San Jose, CA, October 31, 2006 - Metropolis New Media, Inc., a leading hosting service provider for ESRI server and software products, and The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national nonprofit land conservation organization, announced today that TPL has selected Metropolis to provide a comprehensive managed hosting solution for on-demand access to ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and a centralized spatial data repository using Citrix Presentation Server.

Under the agreement, Metropolis will provide hosting infrastructure, connectivity, networking, security, systems administration and support, data backup and off-site vaulting services. TPL will provide server hardware & software.

ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software products allow users to author, analyze, map, manage, share and publish geographic information. Citrix Presentation Server is the industry-standard for application virtualization using a centralized and secure architecture. Citrix Presentation Server enables organizations to centrally deploy and manage line of business applications while providing secure, on-demand access to these resources for users anywhere, on any device and any network.

"TPL’s GIS program is growing." said Breece Robertson, TPL's National GIS Director. "Maintaining local and remote users access to GIS applications, data and custom tools is expensive and time consuming. With its centralized model, Citrix enables us to deploy and maintain ArcGIS Desktop applications and custom tools much more efficiently than if they had to be installed and configured on each user’s computer. And with floating licenses and applications running on high-powered servers instead of local computers, there is no need for a software license and high-end workstation for each user. This means we’ll start receiving a return on our investment right away."

"Going with Metropolis for hosting made a lot more sense than investing money and resources on the infrastructure and personnel needed to deploy and maintain the system in-house." said Robertson. "Hosting a multi-tiered Citrix system with ESRI software requires specialized training and experience. Metropolis was one of the few hosting service providers able to offer a complete solution that included implementation, hosting and on-going support for both Citrix and ESRI software."

About TPL

The Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit land conservation organization dedicated to preserving land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens and natural areas ensuring livable communities for generations to come. Since it's founding in 1972, TPL has protected nearly 2 million acres of land in 46 states. The Trust for Public Land depends on the support and generosity of individuals, foundations and businesses to achieve our land for people mission. For information, please visit us on the web at www.tpl.org

About Metropolis

Based in San Jose, CA, Metropolis New Media, Inc. is a premier provider of managed hosting solutions for organizations looking to deploy ESRI server products online. Unlike ordinary hosting providers, Metropolis is focused solely on GIS and is an authorized ESRI business partner that is dedicated to providing customers with Internet infrastructure and operations support for sharing GIS data and applications on the Internet. More information about Metropolis and its services can be obtained on the Web at www.metropolisnewmedia.com

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