MITEM Buys Zix Corporation's Dr. Chart ® Service

MENLO PARK , CALIF. — Oct. 4, 2005 — MITEM Corporation, a provider of integration software solutions and clinical applications for healthcare today announced it has bought Zix Corporation's Dr. Chart online lab ordering and results service.

The sale comprises a promissory note payable by September 2007, cash and other considerations. MITEM assumes all customer contracts and obligations upon close of the sale.

Gale Aguilar, president of MITEM said, "With the acquisition of Dr. Chart, MITEM will be able to provide a fully integrated outreach solution that enables electronic lab order entry and results reporting. Our hospital and regional reference lab customers will be able to deploy a leading solution that reduces manual processes and helps them maintain and grow their business with physician offices.”

The acquisition of Dr. Chart by MITEM will:

Enable MITEM to compete more effectively in healthcare by expanding the connectivity of its reference and outreach offerings;
Broaden and enhance MITEM's Blue Iris™ family of clinical applications with Dr. Chart's sophisticated user interface for electronic lab order entry;
Further establish MITEM's commitment to the healthcare market.

About MITEM

Founded in 1985 by Aurel Kleinerman, MD, Ph.D., MITEM develops software applications that integrate differently designed systems to share critical data and automate business processes. Blue Iris is a product line from MITEM Corporation that profoundly increases clinical productivity by enhancing, extending and integrating hospital information systems and applications. MITEM software has been deployed in diverse markets including health care, government, public utilities, financial services and manufacturing.

Web sites: www.mitem.com and www.blueiris.com

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Contact:

Andy Nelson
MITEM Corporation
650.323.1500
pr@mitem.com