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TUSC Achieves Highest Oracle PartnerNetwork Status

Now One of Select Group in North America with Elite Partner Status

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (July 18, 2005) -- Oracle consulting leader TUSC today announced it has achieved Oracle Certified Advantage Partner status for both Oracle Technology and Applications. To qualify for Certified Advantage Partner status -- the highest level in the Oracle PartnerNetwork -- TUSC had to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle.

"Over the years, TUSC has proven time and again to be one of the elite players in the Oracle consulting sector," said Rauline Ochs, group vice president, North America Alliances and Channels. "TUSC has built its reputation on creating some of the most innovative solutions for our customers' business challenges, using both Oracle Technology and Oracle Applications. Their elevation to Oracle Certified Advantage Partner status is well-earned."

TUSC was winner of the 2004 North America Oracle PartnerNetwork Partner Solution of the Year Award in the category of Oracle Application Server, as well as Internet Platform Partner of the Year in 2002.

"We're both pleased and excited to take the partnership with Oracle to the next level. We've been an Oracle partner for 17 years and one of Oracle's partners of the year two of the past three years," said TUSC Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Niemiec, who along with Chairman and Chief Architect Bradley D. Brown and President and Chief Operating Officer Joseph C. Trezzo founded the company in 1988. "Oracle software is the best on the planet and we enjoy making customers successful using the entire Oracle product suite."

"This is a huge honor and a privilege for TUSC and our customers," added Brown. "TUSC's goal has always been to make a difference in every aspect of the Oracle community. We're happy to join the ranks of Oracle's top partners."

About TUSC
Specialists in helping companies optimize their investment in Oracle Technology. TUSC has been providing integrated functional and technical solutions since 1988 in the areas of Oracle Applications consulting, Oracle11i implementations and upgrades, business intelligence / data warehousing, project management and implementation support, Oracle database services, Remote DBA support and Oracle DBA troubleshooting, Oracle software licensing and Oracle training and mentoring.

About Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of 15,000 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Partner levels. Partners who are able to demonstrate the highest level of product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to business with Oracle qualify for the Oracle Certified Advantage Partner level. http://oraclepartnernetwork.oracle.com

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For more information about TUSC, please call Bob Reczek, corporate communications manager, at 800/755-TUSC, or visit the company on the Internet at www.tusc.com.