BOXX Technologies Partners with SplutterFish

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BOXX Technologies Partners with SplutterFish Brazil Rendering System Now Available on XXtreme 3DBOXX Workstations and RenderBOXX Render Nodes

AUSTIN, TX - July 10, 2003 - BOXX Technologies, a leading provider of award-winning digital content creation systems for the entertainment and digital film industries, today announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Splutterfish, a high-end 3D rendering software solutions provider. BOXX is now offering the Brazil Rendering System(tm) with its XXtreme 3DBOXX workstations and RenderBOXX render nodes.

This latest announcement is the result of BOXX's ongoing effort to strategically align itself with the best software partners in the digital content creation industry. "Our customers continue to ask us for powerful software solutions that complement our systems," says Ed Caracappa, director of sales and marketing at BOXX. "Anyone working with Discreet 3ds max will benefit from SplutterFish's Brazil r/s. When coupled with BOXX's powerful system technology, the customer will achieve outstanding results."

"The combination of BOXX's high-performance systems with the Brazil Rendering System presents a great opportunity for digital content creation professionals to immediately benefit from the power of these production-proven technologies," said Scott Kirvan, chief executive officer at SplutterFish. "This partnership promises to deliver an efficient and reliable high-end rendering solution, not just products, to those seeking a competitive edge."

Designed for Microsoft Windows or Linux, 3DBOXX is available in single and dual AMD or Intel processor configurations. Enhanced with NVIDIA Quadro FX architecture, 3DBOXX workstations are optimized for modeling and rendering 3D content and animation with popular software such as 3ds max.

Award winning Brazil r/s is a rock-solid, advanced, fully-integrated rendering suite for Discreet's top-selling animation software 3ds max. Developed in a production environment, Brazil r/s is engineered to be a stable, reliable production tool. Its thoughtfully designed, intuitive interface offers uncompromising control and flexibility. Brazil r/s has been used to handle extensive visual effects rendering requirements on numerous film and broadcast projects, including "The Core," "Bulletproof Monk," "X2: X-Men United," and many others.

About BOXX
BOXX® Technologies, headquartered in Austin, TX, is a leading developer and manufacturer of XXtreme high-performance, high-bandwidth Microsoft Windows and Linux-based hardware and software solutions for the 3D, animation, digital film, and HDTV broadcast markets. BOXX systems include 3DBOXX®, RenderBOXX®, SDBOXX(tm), ServerBOXX(tm), HDBOXX® and CineBOXX®.

3DBOXX is an award-winning 3D workstation; RenderBOXX is a powerful rendering system; SDBOXX is a 10-bit SD-SDI professional digital video editing system; ServerBOXX is a deskside or rackmount server; HDBOXX features nonlinear editing, compositing and playback of HD; and CineBOXX is a new digital intermediary tool that combines the capabilities of a DDR offering 2K film, HD and SD sequential review with nonlinear editing and ingestion.

For more information about BOXX Technologies, please visit the BOXX web site at www.boxxtech.com or call toll free 877-877-BOXX (2699) or 512-835-0400 (outside North America).

About Splutterfish
SplutterFish LLC, established in 2001, is a Venice, California-based software provider of high-end, affordable and efficient 3D rendering tools. The company develops solutions focused towards the needs of production professionals working in the film, broadcast, architectural and product visualization, design engineering, 3D cartoon-style animation, and CG research industries. SplutterFish software products are currently available from the company and its international reseller representatives.

For more information about SplutterFish, please visit the SplutterFish web site at www.splutterfish.com.

BOXX, 3DBOXX, RenderBOXX, CineBOXX and HDBOXX are registered trademarks of BOXX Technologies, Inc., registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. SDBOXX and ServerBOXX are trademarks of BOXX Technologies, Inc. Brazil Rendering System is a trademark of SplutterFish, LLC. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. BOXX Technologies, 10435 Burnet #120, Austin, TX 78758, tel: 512-835-0400, fax: 512-835-0434.

Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice.