eSkye® Acquires Modular Information Systems (MIS), a Leading Provider of Winery Management Software Solutions


Acquisition to increase eSkye winery software operations by 25% and enables eSkye to offer a complete end-to-end solution including tasting room, wine club, financials and POS

MIS CEO Lisa Levsen Corbett to Join eSkye as VP Winery Product Sales

GLEN ELLEN, Calif., March 26 / -- eSkye Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of software applications and services for the global beverage alcohol industry, today announced agreement to acquire Modular Information Systems (MIS) based in San Ramon, CA. MIS develops, markets and supports the Vintners Advantage winery management software that provides a comprehensive enterprise wide solution for wineries to run their entire businesses. MIS has end-to-end solutions including vineyard and harvest management, wine production, manufacturing finished goods, accounting, sales & distribution, tasting room and winery club applications.

"Over the past 10 years, MIS has been committed to providing high quality software and services to our winery clients. The opportunity to join forces with eSkye is truly exciting to my whole team. Together we offer the most comprehensive solutions to the global wine industry," said Lisa Levsen Corbett, President of MIS.

Over the past 4 years, eSkye expanded its software and services portfolio through a series of industry acquisitions. eSkye's acquisitions include Gulson & Associates, Blend Winery Software and Missing Link Communications. "Lisa has done a remarkable job of building a fantastic customer base and a strong reputation for quality service," said J. Smoke Wallin, Chairman & founder of eSkye. "As the wine industry continues to grow in numbers and scale, it is increasingly important for solutions providers to have breadth of offerings and scale to support clients' diverse needs. Modular Information Systems fits perfectly with our growing portfolio of offerings and allows us to offer the wine industry a complete solution that goes all the way through consumer purchase."

eSkye's leading winery platforms include WiPS(TM), Blend(TM) and DarWine(TM)). Bringing MIS and the Vintners Advantage products into the fold brings additional modules, allowing eSkye to offer an all-in-one solution to wineries large and small. It also further strengthens eSkye's integration with IBM's products.

"Our customer growth is driving the expansion of our team globally; Modular's people have the winery software experience necessary to hit the ground running and have an immediate impact. We look forward to working with Lisa to support her existing customers and to grow our business together," said Mr. Wallin.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

About eSkye Solutions
eSkye invents, develops, markets and deploys leading edge software applications and services for the global beverage industry. eSkye counts many of the world's leading brand owners and distributors as clients including 5 of the top 20 world wineries, some top ten U.S. wine & spirits distributors and 100's of smaller beverage clients. Our production solutions enable brand owners to maximize product quality by efficiently managing costs, tracking all steps in the production process, and ensuring compliance with the many statutory reporting requirements. Our hosted Software Services efficiently connects brand owners with customers electronically to enable effective commerce and collaboration including retail account level depletion reporting, price synchronization & analysis. For more information visit www.eskyesolutions.com.

Source: eSkye Solutions, Inc.

CONTACT:Jennifer Evancich-Skinner of eSkye Solutions, +1-317-574-6402, jennifer@eskyesolutions.com

Web site: www.eskyesolutions.com/

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