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HDMI Licensing Appoints Steve Venuti as New LLC President; HDMI Adoption Continues to GrowHDMI grows its adopter base to more than 800 as digital connectivity expands into new product categories

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- HDMI Licensing, LLC, the agent responsible for licensing the High-Definition Multimedia Interface(TM) (HDMI(TM)) specification, today announced that Steve Venuti, 53, has been appointed president of the standards body, effective April 3, 2008. Venuti will continue to propel the HDMI specification forward as the worldwide standard for high-definition digital connectivity through industry education and key marketing initiatives, building on the momentum established by past president Leslie Chard.

As one of the initial employees of HDMI Licensing, LLC, Venuti was instrumental in the public launch of the HDMI standard in 2003. Over the past five years, he has held several senior-level positions, most recently serving as the HDMI Licensing, LLC's vice president of marketing. Venuti was a driving force behind the early adoption of the HDMI standard into the connected home by listening to and addressing the concerns of CE and PC retailers.

"More companies are featuring HDMI technology in their product lineups; it's the high-definition connection that the whole world is embracing," said Venuti. "Les Chard provided vital leadership in building the standard and growing it to the success it has achieved today."

To date, more than 800 consumer electronics (CE) and personal computer (PC) manufacturers globally have adopted the HDMI specification. This is up from the 750 adopters previously announced at CES in January 2008.

The HDMI specification is at the forefront of digital connectivity for high-definition consumer electronics. Manufacturers are continuing to roll out products with the most advanced HDMI 1.3 features currently on the market, including x.v. Color, Deep Color and the newest lossless HD audio formats from Dolby and DTS. The HDMI specification is found in more devices, such as gaming consoles, digital still cameras, camcorders and portable media players, as manufacturers meet consumer demand for multimedia convergence. Sony recently announced its S-Frame brand of digital photo frames, including the DPF-V900, DPF-V700 and DPF-D70, all of which have HDMI outputs for connection to an HDTV. HDMI Licensing, LLC is focused on bridging the gap between technology and the consumer.

Increased adoption of the HDMI specification has generated the need for marketing to not only CE and PC manufacturers, but also to retailers, installers and consumers -- segments where Venuti has already built strong relationships.

About HDMI Licensing, LLC

HDMI Licensing, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silicon Image, Inc., is the agent responsible for licensing the HDMI specification, promoting the HDMI standard and providing education on the benefits of HDMI to retailers and consumers. The HDMI specification was developed by Hitachi, Matsushita (Panasonic), Philips, Silicon Image, Sony, Thomson and Toshiba as the digital interface standard for the consumer electronics market. The HDMI specification combines uncompressed high-definition video and multi-channel audio in a single digital interface to provide crystal-clear digital quality over a single cable. For more information about HDMI, please visit http://www.hdmi.org/.

Forward-looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of federal securities regulations. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to the market for HDMI-enabled solutions, the adoption of the HDMI specification in the consumer electronics market, incorporation of HDMI connectivity into various standards and the evolution, design and implementation of the HDMI specification and such standards. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties. There are important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. These factors include, without limitation, that widespread adoption of the HDMI specification may not continue or may decrease, that competitive technologies and standards may gain greater acceptance, that estimates of future shipments of HDMI-enabled devices may be inaccurate, that adopters may not perceive the anticipated benefits of the HDMI specification, that other interfaces may overtake HDMI's market position, and that the evolution, design and implementation of these standards, including the HDMI specification, may differ materially from what is currently anticipated. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release. The Company assumes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause results to differ can be found in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent Reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

High-Definition Multimedia Interface and HDMI are registered trademarks or trademarks of HDMI Licensing, LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

HDMI Licensing, LLC

CONTACT: Kasey Holman, Media Relations of HDMI Licensing, LLC,
+1-408-616-4192, kholman@hdmi.org; or Joseph Kilmer of The Hoffman Agency,
+1-408-975-3032, jkilmer@hoffman.com, for HDMI Licensing, LLC

Web site: http://www.siliconimage.com/
http://www.hdmi.org/

Nomis Solutions' Pricing Optimization Selected by RBC Across Multiple Lines of BusinessThe Nomis Price Optimizer Tailors Offers to Meet Customer Needs

SAN BRUNO, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Nomis Solutions, the leader in pricing optimization for banking and finance, today announced that RBC (NYSE: RY; TSX), has deployed Nomis Solutions' pricing optimization technology, the Nomis Price Optimizer 3.3 across its personal lending business.

RBC, which is the master brand name of Royal Bank of Canada, is Canada's largest bank and one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies. RBC has recently deployed Nomis Price Optimizer across its personal lending business allowing RBC to build upon its industry leading pricing practices and better tailor offers to customer segments.

Pricing optimization technology provides a better understanding of how pricing impacts product performance across the portfolio. The Nomis Price Optimizer is designed to deliver the right solution to meet customer needs by quantifying customer preferences for products in various market segments and identifying opportunities to price more effectively. By using the Nomis Price Optimizer, RBC gains insights about segmentation approaches including opportunities to add a new dimension to pricing structures.

Nomis Solutions' Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Product Management, Frank Rohde, stated, "RBC will use the Nomis Price Optimizer across multiple lines of business, to better execute on their customer-centric approach and to quickly identify opportunities to grow their business."

Currently deployed at more than 10 banks and finance companies worldwide, such as Abbey, AmeriCredit, HBOS plc, and Washington Mutual Bank, the award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer Suite optimizes more than $4 Billion in consumer lending each month. Loaded with enhanced features, the Nomis Price Optimizer 3.3 helps forecast and monitor product and portfolio performance based on pricing. Cutting-edge analytics enable pricing managers to simulate various pricing scenarios in response to market changes or competitive moves and optimize and automate the rate generation process in order to meet performance goals. The Nomis Price Optimizer suite includes solutions for the home equity lending and mortgages, auto finance, personal lending, and deposits markets.

About Nomis Solutions

Nomis Solutions is the recognized leader in pricing optimization for banking and finance. Pricing optimization is an advanced approach to pricing that provides the insights, automation and capabilities necessary to use pricing as a strategic lever to achieve performance objectives and implement price changes more dynamically and frequently. The award-winning Nomis Price Optimizer(TM) Suite is a set of business solutions that combines pricing analytics, optimization, and execution into a comprehensive pricing strategy and process.

The suite includes specific solutions for auto finance, home equity lending, personal lending, mortgage, and deposits. Each solution delivers quick time-to-benefit, increases profits and market share by 10-20%, and provides valuable insights about how customer preferences impact product and portfolio performance through a consistent, repeatable and efficient pricing process that supports compliance. Select customers include Abbey, AmeriCredit, Ford Motor Credit Company, GE Money, HBOS plc, Royal Bank of Canada, and Washington Mutual Bank. Headquartered in San Bruno, CA, Nomis Solutions also has offices in London, United Kingdom. Visit http://www.nomissolutions.com/ or contact us at info@nomissolutions.com or 650-588-9800.

Nomis Solutions and Nomis Price Optimizer Suite are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nomis Solutions, in the United States and in other countries. Other product and company names herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Nomis Solutions

CONTACT: Bill Cox of Experience Communications, +1-208-381-0001,
bill@experiencecom.com; or Jakki Geiger, Director of Marketing at Nomis
Solutions, +1-650-588-9800, ext. 221, jakki.geiger@nomissolutions.com

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

Amdocs Acquires Jacobs Rimell to Expand Leadership in Customer Experience Systems for the Broadband Cable IndustryAcquisition underscores commitment to broadband cable market and expands Operations Support Systems (OSS) service fulfillment offering

ST. LOUIS, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amdocs , the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced it has acquired Jacobs Rimell, Ltd. (Jacobs Rimell), a provider of fulfillment solutions for the broadband cable industry for approximately $45 million in cash, net of cash on hand, subject to post-closing adjustments. With this acquisition, Amdocs continues to execute on its strategy of being the leader in customer experience systems for the broadband cable industry and the OSS market.

The acquisition of Jacobs Rimell augments Amdocs' OSS offering, and builds on its past acquisitions of DST Innovis Inc. and Cramer Systems Group Ltd. Amdocs supports both business support systems (BSS) and OSS for the broadband cable industry and is now the only vendor to provide a complete order-to-cash solution spanning all customer experience systems. As a result, service providers can launch new converged services more quickly and cost effectively. Comcast is a current customer of Jacobs Rimell and Amdocs, and this acquisition will expand upon Amdocs' current relationship with this company.

"By adding this powerful application suite, Amdocs provides a comprehensive solution to enable broadband cable providers to automate high volume processes for 'right first time' service fulfillment for both consumers and businesses," said Eli Gelman, chief operating officer and executive vice president of Amdocs Management Limited. "Amdocs offers converging providers around the world an industry-leading BSS and OSS solution that integrates ordering, activation, fulfillment and billing to accelerate time to market for new services and enhance the customer experience."

"Jacobs Rimell's components are an integral part of Comcast's provisioning infrastructure supporting new Comcast product introductions," said Andy Baer, chief information officer of Comcast. "Comcast looks forward to working with Amdocs as it enhances Jacobs Rimell's capabilities and integrates Jacobs Rimell into its broader service offerings."

"Amdocs and Jacobs Rimell have a shared vision of where the industry is going, what the broadband cable industry needs to continue to transform, and what it takes to be both a leading technology provider and a trusted advisor," said David Jacobs, chief technology officer and co-founder of Jacobs Rimell. "The integration of Jacobs Rimell's service fulfillment solutions with Amdocs' OSS portfolio brings together the deep industry knowledge and an expanded product suite needed for customers to simplify new product introduction and quickly broaden their services portfolios."

