Exhibit 99.1

PALADYNE AND e-commerce support centers, inc. CLOSE MERGER

ORLANDO, Fla - February 1, 2001 - Paladyne Corp. (OTC: BB PLDY) today announced
it has completed the acquisition of e-commerce support centers, inc. ("ecom"), a
privately held provider of electronic Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
solutions based in Jacksonville, NC.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, ecom shareholders receive an
aggregate of 4,100,000 shares of Paladyne Convertible Preferred Stock,
mandatorily convertible into 8,200,000 shares of Common Stock upon stockholder
approval of an increase in the number of authorized shares of Common Stock. In
addition, ecom shareholders are receiving 4,500,000 Warrants to purchase
Paladyne Common Stock of which 4,000,000 will be exercisable in proportion to
the exercise of presently outstanding Paladyne options and warrants by the
holders thereof. The remaining 500,000 Warrants will be exercisable based upon
achievement of specified revenue targets for the combined Company. ecom
shareholders will also receive additional shares of Paladyne Common Stock to
protect against dilution until Paladyne raises $6.5 million. After the closing,
Paladyne granted options to ecom employees for an aggregate of 500,000 shares of
Paladyne Common Stock.

The transaction will be accounted as a purchase and Paladyne's results for the
Fiscal Quarter ending February 28, 2001 will include ecom's results of
operations only for the month of February.

John Foster, Chairman and CEO of Paladyne will remain as Chairman and CEO of
Paladyne Corporation, while Terrence J. Leifheit, current ecom CEO will become
President and COO. The company will market its full suite of CRM solutions under
the ecom brand.

Mr. Foster said, "We foresee tremendous growth opportunity in developing and
delivering complete CRM solutions. We will address not only third party customer
support needs, but will use technology and our proprietary software to increase
our clients' profitability. This, plus our ability to reach beyond only
outsourced opportunities in a large and rapidly growing market, makes for a very
exciting future."

Terry Leifheit added, "We bring a simple but powerful value proposition to the
market. We provide superior customer support, focusing particularly on web-based
technical support applications, and add value to that based on our early
experience with e-commerce and now data integration software. The ramp-up based
on our current clients' expansion plans alone gives me confidence we can obtain
the growth projections we are planning. And the experience that John and our
senior team already possess provides the capacity to manage a much larger
Company in a profitable manner."

The Company also announced that it has retained a placement agent to begin a
capital raising effort. The securities to be offered in the placement will not
be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and may not be offered or sold
in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the





registration requirements. The proceeds from this placement will be used to
provide working capital, to expand to a second support center, and to reduce
indebtedness. Also announced were administrative staff reductions to eliminate
some redundancy between the two entities.

About Paladyne:
Based in Lake Mary, Florida, Paladyne Corp. provides seamless data integration
and data quality software and services that enable true customer-centric
marketing and electronic Customer Relationship Management initiatives. The
Company's first product, the Datagration (tm) e-Business Suite, delivers a
complete framework, which allows users to build databases at a fraction of the
time and expense of current solutions. The Company's Web address is
www.paladyne.com.

About ecom:
ecom provides outsourced eCRM solutions for both B2B and B2C Internet sites.
ecom's full spectrum of personalized customer solutions include inbound customer
support and Help Desk support using live, one-to-one text chat; live phone
support comprised of call back technology and voice/video over IP; multiple,
simultaneous email response; customized reporting; proactive site monitoring;
and collaborative agent interaction. ecom also provides traditional call center
services. Their web address is www.e-comsupport.com.

The matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements,
including future revenues, profitability and capital-raising activities, which
are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause
actual results to vary materially from the results anticipated in such
forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include
competition, the management of Paladyne's growth, the ability to deliver new
products to market on time, past significant losses, expected losses for the
foreseeable future, the fact that our revenue growth in prior periods is not
indicative of future growth, the inability to accurately predict our future
revenues and other risks detailed from time to time in Paladyne filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent
Paladyne's judgment as of the date of this release. Paladyne disclaims any
intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Contact:

Paladyne Corporation
Jim Rapp, 888/773-3501 ext 5010