Interactive Solutions, Inc. Recognized As One of Southeast’s Fastest Growing Private Companies (August 2005)

ISI Honored by Oak Ridge National Labs (March 2004)

ISI Featured at INC 500 Conference (March 2004)

ISI Honored By Business Tennessee for Second Consecutive Year

Interactive Solutions, Inc. Makes Fast 50 List (December 2004)

ISI Receives Prestigious Tandberg Award (May 2003)

ISI Awarded Best in Class by Tandberg (October 2003)

ISI Awarded Elite Dealer Status by AMX

Entrepreneur Humbled by Regional Chamber's Inaugural Wilson Award


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INTERACTIVE SOLUTIONS, INC. RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF SOUTHEAST’S FASTEST GROWING PRIVATE COMPANIES
Program Founded by Emory University and Innovations Publishing Honors Exceptional Privately-Held Companies

ATLANTA and Memphis, August 24, 2005—Interactive Solutions, Inc. today announced it has been selected to participate in the GBS Eagles program, an exclusive network of entrepreneurs, advisors and capital sources designed to promote successful business practices in the region. The GBS Eagles program was launched last year by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Corporate Growth (CECG) at Emory’s Goizueta Business School (GBS) and Innovations Publishing. The inaugural GBS Eagles Conference, which took place on May 11, 2005, is the Southeast's premier forum for discussing growth issues faced by emerging private companies. Emory’s Business School will host another GBS Eagles conference in November 2005.

"It is truly an honor to be named part of the inaugural class of GBS Eagles, honoring those companies that have demonstrated leadership and sustainable growth,” said Jay B. Myers, President and CEO, of Interactive Solutions, Inc. Mr. Myers attributes this award to the continued loyalty of ISI’s customers, strong support of the company’s business partners and tireless dedication of its employees.

In addition to being privately-held, companies which are named GBS Eagles must have:
Generated more than $3 million in revenue during the last twelve months; exhibited annual revenue growth in excess of 20 percent compounded over the past three years, or; experienced headcount growth in excess of 25 percent compounded over the past three years.

“The mission of the GBS Eagles program is to understand the critical issues a high-growth company faces throughout its business lifecycle and to identify the successful processes implemented to address these issues,” said Edward Hess, executive director of the CECG. “The companies recognized as GBS Eagles have realized incredible success in the face of these very issues. Their participation in the GBS Eagles program will provide other early-stage companies with valuable information to scale with high growth.”

For more information about the GBS Eagles program and to see other prestigious companies that have been honored, please visit http://www.GBSEagles.com.

About Innovations Publishing
Atlanta-based Innovations Publishing LLC was formed in 2002 by Ben Dyer, a General Partner of Cordova Intellimedia Ventures. Innovations’ Publishing manages the largest collection of information on emerging and high-growth private companies in the Southeast. Investors, lawyers, CPAs and others involved in the deal flow rely on this comprehensive Web database and weekly e-newsletter, entitled Southeast Innovations, to stay abreast of opportunities, investment transactions, customer successes, new product lines, and executive team changes.

About Interactive Solutions, Inc.
Memphis-based Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) was founded in 1996 by Jay B. Myers. ISI has grown from a small firm to one of the fastest growing companies in the state of Tennessee, having been recognized as Business Tennessee magazine’s Fast 50 in 2004 and 2005. ISI was also the recipient of the INC 500 award in 2001 and 2003, which recognizes the fastest growing private companies in the United States. Other prestigious awards given to the company were the 2001 Memphis Business Journal Small Business of the Year and the 2003 Kemmons Wilson Emerging Business Award. ISI has satellite offices in Jackson, MS, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL and a newly-opened regional sales/service facility in Nashville, TN. For more information please visit their website at www.isitn.com.