The impact of the acquisition on Amdocs' non-GAAP earnings per share is expected to be neutral in fiscal 2008. The impact on GAAP results is expected to be dilutive in fiscal 2008 but will not be known until after Amdocs completes the purchase price accounting for the acquisition. Amdocs may incur a one-time acquisition-related expense to account for certain costs related to the acquisition.

About Amdocs

Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation, enabling world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated, innovative and intentional customer experience(TM) at every point of service. Amdocs provides solutions that deliver customer experience excellence, combining the software, service and expertise to help its customers execute their strategies and achieve service, operational and financial excellence. A global company with revenue of $2.84 billion in fiscal 2007, Amdocs has more than 16,000 employees and serves customers in more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs at http://www.amdocs.com/ .

About Jacobs Rimell

Jacobs Rimell(TM) develops service fulfillment solutions for Communications Service Providers. Jacobs Rimell's customer centric solutions enable business and residential customers to more rapidly and reliably self- select and adopt an ever wider range of IP based products and services.

Jacobs Rimell's OSS solutions support more than 24 million multi-service subscribers in some of the world's largest and most innovative service providers across 15 countries.

Amdocs Forward-Looking Statement

This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs' growth and business results in future quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs' ability to grow in the business segments it serves, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company's products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, however the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed on December 3, 2007, and in our quarterly 6-K furnished on February 11, 2008.

Amdocs

CONTACT: Darcy Hansen of Amdocs, +1-415-806-4139,
darcy.hansen@amdocs.com

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

TripAdvisor Reaches 15 Million Reviews and OpinionsWorld's Largest Travel Community Continues Strong Growth

NEEDHAM, Mass., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor(R), the world's largest travel community, today announced it now features 15 million reviews and opinions, up from 10 million in June 2007. TripAdvisor-branded sites reached more than 25 million unique monthly visitors* in the past year.

"When we started out in 2000, I never imagined we would achieve this level of growth. We began with hotel reviews and we now also feature candid photos, videos, favorite lists, travel wikis, forums and more, to help travelers around the world plan the perfect trip. Today, we have dramatically more content and attract a larger audience than any other travel media company in the world and we're one of the top three overall travel brands worldwide," said Steve Kaufer, founder and CEO of TripAdvisor. "We expect to continue to expand our global footprint and grow organically and through continued acquisitions of best-in-class travel sites."

Since September 2006, TripAdvisor has acquired a number of other travel media businesses. The TripAdvisor Media Network is now made up of 10 popular travel brands and reaches an audience of approximately 30 million unique monthly visitors.* The TripAdvisor Media Network includes Airfarewatchdog(TM), Booking Buddy(R), Cruise Critic(TM), Holiday Watchdog(TM), The IndependentTraveler(R), SeatGuru(R), Smarter Travel(R), Travel-Library(TM), TravelPod(R) and TripAdvisor(R). The TripAdvisor Media Network now operates sites in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, India, Italy and Spain.

About TripAdvisor Media Network

TripAdvisor(R) Media Network, operated by TripAdvisor, LLC, attracts nearly 30 million monthly visitors* (across ten popular travel brands, TripAdvisor(R),, airfarewatchdog.com(TM), bookingbuddy.com (TM), cruisecritic.com(TM), holidaywatchdog.com (TM), independenttraveler.com(TM), seatguru.com(R), smartertravel.com(TM), travel-library.com(TM) and travelpod.com(TM). TripAdvisor-branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, with more than 25 million monthly visitors*, six million registered members and 15 million reviews and opinions. Featuring real advice from real travelers, TripAdvisor-branded sites cover 300,000+ hotels and attractions and operate in the U.S. (http://www.tripadvisor.com/), the U.K. (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/), Ireland (http://www.tripadvisor.ie/), France (http://www.tripadvisor.fr/), Germany (http://www.tripadvisor.de/), Italy (http://www.tripadvisor.it/), and Spain (http://www.tripadvisor.es/). TripAdvisor(R) Media Network provides travel suppliers with graphical advertising opportunities and a cost-per-click marketing platform. Collectively, the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network have won hundreds of awards and accolades from press and industry worldwide. TripAdvisor and the sites comprising the TripAdvisor Media Network are operating companies of Expedia, Inc. .

TripAdvisor, SeatGuru, Travel-Library, Holiday Watchdog and TravelPod are either registered trademarks or trademarks of TripAdvisor, LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Airfarewatchdog, Booking Buddy and Smarter Travel are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Smarter Travel Media, LLC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Cruise Critic and The Independent Traveler are either trademarks or registered trademarks of The Independent Traveler, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other logos or product and company names mentioned herein may be the property of their respective owners.

* source: comScore Media Metrix, Digital Calculator Report, July 2007

TripAdvisor

CONTACT: Consumer, Brooke Ferencsik, +1-781-444-1113, ext. 275,
brooke@tripadvisor.com, or Trade-Business, Brian Payea, +1-781-444-1113,
ext. 388, bpayea@tripadvisor.com, both of TripAdvisor

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

Novint Technologies Enables Electronic Arts Games for the Novint Falcon

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novint Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: NVNT) , the pioneer of 3D touch for consumer computing today announced an agreement with Electronic Arts Inc. , the world's leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software, to make several of EA's best-selling computer games work with the Novint Falcon game controller. Titles include popular EA franchises like Madden NFL, NBA Live, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR(R), Need for Speed(TM) and Battlefield(TM). These titles are expected to be released for the Falcon later this year, allowing gamers to feel extremely realistic touch sensations such as the weight of a ball as it is thrown, the sideways acceleration of a car as it drifts around a sharp turn, or the realistic recoil of a machine gun.

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"EA is responsible for many of the best selling franchises of all time," said Tom Anderson, Novint's CEO. "These incredible titles have captivated millions of gamers. We are excited to be licensing EA's titles to add significant AAA titles to our platform, and addressing game support for the Falcon, the most important milestone our customers want to see."

"The Novint Falcon gives gamers an exciting new way to experience our products," said Scott Cronce, EA's Vice President of Technology. "Incorporating the Falcon's sophisticated touch technology is one of the many ways EA continues to deliver great gameplay to our customers."

Replacing a mouse or joystick, the Novint Falcon is an entirely new type of PC controller that lets players feel game actions, virtual objects, environments and force feedback in enabled titles. Available nationwide at Tiger Direct, J&R Music World, Fry's Electronics, GoGamer.com, Skymall, Amazon.com, CircuitCity.com, CompUSA.com, and Novint.com the Falcon has an MSRP of $189. Falcon games may be downloaded at novint.com or through N VeNT(TM), Novint's interface to games, updates and community. Novint recently announced that they will release a black version of the Falcon and a Pistol Grip, a must-have accessory for FPS players.

About Novint

Novint (NVNT) develops, markets, and licenses technology that adds high- fidelity interactive 3D touch to computing. For more information visit: http://www.novint.com/

This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made. Factors that may cause or contribute to such differences include fewer sales than expected, changes in industry conditions, litigation, and other risk factors identified in the Company's Form 10KSB filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements for revisions or changes after the date of this press release.

Need for Speed is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Battlefield is a trademark or registered trademark of EA Digital Illusions CE AB. John Madden, NFL, Tiger Woods, PGA TOUR and NBA are trademarks of their respective owners and used with permission.

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CONTACT: Media, Sabrina Cook, 1-866-204-9333, ext. 3,
sabrina@novint.com, or Investor Relations, U.S.: Marvin Maslow,
+1-917-923-3300, or Europe, Herbert Strauss, +43 316 296 316, ir@novint.com,
all of Novint Technologies, Inc.; or Holly Rockwood of Electronic Arts,
+1-650-628-7323, hrockwood@ea.com

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

Garmin's(R) G950(TM) All-Glass, Standard Configuration Avionics for Aircraft Manufacturers

OLATHE, Kan., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today the G950 avionics suite, an all-glass avionics suite that is designed for aircraft manufacturers who want a standardized avionics configuration and will complete certification of their airframe's avionics panel on their own. Quartz Mountain Aerospace is the first manufacturer to select the G950 for its 11E aircraft, a four-seat, single-engine airplane that is newly in production.

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"The G950 is a step between the G900X and G1000," said Gary Kelley, Garmin's vice president of marketing. "The G900X is designed for non-certified kitbuilt planes and the G1000 is tailored to the specific aircraft that it will be installed on and generally includes the GFC 700 autopilot. The G950 fits a new niche -- one which we've received many requests for -- allowing OEMs with certified airframes to have the benefits of a proven, Garmin all-glass cockpit. Since the G950 isn't customizable and doesn't include the GFC 700 autopilot, OEMs will also have the benefit of a streamlined certification process."

