application ‘suites’ based on today’s ‘best of breed’ open source technologies and resell the suites ourselves or through partners such as SVIP,” stated Steve Mueller, President of MTS. “We’re very excited because we have found a unique partner in SVIP that provides us with both the technology ‘foundation’ to expedite the development of a new application suite as well as the know-how, experience and contacts within the industries that we are building the application for; SVIP is truly a natural fit for us and uniquely qualified to be an exclusive reseller partner.”

Although the private club and land developer industries are, for the most part, mature markets, they are not when it comes to technology,” stated Heidi Voss, President of SVIP. “Because of this and the knowledge I have gained working as a marketing consultant within these markets, I strongly believe an opportunity exists for someone to become the dominant provider of technology applications and services within these markets. By partnering with MTS to leverage each others strengths and resources, we believe that we can collectively become that ‘someone’. We look forward to working closely with Steve and his team over the next several months on the redevelopment project to make the suite of products ‘market ready’.”

About Marathon Technology Services, LLC
MTS was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Merrymeeting, Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio-based investment and management firm. The company is focused on the development of and providing services related to integrated application ‘suites’, based on today’s ‘best of breed’ open source technologies, built for specific vertical industries such as franchising, business brokerage and insurance adjusting.

About ScoopVIP, LLC
ScoopVIP, LLC. is a Columbus, Ohio-based joint venture formed in 2008 by Heidi Voss, President of Bauer Voss Consulting, a private club membership marketing consulting company, and Kregg Kish of Front Porch Solutions, a web design and development company, to market and resell technology products and services to the private club and land developer industries.