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CTB/McGraw-Hill's Acuity Science Features Innovative Questions to Measure Scientific Reasoning SkillsLeading Formative Science Assessment Product Enables Educators to Craft Custom Assessments

MONTEREY, Calif., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As educators seek more tools to boost learning and achievement in science, CTB/McGraw-Hill is bringing interactive items into its Acuity(TM) Science online formative assessment product. Known as "innovative items" throughout the assessment industry, these types of items allow educators to evaluate student understanding of specific scientific reasoning skills relative to state standards. As the only online formative assessment solution to include innovative items, Acuity Science enables teachers in Grades 3-8 to efficiently measure and track student understanding and progress and deliver reports that can inform science instruction.

"Science instructors understand that students need inquiry-based questions that require analytical thinking to fully grasp scientific concepts," said Ellen Haley, president of CTB/McGraw-Hill. "Acuity Science's unique innovative items enable educators to better assess students' proficiency. The addition of an item authoring tool adds even greater flexibility by allowing customization of test items to support learning."

The innovative items, which are modeled after engaging scientific activities, reveal students' science understanding at a greater depth of knowledge. All of the items require students to make interpretations based on the outcomes of scenarios they control. In addition, Acuity Science provides diagnostic tools to support science teaching and learning in elementary and middle school.

Along with an item bank, Acuity Science now also includes an item authoring enhancement that allows educators to create their own test items aligned to their curriculum to supplement the existing assessments provided by Acuity. Acuity Science delivers one early indicator and one predictive assessment, and a series of diagnostic assessments aligned to state standards, to meet science assessment requirements as outlined by No Child Left Behind.

All assessments can be completed in one class period. Acuity Science can be administered online or via paper and pencil.

For more information, call 800.538.9547 or visit http://www.acuityforschool.com/ About Acuity

Acuity was developed in consultation with administrators, principals, teachers, and students. Acuity is a suite of diagnostic and predictive benchmark assessments designed to show student growth toward state standards and performance indicators in English/Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science for Grades 3-8, and Algebra for Grades 6-12. Acuity features online and paper- and-pencil administration options to match the level of technology available in schools. Acuity reports provide useful and detailed data aligned to state standards and indicators that teachers can use to inform instruction and support student achievement. Online item banks aligned to state standards and indicators enable custom, teacher-created assessments to help students remain current on classroom instruction.

About CTB/McGraw-Hill

As the nation's leading publisher of standardized and standards-based achievement tests for pre-school, elementary, middle, high school, and adult education, CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC offers a broad range of assessments, software and services. CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is part of the Assessment and Reporting group of McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies . McGraw-Hill Education is a leading global provider of instructional, assessment and reference solutions that empower professionals and students of all ages. Additional information is available at http://www.ctb.com/.

Media Inquiries Kelley Carpenter Director, Communications (831) 393-7196 kelley_carpenter@mcgraw-hill.com

CTB/McGraw-Hill

CONTACT: Kelley Carpenter
Director, Communications
(831) 393-7196
kelley_carpenter@mcgraw-hill.com

Web site: http://www.ctb.com/
http://www.acuityforschool.com/
http://www.mheducation.com/

Tyco Electronics Contributes $25,000 Towards Construction of New Fisher House(TM) at Ft. Bragg

BERWYN, Pa., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. today presented a donation of $25,000 to the Fisher House Foundation to support the construction of a new Fisher House(TM) at Womack Army Medical Center, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. Joe Donahue, senior vice president of Tyco Electronics and head of the company's Global Automotive business unit, and Chauncey Callaway, a Tyco Electronics materials manager associate who just returned from a one-year company leave of absence to serve with the U.S. Army Reserves in Iraq, presented the check to LTC Jessie Tucker, chief of staff of Womack Army Medical Center.

Donahue said, "Tyco Electronics and its employees recognize and respect the contributions and sacrifices the men and women of our Armed Forces make daily around the world to keep our country safe. We are grateful for their service. Fisher Houses across the country provide an invaluable service to the families of injured and ill service men and women, and Tyco Electronics is pleased to contribute to the construction of a new Fisher House here at Ft. Bragg."

The new Fisher House at Ft. Bragg will provide 12 living suites, an increase of 50 percent compared to the current building, and will be 100-percent handicapped accessible. Groundbreaking is slated for May 2008.

Tyco Electronics employs over 3,400 people in North Carolina, and approximately 500 at its facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The company has a long history of supporting its U.S. employees who are called into military service, providing -- among other benefits -- continuation of full company pay during an employee's first year of activation.

ABOUT TYCO ELECTRONICS

Tyco Electronics Ltd. is a leading global provider of engineered electronic components, network solutions, wireless systems and undersea telecommunication systems, with fiscal 2007 sales of US$13.5 billion to customers in more than 150 countries. We design, manufacture and market products for customers in industries from automotive, appliance and aerospace and defense to telecommunications, computers and consumer electronics. With approximately 8,000 engineers and worldwide manufacturing, sales and customer service capabilities, Tyco Electronics' commitment is our customers' advantage. More information on Tyco Electronics can be found at http://www.tycoelectronics.com/.

ABOUT FISHER HOUSE

The Fisher House(TM) program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need. The program recognizes the special sacrifices of our men and women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers, these homes enable family members to be close to a loved one at the most stressful times -- during hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease or injury. Currently there are 38 Fisher Houses located on 18 military installations and nine VA medical centers.

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

CONTACT: Corporate Communications, Mike Ratcliff, +1-717-592-2316,
mike.ratcliff@tycoelectronics.com, or Corporate Communications, Martinique
Woods, +1-610-893-9567, mwoods@tycoelectronics.com, both of Tyco Electronics
Ltd.

Web site: http://www.tycoelectronics.com/

Mid-Atlantic Nonprofits Can Cash In on the Popularity of Verizon's Products100,000 Nonprofits in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia Can Earn Money Placing Product Orders Under Verizon's Velocity Program

WASHINGTON, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Local parent-teacher associations, chambers of commerce, athletic boosters, libraries and other nonprofit organizations in three mid-Atlantic states and the nation's capital now have a simple way to earn money for their organizations. And Verizon, in turn, gains about 100,000 potential new marketers for its industry-leading communications, broadband and entertainment services.

Verizon's Velocity Program offers nonprofits in Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia the ability to earn donations when their members or supporters purchase certain Verizon products including High Speed Internet, FiOS Internet, FiOS TV, Freedom Calling, Long Distance, and DIRECTV. For instance, organizations can earn up to $65 for a single purchase of FiOS Triple Play with Long Distance.

To qualify, orders must consist of new sales that remain in the billing system at least 30 days from the date of purchase. Changes or upgrades within product categories do not constitute a new sale.

"Verizon Velocity is a simple and convenient way for people to earn donations for their nonprofit organizations without direct selling, inventory or paperwork," said Mary Ellen Payne, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Verizon's Potomac region. "It's the gift that keeps giving. Nonprofits get direct financial support, and their members or supporters get the best communications, broadband and entertainment services."

Verizon recently established a quick and easy online enrollment process that involves only minimal effort on an organization's part. Once verified as a valid nonprofit, the organization will receive an electronic marketing flyer that includes the group's fundraising mission, a special Verizon Velocity Program toll-free number, and a unique tracking code. All the organization must do is e-mail the flyer or tell its members about the program. The more an organization promotes its mission through Velocity, the more donations the organization can earn.

ILDA Community Pool in Annandale, Va., has been a Velocity participant since late 2007. "The monetary gain from the Velocity program has jump-started our outreach and shown members that the ILDA Community Pool is the central hub of the community," said ILDA President Tim Poole, adding that ILDA already received more than $1,800 and plans to encourage more members to sign up for Verizon service.

"Velocity is a win-win. Our members get great Verizon service and ILDA gets some much-needed funding," Poole said.

Interested nonprofits can enroll in, or get more information about, Verizon's Velocity fundraising program at http://www.verizon.com/velocity.

Verizon Communications Inc. , headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, serving nearly 66 million customers nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 235,000 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion. For more information, visit http://www.verizon.com/.

VERIZON'S ONLINE NEWS CENTER: Verizon news releases, executive speeches and biographies, media contacts, high-quality video and images, and other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the World Wide Web at http://www.verizon.com/news. To receive news releases by e-mail, visit the News Center and register for customized automatic delivery of Verizon news releases.

Verizon

CONTACT: Sandra Arnette of Verizon, +1-410-393-7109,
sandra.u.arnette@verizon.com

Web site: http://www.verizon.com/
http://www.verizon.com/velocity

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PacificNet to Oppose Involuntary Bankruptcy Petition

- Company working to resolve issues - Company to operate as usual

BEIJING, March 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- PacificNet, Inc. , a leading provider of gaming technology, e-commerce, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) in China, announced today that three holders of PacificNet's Convertible Subordinated Debentures filed an involuntary petition for Chapter 11 relief in federal bankruptcy court late Saturday, March 22nd in Wilmington, DE. The Company has retained counsel to oppose the filing because the petition fails to meet the standard for invoking an involuntary bankruptcy and fails to take into consideration other binding agreements between the Company and the petitioning creditors that control the relationships between them. The Company intends to vigorously oppose the petition and move for dismissal of the filing, and if successful will seek damages and attorneys fees.

"PacificNet intends to take all appropriate actions and remedies regarding the involuntary petition," said CEO Tony Tong. "We are working very hard with the advice of counsel to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We regret the action taken by these bondholders, however, we must be sure that any settlement reached is fair to all parties involved, including our shareholders. In the meantime, we will continue to operate as usual with no changes to our day-to-day operations. "

About PacificNet

PacificNet, Inc. is a leading provider of gaming and mobile game technology worldwide. Having established itself with e-commerce and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions for the Chinese market, the company has diversified to focus on systems and games development for the global gaming market. Through its highly experienced gaming subsidiaries including PactGames, Take1 Technologies and Octavian International, PacificNet is able to offer world-leading solutions in casino equipment supply and the development, installation and support of systems and game content for the casino, lottery and AWP markets. Positioning itself as the systems integrator for the gaming industry, with a special focus on the emerging markets, PacificNet enables customers to integrate gaming operations, linking electronic gaming machines, tables and larger networks so that operators can build efficient and highly attractive gaming operations that drive revenue growth and profit opportunity for operators and enhance the customer experience. PacificNet's gaming clients include leading hotels, casinos, and gaming operators in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Russia and other gaming markets around the world. The Company employs around 1,800 staff in its various subsidiaries with offices in Argentina, Australia, China, Colombia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, UK and the US.