Produced jointly by:
Interactive Solutions & Innovations Publishing
Anand Amin
(404) 526-6040
editor@innovationspublishing.com

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ISI Honored by Oak Ridge National Labs


Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) was recently honored by Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) at its 6th Annual Small Business Subcontractor Awards Program as 2004 Small Business of the Year.
ISI was recognized for its outstanding implementation of videoconferencing and audio-visual systems .ISI’s headquarters are in Memphis with satellite offices in Jackson, Tenn, Nashville, Knoxville, Birmingham and Jackson, Miss.

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ISI Featured at INC 500 Conference

Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) was selected as one of only 5 companies recently spotlighted at the 2004 INC 500 conference awards ceremony held at the Doral Country Club in Miami, Fla. ISI founder and CEO, Jay B. Myers was part of a video interview that INC magazine's Mike Hofman did with select entrepreneurs who discussed a wide range of topics such as the value of entrepreneurship and the risk in starting a business.

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ISI Honored By Business Tennessee for Second Consecutive Year

Interactive Solutions, Inc. has been recognized by Business Tennessee magazine, for the second year in a row, as one of the "Fast 50," a group of the 50 fastest growing privately-owned companies in the state of Tennessee.

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Interactive Solutions, Inc. Makes Fast 50 List

Memphis-based Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI), the first recipient of the Kemmons Wilson Emerging Business Award, has been recognized as a Business Tennessee “Fast 50” company, featured in the December issue of Business Tennessee magazine.

The magazine selected private companies based on revenue growth, product innovation, business sustainability and future growth. The company has grown revenue 123 percent from 2003-2004.

ISI sells and supports videoconferencing, distance learning, telemedicine and audio/visual products primarily in the Southeast United States. The company currently has 25 employees and opened a new sales office in Franklin, Tenn.

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ISI Receives Prestigious Tandberg Award

Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) recently received the Southeast Region Award of Excellence at Tandberg’s First Annual America’s Partner Summit in Orlando, Fla. The company was selected over a number of other Southeast based Tandberg resellers for it’s excellence in both sales and service performance for the past seven years.

“This is indeed a great honor for ISI to be selected from such formidable competition” commented Jay Myers, ISI President/CEO. He added “We are thrilled to be a long term partner of Tandberg’s and look forward to continued growth for both companies in the future.”

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ISI Awarded Best in Class by Tandberg

Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) was recently recognized as Tandberg’s best in class for the firm’s distance learning implementation in Alabama. ISI’s unique integration capabilities as well as its attention to customer satisfaction were key to giving ISI the nod over dozens of other resellers worldwide. Tandberg’s Vice President of Channels, Ron Myers, stated “ISI has been a Tandberg reseller for over 8 years and they continue to provide high quality implementation and outstanding support for our products in the Southeast.” 

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ISI Awarded Elite Dealer Status by AMX


Interactive Solutions, Inc. (ISI) has recently been awarded elite dealer status by AMX, Inc which recognized the company for its outstanding sales accomplishments for the past year. The elite dealer status is shared by only a few select dealers in the Southeast United States.

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Entrepreneur Humbled by Regional Chamber's Inaugural Wilson Award


As Jay Myers, founder and president of Interactive Solutions, Inc., (ISI), accepted the Memphis Regional Chamber's first annual Kemmons Wilson Emerging Business Award, he said, "Mission accomplished. We did our job."

At the ceremonies during the chamber's third annual chairman's inaugural luncheon, he gave his usual praise to his employees and, belatedly, to his wife.

He had one other unusual thank you.

"Eight years ago today, I got fired from my job," Myers said.

He then thanked his former employer, without naming him.

Before the ceremony, Myers said his firm had grown to 17 employees and should produce about $6 million in revenues this year.

He said he was more excited to receive the chamber recognition than having his company named to Inc. magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States for the second time in three years.

" Inc. is neat nationwide, but I'm one of 500 people," Myers said. "I'm the only one getting this (award).

"The community thing is very important to me and he is the biggest name in the entrepreneurial world," he said. "I'm really thrilled."

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