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January 12, 2009

LightHaus Logic Intros Equinox Visual Intelligence Solutions

Equinox Visual Intelligence enables greater focus on customers, improved store efficiency, higher revenue and reduced shrink

VANCOUVER, Jan. 12 -- LightHaus Logic today introduces Equinox Visual Intelligence solutions for the retail industry. Equinox enables retailers to integrate sophisticated intelligence derived from in-store video into everyday business decisions.

Equinox provides real-time and historical insights that enable retailers to understand who is in their stores, where they are and what they're doing. Executives can analyze store occupancies, identify and react to traffic-flow patterns, understand display effectiveness and access anonymous demographics of visitors. They can also mine store data to understand correlations between point of sale, staffing levels, store layout, advertising campaigns and other relevant data.

"Successful customer centric growth strategies that increase share of wallet are the capabilities that allow retail marketing, operations and merchandising to collaborate to deliver the ultimate customer experience and improvements in operating income. These capabilities are enhanced with the innovative customer insights provided real time by Equinox systems," commented Robert Willett, CEO Best Buy International & Enterprise CIO, and a member of Lighthaus Logic board.

LightHaus is actively working with and deploying pilots at leading US retailers. These chains are becoming more responsive to customers by understanding parallels between display effectiveness, store signage, merchandise positioning, weather patterns and revenue-per-visitor metrics. Retailers will also be looking to reduce shrink by identifying potential employee theft, return fraud, cart push-out and other loss events.

"For many retailers, the best way to grow in today's economy is to increase revenues and efficiencies at existing stores," commented Andy Talbot, CEO of LightHaus Logic. "With a more detailed understanding of their customers, retailers can make better business decisions at all levels, every day."

Equinox is a complete visual intelligence solution that runs transparently in the background using high-performance computing, sophisticated video analysis software and intuitive reporting tools. Available as a managed service that operates independently of existing IT infrastructure, Equinox minimizes capital expenditures and impact on IT teams. Its web-based interface enables the visualization of in-store data, as well as sophisticated statistical analysis to reveal subtle anomalies and trends. Security and loss prevention teams can also leverage Equinox's intelligent DVR capability for forensic video searching.

About LightHaus Logic Inc.

LightHaus Logic develops and deploys a new class of high-performance video analytics for security and business intelligence applications in retail, hospitality, banking and critical infrastructure. Through a unique combination of optimized multiprocessor hardware, advanced video algorithms and an innovative network architecture, LightHaus provides breakthrough intelligent video surveillance systems that finally deliver on the promise of video analytics. LightHaus Logic is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Learn more about LightHaus at www.lighthauslogic.com.

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Source: LightHaus Logic Inc.

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