Safe Harbor Statement

This Company's announcement contains forward-looking statements. We may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in our periodic reports to the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, etc., in our annual report to shareholders, in our proxy statements, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by our officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on them. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, PacificNet's historical and possible future losses, limited operating history, uncertain regulatory landscape in China, and fluctuations in quarterly and annual operating results. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in PacificNet's Form 10K and other filings with the SEC.

For more information, please contact: PacificNet USA office: Jacob Lakhany Tel: +1-605-229-6678 Email: investor@pacificnet.com

PacificNet, Inc.

CONTACT: Jacob Lakhany at the PacificNet USA office, +1-605-229-6678,
investor@pacificnet.com

Web site: http://www.pacificnet.com/

DOCDATA N.V. Will Propose Shareholders to Withdraw Shares on top of the Announced Dividend of EUR 0.25 per Share

WAALWIJK, The Netherlands, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The DOCDATA N.V. Management Board, under approval by the Supervisory Board, has today decided to propose to the shareholders in the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on 15 May 2008, to decide to withdraw 308,850 ordinary shares (nominal value of EUR 0.10 each) of the own shares held by the Company at this moment. The issued share capital will decrease as a result of this from 7,308,850 ordinary shares to 7,000,000 ordinary shares.

Own shares held

Today, DOCDATA N.V. has acquired through a purchase transaction 270,000 own shares for a price of EUR 6.50 per share at the exchange of NYSE Euronext Amsterdam, resulting in a number of own shares held by the Company of 726,173 (9.94% of 7,308,850). If the shareholders decide to approve the proposal to withdraw own shares, the number of own shares held by the Company will decrease with 308,850 ordinary shares to 417,323 ordinary shares (5.96% of 7,000,000).

The DOCDATA N.V. Management Board was granted authority by the shareholders on 10 May 2007 to acquire own shares on behalf of the Company up to a maximum of 10% of the issued share capital. As DOCDATA N.V. currently holds 9.94% of the issued share capital, the Company will not acquire more own shares until the moment that the proposed withdrawal of own shares has been realised.

Announced dividend proposal

At the publication of the 2007 year-end results on 14 February 2008, DOCDATA N.V. has already announced that the management will propose to the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.25 per outstanding ordinary share, out of the net income for the year 2007.

Announcement of publication of the agenda for the General Meeting of Shareholders and of the Annual Report

The agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on 15 May 2008, as well as the 2007 Annual Report and the other documents for the meeting, will be published on Thursday 24 April 2008. These documents will be available from this date on the Company's Corporate website, http://www.docdatanv.com.

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DOCDATA N.V. is listed at the NYSE Euronext since 1997 and exists of two different organisations, docdata and Industrial Automation Integrators.

The Internet Service Company docdata (http://www.docdata.com) is an European market leader with a strong basis in The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom, and exists of four divisions:

- docdata commerce

- docdata payments

- docdata fulfilment

- docdata media

Industrial Automation Integrators (http://www.iai.nl) is a high tech engineering company specialised in developing and building machines for very accurate and high speed processing of all kinds of products and materials. IAI delivers clients globally in the following sectors:

- securing and personalising of security documents

- processing of packaging materials

- processing of solar cells

- processing of other materials (such as motion picture subtitling)

PRN NLD

docdata N.V.

Further information: DOCDATA N.V., M.F.P.M. Alting von Geusau, CEO, Tel. +31-416-631-100

CIBER Completes ERP Project on Time and on Budget for Gramercy Alumina LLC and St. Ann Bauxite Ltd.

GRAMERCY, La., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBER Enterprise Solutions, a division of CIBER, Inc. , has completed a 6-month, $1.3 million enterprise resource planning (ERP) information technology (IT) system implementation, including the implementation of SAP(R) solutions, for Gramercy, Louisiana-based Gramercy Alumina LLC, and for Discovery Bay, Jamaica-based St. Ann Bauxite Ltd, which are jointly owned by Century Aluminum and Noranda Aluminum. The implementations provide Gramercy and St. Ann with one integrated IT system that contains all of their business and customer information.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010927/CBRLOGO )

The new system replaces numerous disparate IT systems that had been in place for several years and which did not easily share data, resulting in redundant data entry tasks, higher potential for error because of duplicate data entry, and great effort to obtain data needed for strategic business planning.

"We needed to replace our aging legacy systems, which worked well for us for many years, but which could not accommodate our changing needs. We needed a system to integrate data and simplify our business processes, and to provide us with support in terms of software upgrades," said Lu McDonald, Vice President, Finance, Gramercy Alumina LLC.

For the project, CIBER implemented SAP applications for the following functionalities: sales and distribution, materials management (incl. purchasing and warehousing), plant maintenance (incl. preventive and breakdown maintenance), finance and controlling, asset management, and human resources (incl. personnel administration, organizational management, benefits, and time management).

Gramercy and St. Ann's are using the SAP ERP application as part of their new system.

"We didn't have the expertise to implement a project of this magnitude, so we turned to CIBER because of their experience with SAP solutions and their ability to meet the specific needs of our industry. By combining dedicated internal resources with experienced CIBER consultants, we successfully implemented an integrated, automated system in an extremely short time frame," said McDonald.

The project was more complex than typical implementations of SAP solutions because of the need to accommodate business process differences between the U.S.-based and Jamaica-based locations.

"Gramercy Alumina LLC and St. Ann Bauxite Ltd. operate in a fiercely competitive industry," said Arnold Nel, Vice President of CIBER's SAP Practice. "Their leaders truly understand and value the important role IT can play in providing business efficiencies and competitive advantage in a challenging marketplace. We are very pleased they selected us as their implementation partner to complete such a strategic and essential initiative."

CIBER provides information technology services to private and public companies as well as to local, state, and federal government entities. CIBER was recently ranked the eighth best global IT outsourcing vendor of more than 4,000 vendors worldwide, and the 12th best overall outsourcing vendor worldwide, according to a June 2007 Brown-Wilson Group survey. The Brown- Wilson Group conducts annual surveys of CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and other business decision-makers at Fortune 2000 organizations to understand users' evaluations of global outsourcing service providers.

About CIBER Enterprise Solutions

As a division of CIBER, Inc. , CIBER Enterprise Solutions offers enterprise and e-business application implementation and integration consulting services for top-tier software applications in the enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain and e-business areas. CIBER Enterprise Solutions' business and technical expertise spans 20 years of providing solutions to companies across all industries. CIBER is a pure-play international system integration consultancy with superior value-priced services and reliable delivery for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered globally on a project- or strategic-staffing basis, in both custom and ERP package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo., CIBER now serves client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 25 European offices and seven offices in Asia/Pacific. Operating in 18 countries, with more than 8,000 employees and annual revenue over $1 billion, CIBER and its IT specialists continuously build and upgrade clients' systems to "competitive advantage status." CIBER is included in the Russell 2000 Index and the S&P Small Cap 600 Index. CIBER, ALWAYS ABLE. http://www.ciber.com/

Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements

Statements contained in this release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, as discussed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CIBER undertakes neither intention nor obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. CIBER and the CIBER logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of CIBER, Inc. Copyright(C) 2008

SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countries all over the world.

All other product and service names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective companies.

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CONTACT: Diane Stoner, Media Relations, dstoner@ciber.com, or Jennifer
Matuschek, Investor Relations, jmatuschek@ciber.com, +1-303-220-0100, both of
CIBER, Inc.

Web site: http://www.ciber.com/

RiT Technologies' Principal Shareholders to Sell Their Stake in the CompanyPurchaser To Conduct Partial Tender for 5% of RiT

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RiT Technologies today announced that certain of its principal shareholders, Yehuda Zisapel, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and its co-founder, Zohar Zisapel, the brother of Mr. Yehuda Zisapel, and Dr. Meir Barel, a director of the Company, informed RiT that they entered into an agreement for the sale of their entire shareholdings in the Company to STINS COMAN Incorporated ("STINS COMAN"), a Russian corporation headquartered in Moscow, Russia, who has been RiT's distributor since 1994.

Under the agreement, the selling shareholders agreed to sell to STINS COMAN all of the 5,122,521 RiT shares held by them (or their affiliates), representing approximately 34.9% of RiT's outstanding share capital, for an aggregate purchase price of $4,405,368, or $0.86 per share, to be paid at closing.

The closing of the transaction, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2008, is subject to customary closing conditions, including, as required by Israeli law, the completion by STINS COMAN of a partial tender offer to purchase RiT shares representing at least 5% of the voting power in RiT at the price of $0.86 per share or 15% above the market price of RiT shares at the time the offer is published, whichever is higher. The tender offer is expected to commence in the next few weeks.

In addition, at the closing, the selling shareholders will grant STINS COMAN a right of first refusal with respect to their existing warrants to purchase a total of 302,679 RiT shares at an exercise price of $1.75 per share. Under such right of first refusal, STINS COMAN will be entitled to purchase such warrants at the then current value Black-Scholes Value prior to the exercise or transfer of such warrants by any of the selling shareholders.

Mr. Sergey N. Anisimov, President of STINS COMAN, stated "STINS COMAN welcomes the opportunity to become a major investor in RiT and has great appreciation for its talented people and leading technology. We are a committed investor and business partner that will bring to RiT extensive industry expertise."

"Having been RiT's distributor and business partner in Russia in the past 14 years enabled us to gain a deep knowledge of RiT business, market, products and innovative technologies. Going forward, we have confidence that RiT, using the experience and support of our company, has the ability to strengthen its leadership position and build a positive momentum in this market so as to capture its growth opportunities," concluded Mr. Anisimov.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES. STINS COMAN HAS NOT YET COMMENCED THE TENDER OFFER DESCRIBED HEREIN. INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF RIT ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ EACH OF THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT OF STINS COMAN AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT OF RIT WHEN EACH BECOMES AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE TENDER OFFER. INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN THE TENDER OFFER STATEMENT AND THE SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT AND OTHER FILED DOCUMENTS AT NO CHARGE WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE (http://www.sec.gov/) AND AT NO CHARGE FROM RIT AND STINS COMAN. RIT SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE MATERIALS, IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, CAREFULLY BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION WITH RESPECT TO ANY TENDER OFFER.

About RiT Technologies

RiT is a leading provider of physical network infrastructure control and management solutions. Deployed in the networks of many of the world's largest carriers and enterprises, its pioneering, fast-ROI products have proven their ability to simplify service deployment and provisioning, enhance troubleshooting accuracy, reduce infrastructure maintenance costs, enhance physical layer security and enable cost-effective service qualification and verification.