The G950 integrates all primary flight, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic, surveillance, weather, and engine sensor data on Garmin's high-definition LCDs. Manufacturers can select between a two or three display G950 system, and the TFT displays boast XGA (1,024x768-pixel) resolution with wide viewing angles. The G950 does not include Garmin's GFC 700 autopilot. The G950 is a highly reliable system that utilizes many of the same features found on Garmin's other popular avionics suites:

o The primary flight display (PFD) replaces many of the traditional cockpit instruments and presents this information in an integrated fashion on a large-format display, and the multi-function display (MFD) puts all aircraft-systems monitoring and flight-planning functions at the pilot's fingertips o Designed with reversionary capabilities, allowing all flight-critical data to transfer seamlessly to a single display for added safety during flight o Solid-state Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), which can align while in motion, including in-flight dynamic restarts o Digital Air Data Computer o Engine-monitoring display o Mode S transponder with Traffic Information Service (TIS) o Dual integrated radio modules that supports VHF communications, VHF navigation with ILS and Class Gamma 3 WAAS that provides the capability to execute LPV approaches o Digital audio control system o Garmin SafeTaxi(R) airport diagrams that help pilots navigate unfamiliar airports o Garmin FliteCharts(R) for Terminal Procedures (with optional ChartView powered by Jeppesen)

The Garmin G950 will be on display at Quartz Mountain Aerospace's Sun 'n Fun trade show booth in Lakeland, Florida, April 8-13, 2008.

About Garmin International Inc.

Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. , the global leader in satellite navigation. Since 1989, this group of companies has designed, manufactured, marketed and sold navigation, communication and information devices and applications -- most of which are enabled by GPS technology. Garmin's products serve automotive, mobile, wireless, outdoor recreation, marine, aviation, and OEM applications. Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit Garmin's virtual pressroom at http://www.garmin.com/pressroom or contact the Media Relations department at 913-397-8200. Garmin, G1000, SafeTaxi and FliteCharts are registered trademarks and G950 is a trademark of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries.

Notice on forward-looking statements:

This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. All statements regarding the company's future product introductions are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on management's current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2007, filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). A copy of Garmin's Form 10-K can be downloaded at http://www.garmin.com/aboutGarmin/invRelations/finReports.html. No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and Garmin undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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CONTACT: Jessica Myers of Garmin International Inc., +1-913-397-8200,
media.relations@garmin.com

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

Isilon IQ Chosen to Create Universal Book LibraryUniversity of Michigan Partners with Google Book Search to Support Creation of Single, Virtual Library for All Books in All Languages;University leads Big-Ten Conference Effort to Digitize Millions of Books

SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon(R) Systems , the leader in clustered storage, today announced that the University of Michigan (U-M) has selected Isilon's IQ clustered storage system as the primary repository for its Michigan Digitization Project. In partnership with Google, the University of Michigan and its Michigan Digitization Project are digitizing more than 7.5 million books, ensuring these valuable resources are available to the public into perpetuity. This enormous undertaking includes the storage of digital copies of all unique books within the libraries of the entire Big-Ten Conference and directly supports Google Book Search, which aims to create a single, comprehensive, searchable, virtual card catalog of all books in all languages. The University of Michigan, in partnership with Indiana University (IU), is leveraging Isilon's IQ clustered storage system to create a Shared Digital Repository (SDR) of the universities' published library materials. Using Isilon IQ, U-M and IU are able consolidate digital copies of millions of books into one, single, shared pool of storage to meet the rapidly growing storage demand of its massive book digitization project.

"With millions of people now using Google as the starting point for information searches once conducted solely in libraries, creating digital copies of our texts for Google Book Search is not only a natural progression for our institution, but critical to providing world-class learning opportunities to people the world over," said John Wilkin, Associate University Librarian, University of Michigan.

"The underlying design of Isilon clustered storage, combined with its tightly-integrated, easy-to-use management utilities, leads us to believe that not only will our Isilon system easily scale to meet the huge demands of our project, but we'll spend less time upgrading and managing it," said Cory Snavely, Director of Library IT Core Services at the University of Michigan.

In conjunction with the Committee for Institutional Cooperation (CIC), an academic partnership formed by the universities of the Big-Ten Conference and the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan and Indiana University are working to create a Shared Digital Repository (SDR) which will mirror the content from U-M and the CIC libraries found in Google Book Search. Using Isilon IQ clustered storage, featuring its OneFS(R) operating system software, U-M has eliminated disparate data silos to create a shared pool of storage for the digitization efforts of these partner institutions.

Each digitized book is approximately 55 MB in size, downloading at a rate of 3 MB/second, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the entire six year duration of the project. Isilon IQ reduces storage management time, enabling U-M to accelerate the book scanning process, preserve valuable materials, and ultimately expand the research and learning capabilities for millions of users across the globe.

"Our world is rapidly progressing to a day when all information -- be it news, academic research, entertainment, or scientific discoveries -- is available immediately, in digital form, through the power of online search technologies, such as Google," said Brett Goodwin, VP of Marketing & Business Development, Isilon Systems. "As witnessed in the exemplary case of the University of Michigan, supporting the mammoth effort to meet growing consumer demand and convert traditionally physical resources into digital formats requires a new kind of thinking -- and a new kind of storage. Isilon clustered storage was designed specifically for digital content and unstructured data, delivering unprecedented scalability, performance and ease of use to enable organizations, such as the University of Michigan, to maximize the value of their critical data and transform the way in which people consume information."

Powered by OneFS, Isilon IQ delivers the industry's first single file system that unifies and provides instant and ubiquitous access to the rapidly growing stores of digital content, eliminating the cost and complexity barriers of traditional storage architectures. OneFS is a unified operating system software layer that powers all of Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems including the Isilon IQ 200, 1920, 3000, 6000, 9000, 12000, Accelerator, and EX 6000, 9000 and 12000. Isilon also provides a robust suite of software applications including SnapshotIQ(TM), SmartConnect(TM), SmartQuotas(TM), MigrationIQ(TM) and SyncIQ(R) that leverage OneFS and clustered storage, providing the highest levels of data protection and automated data management.

About Isilon

Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data, enabling enterprises to transform data into information -- and information into breakthroughs. Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems combines Isilon's OneFS operating system software with the latest advances in industry-standard hardware to deliver modular, pay-as-you-grow, enterprise-class storage systems. Isilon's clustered storage solutions speed access to critical business information while dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of storing it. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com/.

The names of companies mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

Isilon Systems

CONTACT: Lucas Welch of Isilon Systems, +1-206-315-7621,
lucas.welch@isilon.com

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

Rice University Preserves History With Isilon IQDistinguished University and Research Institution Uses Isilon Clustered Storage to Create Central Digital Media Repository

SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon(R) Systems , the leader in clustered storage, today announced that Rice University has selected Isilon's IQ clustered storage system as its central repository for digital multimedia, including video of selected speeches by international dignitaries and musical performances from the Shepherd School of Music. In an effort to preserve the many historic events held at these prestigious venues and ensure the productions are available to the public into perpetuity, Rice has deployed Isilon clustered storage to consolidate hundreds of recorded musical performances and keynote speeches into a single, highly scalable and reliable shared pool of storage for the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive, an institutional repository based on the DSpace software platform.

"For decades, the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and the Shepherd School have been renowned across the country for the prestigious litany of speakers and concerts held here at Rice University every year," said Geneva Henry, Executive Director, Digital Library Initiative, Rice University. "Isilon's clustered storage systems enable us to preserve and reliably deliver these one-of-a-kind events as part of our mission to cultivate a diverse community of learning and discovery that produces leaders across the spectrum of human endeavor."

Through a cooperative effort between Rice University's Digital Library Initiative, Fondren Library and Central IT department, the university has created a central repository for all its critical multi-media content, enabling a variety of departments to execute on vital, content-driven projects simultaneously, activity that was impossible with traditional storage. Prior to using Isilon IQ, Rice's storage management for the Digital Scholarship archiving system was unable to effectively support management of large digital video and audio files that required streaming for delivery. These assets, therefore, were stored on a variety of streaming servers by various groups across campus, creating multiple access bottlenecks that led to inefficient storage management and undue IT cost and complexity. By unifying all of its digital content onto one, easy to use, "pay as you grow" clustered storage system, Rice University has removed costly data access and management barriers and dramatically simplified its storage architecture. Additionally, using Isilon's SmartQuotas(TM) provisioning and quota management software application, Rice is also storing its Language Center's multi-media course work and its Central IT department's webcasts on Isilon IQ, delivering immediate, concurrent data access to multiple users and user groups, further reducing storage management costs to maximize system efficiency.

Rice University will stream its collection of musical performances from the Shepherd School, as well as its video library of the many world leaders and dignitaries that have spoken at the Baker Institute, to thousands of users online. This operation necessitates the use of multiple media servers, using Windows, Quicktime and Real Player formats. Isilon clustered storage communicates natively over CIFS, NFS FTP, and HTTP, as well as interoperating with Windows, Mac and Linux environments, enabling seamless integration with Rice's variety of server formats and enabling all content to be streamed from one, central, easily and immediately accessible storage system. With Isilon IQ, Rice's entire collection of multi-media is accessible to all its servers 24x7x365, ensuring that the media streaming operations are not only efficient and cost-effective, but prepared to meet high user demand.

"Digital content and unstructured data is the fastest growing category of data on earth and is overwhelming traditional storage systems, which were not designed to cost-effectively store and manage the large file sizes, rapid growth and multiple formats common to this category of data," said Brett Goodwin, VP of Marketing & Business Development, Isilon Systems. "As digital content continues to infiltrate organizations, a new storage architecture is necessary to not only efficiently store and manage this data, but also interoperate with the multiple formats and native systems through which this data is created and accessed. Rice University's use of Isilon IQ to unify disparate silos of data and enable multiple departments to concurrently access critical content is exemplary of how clustered storage can significantly reduce storage costs and streamline IT operations."

