LocatePLUS Increases Investment in EMC CLARiiON CX Solutions to Bolster Data Storage Capacity and Support Multi-Million-Dollar Contracts BEVERLY, Mass., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation (BULLETIN BOARD: LPLHA, LPLHB, LPLHW) , an industry-leading provider of business-to-business and business-to-government investigative solutions, announced today that it has increased its investment in EMC CLARiiON CX networked storage systems and software. LocatePLUS has extended its CLARiiON-based storage infrastructure with three CLARiiON CX600 systems comprising 75 terabytes of capacity as well as new management software. These recent enhancements are part of an ongoing strategy to bolster the Company's data storage capacity and storage management capabilities to support increasing service requirements resulting from newly received multi-million- dollar contracts. LocatePLUS is the proprietor of one the world's largest relational databases, containing billions of public and private records on 98% of the nation's adult population and virtually all U.S. corporations. With this recent upgrade, LocatePLUS' storage infrastructure consists of a 120-terabyte CLARiiON CX600 SAN designed to bring more records into the database to enrich reporting capabilities and increase the robustness of the Company's online investigative solutions. LocatePLUS is using EMC Navisphere and EMC SnapView software applications to manage the storage infrastructure and facilitate backup operations. In addition to the flexibility to support both ATA and Fibre Channel disk drives, LocatePLUS continues to select CLARiiON for its leading price/performance, reliability and robust software. LocatePLUS CEO Jon Latorella stated, "EMC's CLARiiON is a superior system that enables us to cost-effectively operate multiple tiers of storage under a centralized system. As a result, we have increased our revenue-generating capabilities to accommodate rising market demand for identity theft, homeland security and anti-terrorism solutions on a global scale. Additional CLARiiON system implementation will allow us to serve an influx of new business, including recently secured multi-million-dollar contracts, and meet anticipated continued customer growth. The system's bandwidth capabilities will enable us to keep pace with our increased revenue-generating customers while controlling storage management costs." Joel Schwartz, EMC's Senior Vice President and General Manager, CLARiiON Systems Division, said, "Emerging companies are increasingly challenged to find storage solutions that will evolve with their business needs. LocatePLUS continues to invest in the industry's leading mid-tier storage solution to provide the highest levels of data protection, storage management functionality and a clear and cost-effective path to future growth. Today, more and more companies like LocatePLUS are entrusting their storage assets to EMC." About LocatePLUS LocatePLUS is an industry-leading provider of public information and investigative solutions that are currently being used in homeland security, anti-terrorism and crime fighting initiatives. The Company's proprietary, Internet-accessible database is marketed to business-to-business and business- to-government sectors worldwide. LocatePLUS' customer base exceeds 15,000 members, including over 2,000 law enforcement agencies, as well as many major police departments across the country. Clients include many of the nation's leading agencies, such as the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Channel partners include Loislaw, Earthlink, Imaging Automation, AssureTec and CareerBuilder.com. Based on the 2000 United States Census figures and Company estimates, LocatePLUS has information on nearly 98% of the adult population and data entries relating to approximately 205 million individuals in the United States. LocatePLUS' records are maintained in one of the largest and most comprehensive XML data sources of its kind, capable of national delivery. For more information, visit the Company's Website at http://www.locateplus.com/. For investor information, visit http://www.otcfn.com/lplha. EMC, CLARiiON and Navisphere are registered trademarks, and SnapView is a trademark of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Safe Harbor Statement from LocatePLUS: Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses or other financial items, and network or service offering growth, together with other statements that are not historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Any forward-looking statements are estimates, reflecting the best judgment of the party making such statements based upon currently available information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timing of any expansion of the Company's database, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in such statements. Risks, uncertainties and factors which could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements are identified in the public filings made by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and forward-looking statements contained in this press release or in other public statements of the Company should be considered in light of those factors. LocatePLUS Contact: Investor Relations Contact: James Fields Gary Geraci LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. OTC Financial Network Tel: 978-921-2727 (x124) Tel: 781-444-6100 (x629) DATASOURCE: LocatePLUS Holdings Corporation CONTACT: James Fields of LocatePLUS Holdings Corp., +1-978-921-2727 ext. 124, ; or Investor Relations Contact: Gary Geraci of OTC Financial Network, +1-781-444-6100 ext. 629, Web site: http://www.locateplus.com/

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