NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SHIRA INTRODUCES XPRESSI™
THE INDUSTRY’S NEXT EVOLUTION OF WORKFLOW SOLUTIONS
Powerful Network Preprint Production Solution Specifically
Designed to Bring Maximum Efficiency to Printing Operations

NEWTON, MA, October 3, 2002 – Shira Computers, Ltd., a creator of automated preprint production and workflow management solutions for the worldwide prepress, printing and publishing markets today announced the unveiling of XPRESSI™, a powerful network preprint production and management solution for both Raster and PDF workflows. Visitors to Graph Expo can see a demonstration of XPRESSI™ in booth 4861.

“XPRESSI™ will help the industry leverage existing infrastructure investments and other technologies such as the Internet and broadband,” said Scott Champeau, Shira Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. “Shira prides itself on being able to help customers and partners make the most of their production challenges and business opportunities. XPRESSI™ is device independent and is designed to plug into existing configurations for easy scalability”

Straight out of the box XPRESSI™ provides a powerful solution in configurations that support both CEPS raster and PDF workflows. As a network-based system, XPRESSI™ easily and swiftly moves jobs through a virtual production environment.

XPRESSI™ HIGHLIGHTS:

- Innovative, Automated, Collaborative Workflow –
XPRESSI™ empowers prepress and print production teams while enhancing efficiency to digital workflows. Creators and originators submit jobs, monitor progress, and approve jobs over the network. System administrators set the secure access permissions by client, workgroup, and jobs. Predefined authorization ensures that jobs move quickly and accurately through the system.

- Streamlined Anytime, Anywhere, “Virtual Workflow Environment” – makes Prepress AnywhereTM a reality -
XPRESSI™ can be accessed locally or over the network. XPRESSI™ provides powerful management capabilities of user and group privileges, job submission and flow definitions, job ticket template creation and delivers any industry standard prepress output file format to any networked device or destination.

- Easily plugs into existing configurations and workflows - device independent design
At the core of Shira's XPRESSI™ technology the system utilizes native PDF and/or Raster files. The files are processed in a totally output device independent manner. Housed in XPRESSI™ are an array of versatile automated engines and modules including; Job Submission, Job Ticket, Template, Preflight, RIP, Trap, Normalize, CEPS2PS, CEPS2PDF, Imposition, remote Soft Proofing, OPI Resampler, OPI Resolve, and Job Download.. XPRESSI™ accepts virtually any standardized file format, including Postscript L2 & PS3, EPS, TIFF, JPEG, G4, Native Photoshop, PDF 1.3 & 1.4, PDF/X-1a, TIFF/IT, CTHS & LWHS, Native CT&LW, NCT & NLW, DCS1 and DCS2 and delivers ready to image, predictable data.

- LightsOut™ Workflow – delivers exceptional control, hands-off processing, and feedback for every job
XPRESSI™ offers an automated lights-out workflow that is comprised of various essential building blocks: Network job submission, automation and management, powerful Preprint workflow engines including preflight, file conversion RIP, CEPS2PS, CEPS2PDF, trapping, normalizing, proofing and true page independent imposition. XPRESSI™ outputs to any device at any remote destination – regardless of manufacturer. All the while XPRESSI™ tracks job information for reporting needs.

- Easy Scalability for Maximum Efficiency - ensures control for capacity today and in the future
With XPRESSI™ the user decides how much power to put behind the solution. Users supply the server hardware based on their individual requirements. XPRESSI™ will run multiple processing queues and keeping in sync with XPRESSI's scalability, users have the option to increase queues as needed.
XPRESSI™ can be scaled by software application and by hardware. As customers grow, XPRESSI™ Power Servers can be integrated to help control process bottlenecks in key production areas like preflight, RIP and Trap.

XPRESSI™ Availability and Pricing
XPRESSI™ is available immediately from Shira. Pricing varies depending on configuration.

ABOUT SHIRA
Shira Computers, LTD. develops and provides digital preprint workflow solutions that include support for native PDF workflows. Shira’s scalable and vendor-independent solutions are designed to automate the prepress production process for prepress, printing and publishing firms. Shira’s workflow management solutions including Shira’s automated end-to-end solution, Xpressi, and Shira classic modular solutions including ShiraRIP, Shira CEPStoPS, Shira Trapping, Shira MediaSaver, Shira UCR/GCR, and others.

Shira was founded in 1987 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vyyo Inc., (Nasdaq: VYYO), a global supplier of broadband fixed wireless systems. Visit Shira at www.shira.com, or call us at 888-340-0620
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among others, statements regarding the Shira’s future success and profitability in the market and the success of the relationship of Shira and Mr. Mascara in his new role.

These statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual events and results may differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including but not limited to, whether Shira is successful in developing and marketing its new line of network-based workflow solutions, whether Shira is successful in becoming a leader in the prepress and publishing software markets, the success of Shira’s relationships with its existing and new customers, and whether Shira and Mr. Mascara are successful in achieving the expectations of Mr. Mascara’s new role with Shira.

Shira, the Shira logo, and Xpressi are trademarks of Shira, Inc. All other product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information contact:
Public Relations / Scott Champeau,
Shira, Incorporated
888-340-0620
pr@shira.com