Agilysys and St. Clair Interactive Awarded Kiosk Excellence Award at the 10th Annual KioskCom Conference & Tradeshow

Agilysys and St. Clair Interactive Gain National Recognition for Innovation in the 
Self-Service Industry

LAS VEGAS (May 10, 2006) – Agilysys, Inc., (NASDAQ: AGYS) a leading provider of enterprise computer technology solutions, and St. Clair Interactive Communications, Inc. are recipients of a 2006 KioskCom Excellence Award.  These distinguished awards, which honor companies and individuals across multiple industries for their leadership, innovations, and success with self-service kiosk business solutions, were presented during KioskCom's 5th Annual Excellence Awards ceremony at the 10th Annual KioskCom Conference & Tradeshow held April 10-12 in Las Vegas.

Agilysys and St. Clair Interactive were chosen by a distinguished panel of 21 judges to receive the 2006 KioskCom Excellence Award for its Giant Food Stores entry in the Best Kiosk Project Software Application category.  The honor was bestowed upon the companies for the work they performed last year at the chain’s Camp Hill, PA location.

“The KioskCom Excellence Awards are held to recognize individuals and companies that enrich our industry through the development and use of innovative self-service technology,” said Lawrence Dvorchik, KioskCom’s General Manager.  “We are honored to award Agilysys and St. Clair Interactive for contributing to the rapid advancement of self service while delivering a product necessary to the betterment of the industry.” 

Entries were received from a host of sources nationwide and were judged solely on their own merit with winners not being limited to conference exhibitors. The dozen categories within the KioskCom Excellence Awards were judged by a panel of seasoned professionals representing analyst firms, kiosk media as well as kiosk vendors and suppliers.

“The recognition by our peers within the industry means a great deal to us and our hard working employees who made this solution a reality for Giant Food Stores,” said Paul Civils, vice president of sales, Agilysys ESG.  “We had many skeptics along the way who thought we couldn’t make this solution possible, but I’m proud to report it all came together to produce a phenomenal customer shopping experience.”

“We’ve won many awards for our software, user interface and content design as well as for overall projects we’ve worked on,” said Doug Peter, president, St. Clair Interactive.  “This one is particularly great because the project was such a step forward for us.  It really changes retailer strategies for customer-facing technologies.”

About Agilysys, Inc.
Agilysys is a leading provider of enterprise computer technology solutions consisting of complex server and storage hardware, software and services.  The company serves a broad base of customers in a wide variety of industries as well as the public sector.  Agilysys designs and implements tailored solutions to help end users resolve their most complicated information technology (IT) needs, and supports reseller partners in growing their businesses.   By combining proprietary software and services with the products and services of leading suppliers, Agilysys serves as a critical link in the IT supply chain.  The company also offers industry-specific expertise in markets such as retail and hospitality.  Headquartered in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, Agilysys has sales offices throughout North America and in the Asia Pacific region. For more information, visit
www.agilysys.com.

About St. Clair Interactive Communications Inc.
St. Clair Interactive is a pioneering designer, developer and producer of interactive touch screen self-service transaction applications.  Its client list spans the globe and includes major companies in the retail, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, education and public utilities sectors.  Since it was established in 1983, St. Clair has delivered more than 500 interactive self-service projects, each developed for specific business applications and each using its own combination of hardware, software, network, data and user interfaces.  For more information, visit
www.stclairinteractive.com.

About KioskCom Conference & Tradeshow
KioskCom is the world’s largest and longest running kiosk and self-service conference and tradeshow, delivering business solutions focusing on interactive self-service programs to a highly qualified audience in the areas of retail, finance, hospitality, tourism, health care, government, gaming/entertainment, hospitals, restaurants, QSR’s, financial services, ticketing, photo and other industries.

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PR Contacts:
Julie Young, Agilysys, Inc., 440.720-8602,
julie.young@agilysys.com
Lisa Zone, Dix & Eaton, 216.241-4629,
lzone@dix-eaton.com
Chris Peter, St. Clair Interactive Communications, Inc., 1.800-461-8335, info@stclairinteractive.com
Joelle Coretti, JD Events, 203-371-6322, x209, joelle@jdevents.com

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