Powered by OneFS(R), Isilon IQ delivers the industry's first single file system that unifies and provides instant and ubiquitous access to the rapidly growing stores of digital content, eliminating the cost and complexity barriers of traditional storage architectures. OneFS is a unified operating system software layer that powers all of Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems including the Isilon IQ 200, 1920, 3000, 6000, 9000, 12000, Accelerator, and EX 6000, 9000 and 12000. Isilon also provides a robust suite of software applications including SnapshotIQ(TM), SmartConnect(TM), SmartQuotas, MigrationIQ(TM) and SyncIQ(R) that leverage OneFS and clustered storage, providing the highest levels of data protection and automated data management.

About Isilon

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CONTACT: Lucas Welch of Isilon Systems, +1-206-315-7621,
lucas.welch@isilon.com

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

Isilon Positioned in Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant, Company Also Achieves Milestones in Expansion of Clustered Storage SectorCompany Reports Shipping 10,000th System; Nearly Doubles Customer Base in 2007

SEATTLE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Isilon(R) Systems , the leader in clustered storage, today reported data which underscores the growth and ascendance of Isilon and clustered storage within the enterprise. The company today announced that it has nearly doubled its customer base in 2007 and, as of today, has nearly 750 customers and has reached a key milestone with 10,000 clustered storage systems shipped. The company also today announced that Isilon has been positioned in the Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End NAS Solutions, 1H08."(1) According to this report, "Gartner's first Magic Quadrant for midrange and high-end network-attached storage highlights not only vendors offering NAS appliances but also clustered file systems vendors with native Network File System and Common Internet File System support."

"With 750 customers, 10,000 systems shipped and the recognition of leading industry analysts, I believe that there is now clear indication of Isilon's significance and ascendance in driving adoption of clustered storage within the enterprise market," said Sujal Patel, CEO, Isilon Systems. "In the midst of a major transformation in the enterprise data center -- including innovations in virtual computing and high-speed networking -- we are witnessing rapid adoption of clustered storage because it enables enterprises to solve the storage scalability and performance bottleneck."

Isilon Extends Leadership in Clustered Storage

Today, nearly 750 customers are using Isilon's modular, "pay as you grow," clustered storage systems to maximize the value of their digital content and unstructured data, while significantly reducing IT cost and complexity. Having nearly doubled its customer base in 2007, Isilon also reported that more than 10 percent of the Fortune 100 are using Isilon clustered storage, with the majority of these customers having been acquired in 2007. In addition, Isilon has continued to drive the innovation curve of clustered storage forward with the recent release of its X-Series clustered storage systems. Isilon's X-Series delivers the industry's first and only storage system to scale to more than 1.6 Petabytes of capacity and provide performance of 10 Gigabytes per second in a single file system and single volume - achieving 100X the capacity and 20X the performance of traditional SAN and NAS systems.

Powered by OneFS(R), Isilon IQ delivers the industry's first single file system that unifies and provides instant and ubiquitous access to the rapidly growing stores of digital content, eliminating the cost and complexity barriers of traditional storage architectures. OneFS is a unified operating system software layer that powers all of Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems including the Isilon IQ 200, 1920, 3000, 6000, 9000, 12000, Accelerator, and EX 6000, 9000 and 12000. Isilon also provides a robust suite of software applications including SnapshotIQ(TM), SmartConnect(TM), SmartQuotas(TM), MigrationIQ(TM) and SyncIQ(R) that leverage OneFS and clustered storage, providing the highest levels of data protection and automated data management.

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted March 5, 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About Isilon

Isilon Systems is the worldwide leader in clustered storage systems and software for digital content and unstructured data, enabling enterprises to transform data into information - and information into breakthroughs. Isilon's award-winning family of IQ clustered storage systems combines Isilon's OneFS operating system software with the latest advances in industry-standard hardware to deliver modular, pay-as-you-grow, enterprise- class storage systems. Isilon's clustered storage solutions speed access to critical business information while dramatically reducing the cost and complexity of storing it. Information about Isilon can be found at http://www.isilon.com/.

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This press release contains "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements are based on management's expectations as of today, and assumptions which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. The use of words such as "intends" and "expects," among others, generally identify forward-looking statements. However, these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such forward-looking statements may relate, among other things, to our expected business growth, financial and operating results, the benefits of our products, technologies and services and our ability to achieve our goals, plans and objectives.

Actual results and the timing and outcome of events may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons, including, among others: risks associated with anticipated growth in the storage of unstructured, digital content; competitive factors, including changes in the competitive environment, pricing pressures, sales cycle time and increased competition; our ability to build and expand our direct sales operations and reseller distribution channels; our ability to build sales backlogs and improve sales linearity; general economic and industry conditions, including expenditure trends for storage-related products; new product introductions and our ability to develop and deliver innovative products while managing product lifecycles; our ability to provide high-quality products, service and support offerings; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers and our ability to forecast demand for our products and potential shortages or price fluctuations in our supply chain; risks associated with international operations; and other important factors as described in Isilon Systems, Inc.'s reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the factors described in the sections captioned "Risk Factors" in our most recently submitted 10-K and 10-Q.

Except as required by law, Isilon Systems, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking or other statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

The names of companies mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

(1) "Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End NAS Solutions, 1H08," by

Roger W. Cox, Pushan Rinnen, and Robert E. Passmore, March 5, 2008.

Isilon Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Lucas Welch of Isilon Systems, +1-206-315-7621,
lucas.welch@isilon.com

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

Alcatel-Lucent selects Sierra Wireless embedded modules for secure high-speed mobile broadband accessSierra Wireless embedded modules provide mobile broadband connectivity within Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian enterprise security solution

VANCOUVER, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sierra Wireless today announced that Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE : ALU) has selected Sierra Wireless to supply embedded modules for its ground-breaking wireless laptop security, management, and tracking system, the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian (NLG). The NLG is currently available to enterprises through Sprint as the SprintSecure Laptop Guardian. Sierra Wireless is also working with Alcatel-Lucent on expansion and future generations of the NLG for 3G networks.

The Sierra Wireless modules embedded in the NLG provide reliable high-speed access to mobile broadband networks. For enterprise users, this enables convenient access from their laptops to email and information on corporate servers while working remotely, without the hassle of searching for a Wi-Fi hotspot. Even presentations and other large files can be transferred in a few seconds, saving valuable time for mobile professionals rushing between meetings or coordinating projects with office-based colleagues.

What sets the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian wireless platform apart from other mobile broadband access solutions is that IT staff can now use the mobile broadband connection to address the "mobile blindspot," by remotely protecting sensitive data on employees' mobile laptops anytime, anywhere, even when the laptop is powered off, or in the event of a loss or theft. This enables organizations to extend the same level of robust security that is available for computers within the enterprise network to laptops distributed across a mobile workforce.

"Alcatel-Lucent recognizes security begins at the user level. Using Sierra Wireless embedded modules for access to laptops through the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, enables IT departments to better manage the expanding mobile workforce," said Dor Skuler, general manager for Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise mobile security solutions.

"As more employees become mobile, enterprises are understandably concerned with sensitive information carried on laptops, and the growing ubiquity of cellular data coverage makes it a practical tool to employ in addressing these concerns," said Dan Schieler, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales for Sierra Wireless. "Sierra Wireless is pleased to collaborate with Alcatel-Lucent in delivering this innovative security solution to enterprise customers."

About the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian

The OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian is a revolutionary laptop security and management system developed to secure, monitor, manage and locate a mobile computer, and to destroy its data if it is lost or stolen. It leverages broadband networks to let enterprises manage laptops anywhere, anytime, even when the computer is turned off. The OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian, invented by Bell Labs and incubated by Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, is delivered to enterprises bundled with 3G data services that enable always-on connection. For more information, go to http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/omniaccess3500.

About Sierra Wireless Embedded Modules

Sierra Wireless provides a comprehensive embedded module product line for OEM customers, including standards-based modules for both GSM and CDMA technology streams and those that support voice applications. Designed for integration into notebook computers, fixed wireless terminals, and other devices requiring mobile broadband connectivity, Sierra Wireless embedded modules are fully shielded and offer an operating temperature range of -25 to +60 degrees Celsius to suit all applications. Sierra Wireless also offers professional services to OEM customers, leveraging the company's extensive expertise in design, integration, and certification of wireless devices to enable customers to meet market launch targets.

For more information about Sierra Wireless embedded modules, please visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/oemmodules.aspx. To contact the Sierra Wireless Sales Desk, call +1 (604) 232-1488 or e-mail sales@sierrawireless.com.

Note to editors: ---------------- To view and download images of Sierra Wireless products, please visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/product/photos.aspx. About Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless modems and software connect people and systems to mobile broadband networks around the world. The Company offers a diverse product portfolio addressing enterprise, consumer, original equipment manufacturer, specialized vertical industry, and machine-to-machine markets, and provides professional services to customers requiring expertise in wireless design, integration, and carrier certification. For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/.

"AirCard" is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) provides solutions that enable service providers, enterprises 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/

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement of our services and products, statements about future market conditions, supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions, revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other expectations, intentions, and plans contained in this press release that are not historical fact. Our expectations regarding future revenues and earnings depend in part upon our ability to successfully develop, manufacture, and supply products that we do not produce today and that meet defined specifications. When used in this press release, the words "plan", "expect", "believe", and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology and changes in the wireless data communications market. In light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding the wireless data communications market, you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be realized.

CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445, Email: smyers@sierrawireless.com

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445, Email:
smyers@sierrawireless.com

Alcatel-Lucent Expands Ecosystem of Partners for Open, Innovative OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop GuardianPhoenix Technologies, Sierra Wireless, Utimaco, SafeNet among those providing fully-integrated applications and functionality

SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference -- The Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) commitment to open architecture continues to create more value for enterprises as new companies join the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian (NLG) partner ecosystem. Invented by Bell Labs and incubated by Alcatel-Lucent Ventures, the OmniAccess 3500 NLG leverages 3G networks to allow enterprises to overcome the "mobile blind spot" by managing their laptops anywhere, any time, even when the laptop is turned off. Secure, always-on, fully-integrated third party applications and features offer enterprises a choice of best-of-breed solutions along with visibility and control.

-- Phoenix Technologies provides encryption and recovery and authentication services for the OmniAccess 3500 through its FailSafe theft deterrence and SecureCore Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) services. -- Sierra Wireless was selected by Alcatel-Lucent to provide the modems for the OmniAccess 3500 NLG CDMA cards, which are currently sold by Sprint under the Sprint Secure Laptop Guardian solution. The NLG is currently available to enterprises through Sprint as the SprintSecure Laptop Guardian. Sprint was the first carrier in the United States to make the service generally available. Sierra is also providing HSPA modems for the new OmniAccess 3500 NLG HSPA solution. -- Utimaco Safeware AG is integrating its SafeGuard Enterprise data security solution with OmniAccess 3500 NLG to enable policy configuration and administration for device and data protection, as well as pre-boot authentication. -- QuickSec VPN software from SafeNet has been integrated into the OmniAccess 3500 to enable optimized always-on VPN security features and seamless roaming regardless of connection type.

"Our demonstrated commitment to openness allows multiple patch management, backup/restore and equipment vendors to integrate their applications into the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian to better meet specialized business needs," said Michel Emelianoff, Vice President of Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise security activities. "Today and tomorrow, IT departments are benefiting from these types of partnerships to secure the evolving mobile workforce."

Key benefits provided by the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 NLG and its partner ecosystem include: 100% patch management enabling delivery of software updates to laptops even when turned off; "remote kill" deletion of encryption keys and certificates to secure lost or stolen laptops; off hours backup and restore even for laptops that are turned off; 24/7 asset and configuration management control over all device configurations; two-factor authentication eliminating the need for additional authentication devices by using the NLG as a remotely controlled SmartCard; and laptop location information to locate lost or stolen laptops or apply policies based on laptop location.

By working with its partners across its enterprise portfolio, Alcatel-Lucent provides customers with a rich, reliable set of certified solution options. Depending upon the relationship, partners may also undertake joint marketing, reselling and development projects with Alcatel-Lucent.

More information about the Alcatel-Lucent Application Partner Program is available at http://www.applicationpartner.alcatel-lucent.com/.

More information about the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian is available at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/omniaccess3500.

About Phoenix Technologies

Phoenix Technologies Ltd. is the global market leader in system firmware that provides the most secure foundation for today's computing environments. The PC industry's top builders and specifiers trust Phoenix to pioneer open standards and deliver innovative solutions that will help them differentiate their systems, reduce time-to-market and increase their revenues. The Company's flagship products, AwardCore, SecureCore, FailSafe and HyperSpace, are revolutionizing the PC user experience by delivering unprecedented security, reliability and ease-of-use. The Company established industry leadership with its original BIOS product in 1983, has 155 technology patents and 139 pending applications, and has shipped in over one billion systems. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.phoenix.com/ Phoenix, Phoenix Technologies, Phoenix FailSafe, HyperSpace, HyperCore, PC 3.0 and the Phoenix Technologies logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Phoenix Technologies Ltd.

About Sierra Wireless

Sierra Wireless (Nasdaq: SWIR; TSX: SW) modems and software connect people and systems to mobile broadband networks around the world. The Company offers a diverse product portfolio addressing enterprise, consumer, original equipment manufacturer, specialized vertical industry, and machine-to-machine markets, and provides professional services to customers requiring expertise in wireless design, integration, and carrier certification. For more information about Sierra Wireless, visit http://www.sierrawireless.com/ . "Compass," "TRU-Install," and "TRU-Locate" are trademarks of Sierra Wireless. "AirCard" is a registered trademark of Sierra Wireless. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

About Utimaco Safeware AG

The Data Security Company -- Utimaco is a world leading producer of professional solutions that secure data within companies and government agencies. The solutions, which have won multiple awards, protect data against unauthorized access and manipulation no matter where it's stored -- on mobile personal devices, PCs or on networks or is being transferred to business partners or processed in business applications.

SafeGuard Easy, with more than three million installations, is the best selling worldwide solution for protecting data on notebooks and PCs. Utimaco is also a leader in electronic transaction protections. In Germany, for example, Utimaco solutions secure over 90 percent of all card-based payment systems. Utimaco offers its customers comprehensive on site support via a worldwide network of partners and subsidiaries in Europe, the USA and Asia. Utimaco Safeware AG, with headquarters in Oberursel, near Frankfurt, Germany, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0007572406). For more information, visit http://www.utimaco.com/.

About SafeNet, Inc.

SafeNet is a global leader in information security. Founded more than 20 years ago, the company provides complete security utilizing its encryption technologies to protect communications, intellectual property and digital identities, and offers a full spectrum of products including hardware, software, and chips. UBS, Nokia, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Bank of America, Adobe, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Samsung, Texas Instruments, the U.S. Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and scores of other customers entrust their security needs to SafeNet. In 2007, SafeNet was taken private by Vector Capital. For more information, visit http://www.safenet-inc.com/. SafeNet is a registered trademark of SafeNet, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

About Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

CONTACT: Media, Regine Coqueran, +33(0)1-40-76-49-24,
regine.coqueran@alcatel-lucent.com, or Theresa Cede, +33(0)1-40-76-13-70,
theresa.cede@alcatel-lucent.com, or Investors, Remi Thomas,
+33(0)1-40-76-50-61, remi.thomas@alcatel-lucent.com, or John DeBono,
+1-908-582-7793, debono@alcatel-lucent.com, or Tony Lucido,
+33(0)1-40-76-49-80, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com, or Don Sweeney,
+1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com, all of Alcatel-Lucent

Web site: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/
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http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/omniaccess3500
http://www.phoenix.com/
http://www.sierrawireless.com/
http://www.utimaco.com/
http://www.safenet-inc.com/

CSC Signs $20 Million Contract With Danish Central Office of Civil Registration

FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Sciences Corporation today announced that it has signed a four-year, $20 million information technology (IT) services agreement with the Danish Central Office of Civil Registration (CPR Office), located within the Ministry of Social Welfare Department.

Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will provide operation and maintenance support services for the CPR system, the Danish Civil Registration System that supplies public authorities and private sector companies with each Danish citizen's basic personal information.

"CSC's proposal to operate and maintain the CPR system not only fully satisfies our demands, but also fulfills the CPR Office's expectations regarding immediate cost savings," said Carsten Grage, head of the CPR Office. "The agreement will also contribute positively to the renewal and continued development of the CPR system."

"CSC has a legacy of providing quality support to the CPR Office," said Jesper Kryhlmand, vice president and managing director of CSC in Denmark. "We are pleased that the office has chosen us to apply our domain expertise and leverage our global delivery capabilities to continue the development of the Danish CPR system, a core element in the Danish eGovernment strategy."

About the Danish Central Office of Civil Registration

The Central Office of Civil Registration is located under the Ministry of Social Welfare in Denmark and is the main supplier of basic personal information to public authorities and the private sector. The centralised civil register (CRS), which has existed in Denmark for 40 years, is a nationwide civil register whose purpose is to administrate the personal identification number system, to administrate general personal data, and to forward personal data in a technically/economically suitable manner in accordance with the Registers Act and the legislation governing civil registration.

About CSC

Computer Sciences Corporation is a leading IT services company. CSC's mission is to be a global leader in providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.

With approximately 91,000 employees, CSC provides innovative solutions for customers around the world by applying leading technologies and CSC's own advanced capabilities. These include systems design and integration; IT and business process outsourcing; applications software development; Web and application hosting; and management consulting. CSC reported revenue of $16.1 billion for the 12 months ended Dec. 28, 2007. For more information, visit the company's Web site at http://www.csc.com/.

Computer Sciences Corporation

CONTACT: media relations, Rich Venn, Corporate, +1-310-615-3926,
rvenn@csc.com, or Mads Cordt Gyldenkaerne, Nordic Manager, Media Relations of
CSC in Denmark, + 45 2923 7050, mgyldenkaern@csc.com, both of Computer
Sciences Corporation

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

AU Optronics Corp. March 2008 Consolidated Revenue Totaled NT$47.1 Billion

HSINCHU, Taiwan, April 8, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO" or the "Company") (TAIEX: 2409; NYSE: AUO) today announced its March 2008 revenue with preliminary consolidated and unconsolidated basis of NT$47,060 million and NT$46,761 million. It represented 10.8% and 10.2% sequential increase, and 59.1% and 58.2% year-over-year growth.

In the first quarter of 2008, AUO's unaudited consolidated and unconsolidated revenues totaled NT$136,631 million and NT$136,239 million. It represented quarter-over-quarter decline of 12.1% and 12.2%, and year-over-year growth of 69.3% and 68.8%.