RiT is a member of the RAD group, a world leader in communications solutions. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.rittech.com/

Safe Harbor Statement

In this press release, all statements that are not purely about historical facts, including, but not limited to, those in which we use the words "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "plan," "intend," "estimate", "forecast", "target" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these forward-looking statements represent our current judgment of what may happen in the future, actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these statements due to numerous important factors, including, but not limited to, those described under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 20-F, which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following: our ability to raise additional financing, if required; risks and uncertainties resulting from the pending sale of approximately 34.9% of our outstanding share capital by our principal shareholders to an unaffiliated third party and the potential impact on our operations and strategies; our inability to satisfy Nasdaq's requirements for continued listing, the continued development of market trends in directions that benefit our sales; our ability to maintain and grow our revenues; our dependence upon independent distributors, representatives and strategic partners; our ability to develop new products and enhance our existing products; the availability of third-party components used in our products; the economic condition of our customers; the impact of government regulation; and the economic and political situation in Israel. We are under no obligation, and expressly disclaim any obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

COMPANY CONTACT: Simona Green VP Finance +972-3-766-4249 simonag@rit.co.il

RiT Technologies Ltd

CONTACT: COMPANY CONTACT: Simona Green, VP Finance, +972-3-766-4249,
simonag@rit.co.il

Astrata Group to Exhibit With Siemens Wireless Modules at CTIA'08, the Wireless Association Meeting In Las Vegas, April 1 - 3

COSTA MESA, Calif., March. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Astrata Group (BULLETIN BOARD: ATTG) announced today that it was exhibiting with Siemens Wireless Modules at the prestigious CTIA Wireless'08 meeting, Las Vegas, April 1 - 3. The Siemens Booth is 5327.

More than 1,200 wireless companies and more than 40,000 attendees from 125 countries are expected to converge on Las Vegas for the meeting. (http://www.ctiawireless.com/)

Siemens Wireless Modules, a division of Siemens AG, , one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies, supplies Astrata with GSM communication modules for its advanced telematics unit. The Siemens GSM module permits communications between the command and control center and the Astrata Telematics unit.

Norbert Muhrer, president of Siemens Wireless Modules, said: "We are excited to be involved with the Astrata Group who are a very innovative company on the leading edge of Telematics technology. Astrata has a strong commitment to future development and to continue to lead the field in their M2M / Telematics domain. We see a very bright future working together with Astrata and are pleased that they will be joining us at CTIA."

Tony Harrison, Astrata Group executive chairman, said: "We are delighted to join Siemens in its booth to introduce the industry to showcase the GSM communications modules in our Telematics units.

"As the established market and technological leader in the design and manufacture of GSM communication modules, Siemens is an ideal partner for Astrata and has provided us with considerable support in the design and manufacturing of our new technology platform.

"The Siemens GSM module is robust, reliable and is certified in more countries than competing GSM modules. This, coupled with Siemens' proven track record in supplying modules in very large quantities, has enabled Astrata to develop a new location-based platform that sets the industry standard in capabilities and value for money," Harrison added.

Astrata's Telematics products are much in demand for fleet management and vehicle real-time tracking for private enterprises and homeland security applications. Astrata's sophisticated security and communications systems give companies and governments an effective and proven means of protecting their resources, he said.

About Astrata Group, Inc.

Astrata Group, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: ATTG) is a US publicly listed company. Astrata is focused on advanced location-based IT services and solutions (telematics) that combine GPS positioning, wireless communications (satellite or terrestrial) and geographical information technology, which together enable businesses and institutions to monitor, trace as well as control the movement and status of machinery, vehicles, personnel or other assets. Astrata has designed, developed, manufactured and currently supports seven generations of telematics systems with units deployed worldwide.

Astrata has offices throughout the world including the United States, Europe and Asia. For further information please visit http://www.astratagroup.com/.

Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate, "believe," "expect," "future," "may," "will," "would," "should," "plan," "projected," "intend," and similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Astrata Group Incorporated (the "Company") to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company's future operating results are dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to: (i) the Company's ability to obtain sufficient capital or a strategic business arrangement to fund its current operational or expansion plans; (ii) the Company's ability to build and maintain the management and human resources and infrastructure necessary to support the anticipated growth of its business; (iii) competitive factors and developments beyond the Company's control; and (iv) other risk factors discussed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at http://www.sec.gov/ under "Search for Company Filings.

PR/Media Relations Contact: Richard Nelson Astrata Group Inc. rnelson@astratagroup.com Tel: +44 7795 422211 Richard Stern Stern & Co. richstern@sternco.com Tel: 212-888-0044 Gerald Amato Booke & Co. gamato@bookeandco.com Tel: 212-490-9095 Financial Advisors: Todd M. DeMatteo DOMINICK AND DOMINICK LLC Tel: 212-558-8809 tdematteo@dominickanddominick.com

Astrata Group, Inc.

CONTACT: PR & Media Relations, Richard Nelson of Astrata Group Inc.,
+44-7795-422211, rnelson@astratagroup.com; Richard Stern of Stern & Co.,
+1-212-888-0044, richstern@sternco.com, for Astrata Group, Inc.;
Gerald Amato of Booke & Co., +1-212-490-9095, gamato@bookeandco.com; Financial
Advisors, Todd M. DeMatteo of DOMINICK AND DOMINICK LLC, +1-212-558-8809,
tdematteo@dominickanddominick.com

Web site: http://www.astratagroup.com/
http://www.ctiawireless.com/

Citysearch & Antenna Audio Deploy Scanbuy's Mobile Barcode Technology to San Francisco, Enabling Instant Access to InformationScanbuy's Technology Turns Camera Phones into Barcode Scanners - Connecting People to Local Information On-the-Go for the First Time in US

NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Citysearch, a leading online local information guide and an operating business of IAC , and Antenna Audio, a global leader in audio interpretation, announced separately today that they will deploy Scanbuy's advanced barcode technology giving mobile phone users instant access to a wide range of local information when and where they need it most. Today's launch marks the first time Scanbuy's technology has been used to deliver local, mobile content in the United States.

By using ScanLife technology from Scanbuy, a global leader in mobile marketing solutions that turns camera phones into barcode scanners, Citysearch will link San Francisco users to local content on various restaurants, businesses and leading services while Antenna Audio will provide instant information about local historical landmarks.

More than 500 restaurants and businesses in San Francisco will display ScanLife 2D barcodes, called EZcodes, which deliver Citysearch's original and consumer-generated reviews directly to a user's phone, allowing immediate access to relevant information and eliminating the extra steps of typing lengthy website addresses into mobile browsers.

"People visit Citysearch.com daily for information about places to go in their city and now with ScanLife EZcodes, they can review information exactly when they need it most -- at a local business's front door," said Rob Angel, Vice President, Media & Advertising, Citysearch. "EZcodes give locals and visitors the power of the Internet without having to search through information they don't need. It fundamentally changes the user experience because it allows instant, up-to-the-minute access to the reviews and recommendations most relevant to the user at that moment."

Audio tour provider Antenna Audio, acquired by Discovery Communications, Inc. in 2006, is using ScanLife to provide audio clips of local San Francisco landmarks right to an individuals' mobile phone. This content has historically required hardware rental from locations like museums and galleries.

"In partnering with Scanbuy, Antenna Audio is hoping to drive users of mobile devices to access destination relevant content using ScanLife 2D technology as they explore the city", said Sarah Dines, Managing Director of Antenna Audio for the Americas. "Our goal is to provide a first-rate audio experience for every user, and this mobile technology is a fantastic way to bring tours to as many people throughout San Francisco as possible."

ScanLife technology uses camera phones to connect the physical world to the digital world. Businesses and content providers can use EZcodes to extend brand engagement onto mobile devices. At the same time, it affords mobile phone users the luxury of getting the most up-to-date information quickly and easily at the time they are actively making decisions or looking for answers.

All EZcodes can be accessed by users with compatible phones after downloading the free ScanLife software though the mobile browser at http://www.getscanlife.com/, or by texting SCAN to 70734. Because of their simple design, EZcodes are supported by over 65 different camera phone models from all major US wireless carriers. The ScanLife Code Registry and Management platform has been deployed in France, Spain, the Philippines, Brazil and the United States.

"We are thrilled to have the potential of ScanLife fully realized by both Citysearch and Discovery Communications in this project," said Jonathan Bulkeley, Chief Executive Officer of Scanbuy. "These partners are a natural fit, as they provide the most up-to-date and in-depth local information. This is a great opportunity to provide individuals throughout San Francisco instant access to a wealth of information from Citysearch about their favorite places and inside information about historical landmarks from the leader in audio tours, Discovery Communications."

About Antenna Audio

For more over 20 years, Antenna Audio has been the leading provider of audio and audio-visual interpretation to museums, exhibitions, historic sites and visitor attractions around the world. Today, we distribute more than 20 million tours every year and have a network of 16 offices around Europe, North America and Asia, currently employing around 350 full time staff.

Acquired in April 2006 by Discovery Communications, Inc., Antenna Audio is now part of the leading real-world media brand on all platforms. Discovery Communications is the number-one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. For more information about Antenna Audio, please visit http://www.antennaaudio.com/.

About Citysearch

Citysearch is a leading local search and directory company that provides the most up-to-date information on businesses, from restaurants and retail, to travel and professional services. Citysearch empowers consumers to make informed decisions about where to spend their time and money by delivering trusted content, local expertise and helpful tools, including over 18 million local business listings and over 1.5 million user reviews nationwide. Citysearch is an operating business of IAC . For more information, visit: http://www.citysearch.com/

About Scanbuy, Inc.

Scanbuy is the leading global provider of mobile marketing solutions that use the camera phone as the link between the physical world and the digital world. Scanbuy's 2D barcode capture technology is revolutionizing the way media companies, marketers, handset manufacturers and carriers around the world provide information and services to consumers on their mobile phones. Founded in 2000, Scanbuy has a strong and growing intellectual property base in 2D barcode technology. The company's investors include Longworth Venture Partners, Masthead Venture Partners and Hudson Ventures. For more information about Scanbuy solutions, please visit http://www.scanbuy.com/ or http://www.scanlife.com/.

Scanbuy, Inc.

CONTACT: Eric Longo, of Discovery Audio, +1-212-548-5314,
eric_longo@discovery.com; Brandi Willard of Citysearch, +1-310-360-4602,
Brandi_willard@citysearch.com; or Mike Manning of Cohn & Wolfe for Scanbuy,
+1-415-365-8526, mike_manning@cohnwolfe.com

Web site: http://www.scanbuy.com/
http://www.scanlife.com/
http://www.citysearch.com/
http://www.antennaaudio.com/

TechInsights Honors Analog Devices Cofounder Ray Stata with Lifetime Award and Announces 2008 Student and Educator of the Year RecipientsElectronics visionary Ray Stata receives EE Times' highest accolade

SAN FRANCISCO, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- TechInsights' EE Times announced today that Ray Stata, co-founder of Analog Devices, Inc., is the recipient of the 2008 EE Times ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. EE Times also announced the 2008 Student of the Year, Guruprasad Madhavan and the 2008 Educator of the Year, Dr. Moira Gunn. All of the recipients will be honored at the Fourth Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards Gala to be held on April 15 in San Jose, CA.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ray Stata is Chairman and co-founder of Analog Devices, Inc. . ADI's analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits play a fundamental role in converting, conditioning, and processing real-world phenomena such as light, sound, temperature, motion, and pressure into electrical signals to be used in a wide array of electronic equipment. Since he co-founded the company in 1965, Stata's rare combination of business skills, leadership ability and technological vision have helped guide ADI to consistently providing innovative technology that gives customers a competitive advantage. Stata also co-founded and served as the first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, an advocacy group for shared funding between government and industry for engineering education and university research. At the federal level, Stata has served on the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness.

