
Proceeds to Help Fund Pain Management Medical Device Commercialization
Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:CTT - News), announced today that it has entered into a $5.0 million common stock purchase agreement with Fusion Capital Fund II, LLC, a Chicago-based institutional investor. Fusion Capital has been an investor in CTT since February 2004 and has previously funded the company $5.0 million. CTT may sell up to $5.0 million of its common stock to Fusion Capital from time to time over a 24-month period after the Securities and Exchange Commission has declared effective a registration statement related to the transaction.
Revenue Growth Elevates VMS Thirteen Spots in One Year
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., announced today it has been named to SDM Magazine's Annual Top Systems Integrators report for the second year in a row. The SDM report is a nationwide index of the 100 largest systems integrators in the security industry. SDM ranks integrators on an annual revenue basis; together, the top 100 integrators recognized nearly $8 billion last year. VMS ranked seventy-eighth this year, up from ninety-first in 2007.
"Last year we were excited to be included among the SDM Annual Top Systems Integrators for the first time in company history," said Jason Gonzalez, CEO of VMS. "It's a great achievement, but this year making the report wasn't enough. We set a goal a year ago to significantly improve our ranking, and we certainly accomplished that."
VMS Partners With Mercom Capital Group to Secure Nonprofit's Central Texas Location
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that it has teamed with its Austin, TX based investor and public relations firm, Mercom Capital Group, llc ("Mercom"), to provide Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas with a video surveillance system. Through its relationship with Mercom, VMS discovered the nonprofit recently suffered a string of thefts and acts of vandalism. To help Big Brothers Big Sisters combat this rash of crime, VMS donated eight cameras and a flagship Virtual Manager 2 DVR. The solution was implemented in two phases, culminating this past weekend when VMS CEO Jason Gonzalez and Director of Operations Kevin Sangirardi volunteered their time to complete the project.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that Raritan Valley Community College ("the College"), an accredited Central New Jersey institution with over 6,500 full- and part-time students, has committed to protect its 240-acre campus with a VMS visual management system. As part of the agreement, valued at slightly more than $100,000 U.S., VMS will be installing a network of over 50 IP cameras. Hybrid digital video recorders supplied by VMS will enable the College to leverage its existing analog infrastructure in union with the state-of-the-art IP camera system. The installation will encompass a number of buildings at the College, as well as principal campus exit and entrance points.
Hotels, Gas Stations, Salvage Yards & Wholesalers Among Those to Benefit From Video Security
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., welcomes Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc. (Lowell, MA and Merrimack, NH), Boyd Brothers Transportation Inc., Mirror Image Auto Body Inc., R&D Trucking Inc., Concourse Auto Recyclers LLC and eleven other organizations who recently went live with a VMS visual management system. The sixteen new installations join over 2,000 VMS clients benefiting from improved safety and security, worker productivity, and customer service.
"Implementing a video surveillance solution is all about return on investment," said Scott Wallace, General Manager and Owner of both Meineke locations. "VMS was able to cost-effectively deliver a system that will assist us in meeting and exceeding the high standards our customers have come to expect from us."
VMS Hybrid Technology Delivers Enterprise-Grade IP-Compatibility to Analog Security Infrastructures
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., today announced the release of its TrueHybrid(TM) Surveillance Platform ("TrueHybrid(TM) SP"). The TrueHybrid(TM) SP gives enterprises the flexibility and scalability they need to build a new video security infrastructure or greatly enhance an existing network.
Compatible with analog, IP and even USB cameras, the TrueHybrid(TM) SP boasts state-of-the-art video compression and analytical software. Designed to operate as the cornerstone of an enterprise video security system, the TrueHybrid(TM) SP distinguishes itself from existing solutions with scalability, high definition video support, data failsafe mechanisms, wide-ranging camera compatibility and efficient use of system resources and available bandwidth.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News) ("VMS"), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., welcomes Residence Inn by Marriott (Meriden, CT), Best Auto Parts LLC, Yorgo Foods Inc., Priority Pay Payroll LLC, Wrap Shak Inc., Al's Auto Clinic and three other organizations who recently went live with a VMS visual management system. The nine new installations join over 2,000 VMS clients benefiting from improved safety and security, worker productivity, and customer service.
"There was a time when video surveillance was considered a luxury," said Jason Gonzalez, CEO of VMS. "That's no longer the case. Today's difficult market conditions have inspired organizations to rethink the impact theft, diminished employee productivity and hazardous work environments have on their bottom lines. A well-designed and executed video surveillance system may be the most effective way to address these concerns."
University of Connecticut Health Center and Competitive Technologies, Inc. (AMEX:CTT - News) announced today that Dr. Eric Secor Jr., assistant professor from the Department of Immunology at the University's School of Medicine in Farmington, has been awarded a multiyear $750,000 K-08 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Dr. Secor's grant is a continuing study of anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of bromelain, a natural botanical product, in asthma. This work has originated in association with Dr. Roger Thrall, a prominent asthma researcher and recipient of several NIH grants including his current $1.8 million grant to investigate the mechanisms of allergic asthma. CTT has been providing basic funding for Dr. Secor's research to support his proposal to the NIH.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that CEO Jason Gonzalez was recently interviewed by Zangani Investment Community.