Shipments of large-sized panels(a) used in desktop monitor, notebook PC, LCD TV and other applications for March 2008 totaled 8.0 million units, increased by 18.1% sequentially. Small- and medium-sized panel shipments reached 13.6 million units, an 11.9% month-over-month increase.

Large-sized panel shipments for the first quarter of 2008 were 22.0 million, a mild 5.1% Q-o-Q decrease and 38.1% Y-o-Y increase. Small- and medium-sized panel shipments for the first quarter of 2008 totaled 37.7 million units, representing 21.5% Q-o-Q decrease but improved significantly by 70.3% Y-o-Y.

(a) Large-size refers to panels that are 10 inches and above in diagonal measurement while small and medium size refers to those below 10 inches Sales Report: (Unit: NT$ million) Net Sales(1) (2) Consolidated(3) Unconsolidated March 2008 47,060 46,761 February 2008 42,474 42,426 M-o-M Growth 10.8% 10.2% March 2007 29,572 29,566 Y-o-Y Growth 59.1% 58.2% Jan to Mar 2008 136,631 136,239 Jan to Mar 2007 80,720 80,694 Y-o-Y Growth 69.3% 68.8% (1) All figures are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Taiwan. (2) Monthly figures are unaudited, prepared by AU Optronics Corp. (3) Consolidated numbers include AU Optronics Corp., AU Optronics (L) Corporation, AU Optronics (Suzhou) Corporation, AU Optronics (Shanghai) Corporation, Tech -- Well (Shanghai) Display Co., AU Optronics (Xiamen) Corp., Darwin Precisions (L) Corp. and Toppan CFI (Taiwan) Co, Ltd. About AU Optronics

AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO") is the world largest manufacturer* of large-sized thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels ("TFT-LCD"), with approximately 20.3%* of global market share with revenues of NT$480.2 billion (US$14.81billion)* in 2007. TFT-LCD technology is currently the most widely used flat panel display technology. Targeted for 40"+ sized LCD TV panels, AUO's new generation (7.5-generation) fabrication facility production started mass production in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company currently operates one 7.5-generation, two 6th-generation, four 5th-generation, one 4th-generation, and four 3.5-generation TFT-LCD fabs, in addition to eight module assembly facilities and the AUO Technology Center specializes in new technology platform and new product development. AUO is one of few top-tier TFT-LCD manufacturers capable of offering a wide range of small- to large-sized (1.5"-65") TFT-LCD panels, which enables it to offer a broad and diversified product portfolio.

* DisplaySearch 4Q2007 WW Large-Area TFT-LCD Shipment Report dated Jan 23, 2008. This data is used as reference only and AUO does not make any endorsement or representation in connection therewith. 2007 year end revenue converted by an exchange rate of NTD32.43:USD1.

AU Optronics Corp.

CONTACT: Fiona Chiu, Corporate Communications Dept, AU Optronics Corp,
tel, +886-3-5008899 ext 3206, or fax, +886-3-5772730, or email,
fiona.chiu@auo.com; Yawen Hsiao, Corporate Communications Dept., AU Optronics
Corp., tel, +886-3-5008899 ext 3211, or fax, +886-3-5772730, or email,
yawen.hsiao@auo.com

Comarch lance OSS Mobile Network Integration

CRACOVIE, Pologne, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Comarch annonce le lancement d'OSS Mobile Network Integration, une solution OSS préconfigurée pour les opérateurs GSM/UMTS, à la recherche d'un produit basé sur le concept NGOSS dans le domaine de la gestion des stocks et de l'assurance du service. L'offre logicielle s'appuie sur la Comarch OSS Suite : un réseau et une plate-forme de gestion du service qui est le résultat de plusieurs années d'expérience sur des projets OSS avec les grands opérateurs mobiles européens.

<< Le facteur le plus important dans l'OSS Mobile Network Integration est qu'il soit basé sur les meilleures pratiques du secteur et ce, dans le but d'aider les opérateurs à diminuer les coÃ»ts d'intégration, ceci représentant la plus grande préoccupation des directeurs d'OSS. L'offre d'intégration personnalisée pour les opérateurs mobiles est le résultat d'une longue histoire d'implémentations OSS réussies et elle représente une partie très importante de la stratégie de promotion de notre excellent portefeuille >>, a déclaré Piotr Piatosa, vice-président des télécommunications de Comarch SA.

L'application contient des composants préintégrés tenant compte des meilleures pratiques et des processus de préparation, d'assurance et d'exécution de la structure eTOM, en plus de disposer d'une ample bibliothèque d'adaptateurs préconfigurés, composants consacrés à l'intégration des fabricants de matériel et de logiciel les plus répandus et des API standardisées. La solution possède des bibliothèques d'intégration pour les domaines de réseau habituels pour tous les opérateurs mobiles.

Grâce à son expérience, Comarch a été capable de fournir une gamme de produits spécialisés qui a été implantée avec succès sur plusieurs réseaux. Tirant son origine des systèmes de gestion des anomalies et de configuration, la Comarch OSS Suite a développé en conséquence ses propres solutions au sein d'une gamme efficace et flexible de produits modernes. Aujourd'hui, la plate-forme couvre des domaines tels que la gestion des stocks, des services et des ressources, l'assurance du service descendant, la réconciliation et les stratégies d'approvisionnement ainsi que la gestion des processus avec le flux du travail et les automatisations.

<< L'un des avantages lié au développement de Comarch OSS Suite est la possibilité d'avoir une vue interne des activités des opérateurs. De ce point de vue, il est évident qu'en dépit des différences géographiques, architecturales, culturelles et d'échelle, les opérateurs mobiles partagent un certain nombre de similitudes. Ils portent tous leurs efforts sur la planification complète et opérationnelle du cycle de vie des stocks, ils travaillent pour une vue d'ensemble du service de réseau, ils recherchent constamment à optimiser les processus dans une architecture dirigée par contrat et, bien souvent, ils doivent intégrer les mÃªmes fabricants. OSS Mobile Integration offre une solution bien établie pour ces challenges >>, a déclaré Krzysztof Jasek, chef de produit OSS de Comarch SA.

Pour obtenir de plus amples informations, veuillez visiter le site web http://oss.comarch.com.

Contact avec la presse : Katarzyna Gajewska Telecommunications Sector PR Comarch SA Tél.: +48-12-646-15-04 Gsm. +48-691-464-119 E-mail : Katarzyna.Gajewska@comarch.com

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Contact avec la presse: Katarzyna Gajewska, Telecommunications Sector PR, Comarch SA, tél.: +48-12-646-15-04, Gsm. +48-691-464-119, e-mail: Katarzyna.Gajewska@comarch.com

The United Kingdom's Cabinet Office Standardises on Autonomy Meridio's Records Management SolutionMeridio Solution Helps the UK Government Administration to Retain and Leverage Institutional Knowledge

CAMBRIDGE, England and BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Meridio, an Autonomy company and the leading provider of Records Management software, today announced that the United Kingdom's Cabinet Office has deployed its records management solution to manage and control hundreds of thousands of electronic documents and records across the government organization.

The UK Cabinet Office sits at the very centre of government and, together with the Treasury, provides the 'head office' of government. The Cabinet Office performs three core functions that enable it to fulfill its overarching purpose of making the government work better for the UK citizens, which include: supporting the Prime Minister to define and deliver the Government's objectives, supporting the Cabinet to drive the coherence, quality and delivery of policy and operations across departments and strengthening the Civil Service to ensure the civil service is organised effectively and has the capability in terms of skills, values and leadership to deliver the Government's objectives.

The Cabinet Office sets an example in the delivery of policy, process and implementation. At the same time, it often experiences a high degree of change due to both high staff turnover, which can reach 30 percent a year, and other government organizational changes. With Meridio's highly flexible and scalable records management solution, the Cabinet Office is able to retain its organizational memory, achieve superior control over document and records, and improve collaboration productivity throughout the organization. The centralized system, which is accessible from users' desktops, makes sharing documents easy and is a major contributor to improved collaborative working across the organization. Processes which rely on information sharing such as meeting minutes, report approval, Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and staff recruitment can now be processed much more efficiently and require less manual labor.

"The UK Cabinet Office's use of Meridio's records management solution is helping us to meet our business objectives through improved collaborative working," said Celia Wood, deputy director of eDRM, Cabinet Office. "Its simple interface, transparently integrated with our Microsoft Office Systems, has meant that staff across the organization are seeing early benefits from the control and sharing of documents and protection of our Organizational Memory."

"There is a growing need for all government organizations to improve efficiency and at the same time tightly control the increasing volume of email and other electronic documents," said Brian Baird, CEO of Autonomy Meridio. "Meridio's records management solution is becoming the de facto standard for agencies that need to demonstrate corporate governance while realizing cost savings and improvements in service delivery."

About Meridio

Meridio, an Autonomy company , is a leading provider of complete lifecycle information management solutions, from creation and retention to disposition. Meridio enables organizations to achieve global compliance by creating and applying flexible master policies to their electronic records in accordance with international and local statutes and regulations. Meridio's solutions are certified on major global regulatory standards, including US DoD 5015.2 Ch 2 (including joint certification with MOSS2007) and Ch 4 - Management of Classified Records, Australian VERS standard and UK TNA 2002. Meridio is compliant with ISO 15489 and the European MoReq standard. Customers include BioPAD, ConocoPhillips, CDW, Hipoteku Banka, NZ Ministry of Fisheries, Pacific Life, StatoilHydro, Scottish and Southern Energy, the UK Ministry of Defence and the US Air Force.