A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stata holds a BSEE and MSEE from MIT and is now Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Throughout his career in the technology industry and because of his commitment to public service, Stata has been recognized with many awards, including the SIA Founders Award, the IEEE Founders Medal, and a 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange.

Student of the Year

Mr. Guruprasad Madhavan, MA, MBA is a PhD candidate in the department of Bioengineering at Binghampton University, where he concentrates on medical device engineering. Dr. Madhavan is currently pursuing a medical device concept that could result in electrical stimulation therapy to assist cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems and could help with chronic ailments such as Alzheimer's disease, chronic fatigue syndrome and osteoporosis. Dr. Madhavan was also chosen to represent Binghampton at the State Assembly Capital where he met with Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, to discuss practical ways to achieve global non-violence. Dr. Madhavan also serves as a mentor to undergraduate students at Binghampton.

Educator of the Year

Dr. Moira Gunn, host of the public radio programs "Tech Nation" and "BioTech Nation", currently serves as the Program Director of Information Systems Programs in the College of Professional Studies at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Gunn has implemented technology advancement programs at the University of San Francisco that have added course emphasis in 21st century topics of educational importance, relevant to the technology industry. The revamped programs are designed to prepare students for the job market that will continue to develop over the next decade. Due in part to Dr. Gunn, the University of San Francisco has seen a 300% increase in enrollment over the past year. In Dr. Gunn's role as host of "Tech Nation" and "Biotech Nation" she speaks weekly with CEO's, scientists, industry analysts, ethicists, and others in the biotech field.

The EE Times ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award and the Student and Educator of the Year recipients were selected by the editors of EE Times based on their individual accomplishments and impact on the electronics industry. Past Lifetime Achievement honorees include Eric Lidow, chairman of the board and founder of International Rectifier, Wilf Corrigan, chairman of the board for LSI Logic and Gordon Moore, chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation.

The EE Times ACE Awards will be held on April 15 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel. The event includes a networking cocktail reception, sit-down dinner, awards presentation and entertainment by comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson is the host of CBS' Late Late Show and may be best known to American audiences as Drew Carey's boss on the "The Drew Carey Show".

Commentary:

Ian Basey, vice president, marketing for Avnet Electronics Marketing, Platinum Sponsor of the 2008 ACE Awards

"As the exclusive platinum sponsor of the 2008 EE Times ACE Awards, Avnet is thrilled to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to this year's honoree, Ray Stata, who is a founding innovator within our industry. From his childhood days on a farm, to the founding and ultimate rise of Analog Devices, Ray Stata is the embodiment of entrepreneurial spirit, and the perfect choice for this lifetime achievement award. The full impact of his legacy will continue to be felt for generations."

Junko Yoshida, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times

"The electronics industry takes much from it's legacy while continuously celebrating our future. Our ability to honor industry innovators such as Mr. Stata while celebrating the achievements of Dr. Gunn and Mr. Madhavan is a testament to the critical standing of our industry. All of these recipients have shown great commitment to research, development, entrepreneurship and innovation, helping us all continue to advance technology."

About EE Times ACE Awards

The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. These creators, and their innovations, will be recognized at the EE Times ACE Awards Gala on April 15, 2008, as part of TechInsights' Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, the largest electronic systems design event in North America.

To learn more and to purchase tickets for the EE Times ACE Awards Gala, please visit http://www.eetimes-ace.com/.

About TechInsights (http://www.techinsights.com/)

TechInsights is the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers -- the Creators of Technology - that define, develop, and bring to market the electronic products that improve our lives. With global market leading brands such as EE Times, Semiconductor Insights, TechOnline, Embedded Systems Conferences and Portelligent, TechInsights is the leading dedicated information and services business serving the worldwide electronics market. For more information, please visit http://www.techinsights.com/. TechInsights is a division of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion.

About United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/)

United Business Media Plc is a leading global business media company. We inform markets and bring the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online, in print and provide them with the information they need to do business successfully. We focus on serving professional commercial communities, from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists around the world. Our 5,000 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently.

Contact: Jessica Devaney or Leslie Denson, Horn Group (on behalf of TechInsights) techinsightsteam@horngroup.com 617.431.1020

TechInsights

CONTACT: Jessica Devaney or Leslie Denson, both of Horn Group for
TechInsights, +1-617-431-1020, techinsightsteam@horngroup.com

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http://www.eetimes-ace.com/
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InstantService 'Proactive Chat' Further Extends Omniture Web Analytics and Boosts Online SalesRetailer finds those who chat online with service associates spend 35% more per order

SEATTLE, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- To help companies convert online shoppers into online buyers, InstantService, Inc., a provider of chat and email management solutions, announced today it has joined Omniture, Inc.'s Genesis Network. The seamless integration between InstantService's proactive chat product, InstantInvite(TM), and Omniture's online business optimization platform will deliver powerful sales, marketing and analytical efficiencies for Fortune 500 ecom retailers, financial services, high tech, transportation, and call centers.

Because InstantService's proactive chat solution generates transactional data, Omniture users will gain a new data stream reflecting online customer and visitor behaviors. Data and analytics derived from these solutions will enable companies to adapt online services and support, including chat, to better engage and help shoppers.

"The more you know about online shopping behavior, the better you can tailor a service and support experience that exceeds customer expectations," said Mike Lande, CEO of InstantService. "With our new integration capability with Omniture, companies will have a smarter way to engage shoppers in chat sessions, viewing site activities and generating meaningful reports for marketing and operational analysis."

Proprietary and published research demonstrates the practicality and timeliness of combining the companies' Web analytics and chat solutions, including:

-- 20% of web chats result in a completed purchase -- Web chatters spend approximately 35% more per order -- 30%-40% of Web site traffic includes self-service shoppers (consumers who make purchase decisions without vendor assistance)

The new e-business offering and partnership with Omniture mark significant milestones in InstantService's enterprise customer strategy. "We are pleased to partner with Omniture to offer more extensive integration capabilities for our customers and move the needle forward on enterprise delivery," added Lande. "Partnerships like this that deliver tangible and measurable customer value and bottom line results are highly valued components of our offering."

How it works

InstantService InstantInvite employs a rules-based engine (instead of human monitoring) to identify shoppers with greatest potential to buy. This unique and innovative approach presents important value at the front and back-end, ensuring privacy for shoppers and increasing agent productivity. The solution also delivers informative data related to chat transactions which enables companies to better assess online customer behaviors, and make adjustments in real time without changes to site code.

Rules for triggering a proactive chat session are based on visitor site interactions and behaviors and commonly include: which pages they have visited, how long they remained on a page, where they came from, which keyword they used to find the website, which items they have in their shopping cart, and whether they are repeat buyers.

Based on these user-defined rules, InstantInvite automatically presents shoppers with a customized invitation to chat live with a customer service representative. With this automatic connection, agents can instantly engage the customer with offers for assistance and incentives in addition to up-sell and cross-sell opportunities.

About InstantService

InstantService, Inc. is a leading provider of customer communication technologies for online businesses and contact centers. InstantService offers an integrated suite of live chat, email management, knowledge base, Web site analytics and lead capture solutions to increase sales and enhance customer service. InstantService is a hosted application that easily integrates with existing ecommerce and CRM systems, facilitating valuable relationships between companies and their customers -- the first step of customer relationship management.

Over 350 companies trust InstantService's scalability, security and performance including VeriSign, H&R Block, Spiegel, Intuit, ProFlowers, McAfee, US Airways and DISH Network. To learn more about InstantService, visit http://instantservice.com/ to chat with a representative.

InstantService, Inc.

CONTACT: J. Sorensen, +1-206-856-4202, or C. McCol, +1-206-388-3650,
both for InstantService, Inc.

Web site: http://instantservice.com/

Tyco Electronics to Report Fiscal Second Quarter Results on May 1, 2008

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco Electronics Ltd. will report fiscal second quarter results before trading begins on Thursday, May 1, 2008. The company will hold a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. EDT. The call can be accessed in the following ways:

-- At Tyco Electronics' website: http://investors.tycoelectronics.com/. -- By telephone: For both "listen-only" participants and those participants who wish to take part in the question-and-answer portion of the call, the telephone dial-in number in the United States is (800) 230-1059. The telephone dial-in number for participants outside the United States is (612) 332-0923. -- An audio replay of the conference call will be available beginning at 10:30 a.m. on May 1, 2008 and ending at 11:59 p.m. on May 8, 2008. The dial-in number for participants in the United States is (800) 475-6701. For participants outside the United States, the replay dial-in number is (320) 365-3844. The replay access code for all callers is 917010.

Tyco Electronics Ltd.

CONTACT: Media Relations: Sheri Woodruff, Office, +1-610-893-9555
Mobile, +1-609-933-9243, swoodruff@tycoelectronics.com; or Investor Relations:
John Roselli, +1-610-893-9559, john.roselli@tycoelectronics.com, or Keith
Kolstrom, +1-610-893-9551, keith.kolstrom@tycoelectronics.com, all of Tyco
Electronics Ltd.

Web site: http://www.tycoelectronics.com/
http://investors.tycoelectronics.com/

Baton Rouge Council Votes to Bring Consumers Competition and Choice in Video ServicesAgreement Will Allow Competition for Video Services

BATON ROUGE, La., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. has announced that the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council last night approved an agreement enabling AT&T Louisiana to provide benefits to the city in conjunction with the provision of new video services to local consumers. The vote makes Baton Rouge the first city in Louisiana to approve such an agreement.

"AT&T is pleased that the Mayor-President and the council believe consumers deserve a choice in video service providers, and we are eager to deliver the benefits of real competition to Baton Rouge consumers," said William A. Oliver, president of AT&T Louisiana. "As we all know, competition brings improved services, competitive prices and more choices for consumers."

AT&T seeks to provide advanced video services, including AT&T U-verse(SM) TV, a 100-percent Internet Protocol (IP) based video service. IP technology allows AT&T to provide rich content and innovative functionality such as the ability to record up to four programs at once using a digital video recorder (DVR); Web and Mobile Remote Access to DVR; access to customized weather, sports, traffic and stock information; and built-in picture-in-picture browsing.

