HOUSTON, TEXAS – December, 2010 – It was announced that Sterling Bank of Houston, Texas has selected Enterprise Systems Corporation to perform extensive upgrades to its Avaya Messaging systems to provide redundancy and disaster recovery.

ABOUT ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

Houston, Texas Based Enterprise Systems Corporation services and supports Nortel voice and data solutions including CS1000, Meridian 1, Succession, CallPilot, Symposium, Contact Center, Meridian Mail, Norstar and BCM. Competencies include TDM circuit switched telephony, VoIP and wireless engineering and deployment.

ABOUT STERLING BANK

Sterling Bank was founded in 1974 and has become one of the largest, locally-managed banks in Texas with financial assets of $4.5 billion. The hallmark of Sterling Bank is personal customer service, the kind of service not available from large, out-of-state banks that dominate the Texas marketplace. Personal service is delivered at 49 banking offices in the Houston, North Texas and San Antonio metropolitan areas. Sterling Bank is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston, Texas (NASDAQ: SBIB).

Complete and Printable Press Release: Press Release Sterling 2010