About Autonomy

Autonomy Corporation plc is a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise and is spearheading the meaning-based computing movement. Autonomy's technology forms a conceptual and contextual understanding of any piece of electronic data including unstructured information, be it text, email, voice or video. Autonomy's software powers the full spectrum of mission-critical enterprise applications including information access technology, BI, CRM, KM, call center solutions, rich media management, information risk management solutions and security applications, and is recognized by industry analysts as the clear leader in enterprise search.

Autonomy's customer base comprises of more than 17,000 global companies and organizations including: 3, ABN AMRO, AOL, BAE Systems, BBC, Bloomberg, Boeing, Citigroup, Coca Cola, Daimler Chrysler, Deutsche Bank, Ericsson, Ford, GlaxoSmithKline, Lloyd TSB, NASA, Nestle, the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters, Shell, T-Mobile, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Autonomy also has over 300 OEM partners and more than 400 VARs and Integrators, numbering among them leading companies such as BEA, Business Objects, Citrix, EDS, IBM Global Services, Novell, Satyam, Sybase, Symantec, TIBCO, Vignette and Wipro. The company has offices worldwide.

The Autonomy Group includes: ZANTAZ, the leader in the archiving, e-Discovery and Proactive Information Risk Management (IRM) markets; Cardiff, a leading provider of Intelligent Document solutions; etalk, award-winning provider of enterprise-class contact center products, Virage, a visionary in rich media management and security and surveillance technology and Meridio, a leading provider of records management software.

Autonomy and the Autonomy logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autonomy Corporation plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Autonomy Meridio Editorial Contacts: Winifred Shum Autonomy (US) +1-408-771-6668 wshum@autonomy.com Edward Bridges Financial Dynamics (UK) +44-207-831-3113 edward.bridges@fd.com Sayo Ogundiran Cohn & Wolfe (US) +1-415-365-8552 cwna-autonomy@cohnwolfe.com Bite Communications (UK) +44(0)20-8834-3518 autonomy@bitepr.com

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CONTACT: Autonomy Meridio Editorial Contacts: Winifred Shum, Autonomy
(US), +1-408-771-6668, wshum@autonomy.com; Edward Bridges, Financial Dynamics
(UK), +44-207-831-3113, edward.bridges@fd.com; Sayo Ogundiran, Cohn & Wolfe
(US), +1-415-365-8552, cwna-autonomy@cohnwolfe.com; Bite Communications (UK),
+44(0)20-8834-3518, autonomy@bitepr.com

Motorola Demonstrates First Public Mobile WiMAX Handoff in Asia PacificDemonstration illustrates Motorola's capability to deploy mobile WiMAX technology for operators in the region

SINGAPORE, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Motorola today unveiled the mobile WiMAX experience during an exclusive bus tour at the WiMAX Forum Congress Asia 2008 in Singapore. This is Motorola's first mobile WiMAX demonstration with live handoffs between access points to the public in Asia Pacific. The demonstration marks another milestone as Motorola accelerates the delivery of personal media experience to users in the region.

The demonstration is conducted through a mobile WiMAX network set up at Motorola's facility in Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. Attendees joining the bus tour are able to experience various mobile applications including video conferencing, web browsing and mobile streaming while moving past access point sites along the bus route. Additionally, as the WiMAX connection is extended through an air router, guests will also be able to experience mobile broadband through their own WiFi enabled devices.

"Mobile WiMAX is an essential part of Motorola's portfolio to deliver broadband everywhere enabling consumers to access high speed Internet at home and on-the-go," said Mike Ropicky, senior director of marketing and product operations, Home & Networks Mobility, Motorola Asia Pacific. "Today's demonstration reinforces Motorola's capability in providing and deploying mobile WiMAX technology that is ready for commercial deployment in the Asia Pacific region."

The network infrastructure is powered by Motorola's WAP 400 access points with backhaul provided by Motorola's wireless IP backhaul equipment at the company's facility. During the tour, the signal was seamlessly transmitted and handed off between access point sites, providing an uninterrupted broadband experience to users. Laptops enabled with Motorola's WiMAX PC cards for high speed video were also demonstrated on the bus.

Mobile WiMAX solutions will enable operators in Asia Pacific to provide cost-effective, fast and easy-to-deploy broadband services to fixed, portable and mobile users. Motorola has won numerous commercial contracts and conducted trials across Asia Pacific including the first trial in Thailand with United Information Highway.

The demonstration builds on Motorola's leadership in developing wireless broadband technology. Motorola now has 19 contracts for commercial WiMAX networks in 18 countries around the world. For more information about Motorola wi4 WiMAX solutions, please visit: http://www.motorola.com/wimax.

About Motorola

Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. For more information about our company, our people and our innovations, please visit http://www.motorola.com/.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (c) Motorola, Inc. 2008. All rights reserved.

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CONTACT: Cordia So of Motorola Asia Pacific, +852 2966 3840,
cordia.so@motorola.com; or Walter Lee of Fleishman-Hillard Hong Kong,
+852 2111 3574, walter.lee@fleishman.com

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

Novellus Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Novellus Systems, Inc. , today announced preliminary financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2008.

Revenue for the first quarter is expected to be at the low end of the previously communicated range of $315 million to $325 million. Net income is expected to be between $0.15 and $0.17 per fully diluted share versus the range of $0.21 to $0.24 which was communicated on February 28, 2008 during the Company's mid-quarter update call.

"Although revenues are expected to be at the low end of our expected range, earnings per share are expected to fall short of expectations," said Jeff Benzing, Executive Vice President. "The expected shortfall in earnings per share is the result of a number of factors including a less-favorable than expected product mix combined with higher manufacturing spending in our industrial applications segment, a larger than expected inventory write-down related to evaluation units in our semiconductor segment, and an increase in our forecasted tax rate."

These expected first-quarter operating results are preliminary and subject to management and the Company's auditors completing their quarterly closing review procedures.

Novellus will host a conference call and live Webcast regarding these preliminary first-quarter financial results on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at 4:30 a.m., PDT. To access the Webcast, visit the Investor Relations section of Novellus' Web site at http://www.novellus.com/. Novellus expects to report its final first-quarter financial results as previously scheduled on April 21, 2008.

"Safe Harbor" Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

This press release contains 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, including statements regarding (i) our expectation that revenue for the first quarter will be at the low end of the previously communicated range, (ii) our expectation that net income will be between $0.15 and $0.17 per fully diluted share, (iii) our belief that the expected shortfall in earnings per share is the result of a number of factors including a less favorable than expected product mix combined with higher manufacturing spending in our industrial applications segment, a larger than expected inventory write-down related to evaluation units in our semiconductor segment and an increase in our forecasted tax rate, as well as (iv) other matters discussed in this press release that are not purely historical data, all of which are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, final closing review procedures identifying adjustments to the preliminary financial results included in this press release as well as the ability of management and the Company's auditors to complete their quarterly closing review procedures in a timely manner, as well as other risks indicated in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and our Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to such reports. Forward-looking statements are made and based on information available to us on the date of this press release. We do not assume, and expressly disclaim, any obligation to update this information.

About Novellus:

Novellus Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of advanced process equipment for the global semiconductor industry. The company's products deliver value to customers by providing innovative technology backed by trusted productivity. An S&P 500 company, Novellus is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with subsidiary offices across the globe. For more information please visit http://www.novellus.com/

Novellus Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Robin S. Yim, Investor Relations of Novellus Systems, Inc.,
+1-408-943-9700

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

SST All-in-OneMemory Wins Editor's Choice Award From Portable Design Magazine

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) , a leader in flash memory technology, is pleased to announce that its managed memory subsystem solution, All-in-OneMemory, is the recipient of an Editor's Choice Award from Portable Design magazine. Awarded annually, Portable Design's Editor's Choice Awards recognize innovative electronic components that make possible the design of leading-edge portable products. The SST88VP1107 All-in-OneMemory chip received the award in the Memory category. This marks the third award or award nomination that SST's All-in-OneMemory has received since its introduction last year.

"Every year Portable Design singles out for recognition those new products that we consider to be the most innovative, choosing from among the thousands of product releases that cross our desks," said John Donovan, Portable Design's Editor-in-Chief. "This year has seen an outpouring of highly creative, and some potentially disruptive, products and we believe SST's All-in-OneMemory fits this description."

According to Bing Yeh, president and CEO, SST, "We are thrilled to receive this prestigious award from Portable Design. It's yet another indication that our All-in-OneMemory product has struck a chord within the electronics industry."

About All-in-OneMemory

SST All-in-OneMemory offers designers an easy-to-use, single-package memory subsystem with the full benefits of NOR, NAND and RAM memory for code and data storage. Functionally, All-in-OneMemory is the combination of a high-density NOR, a system RAM and a solid-state drive. The high-density NOR consists of two partitions, a typical size NOR for fast and secure boot-up, and a large Pseudo-NOR (PNOR) memory for storing and executing operating system and application code. PNOR is an emulated NOR consisting of a multi-gigabit NAND for nonvolatile storage and a RAM cache for high-speed random access.

All-in-OneMemory products offer several key benefits not found in alternative memory solutions. It uses a simple PSRAM/Burst-NOR bus to interface with the host processor/chipset, which makes the system design easier and helps speed time-to-market. All-in-OneMemory intelligently manages all memory components with a resident 32-bit microcontroller-based advanced memory controller. This enables All-in-OneMemory to offer a large and expandable XIP (Execute-In-Place) code area, instant secure boot-up, memory demand-paging, NAND flash management, and an industry standard ATA data storage protocol on the PSRAM/Burst-NOR bus.