"We look forward to working with Baton Rouge officials to bring consumers the most advanced technology available in video and Internet services," Oliver said. "It is great to see a city such as Baton Rouge take the initiative to open the door to competition."

Oliver said AT&T wants to give consumers in other parts of Louisiana a choice in video providers as well and the company is supporting legislation, specifically House Bill 1009 and Senate Bill 422, which were filed late last week and will enable AT&T to obtain a statewide franchise to provide competitive video services.

About AT&T

AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services and the nation's leading wireless, high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of its three-screen integration strategy, AT&T is expanding its TV entertainment offerings. Additional information about AT&T Inc. and the products and services provided by AT&T subsidiaries and affiliates is available at http://www.att.com/.

Note: This AT&T news release and other announcements are available as part of an RSS feed at http://www.att.com/rss. For more information, please review this announcement in the AT&T newsroom at http://www.att.com/newsroom.

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Karen Beck Zollinger, Public Affairs Director-Louisiana of AT&T
Inc., +1-504-528-2208, cell, +1-504-722-9332, karen.beck@att.com

Web site: http://www.att.com/

Incumbent Asian Telecom Operator Selects Allot Service Gateway to Optimize PerformanceAllot Service Gateway Chosen for its True 10G Performance and Superior DPI Technology

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allot Communications Ltd. , a leader in IP service optimization solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), today announced an additional win for its new Service Gateway platform by an incumbent operator in the Asia-Pacific region. The operator has selected the Allot Service Gateway Omega Series (SG-Omega) to optimize its international peering link performance, reduce operating costs and ensure high Quality of Experience (QoE) for its subscribers.

The Allot Service Gateway enables carriers and ISPs to enforce application-specific policies designed to maximize network efficiency and reduce operational expenditure. The multiple-site deployment will grant the operator an accurate per-application depiction of the traffic traversing its international peering links and ensure Quality of Experience at all times. The open architecture of the Allot SG Omega platform will enable expansion of the operator's service offering to integrate applications such as parental control, anti-DDOS protection, usage-based billing, and more.

"This win is another testimonial to the rapid adaptation of our SG-Omega, a true 10G platform for large mobile and fixed telecom operators" said Rami Hadar, Allot CEO and President. "The Service Gateway has been repeatedly chosen not only for its current features and performance, but also as a platform for the adoption of future DPI-based value-added services."

About Allot Communications

Allot Communications Ltd. is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization solutions. Designed for carriers, service providers and enterprises, Allot solutions apply deep packet inspection (DPI) technology to transform broadband pipes into smart networks. This creates the visibility and control vital to manage applications, services and subscribers, guarantee quality of service (QoS), contain operating costs and maximize revenue. Allot believes in listening to customers and provides them access to its global network of visionaries, innovators and support engineers. For more information, please visit http://www.allot.com/.

Safe Harbor Statement

Information provided in this press release may contain statements relating to current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about future events that are "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally relate to the Allot's plans, objectives and expectations for future operations, including the ability of the SG-Omega to provide accurate per-application depiction of the traffic traversing the operator's international peering links and ensure Quality of Experience at all times. These forward-looking statements are based upon management's current estimates and projections of future results or trends. Actual future results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These factors include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic and business conditions and, specifically, a decline in demand for Allot's products; Allot's inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications; loss of market; and those factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Allot's annual report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Albie Jarvis Senior Vice President Porter Novelli Tel: +1-617-897-8200 albie.jarvis@porternovelli.com Jonathon Gordon Director of Marketing Allot Communications +972-9-762-8423 jgordon@allot.com Jay Kalish Executive Director IR Allot Communications Tel: +972-9-7619365 jkalish@allot.com

Allot Communications Ltd.

CONTACT: Contact: Albie Jarvis, Senior Vice President, Porter Novelli,
Tel: +1-617-897-8200, albie.jarvis@porternovelli.com; Jonathon Gordon,
Director of Marketing, Allot Communications, +972-9-762-8423,
jgordon@allot.com; Jay Kalish, Executive Director IR, Allot Communications,
Tel: +972-9-7619365, jkalish@allot.com

Private Further Expands Its New Media Distribution in Europe's Leading IPTV Market as Part of Triple-Play Offer

BARCELONA, Spain, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Private Media Group Inc. announced today the launch of its content for Video-on-Demand (VOD) on the Neuf Cegetel IPTV platform in France as part of Neuf's Triple-Play offer.

Neuf TV offers more than 200 TV channels, including all leading French and international channels, and a library of 5,000 VOD/SVOD titles, featuring news, series, movies and documentaries. With respect to Private, Neuf VOD will provide access to hundreds of titles from Private's extensive proprietary movie library, including both new releases as well as classic blockbuster titles.

Peter Cohen, COO of Private Media Group commented: "We are delighted with being able to feature our content on Neuf Cegetel's platform, which with 750,000 subscribers has a 30% market share of the French IPTV market. With this launch we have taken another step forward in our aggressive IPTV rollout in the dynamic European IPTV/VOD market* and now have our content accessible to more than 90% of French IPTV subscribers." Cohen continued: "France, with its population of 62 million people, is currently the overwhelmingly dominant and most rapidly growing IPTV market in Europe and consequently we expect this development to have a very positive impact on our business going forward."

During 2007 the European IPTV market grew by 60% to 6.4 million IPTV subscribers. At the end of 2007, Private had entered into agreements supplying content for VOD services to a total of 24 major platform operators in 11 countries in the region, thereby gaining 70% market coverage with 4.5 million subscribers.

NOTES TO THE EDITOR Footnote * According to Global IPTV Forecasts made by MRG (Multimedia Research Group, Inc.) in October 2007, the number of global IPTV subscribers is estimated to grow from 13.5 million in 2007 to 72.6 million in 2011, a compound annual growth rate of 52 percent. Europe continues to be the biggest market for IPTV, with France significantly leading the growth projections through its principal telcos. The number of IPTV subscribers in Europe is forecasted to grow from approximately 6.4 million in 2007 to 30.4 million in 2011, a compound annual growth rate of 48 percent. About the Neuf Cegetel group

Neuf Cegetel is the leading alternative operator in France. The group operates its own national network infrastructure, comprising 49,000 kilometres of optical fibres, and has invested heavily in the rollout of its DSL access network. This means that Neuf Cegetel is in a position to produce its own broadband services, control their costs and quality and sell them directly to more than 70% of the target population. Neuf Cegetel has a presence in all segments of the market, providing a wide range of services to residential customers, corporate and telecoms and Internet service providers. Neuf Cegetel, whose two key shareholders are the Louis Dreyfus and SFR groups, reported revenues of 3.3 billion euro in 2007. For more information on Neuf Cegetel go to: http://www.groupeneufcegetel.fr/

About Private Media Group

With its 40 year track record, NASDAQ listed Private Media Group is a brand-driven world leader in adult entertainment and distributes premium quality content globally via a wide range of platforms including more than 900 million mobile telephone handsets, IPTV/VOD, broadband Internet, television broadcasting, DVDs and magazines. Private Media Group owns the worldwide rights to its extensive archive of high-quality content, and also licenses its Private and "Silver Girls" trademarks internationally for a select range of luxury consumer products. Private's vision is to be the world's preferred content provider of adult entertainment to consumers anywhere, at any time and across all distribution platforms and devices.

Disclaimer

This release contains, in addition to historical information, forward- looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which reflect the Company's current judgments of those issues. However, because those statements are forward-looking and apply to future events, they are subject to such risks and uncertainties, which could lead to results materially different than anticipated by the Company.

For further information please contact: Johan Gillborg Chief Financial Officer Private Media Group Tel +34 93 590 70 70 johan.gillborg@private.com

Private Media Group

CONTACT: Johan Gillborg, Chief Financial Officer, Private Media Group,
+34-93-590-70-70, johan.gillborg@private.com

Web site: http://www.prvt.com/
http://www.groupeneufcegetel.fr/

Raytheon Receives $22.9 Million to Develop Initial Concurrent Test, Training and Operations Capability

TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Missile Defense Agency has awarded a $22.9 million contract modification to Raytheon Company to develop an initial Concurrent Test, Training and Operations (CTTO) capability and integrate it with the Missile Defense System Exerciser.

This modification to Raytheon's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) program contract calls for establishing a dedicated ground test development radar lab. Additionally, the modification requires building an electronic interface to the centralized test execution controller in order to automate BMDS test execution and prototype a simulated versus live target identification.

"The CTTO solution developed by Raytheon will provide our customer with the capability to test, train and build confidence on the currently deployed ballistic missile defense assets while simultaneously maintaining full control over the tactical operational mission," said Pete Franklin, vice president, National & Theater Security Programs for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.

CTTO supports the need to inject component-based capability enhancements to deployed assets while maintaining the tactical mission. It also enables test and verification of new BMDS capabilities such as the system discrimination architecture, which will be implemented in the 2009-2012 timeframe. Raytheon is currently supporting the concept refinement, architecture definition and high-level requirements generation of CTTO through reachback support to the Missile Defense National Teams.

Work will be performed at the company's Missile Defense Center, Woburn, Mass.; Integrated Air Defense Center, Andover, Mass.; and the Warfighter Protection Center, Huntsville, Ala.

Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.

Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

Contact: Maureen Heard 339.645.6664

Raytheon Company

CONTACT: Maureen Heard of Raytheon Company, +1-339-645-6664

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/

EMC Announces New Physical Security ServicesCollaboration with Verint Systems Inc. Delivers Open Architecture, Centralized Management and Cost-effective Scalability in a Comprehensive Security Solution

HOPKINTON, Mass., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced new professional services for Physical Security Solutions, which will enable customers to take full advantage of industry-leading information management capabilities for the physical security markets. EMC is offering comprehensive assessment and design services, and is partnering with Verint Systems, a leader in IP Video Security, to implement scalable, flexible and cost-effective physical security solutions.

An increased focus on security is prompting enterprises and government agencies around the world to expand their use of video surveillance and other physical security technologies. The vast amount of data created by these systems is challenging information managers to effectively capture, analyze and store security data. EMC Physical Security Solutions integrate physical security information from a wide range of data sources and help automate the analysis and management of the information. Customers in retail, financial services, gaming, transportation, seaports/airports, correctional facilities, government, education, critical infrastructure, and border control use EMC's best-practices solutions for real-time access to critical information, enabling them to proactively protect critical assets.

