Newport Beach, CA - October 20, 2004 - Old American, Inc., an international technology asset and application solutions provider, announces that DATADrone2 for INFORMX BASED 7.X/9X transaction process or platform available on the high-performance Atalla Ax100 network security processor family from Hewlett Packard, the most secure hardware-based cryptographic processing for ATM/EFT/POS networks for the transportation industry.

Hewlett Packard’s Atalla Ax100 raises the bar for organizations in the transportation industry that supply their drivers with ATM cards. With physical and logical security, flexibility and ease of use, the Atalla Ax100 provides drivers with the ability to get cash advances at any ATM that honors the STAR or Cirrus networks. Combining the ATM network of STAR, the nation's leading PIN secured payments network and an expert in secure, real-time electronic transactions and Cirrus, a trademark of MasterCard International Incorporated, a highly recognized ATM debit symbol honored throughout North America and at ATMs worldwide, and Hewlett Packard’s Atalla Ax100 utilizing DATADrone2’s for INFORMIX BASED 7.X/9X transaction process or platform gives drivers options everywhere and anywhere the road might take them and the confidence that their ATM card will be accepted universally.

About HP Atalla Ax100
HP Atalla Ax100 series network security processors (NSPs) provide unrivaled protection for Triple DES and other cryptographic keys when safeguarding value-based transactions. The new-generation Atalla Ax100 NSPs incorporate more than three decades of standards-based cryptographic expertise coupled with the latest systems technology from HP—making the Atalla Ax100 NSPs the fastest, safest security processor solution for your ATM/EFT/POS networks.

About Old American, Inc.
Understanding the dynamics of the marketplace as well as technology advancements in both software and hardware along with a history of quick, consistent program delivery provides Old American with the foundation and leadership necessary to instinctively compete in today’s technically intuitive world. In business since 1996, Old American’s flexibility and depth of experience enables the company to intelligently address the challenges customers face in structuring and obtaining optimal forms of technology solutions.

For more information, or to set up an interview, please contact:
Arturo Leon @ 949-219-0411 / aleon@oldamericaninc.net