WALTHAM, Massachusetts and LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 16 /PRNewswire/ --

- Leostream Connection Broker to Provide Vital Link in Initiative to 
Process and Archive Every Tax Form Submitted to the Belgian Government

Leostream(TM) Corporation, a leading developer of virtual hosted desktop
software, announced today that I.R.I.S. (EURONEXT Brussels: IRI) has selected
the Leostream Connection Broker for a virtual desktop solution to support a
massive scanning and archiving project by Service Public Federal Finances
(SPF Finances), the Belgian Public Federal Finance Administration. I.R.I.S.
is a market leader in intelligent document management and optical character
recognition.

The Leostream Connection Broker will manage the connections between more
than 100 end-users and their virtualized desktops. Tied into SPF Finance's
common scanning and archiving platform, the solution will bring greater
cost-efficiency and facilitate end-user work on a Corporate Scanning System
(CSS) for electronic processing of all tax forms submitted by individuals to
the Belgian Government. This project supports the scanning, archiving, and
validation of more than 10 million documents through a system of virtual
desktops brokered by Leostream technology.

I.R.I.S. is using this innovative approach to workstations to transfer
the complexity of managing end-user systems to the data center. As a direct
result of this, they will provide SPF Finances with a reduction in total cost
of ownership for their global IT infrastructure, consolidation of resources
in the central IT department due to more efficient management, and better
control and support for applications.

"With the IRIS Virtual Desktop solution we can remove PCs from the
Corporate Scanning System, enabling SPF Finances to reduce energy, space and
other costs," said Gamal Khaldi, Director and General Manager of I.R.I.S.
ICT. "We use the Leostream Connection Broker because it is essential for
creating the kind of dependable, large-scale desktop virtualization
infrastructure that SPF Finances can depend upon. It's vendor-independent,
supports all leading virtualization vendors, and integrates well with
security and IT infrastructure. Customers get the most from existing
infrastructure and can plan for future expansion without the worry of vendor
lock-in. Equally important, it delivers an immediately familiar end-user
experience, while implementing policies that adhere strictly to customer
requirements."

I.R.I.S. ICT, a subsidiary of I.R.I.S., developed the IRIS Virtual
Desktop as a complete, end-to-end solution that is both flexible and robust.
The solution offers advanced features including support for up to 16 monitors
attached to a single virtual machine, the ability to use any USB device with
an IRIS client, desktop OS de-duplication, and support for QoS on their
clients.

I.R.I.S. ICT selected the Leostream Connection Broker for its true
vendor-independence and ability to broker whatever is found in the data
center, including: 3270 Mainframe Time Sharing sessions, 5250 iSeries
sessions, Terminal Server sessions, Blade PC sessions, VMware machines,
Citrix machines, Linux and Windows. I.R.I.S. ICT also chose the Leostream
Connection Broker for its flexibility and interoperability. For example, the
technology can integrate multiple types of authentication servers (Active
Directory, eDirectory, or OpenLDAP) and can make the use of Active Directory
"optional" for situations where end-users do not have an AD account but still
need to access virtual desktops.

According to recent data from researchers at Gartner Group, the number of
virtualized PCs is expected to grow from less than 5 million in 2007 to 660
million by 2011. Leostream offers the industry's only vendor-independent
connection broker, enabling enterprises to maximize the virtualization of
existing resources by integrating an array of clients, back-end systems and
viewers. It integrates existing authentication and security protocols
necessary without changes and provides a rich set of policies for exact
implementation of business rules for users and machines. The Connection
Broker has been deployed by hundreds of large enterprises in financial
services, healthcare, government and other sectors.

"I.R.I.S. is truly at the forefront when it comes to optimizing IT
infrastructure to create more efficient businesses," said Michael Palin, CEO
of Leostream. "We are pleased that they have again selected the Connection
Broker to ensure a successful VDI deployment, particularly for a project
supporting something as mission-critical and extensive as the Belgian
Government's tax initiative."

Leostream will be exhibiting at VMworld Europe 2009 and invites attendees
to visit booth #85 for further information.

About Leostream

Leostream (http://www.leostream.com) provides the critical
connection-broker technology required for enterprises to achieve successful
large-scale desktop virtualization implementations. The Leostream Connection
Broker is the industry's most widely deployed vendor-independent connection
broker, enabling enterprises to integrate the complex array of clients,
back-end systems and protocols required for successful virtualized desktop
deployments. Hundreds of large enterprises in financial services, healthcare,
government and other sectors rely on the Leostream Connection Broker to "make
desktop virtualization work" and deliver the best end-user experience.
Leostream is based in Waltham, Mass.

About I.R.I.S.

The mission of I.R.I.S. (http://www.irislink.com) is to increase the
productivity and knowledge of its customers by helping them to manage their
documents, data and information more effectively.

I.R.I.S. Products & Technologies develops technologies and products in
the field of Intelligent Document Recognition and markets its portfolio of
products on a global scale through solid partnerships.

I.R.I.S. Professional Solutions enables companies and public authorities
to find innovative expertise and high-tech solutions for the efficient
management of documents, information flows and IT infrastructures, through a
single company.

In 2007, I.R.I.S. Group achieved sales of 95,062,297 euros.

I.R.I.S. has more than 550 employees based in Louvain-la-Neuve, Vilvoorde
and Antwerp (Belgium), Orly (France), Windhof (Luxembourg), Amstelveen and
Maastricht (Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Delray Beach (Florida, USA), Hong
Kong (China) and Oslo (Norway).

All company and product names are property of their respective owners.

For more information, contact:

    Marty Querzoli                     Evelyne Henderyckx
    Public Relations for Leostream     Press Relations
    Davies Murphy Group                I.R.I.S. Group
    +1-781-418-2433                    +32-(0)-10-48-74-56
    mquerzoli@daviesmurphy.com         evelyne.henderyckx@irislink.com