The new services are: -- EMC Assessment for Physical Security: EMC and its partners, including Verint, Unisys, British Telecom, Orion Systems Group, and DMJM H&N/AECOM, identify customers' technology, business and physical security requirements, analyze the data, identify challenges and obstacles, and present recommendations. EMC and its partners also assess and identify findings regarding items such as cameras, alarms, video archiving, encoders, video software and network services -- EMC Design for Physical Security: Allows EMC and its partners to gather the information collected in the assessment service and provide a complete design of the customer's physical security environment to include any connectivity to other systems such as access control devices, alarms, cameras and sensors -- EMC Implementation for Physical Security: Incorporates Verint IP video technologies with the implementation of an EMC CLARiiON-based storage solution. EMC and its partners will install the solution, including cameras and other security devices. EMC manages the process and ensures the solution will be turn key for the customer

EMC and Verint have been working with the Kentucky Exposition Center to implement these solutions. "As one of the largest exposition facilities in the United States, we have an enormous security challenge, and needed a solution that was very flexible, scalable, and easy for our security team to learn and to use," said Alicia Montgomery Dunlap, Information Systems Manager, Kentucky State Fair Board. "Despite the challenge of installing the system around our busy event schedule, the EMC team got everything integrated and running smoothly in a very limited timeframe. The system is very intuitive to use and has really increased our ability to provide a safe and secure environment for our visitors."

With EMC's Physical Security Solution and Verint's Nextiva(TM) IP video software platform, customers can:

-- Integrate a full range of physical security systems and networked IT solutions -- Cost-effectively scale the solution as security requirements evolve -- Quickly and easily provide authentic, tamper-proof video data for use in criminal investigations -- Monitor and manage video surveillance data and analyze security incidents in real time, from any location, using a secure web browser -- Leverage enterprise-class EMC storage systems, information and content management software, and best-practices solutions -- Manage data growth with powerful policy-based storage management capabilities from within the Verint Nextiva video management platform -- Integrate with existing CCTV systems to provide compliant archiving capabilities when transitioning to IP-based solutions

"Security experts are overwhelmed with large amounts of data and information to analyze and act on. Enterprises and government agencies around the world can now harness innovative analytical technologies for leveraging video to enhance both security and operational performance," said Todd Pavone, Vice President, EMC Global Solutions. "EMC's expertise in storage, security and information management is tailor-made for these physical security solutions. EMC's new services, in conjunction with EMC's and Verint's technologies, help customers manage everything in one place to make better decisions and provide comprehensive security across the entire organization- whether it is infrastructure or its physical assets."

"By partnering with EMC, we are able to combine our open-architecture Nextiva video management platform and expertise in IP video security solutions with EMC's storage and infrastructure management systems and outstanding services capabilities," said Jim Clark, senior vice president and general manager, Verint Video Intelligence Solutions. "Customers are now reaping the benefits of our collaboration with highly effective and tightly integrated security and enterprise solutions."

The new services are available worldwide. About EMC

EMC Corporation is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at http://www.emc.com/.

EMC is a registered trademark of EMC Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center Selects Zix Corporation for Email Encryption ServiceZixCorp remains top choice for Email Encryption in healthcare industry

DALLAS, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)), , the leader in email encryption and e-prescribing services, today announced that Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center in Nebraska has signed a three-year contract for ZixCorp's Email Encryption Service.

"ZixCorp's impressive success rate in the healthcare sector gave us confidence with our email encryption decision," said Kurt Vogel, Director of Information Security for Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center. "Patient confidentiality is at the forefront of our concerns and we needed a solution that was easy to use and flexible. Using a hosted email encryption service allowed us to secure our communications and protect our patients with little work required on our end."

As the leading email encryption provider with over 10 million protected email recipients, ZixCorp's vast ZixDirectory(TM) allows seamless encrypted email delivery to healthcare organizations, insurers, financial institutions and regulators, including the federal banking regulatory agencies. ZixCorp supports five encrypted email delivery mechanisms, including S/MIME, TLS, OpenPGP, secure portal and "push" delivery.

"ZixCorp remains the dominant email encryption service provider within the healthcare industry, with leading insurance companies and more than 1,000 hospitals in the ZixDirectory," said Rick Spurr, chief executive officer of ZixCorp. "With the growing emphasis on enforcement, HIPAA compliance continues to be an important consideration for our customers and they want the peace of mind that comes from partnering with a company that can deliver a proven, effective and easy-to-use solution for protecting email communication."

About Zix Corporation

ZixCorp is the leading provider of easy-to-use-and-deploy email encryption and e-prescribing services that Connect entities with their customers and partners to Protect and Deliver sensitive information in the healthcare, finance, insurance and government industries. ZixCorp's hosted Email Encryption Service provides an easy and cost-effective way to ensure customer privacy and regulatory compliance for corporate email. Its PocketScript(R) e- prescribing service saves lives and saves money by automating the prescription process between payors, doctors and pharmacies. For more information, visit http://www.zixcorp.com/.

Zix Corporation

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Web site: http://www.zixcorp.com/

Spring Cleaners Asked to Dust Off and Recycle Old Wireless PhonesVerizon Wireless' HopeLine(R) Program Puts Wireless Phones in Hands of Domestic Violence Victims

LAUREL, Md., March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- For those who remember the old adage about a place for everything and everything in its place, take note. Verizon Wireless is asking consumers to rescue any old cell phones that might be sitting unused in kitchen drawers and glove compartments and donate them to the company's HopeLine phone recycling program.

Through HopeLine, Verizon Wireless collects previously owned wireless handsets and accessories to be refurbished, recycled and/or sold. Proceeds from the HopeLine program benefit victims of domestic violence through the donation of wireless phones and service and financial grants to support non-profit advocacy agencies. Verizon Wireless' stores throughout the nation serve as drop-off locations, and HopeLine collects phones and accessories from any wireless service provider.

"Many of us will soon be embarking on one of the rituals of the season: spring cleaning," said Tami Erwin, regional president, Verizon Wireless, Washington, Baltimore, Virginia. "Because of the frequency with which Americans upgrade their wireless phones, we know that there are millions of unused cell phones waiting to be donated to the HopeLine program. Our message is when you dust, don't forget to donate."

With more than 256 million wireless customers in the United States, wireless phones are one of the hottest consumer products being sold today. With trends changing every minute, the "must have" cell phone also changes frequently, and old wireless phones are often replaced by newer models.

Recycling cell phones leads to significant environmental savings. In addition to keeping valuable materials out of landfills and incinerators, recycling just 1 million cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking 1,368 cars off the road for a year.

Since 2001, consumers have donated more than 4.5 million phones to HopeLine. In turn, Verizon Wireless has distributed more than $5 million in HopeLine cash grants to domestic violence prevention and awareness programs across the country and provided more than 60,000 phones with airtime and other features. In addition, the program has kept more than 200 tons of electronic waste and batteries out of landfills. For more information on Verizon Wireless' HopeLine program or for instructions on donating a wireless phone, visit http://www.verizonwireless.com/hopeline.

About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 65.7 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 69,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, go to: http://www.verizonwireless.com/. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

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Alcatel-Lucent Introduces the New Services Edge, With Terabit Performance on Industry-Leading IP and Carrier Ethernet Router PortfolioBreakthrough Silicon Innovations Enable More Speed, More Services and More Availability

PARIS, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To help operators around the world meet the demand for higher bandwidth and scale, a richer service mix, reduced cost and increased availability, Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) has today announced extensive enhancements to its industry-leading IP service routing portfolio. Leveraging breakthrough silicon innovations from one of the industry's most experienced R&D teams, the 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS) now deliver Terabit performance, providing the bandwidth, scale and service awareness required to support the growing market for more personalized, broadband offerings such as IPTV, WebTV, Virtual Private Networks, and 3G/4G mobile.

The 7750 SR and 7450 ESS enhancements leverage Alcatel-Lucent's unique new FP2 chipset (for network processing and traffic management) - the result of a three-year development effort - which delivers sophisticated and optimized network processing and traffic management at speeds up to 100 Gb/s. The upgrades to the current products include more than double the density of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as supporting up to 10 times the number of services per router - reducing CAPEX and OPEX as well as being more efficient from a power/bandwidth perspective. The FP2 chipset also provides a clear path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, vastly improving Return on Investment (ROI) versus other edge routers which currently use much lower performing and lower scale 10 Gb/s Network Processors.

"Telstra's wireline transformation to implement a common IP core network is delivering multiple services at lower costs and faster speeds with improved network reliability. This enables us to provide our customers with access to more scaleable and advanced broadband services, offering 99.999 per cent reliability," said Greg Winn, Telstra Chief Operations Officer. "Alcatel-Lucent's technology is a part of our Telstra Next IP(TM) network and the latest upgrades will enable Telstra to continue to innovate and grow our broadband service offerings."

The Terabit enhancements to the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS service routing portfolio address three fundamental service provider requirements for IP network transformation:

- More speed - delivering Terabit routing and Carrier Ethernet capacity to support new opportunities for mass-market video-based services and applications;

- More services - including secure IPSec (IP Security) Virtual Private Networks (VPN) as well as Ethernet VPNs and IP VPNs, plus application assurance, leveraging Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology to help drive new service and revenue models;

- More availability - best-in-class node, link and network high availability, leveraging existing support for non-stop routing, non-stop services and In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU)

Alcatel-Lucent has shipped more than 20,000 IP/MPLS systems since 2004, resulting in an installed base of more than 200 service provider customers in 90+ countries. The new portfolio enhancements address a Service Provider Router and Metro Ethernet Switch market with a forecasted CAPEX of more than USD 50 billion between 2006 and 2010 (source: Infonetics, August 2007).

"We've established a solid history of innovation and reliability in IP/MPLS platforms, software and services, which has resulted in new revenue opportunities for our customers," said Basil Alwan, President of Alcatel-Lucent's IP business. "This is a transformative period in our industry and, since 2003, we've led the way with a transformative service-aware and application-aware approach to IP/MPLS routing. With these seamless Terabit service routing upgrades, massive service scaling and integration as well as best-in-class high availability, we're continuing to deliver on this commitment to our customers."

The following enhancements to the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS service router portfolio will be available in 3Q 2008:

Next Generation Silicon - Breakthrough 100 Gb/s FP2 chipset 7750 Service Router Platform - Up to 1 Tb/s capacity - 50Gb/s (full-duplex) Input/Output Module3-XP (IOM3-XP) - 20-port Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (SFP-Fiber) - 20-Port 10/100/1000 Ethernet MDA-XP (Copper) - 2-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (XFP) - 4-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (XFP) - Application Assurance Integrated Services Adaptor (AA-ISA) with DPI technology - IPSec Integrated Services Adaptor (IPSec-ISA) 7450 Ethernet Service Switch Platform - Up to 1 Tb/s capacity - 50Gb/s (full-duplex) IOM3-XP - 20-port Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (SFP-Fiber) - 20-Port 10/100/1000 Ethernet MDA-XP (Copper) - 2-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (XFP) - 4-Port 10 Gigabit Ethernet MDA-XP (XFP) - Application Assurance Integrated Services Adaptor (AA-ISA) with DPI technology

Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS solutions have been selected by more than 200 service providers in more than 90 countries. During the fourth quarter of 2007, Alcatel-Lucent reinforced its #2 position in IP/MPLS edge garnering 18% of the market according to Ovum-RHK. For more information, please visit: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/ipnews

Press Conference details

Alcatel-Lucent will hold a web press conference for this announcement on Thursday March 27 at 7am PST/10am EST/3pm CET * that will be hosted by Basil Alwan, President of Alcatel-Lucent's IP business.