In the interview Mr. Gonzalez discusses Visual Management Systems and its recent acquisitions of the assets of the Intelligence Digital Systems.
The interview can be accessed in its entirety at: http://www.zangani.com/webcasts/20080505/vms.
Zangani Investor Community interviews Jason Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of Visual Management Systems (VMS). Jason discusses the company's recent acquisition of substantially all the assets of Intelligent Digital Systems, LLC., a leading enterprise surveillance software development company and manufacturer of the TechEye® Line of Network and Digital Video Recording Devices.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VMSY) is a New Jersey Based Corporation that consolidates the operations of subsidiaries including Visual Management Systems, LLC and Visual Management Systems PDG, LLC. The VMS Companies focus on providing businesses with remote management systems for loss prevention, physical security, asset protection and management controls - on and off-site.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a full-spectrum Digital Surveillance provider, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Intelligent Digital Systems, LLC., a leading enterprise surveillance software development company and manufacturer of the TechEye® Line of Network and Digital Video Recording Devices.
As part of the transaction, Visual Management Systems (VMSY) and Intelligent Digital Systems (IDS) entered into a joint venture to obtain approval of certain patent applications formerly held by IDS that are relevant to VMSY's industry which have been assigned to the new entity. The joint venture has granted VMSY an exclusive license to use the technology which is the subject of the patent applications in the manufacture, distribution, integration and installation of digital video surveillance devices for the security industry.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., announced that it has filed its annual report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2007 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Net revenues for the year ended Dec. 31, 2007 increased 40.5 percent to approximately $6.3 million from approximately $4.5 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2006. The increased revenues reflected elevated sales efforts that resulted in sales to new customers and further penetration of the company's existing customers.
Total operating expenses for the year ending 2007 were approximately $8.4 million, an increase of $4.8 million from the prior year. This increase may be attributed to expanded employee related expenses, new cost of sales and additional professional fees as well as expenses resulting from the private placements that occurred in July and November 2007.

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Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins R-Me., Wednesday examined the nature of the threat of nuclear terrorism against the homeland - the intent and capability of terrorists to obtain nuclear materials, build a bomb, transport it, and detonate it.
. . . Following Its Recent Partnership With Quick-Service Restauranteur, Sarku Japan
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that CEO Jason Gonzalez was recently interviewed by Zangani Investment Community.
In the interview Mr. Gonzalez discusses Visual Management Systems' partnership with Sarku Japan, the largest Japanese quick-service food chain in the U.S., in which VMS will furnish and install customized surveillance solutions into Sarku restaurants throughout the country. Mr. Gonzalez also comments on a continued relationship with Uniwell, the developer of the Electronic Cash Register which works with VMS networked CCTV systems in Sarku locations as a loss prevention solution.
The interview can be accessed in its entirety at: http://www.zangani.com/webcasts/20080304/vms.
Zangani Investor Community interviews Jason Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of Visual Management Systems (VMS). Jason discusses the recent partnership with Sarku Japan, the largest Japanese quick-service food chain in the U.S., to develop and provide the corporate restauranteur networked CCTV systems for remote management and loss prevention.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading digital surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that it has engaged Mercom Capital Group, an Austin-based investor and public relations consulting firm, to provide strategic investor relations counsel.
"We are confident that Mercom Capital Group is the right choice to lead our investor relations initiatives," stated Jason Gonzalez, CEO of Visual Management Systems (VMS). "Their experience with small and micro-cap companies and reputation among the financial community will provide the company with a well-focused IR program and will be instrumental in attracting a wider following among investors."
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading digital surveillance company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the acquisition of substantially all the assets of digital software company Intelligent Digital Systems, LLC (IDS), a New York Limited Liability Company. IDS is the developer and manufacturer of TechEye® Digital Video Recording (DVR) technology. The terms of the agreement call for Visual Management Systems to issue to IDS's sole member a three year junior unsecured convertible promissory note in the sum of $1.5 million, with a conversion price of $1.15 a share.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading Digital Surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that it is presenting at the Americas Best Value Inns 2007 International Educational Conference and Tradeshow taking place Dec. 3-7, 2007 in Las Vegas.
Visual Management Systems, Inc. (OTC BB:VMSY.OB - News), a leading Digital Surveillance company based in Toms River, N.J., is pleased to announce that CEO Jason Gonzalez was recently interviewed by Zangani Investment Community.
In the interview Mr. Gonzalez discusses the recent institutional investment of $3 million and how the proceeds will help Visual Management Systems expand its marketing and branding initiatives. He also discusses some strategic relationships in areas that are critical to the company.
The interview can be accessed in its entirety at http://www.zangani.com/webcasts/20071203/vms.
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Zangani Investor Community interviews Jason Gonzalez, Chief Executive Officer of Visual Management Systems (VMS). Jason discusses the recent placement investment of $3 million, as well as future growth strategies for VMS.