Ultimate Technology Receives Pinnacle's "Partner of the Year Award"

Rochester, NY - May 19, 2006 Ultimate Technology, a leading provider of open system point of service (POS) hardware solutions and services, was named �Partner of the Year� by the Pinnacle Corporation (Pinnacle). The award was presented during Pinnacle�s annual client conference in Fort Worth, TX, April 20-22. The honor recognizes the contribution Ultimate Technology has made partnering with Pinnacle to deliver a comprehensive integrated solution to convenience store customers nationwide. Pinnacle�s Palm POS � runs on Ultimate Technology�s UltimaTouch� 1800 Series POS Touch Screen Workstation.

Bob Johnson, President of Pinnacle, said: "Pinnacle is very pleased to award Partner of the Year to Ultimate Technology. We work hard to deliver affordable and reliable hardware options to our client base so it is important to have a strong partnership with a versatile hardware provider. In the end, it is really the hardware partner that is responsible for hardware integrity, availability, and smart pricing solutions. Pinnacle has been fortunate to grow our partnership with Ultimate Technology. It's a point of pride for us as it relates to our business today."

�We are very pleased to be recognized as Pinnacle�s Partner of the Year,� said Eric Swecker, Director of Channel Sales. �The combination of Pinnacle�s powerful, fully-featured, yet simple to use Palm POS software and our reliable and durable 1800 Series touch screen system provide Pinnacle�s clients with a comprehensive POS solution that will serve them well for many years to come. Pinnacle clients have embraced this turn key solution as a way to add functionality, while reducing training time for operators and maximizing system availability (uptime). We look forward to continuing to support Pinnacle�s industry-leading c-store automation solution.� Pinnacle is a premier reseller for Ultimate Technology�s POS hardware and received certification early in 2003 on the UltimaTouch� product line, for Pinnacle�s Palm POS system.

Pinnacle�s Palm POS seamlessly interfaces to multiple store applications when installed on Ultimate Technology�s UltimaTouch� 1800 touch screen POS system. The 1800 Series features a large, bright 15-inch resistive touch monitor housed in a rugged yet elegant design which affords today�s retailers with a workhorse terminal that they can count on to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Moreover, the 1800 is designed with expansion in mind, as it offers plenty of input/output as well as a peripheral component interconnect slot for special applications such as wireless operation.

About Ultimate Technology Corporation
Since 1988, Ultimate Technology has deployed and serviced over 300,000 store-level POS installations for leading retailers in North America. Ultimate Technology goes beyond offering retail-hardened products by delivering a range of POS services that ensure customer success throughout the entire POS lifecycle. Every year more retailers discover the flexibility, convenience, and cost benefits of our full service POS solutions.
For more information about Ultimate Technology�s world-class portfolio of point-of-service products and support services visit www.ultimatetechnology.com.
For more information, contact Kathy Manners, Marketing Communications Specialist, at 585-742-5245 or by e-mail at mannersk@ultimatetechnology.com

About Pinnacle
The Pinnacle Corporation (www.pinncorp.com) is a leader in the automation technology industry focusing on the rapidly evolving convenience store and petroleum industries. Pinnacle delivers products that automate the broad spectrum of convenience store operations and supply chain management of fuel operations. Nationwide, Pinnacle's products are used daily in thousands of convenience stores to automate and improve their store operations and fuel marketers to increase their efficiency in the complex management of fuel delivery.