To access the session please use the following information: Participant Passcode: IP Strategy Audio bridge dial-in-numbers: PARTICIPANT TOLL FREE (from the US): 800-779-1694 PARTICIPANT TOLL (International): +1-210-234-0000 WEBCAST URL: http://alcatel-lucent.acrobat.com/webcast/

The press conference will be available for digital replay on the Alcatel-Lucent website at the following link: http://alcatel-lucent.acrobat.com/webcastreplay/

* The US has moved to daylight savings time, while this has not yet taken place for CET.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprise and governments worldwide, to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. As a leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent offers the end-to-end solutions that enable compelling communications services for people at home, at work and on the move. With operations in more than 130 countries, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The company has the most experienced global services team in the industry, and one of the largest research, technology and innovation organizations in the telecommunications industry. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 17.8 billion in 2007 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/

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Corning Incorporated Signs Contract With AT&T for Global Voice Services

SAN ANTONIO, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. today announced a two-year contract to provide global voice services to Corning Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of specialty glass and ceramics. Under the contract, AT&T will provide international voice, video and teleconferencing, calling-card and toll-free services to more than 120 Corning locations worldwide.

With a global reach to more than 240 countries, AT&T International Voice will help Corning communicate seamlessly with offices and customers around the globe. The solution, which employs switching and transport networks with multiple levels of breadth and depth, will help ensure that all calls throughout AT&T's global network are secure and reliable. Further support will be provided by AT&T's Network Operations Center, which will monitor and manage the network 24/7.

The services also will allow business travelers and remote workers to use AT&T's teleconferencing and calling-card services for flexible, cost-effective communications all across the globe. With AT&T Direct Toll-Free service, Corning can use its U.S. toll-free number both domestically and internationally, further simplifying the calling experience for employees.

"AT&T's advanced global network will allow our offices, employees and customers to easily communicate, regardless of their location in the world," said Tom Blumer, senior vice president, procurement and transportation, Corning Incorporated "We look forward to enhancing our international calling capabilities with AT&T."

About AT&T

AT&T Inc.

CONTACT: Danielle Wuschke of AT&T Inc., +1-617-692-0509,
dwuschke@attnews.us

Web site: http://www.att.com/

BusinessWeek.com Expands Its Reach to Business Professionals With LinkedIn PartnershipMarket-leading business Web site now offering LinkedIn users select company data plus instant access to their professional networks through digital content

NEW YORK, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BusinessWeek.com, the market-leading business Web site, announced today that it has expanded its services to business professionals through two key partnerships with LinkedIn, the world's largest online professional network. With these features, BusinessWeek.com is seamlessly integrating content and technology to put actionable business information at its users' fingertips.

Under the two-way partnership, BusinessWeek.com and Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's, are providing select company data for LinkedIn.com's new Company Profile feature, which was unveiled on March 20. Users who click on the Company Profile feature find a business overview consisting of industry statistics provided by BusinessWeek and Capital IQ, plus information about that company from LinkedIn. The feature also provides a link to BusinessWeek.com's Company Insight Center, the Web's premier free source for company information.

In turn, BusinessWeek.com has added the Company Insider feature, through which users can view their professional contacts on LinkedIn at companies featured in BusinessWeek.com articles. The Company Insider feature, launched March 10, marks the first of several LinkedIn Intelligent Applications that will be integrated into the site.

"These new features expand the impact and reach of our content to both BusinessWeek.com's 8 million unique users and LinkedIn's network of more than 20 million registered professionals," said Roger Neal, Senior Vice President and General Manager of BusinessWeek Digital. "We are pleased to be working with LinkedIn to offer these valuable new tools to business professionals."

About BusinessWeek:

BusinessWeek is a global source of trusted content that informs and inspires business leaders to make smarter decisions in their professional and personal lives. Founded in 1929 and published by the McGraw-Hill Companies, BusinessWeek magazine is the market leader, with more than 4.9 million readers each week in 140 countries. Local language editions include Chinese, Israeli and Bahasa Indonesian. Launched in 1994, BusinessWeek.com is the preeminent provider of daily, essential business news, information, and services to business decision-makers. Reaching 85% of the nation's households, BusinessWeek TV delivers important business, consumer and financial news to television viewers every week.

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Fushi Copperweld Inc. to Present at the Brean Murray Investor Tour of China

DALIAN, China, March 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fushi Copperweld, Inc. , the leading global manufacturer of bimetallic wire used in a variety of telecommunication, utility, automotive and other electrical products, today announced that the Company will participate in the Brean Murray Investor Tour of China at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Beijing on March 31, 2008. Management is currently scheduled to meet with institutional investors and to present at 3:00 PM Beijing time.

For more information about the conference, please contact your Brean Murray sales representative or visit http://www.breanmurraycarret.com/ .

ABOUT FUSHI COPPERWELD INC.

Fushi Copperweld, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Fushi International (Dalian) Bimetallic Cable Co. Ltd. and Copperweld Bimetallics, LLC, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes bimetallic composite wire products, principally copper-clad aluminum (''CCA'') and copper-clad steel ("CCS") wire. CCA and CCS wire offers greater value than solid copper wire in a wide variety of applications such as coaxial cable for cable television (CATV), signal transmission lines for telecommunication networks, distribution lines for electricity, electrical transformers, wire components for electronic instruments and devices, utilities, appliances, automotive, building wire, and other industrial wire. For more information on Fushi Copperweld, visit the Company's website: http://www.fushicopperweld.com/

For more information, please contact: Nathan Anderson Director of Investor Relations Fushi Copperweld, Inc. Email: ir@fushicopperweld.com Bill Zima ICR, Inc. Tel: +1-203-682-8200

Fushi Copperweld, Inc.

CONTACT: Nathan Anderson, Director of Investor Relations, Fushi
Copperweld, Inc., ir@fushicopperweld.com; Bill Zima of ICR, Inc., +1-203-682-
8200, both for Fushi Copperweld, Inc.

Web site: http://www.fushicopperweld.com/

Solomon Names Dunn to Advisory Board

DANBURY, Conn., March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solomon Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SOLM) today announced the addition of James P. Dunn to its corporate Advisory Board. Mr. Dunn is a well know expert in the fields of alternative energy, energy storage and hybrid vehicles. Mr. Dunn will be chairman of Solomon's Advisory Board and will be responsible for providing direction to the company's technical and market thrust in the alternative energy and motive power fields, including hybrid electric vehicles.

Mr. Dunn is the President of Energy Technology Consultants, and past Director of the NASA Northeast Regional Technology Transfer Center. He also served as the CEO and CTO of the Center for Technology Commercialization in Westborough, MA. Mr. Dunn has over 30 years experience in a variety of high technology ventures in environments ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies, such as IBM and Exxon.

Mr. Dunn has a wealth of experience in the Alternative and Renewable Energy fields, has written numerous papers and presentations on various alternative energy topics and has spoken at over 50 international conferences and events. He has consulted on numerous projects in the solar electric, battery, hybrid vehicle, biofuels, energy storage, hydrogen and fuel cell fields and chaired or moderated various professional conferences including the Second Annual New England Technology Conference, and the SAE Hybrid Electric Vehicle 'TopTech' conference.

Mr. Dunn also works with a variety of renewable energy programs including the annual Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) Tour deSol, and was the chairman of the Monte Carlo Rally and the "100 mpg Challenge" for 2005 and 2006. Mr. Dunn has also conducted several Energy Storage Workshops for NESEA, and received a variety of patents, including several for fuel cell and energy storage devices and, in his earlier career, for the laptop computer.

Mr. Dunn has a B.S.E.E. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and is the Co-founder of the WPI Venture Forum, which provides programs, advice and networking to entrepreneurs & investors. Mr. Dunn has also assisted in launching several new high tech companies at MIT, and won the MIT Energy SIG Business Plan contest in 2007. He was also the Technical Advisor for the MIT Solar House entered in the 2007 DOE Solar Decathlon competition with 20 other teams from across the world.

"I am pleased that Jim has joined us as chairman of our Advisory Board", commented Peter W. DeVecchis, Jr., President of Solomon. "Jim's leadership in alternative energy technologies, including intimate familiarity with our Electric Wheel and Electric Transaxle patents, will be a key component in our continuing effort to commercialize these assets. I am looking forward to working with Jim in identifying the most promising opportunities and focusing our resources in those areas."

Mr. Dunn commented, "I am particularly excited about helping the team at Solomon maximize the Company's potential through a focus on its existing assets and intellectual property as well as identifying new opportunities that dovetail with its strong technology base in power systems and power electronics. The opportunities in these markets are large, as is the applicability of Solomon's technology across a broad range of these segments. I look forward to working closely with Peter DeVecchis, and the whole Solomon team, to exploit the opportunities to the fullest."

Information about Solomon Technologies, Inc.:

Solomon Technologies, Inc., through its Motive Power and Power Electronics divisions, develops, licenses, manufactures and sells precision electric power drive systems, including those utilizing its patented Electric Wheel(R) Electric Transaxle(TM) and hybrid and regenerative technologies as well as direct current power supplies and power supply systems requiring high levels of reliability and ruggedness for defense, aerospace, marine, commercial, automotive, hybrid electric and all electric vehicle applications.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The statements regarding Solomon Technologies, Inc. in this release that are not historical in nature, particularly those that utilize terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "likely," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," or "plans," or comparable terminology, are forward- looking statements based on current expectations about future events, which management has derived from the information currently available to it. It is possible that the assumptions made by management for purposes of such statements may not materialize. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Important factors known to management that could cause forward-looking statements to turn out to be incorrect are identified and discussed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward- looking statements contained in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward- looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Solomon Technologies, Inc. Peter DeVecchis, 727-859-4447 http://www.solomontechnologies.com/

Solomon Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Peter DeVecchis of Solomon Technologies, Inc., +1-727-859-4447

Web site: http://www.solomontechnologies.com/

Open Text Partners with the University of Waterloo to Create Leading Institute for Web 2.0 and Digital MediaCompany's Support Will Create the Open Text Centre for Digital Media Research, Uniting Students, Educators and Professionals in Research and InnovationLocation in Arts Community of Stratford Will Bridge the Worlds of Business, Art and the Internet

WATERLOO, ON, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Text(TM) Corporation , a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), today announced a partnership with the University of Waterloo to create one of the world's largest centres dedicated to research and innovation in digital media and Web 2.0 for business, government and cultural applications.

