LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (OTCBB:VCSY) announced today that its Board of Directors has selected BDO Seidman, LLP as auditors for the Company. BDO Seidman, LLP is an accounting and consulting organization serving emerging businesses since 1910. BDO Seidman is dedicated to maximizing the wealth of entrepreneurial organizations and the people behind them by providing business know-how and a full range of personalized services throughout the business growth cycle. BDO Seidman serves clients through more than 40 offices located throughout the United States.
Richard Wade, President, stated, "Engaging BDO Seidman to serve as the Company's independent auditors is one of the first steps in the process of preparing Vertical to become a listed Company on the NASDAQ or American Stock Exchange. We feel that BDO Seidman with its vast international experience is the perfect auditor as we establish our company as a worldwide internet provider." About BDO Seidman, LLP
BDO Seidman, LLP is an accounting and consulting organization serving businesses since 1910. BDO Seidman is dedicated to maximizing the wealth of entrepreneurial organizations and the people behind them by providing business know-how and a full range of personalized services throughout the business growth cycle. BDO Seidman serves clients through more than 40 offices located throughout the United States. As a member of BDO International, BDO Seidman leverages a global network of resources to serve clients abroad through more than 490 member firm offices in over 80 countries. BDO International is the sixth largest accounting and consulting organization in the world, with a total fee income of over $1.7 billion. From its European roots, BDO International has developed a worldwide network of over 500 offices in nearly 90 countries, including BDO Seidman, LLP in the United States. Some 18,500 BDO International partners and staff provide business advisory services throughout the world.
Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. is a multi-lingual portal provider, and e-commerce solutions company, based in the United States. The Company provides a full range of Internet services that include building e-commerce solutions nationally and internationally, distributing content via its multi- lingual portal network (http://www.TheChinaBridge.com); and Internet services (http://www.thepostmaster.net). Through its majority-owned subsidiary, Externet World, Inc., the Company provides online shopping services (http://www.ShoppingInternet.com) and proprietary online gaming software (http://www.ccpsoftware.com). Vertical Computer Systems is committed to building e-commerce communities on the Internet in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Pacific Rim.
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SOURCE: Vertical Computer Systems, Inc.