Ridgeland, Mississippi - July 1, 2006

Today, Venture announces that it has signed an agreement to become a ShoreTel Reseller. ShoreTel is an innovative leader in IP Telephony solutions for small firms, medium businesses and large enterprises.

“The transition from closed, proprietary PBX’s to open IP communications systems is gaining tremendous momentum in the marketplace”, commented Gerard Gibert, Venture’s CEO. “Business leaders and IT Managers realize that the life-cycle costs of a VoIPT system versus a traditional voice system are considerably lower. IP-based systems also offer significant, practical and business advantages over older, traditional systems.”

By adding ShoreTel to its family of VoIPT solutions, Venture goes to market with a balanced suite of solutions that combine the best balance of functionality, serviceability and ROI. “We work directly with our customers from an IT and user experience perspective to ensure that we engineer the best solution to meet the unique needs of each customer”, remarked Gibert.

ShoreTel is the fastest-growing PBX Company in the world. ShoreTel’s VoIPT systems offer superior ease-of-use, performance, and overall customer satisfaction. Additionally, the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of a ShoreTel system is significantly lower than traditional PBX and Key systems as well as competitive IPT systems.

According to ShoreTel’s CEO, John W. Combs, TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) is an overused “buzzword” in the IT industry. However, ShoreTel has the data to backup its claim that users of ShoreTel’s VoIPT solutions experience a lower TCO. In an independent study conducted by Nemertes Research in February, 2006, ShoreTel provides the lowest TCO – from startup to maintenance - of any major VoIPT vendor.

ShoreTel takes great pride in achieving high scores in Customer Satisfaction. Again, the Nemertes study finds ShoreTel is number one in every category surveyed. On a scale of 1 to 5, ShoreTel has never scored below a 4 in any category in 3 years!

For more information see www.shoretel.com

About ShoreTel:

ShoreTel is the fastest growing IP PBX company in the United States and the leader in customer satisfaction. The company has shipped its groundbreaking solutions since 1998 and continues to outpace the rapidly expanding IP telephony market with technological advances and sales that are doubling year over year.

ShoreTel voice systems are designed to make businesses smarter, setting new standards for usability and manageability while reducing telecommunications costs. A uniquely distributed architecture extends enterprise-class voice services to every office and outpost, keeping employees fully connected wherever they go. A select, worldwide group of channel partners provide top-notch service and support.

About Venture:

Venture Technologies is an IT services company founded in 1985 by Gerard Gibert, CDP and Norman Katool, CPA and headquartered in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The company provides a variety of solutions including Network Design and Integration, Network Security, VoIPT, Storage and Backup and Data Center-Based Managed Services. Venture serves private and public sector clients across the Southeast with locations in Memphis, Birmingham, Baton Rouge and Ft. Walton.

For more information, contact Mark Frye, VP Sales and Marketing - AL/MS or email jmfrye@ventech.com or Tom Cormany, VP Sales and Marketing - TN 901-937- 7101 or e-mail wtcormany@ventech.com. Read more about Venture Technologies at www.ventech.com.