Under the plan, Open Text will contribute funding, technology and services for the development of the Open Text Centre for Digital Media Research. As part of its commitment, Open Text will provide its executives and thought leaders as contributing faculty, sharing their experience in the classroom. The Centre will be dedicated to research projects and commercialization of ground-breaking software applications, giving students an opportunity to apply their ideas to real-world business opportunities. Programs at the Centre will focus on creating graduates that combine business knowledge, with computer science and artistic content creation.

The Centre will be part of graduate and undergraduate programs offered at the University's Stratford Institute, a proposed new centre for education and research to be located in Stratford, Ontario, a well-known art, music and theatre community. The location provides a unique setting that will bring the worlds of business, art and the Internet together in an environment focused on creating innovative new software applications.

"From Facebook to YouTube to Wikipedia, we are witnessing a revolution in the way consumers socialize, share knowledge and harness collective intelligence," said Tom Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer for Open Text. "But we've only just begun. There's enormous potential to build on what's been created so far, and apply these new technologies to business, government and culture in new and exciting ways. Through our partnership with the University of Waterloo, we're planting the seeds of that innovation right here in the Waterloo Region."

Jenkins adds, "The Open Text Centre will combine the experience and knowledge of academic and business leaders with the energy and creativity of a new generation. It gives Open Text a direct role in building a highly skilled workforce and R&D leadership right here in our community, and helps secure Waterloo's position as one of the world's top communities for technology innovation."

"By collaborating with Open Text, we are hoping to create an institution that's recognized worldwide for discoveries that meet the needs of the 21st century digital economy," said David Johnston, President of the University of Waterloo. "Open Text's contribution will help accelerate Ontario and Canada into a leadership position in digital media and Web technologies."

Today's news follows closely on the heels of Open Text's March 3 announcement of a broad strategy to deliver new social computing solutions to customers (http://www.opentext.com/news/pr.html?id=2018). As part of its plan, Open Text is extending its collaboration and Web solutions offerings to deliver 2.0 capabilities, including wikis, forums, blogs, tagging, moderation, communities and real-time collaboration, within an organization's broader ECM strategy. Application of these new technologies creates more engaging Web experiences, improves knowledge sharing and collaboration, increases employee productivity and helps improve brand loyalty and interaction.

Tradition of Innovation

Open Text's contribution is an extension of the company's long history as an innovator in the software industry and of its roots in the University of Waterloo. Open Text began on the University's campus in the late 80s with a group of university researchers who were working on a project to convert the entire Oxford English Dictionary - all 60 million words - to electronic form, a major feat in the pre-Internet days. The work formed the basis for the Internet's first search engine technology, which was soon adopted by Yahoo.

Since then, Open Text has consistently developed leading technologies in enterprise content management, and counts its staff as some of the industry's leading experts. Open Text, which is headquartered in Waterloo, is the largest software company in Canada with some 3,000 employees worldwide.

About Open Text

Open Text, an enterprise software company and leader in enterprise content management, helps organizations manage and gain the true value of their business content. Open Text brings two decades of expertise supporting 46,000 customers and millions of users in 114 countries. Working with our customers and partners, we bring together leading Content Experts(TM) to help organizations capture and preserve corporate memory, increase brand equity, automate processes, mitigate risk, manage compliance and improve competitiveness. For more information, visit http://www.opentext.com/.

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Renews EDS Information Technology Services ContractAgreement begins third decade of companies' relationship

PLANO, Texas and PHOENIX, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (BCBSAZ) today announced the two companies have renewed their 20-year relationship. The five-year agreement for the MetaVance(R) Administration and Finance System will allow BCBSAZ to continue to meet industry mandate terms and improve claims processing accuracy and speed, ultimately lowering costs and improving customer satisfaction for its providers and members. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.

Since signing the original agreement in 1987, the companies have worked together to consolidate BCBSAZ's multiple claims processing platforms onto MetaVance and integrate processes for HIPAA compliance, among other milestones. Today, MetaVance processes an average of 11 million claims per year for BCBSAZ.

"Reaching the highest customer satisfaction levels while reducing operating costs is one of our top operational and strategic priorities at BCBSAZ. Continuing to use MetaVance is a key component to delivering on this priority," said Elizabeth Messina, senior vice president and CIO for BCBSAZ. "We have and continue to look to EDS for their IT and industry expertise."

With this agreement, EDS will continue to deliver existing services, which include managing and enhancing MetaVance and hosting the software application at the EDS data center in Sacramento, California. As one of the first EDS clients to adopt MetaVance, the BCBSAZ team has suggested numerous architectural improvements in the claims processing software in use today.

EDS notes that MetaVance is a scalable software product used to automate core administrative processes such as enrollment, member eligibility and claims processing for healthcare payers with multiple companies, lines of business and products such as indemnity, preferred provider organizations and health maintenance organizations. MetaVance is based on a flexible, service-oriented architecture and is designed for payers looking to automate processes such as enrollment, call tracking and workflow. The member-centric model supports tailored benefits for both the member and their dependents and supports consumer-directed health plans.

"The EDS team takes great pride in continuing this successful relationship with such a well-established health insurance company," said Sean Kenny, EDS Global Healthcare Industry vice president. "We will remain focused on helping BCBSAZ further optimize operations and improve service to its providers and members in a secure environment."

EDS has served the healthcare industry for more than 40 years. Today, EDS touches more than 200 million lives daily and performs 2.4 billion healthcare transactions each year, including 1 billion in healthcare claims annually. EDS is the nation's largest provider of Medicaid and Medicare process management services, administering $95 billion in benefits a year and serves as fiscal agent or principal IT provider for Medicaid in 22 states. With more than 7,000 professionals dedicated to supporting healthcare clients worldwide, EDS' global healthcare experience spans payer, provider, government and life science communities.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, is the largest Arizona-based health insurance company. The not-for-profit company was founded in 1939 and provides health insurance products, services or networks to more than 1.1 million individuals. With offices in Phoenix, Flagstaff, Tempe and Tucson, the company employs more than 1,500 Arizonans. For information about Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and its community programs such as WalkingWorks, please visit http://www.azblue.com/.

About EDS

EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 45 years ago. Today, EDS delivers a broad portfolio of information technology and business process outsourcing services to clients in the manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, communications, energy, transportation, and consumer and retail industries and to governments around the world. Learn more at eds.com.

The statements in this news release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding the amount of new contract values, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond EDS' control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For information concerning these risks and uncertainties, see EDS' most recent Form 10-K. EDS disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

CONTACT: Julie Basa Regena Frieden EDS Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona 972 605 1862 602 864 4046 julie.basa@eds.com rfrieden@phx1.bcbsaz.com

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CONTACT: Julie Basa of Electronic Data Systems, +1-972-605-1862,
julie.basa@eds.com; or Regena Frieden of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona,
+1-602-864-4046, rfrieden@phx1.bcbsaz.com

Siemens PLM Software's Solutions Win Prestigious Industry Awards in ChinaTeamcenter 2007 Honored with the 'Golden Software' Award by Software WorldNX 5 Presented with 'Product Innovation Award' by Manufacture Information Engineering of China and the '2007 Editor's Choice Award' from E-Manufacturing and Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology

PLANO, Texas and BEIJING, March 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of Siemens Industry Automation Division and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced that its Teamcenter(R) 2007 software and its NX(TM) 5 software received prestigious industry awards in China.

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Teamcenter 2007 was honored with the "Golden Software" award by Software World, and NX 5 was honored with the "Product Innovation Award" by Manufacture Information Engineering of China (MIE China); "Best Choice Product Award" by e-works; and the "2007 Editor's Choice Award" from E-Manufacturing and Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology. Siemens PLM Software also won e-works' "Best Vendor Award."

These awards honor industry-leading software that maintains strong innovative capabilities and value to customers. To select award recipients, the PLM industry's software products were appraised by industry experts, government officials and entrepreneurs.

Software World is a leading IT publication media which focuses on the software industry. The "Golden Software" award recognizes best-in-class software which provides strong innovations capability and value to customers.

MIE China is under supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and is organized by the China Association of Productivity Promotion Centers. The awards honor best software in the PLM industry for strong innovative capabilities and value to customers.

E-Manufacturing is published by VOGEL and targets on manufacturing industry such as machinery, auto, aerospace and electronic appliances.

Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology is under supervision of China Aviation Industry Corporation. The two "2007 Editor's Choice Awards" recognize PLM products of the higher quality, design and service to users.

e-works, an IT application portal for Chinese manufacturing enterprises, provides news, papers, cases, reports and reviews on IT products and solutions for the industry.

"The readers here at MIE and the jury concurred that Siemens PLM Software's NX 5 plays a powerful support role in the manufacturing industry," said Cui Ronghui, vice editor-in-chief of MIE China. "This is the type of innovative technology that helps manufacturers enhance revenue opportunities and improve business practices -- and that is exactly why it was selected as a recipient."

"We are honored to receive these recognitions for developing and delivering the world's first truly integrated PLM solution; it required much dedication and imagination," said Chuck Yuan, vice president and managing director of Greater China, Siemens PLM Software. "Siemens PLM Software will continue to create and promote applications in vertical industries and draw on our rich experiences worldwide to further benefit our customers here in China."

Teamcenter powers innovation and productivity by connecting people and processes with a single source of product and process knowledge. Teamcenter's comprehensive portfolio of proven digital lifecycle management solutions is built on an open PLM foundation to power end-to-end PLM.

NX 5 powers innovation by integrating all aspects of the design-through- manufacturing process in a high-performance digital product development solution. NX helps companies develop innovative products faster and more cost- efficiently.

About Siemens PLM Software

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.6 million licensed seats and 51,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software's open enterprise solutions enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through Global Innovation Networks to deliver world-class products and services. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit http://www.siemens.com/plm.

About the Siemens Industry Automation Division

The Siemens Industry Automation Division (Nuremberg), a division of the Siemens Industry Sector, is worldwide leading in the fields of automation systems, low-voltage switchgear and industrial software. Its portfolio ranges from standard products for the manufacturing and process industry to solutions for whole industries and systems that encompass the automation of entire automobile production facilities and chemical plants. As a leading software supplier, Industry Automation optimizes the entire value added chain of manufacturers -- from product design and development to production, sales and a wide range of maintenance services.

Note: Siemens and the Siemens logo are registered trademarks of Siemens AG. Teamcenter and NX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective holders.

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