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iLumen and Bowman Communications Announce Strategic Relationship

iLumen’s iMonitor Technology Will Power Accounting Industry Benchmarking Study

ATLANTA, GA, December 16, 2004

iLumen Inc., a financial information and technology company headquartered in Atlanta, today announced a strategic relationship with Bowman Communications, a leading provider of independent analysis and counsel to the CPA profession. For their 2005 study, Bowman will use iLumen’s iMonitor® financial monitoring and benchmarking technology to import and analyze data for benchmarking reports delivered to participating CPA firms.

“By harnessing the power of iMonitor technology for our Annual Analysis of CPA Firms we will enable participants to see exactly how their individual firm’s financial performance is trending relative to averaged data from comparable firms,” said Arthur W. Bowman, President of Bowman Communications. “Using the iMonitor platform, we can deliver accurate and timely business performance information to the market faster and more accurately than ever before.”

“Bowman Communications is recognized as a leading source of information for those professionals who manage CPA firms,” said Robert H. Woosley, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of iLumen. “iMonitor will help Bowman take its annual survey to the next level. Together we will be able to deliver accurate, up-to-date data that provides trending financial information for accounting firms throughout the year.”

Many of the CPA firms using Bowman’s benchmarking service will also be evaluating iMonitor’s client portfolio management capabilities for use in their own practices. The service improves financial transparency and enables CPA firms to monitor the ongoing financial performance of their business clients.

About Bowman Communications
Bowman Communications, Inc., provides independent analysis and counsel to the CPA profession. The company’s founder, Arthur W. Bowman, has been observing, reporting and commenting on the CPA profession since 1980. As publisher of the profession’s independent authoritative newsletter of record, Bowman FirstAlert, Bowman Communications reports and analyzes the news, trends, strategies and politics in the profession, providing accounting firm leaders with the insight and resources they need to compete and operate more profitably.
About iLumen
iLumen, Inc. is a financial information technology company that delivers and manages private company data gathering and analysis solutions designed to solve critical problems in risk management, financial compliance and financial oversight within the banking, accounting and corporate environments. iLumen's services are based on a proprietary (patent pending) data warehousing engine known as iMonitor® that automates and standardizes the gathering, mapping, analysis and benchmarking of electronic accounting data from private companies.

For more information visit www.ilumen.com or call 404-446-1600. iLumen™ and iMonitor® are trademarks of iLumen, Inc., all rights reserved.