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Vertical Computer Systems Inc. Retains Avenel Alliance as
Marketing and Strategic Planning Counsel

Avenel to Advise On Corporate Expansion and Development
of Its Home Country Gateways

LOS ANGELES--Sept. 26, 2000--Vertical Computer Systems Inc(OTCBB:VCSY) today announced that its has retained Avenel Alliance Inc. to provide strategic planning, marketing and
business development services for its network of international portals. Avenel Alliance will be creating partners and revenue
opportunities for the various channels within Vertical Computer
Systems Inc.'s Home Country Gateways.
Additionally, Avenel Alliance will be developing
> a quantifiable
> marketing plan with Vertical Computer Systems Inc.
> for customer
> acquisition with each of its country-specific
> partnerships.
> Avenel Alliance, a subsidiary of Avenel Ventures
> Inc., creates
> global e-commerce strategies, performs business
> development, sales and
> marketing services, merger and acquisition
> functions, and Web site
> analysis for its partner companies or other
> organizations. Avenel
> Alliance has assembled a staff, seasoned in
> e-commerce operations,
> with expertise in creating valuable relationships
> and providing
> direction for its partners' companies with the goal
> of enhancing
> shareholder value.
> Avenel Alliance will be focusing two of its key
> staff members with
> significant e-commerce and technology marketing
> backgrounds on
> Vertical Computer Systems Inc.'s project, Steve
> Iaconis and Chris
> Anderson. Steve Iaconis, senior vice president,
> e-commerce, was part
> of the original marketing team for Sportsline.com
> and was responsible
> for several revenue-generating divisions within the
> organization.
> Chris Anderson, senior vice president of technology,
> has developed and
> marketed technology offerings for several
> organizations within the
> financial industry including mortgage.com and
> Gallagher Financial.
> "Vertical Computer Systems is looking to Avenel
> Alliance to assist
> in creating the direction and relationships that
> will create value for
> our entire network of portals," said Richard Wade,
> president of
> Vertical Computer Systems Inc.
> "The Home Country Gateways that Vertical
> Computer Systems is
> building are the next generation for portals and
> search engines on the
> Internet," added Peter Schott, president of Avenel
> Alliance. "The
> ability to access and connect multi-national
> markets, with e-commerce
> and multilingual capabilities is where every portal
> and search engine
> is heading. Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. has a
> significant head
> start on the rest of the field."
>
> About Vertical Computer Systems Inc.
>
> Vertical Computer Systems Inc. is a leading
> multilingual portal
> provider, software developer and e-commerce
> solutions company based in
> the U.S. The company provides a full range of
> Internet services that
> include building e-commerce solutions nationally and
> internationally,
> distributing content via multilingual portal
> networks
> (http://www.thebrazilbridge.com/;
> http://www.thechinabridge.com/) and
> email services (http://www.thepostmaster.net/).
> VCSY also acquired Globalfare.com -- a one-stop
> Internet travel
> center, which can be visited at
> http://www.globalfare.com. The company
> is also a leading developer of proprietary software
> for the Internet,
> including the Emily(TM) Framework
> (http://www.emilysolutions.com), a
> programming environment that enables the creation of
> Web sites that
> use the XML standard and intercommunicate via XML
> and HTTP, and online
> gaming software (http://www.ccpsoftware.com/). For
> more information,
> visit the company's Web site at www.vcsy.com.
>
> Statements in this news release about
> anticipated or expected
> future revenue or growth or expressions of future
> goals or objectives
> are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
> Section 21E of
> the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All
> forward-looking
> statements in this release are based upon
> information available to the
> company on the date of this release. Any
> forward-looking statements
> involve risks and uncertainties, including those
> risks and
> uncertainties described in the company's filings
> with the Securities
> and Exchange Commission, that could cause actual
> events or results to
> differ materially from the events or results
> described in the
> forward-looking statements, whether as a result of
> new information,
> future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned
> not to place undue
> reliance on these forward-looking statements.
>
> CONTACT: For Vertical Computer Systems Inc.,
> Coffin Communications Group
> Martin Halsall, 818/789-0100
> [e-mail]


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