To further reduce system complexity and lower overall system cost, All-in-OneMemory is housed in a small-footprint BGA package. SST All-in-OneMemory is designed for a wide range of embedded system applications, including multimedia-enabled cell phones, portable media players, digital still/video cameras, personal navigation devices, set-top boxes, IPTVs, gaming devices, medical equipment and industrial systems.

For more information about All-in-OneMemory and the accolades it has received from the industry, please visit http://www.sst.com/products.xhtml/all_in_onememory/.

About Portable Design

For the last 11 years Portable Design has been "the engineer's resource for portable applications." Each month, Portable Design delivers news, product reviews and feature articles focusing on consumer electronics, portable power and wireless communications. With editions in the US, China and Taiwan, Portable Design is the only magazine dedicated exclusively to the interests of engineers creating portable electronic devices. For more information on Portable Design magazine, visit http://www.portabledesign.com/.

About Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of memory and non-memory products for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets. Leveraging its proprietary, patented SuperFlash technology, SST is a leading provider of nonvolatile memory solutions with product families that include various densities of high functionality flash memory components and flash mass storage products. The Company also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its broad network of world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees, including TSMC, which offers it under its trademark Emb-FLASH. SST's non-memory products include NAND controller-based products, smart card ICs and modules, flash microcontrollers and radio frequency ICs and modules. Further information on SST can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.sst.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements regarding flash memory and non-memory market conditions, SST's future financial performance, the performance of new products and SST's ability to bring new products to market that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks may include timely development, acceptance and pricing of new products, the terms and conditions associated with licensees' royalty payments, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and general economic conditions as they affect SST's customers, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, SST disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances.

For more information about SST and the company's comprehensive list of product offerings, please call 1-888/SST-CHIP. Information can also be requested via email to literature@sst.com or through SST's Web site at http://www.sst.com/. SST's head office is located at 1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, Calif.; telephone: 408/735-9110; fax: 408/735-9036.

The SST logo and SuperFlash are registered trademarks, and Pseudo-NOR and PNOR are trademarks of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

For More Information Contact: Ricky Gradwohl Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. 408/720-6512 rgradwohl@sst.com Bob Nelson Tsantes Consulting Group 408/426-4905 bnelson@tsantes.com

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CONTACT: Ricky Gradwohl of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.,
+1-408-720-6512, rgradwohl@sst.com; or Bob Nelson of Tsantes Consulting Group,
+1-408-426-4905, bnelson@tsantes.com, for Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

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

Clal Industries Completes Partial Cash Tender Offer for Fundtech

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. announced today that it has successfully completed its previously-announced tender offer to purchase up to 2,338,686 ordinary shares of Fundtech Ltd. (NasdaqGM & TASE:FNDT) at $12.50 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any required withholding taxes and without interest. The tender offer, which commenced on March 5, 2008, expired on Monday, April 7, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, or 5:00 p.m., Israel time.

Clal Industries has been advised by the depositaries for the tender offer that, as of the final expiration of the tender offer, a total of 2,104,720 Fundtech shares had been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the offer. As contemplated in the offer to purchase, Clal Industries has accepted for purchase all such tendered shares.

Payment for the shares accepted will be made promptly through American Stock Transfer & Trust Company or Clal Finance Batucha Investment Management Ltd., the depositaries for the tender offer.

After payment for the shares tendered in the offer and accepted for payment, Clal Industries will beneficially own 8,797,398 ordinary shares of Fundtech, representing approximately 56.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of Fundtech, or 57.1% when taken together with 98,498 additional ordinary shares beneficially owned by IDB Development Corporation Ltd., an affiliate of Clal Industries.

Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward-looking statements. The accuracy of such statements is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, the effect of general economic conditions, political events and fluctuations in the share price of Fundtech. Except as required by applicable law, Clal Industries undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

About Clal Industries and Investments Ltd.: Clal Industries is an Israeli holding company founded in 1956, whose shares are listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the symbol "CII." Clal Industries holds investments in companies that are predominantly located in Israel or that have significant ties or relations to Israel, and mainly conduct business in the fields of cement, textile, advanced technology and high-tech venture funds, biotechnology, communications and commerce.

Clal Industries Contact: Gonen Bieber, Vice President - Finance Tel: +972-3-6075787 Gonen.Bieber@idb.co.il

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Finance, Tel: +972-3-6075787, Gonen.Bieber@idb.co.il

Comarch Launches OSS Mobile Network Integration

KRAKOW, Poland, April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Comarch announces the launch of OSS Mobile Network Integration - a preconfigured OSS solution for GSM/UMTS operators, who search for a NGOSS concept-based product, in the area of inventory management or service assurance. The software bundle is based on Comarch OSS Suite - a network and service management platform and is the result of years of experience in OSS projects with large European mobile operators.

- The most important factor in the OSS Mobile Network Integration is that it is based on best practices proven in the industry and is intended to help operators decrease integration costs - the largest headache for OSS managers. The integration bundle tailored for mobile operators is the result of a long history of successful OSS implementations and is a very important part of our strategy of promoting our strong portfolio - says Piotr Piatosa, VP Telecommunications, Comarch SA.

The solution contains pre-integrated components realizing best practices and the processes of readiness, assurance and fulfillment from the eTOM framework, along with an extensive library of preconfigured adapters - components dedicated for integration with most popular software and hardware vendors and standardized APIs. The solution contains integration libraries for network domains common for all mobile operators.

Thanks to its experience, Comarch has been able to provide set of specialized products which have been successfully implemented in multiple networks. Originating from configuration and fault management systems, the Comarch OSS Suite consequently developed its own solutions into a powerful and flexible family of modern products. Today, the platform covers areas like resource and service inventory management, top-down service assurance, reconciliation and provisioning strategies and process management with workflow and automations.

- One of the advantages of developing Comarch OSS Suite is an opportunity to have an inside view of the operators' businesses. From this perspective it becomes obvious that despite geographical, architectural, cultural and scale differences, mobile operators share a number of similarities. They all struggle with the full planning-operational inventory lifecycle, work towards a complete network-service view, look for constant process optimization in a contract-driven architecture and, quite often, must integrate the same vendors. OSS Mobile Integration provides a well-proven solution for these challenges - says Krzysztof Jasek, OSS Product Manager, Comarch SA.

For more information, please go to the website http://oss.comarch.com.

Media Contact: Katarzyna Gajewska Telecommunications Sector PR Comarch SA Tel. +48-12-646-15-04 Gsm. +48-691-464-119 E-mail: Katarzyna.Gajewska@comarch.com

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Media Contact: Katarzyna Gajewska, Telecommunications Sector PR, Comarch SA, Tel. +48-12-646-15-04, Gsm. +48-691-464-119, E-mail: Katarzyna.Gajewska@comarch.com

ImpreMedia Powers New MySpace Latino Sports CommunityNew Bilingual Platform Features Content Provided by Top Sports Experts on 'TodoFutbol' Site

NEW YORK, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- ImpreMedia, the No.1 Hispanic news and information company in the United States in online and print, today announced that it will be the primary content provider for the new MySpace Latino Community, "TodoFutbol." The TodoFutbol soccer community will feature up-to-the-minute information on the favorite U.S. and Latin American soccer teams and analysis from famous soccer experts on Latin championships and the most important games of the week. Through this strategic media partnership, impreMedia will be able to tap into the existing base of more than nine million Hispanic users on MySpace and more than one million registrants on the MySpace Latino beta site, according to MySpace. ImpreMedia content will link directly to impreMedia and its publications' websites.

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"We have chosen to partner with impreMedia because they have one of the brightest networks of reporters and talent covering the sports community and have proven to deliver the most original content that truly reflects the Latino perspective. This partnership represents a tremendous opportunity for the Hispanic audience to access impreMedia's digital publications, the fastest growing digital marketplace exclusively for the Hispanic community," said Victor Kong, vice president and managing director of MySpace Latino. "We handpicked our content providers based on their reputation and engagement within the Hispanic community and feel that impreMedia's original content and brand power is a great match for our new platform."

With proven success in online and print media and owning such leading newspapers as La Opinion, impreMedia continues to bolster its commitment to being the premier Hispanic news and information company and to reaching the fast growing Hispanic youth segment by partnering with the world's most popular social network. In addition to La Opinion, impreMedia owns 24 print and online publications including El Diario La Prensa, Hoy Nueva York, La Raza, Vista and La Vibra, making the company the nation's largest Hispanic newspaper publisher with its publications reaching 17 markets representing 66% of the U.S. Hispanic population. More than 40% of U.S. Hispanic adults use an impreMedia product each month.

"We are thrilled to be a part of the new MySpace Latino Community which is dedicated to serving this highly important audience with customized Latino content and programming," said Arturo Duran, CEO of impreMedia Digital. "As impreMedia endeavors to celebrate the Latino culture and continues to be culturally relevant for the U.S. Hispanic community, the opportunity to be a part of this groundbreaking digital environment from launch is significant as services expand and tailor their offerings to reach the dynamic and growing U.S. Hispanic market."

Along with their current news, impreMedia will be contributing original commentary and insights. The TodoFutbol MySpace Latino Community (http://latino.myspace.com/todofutbol) will provide real-time sports and soccer headlines, offer features that go behind the news, and feature expert analysis by some of the Hispanic world's leading soccer pundits in a segment aptly named "Por el Experto."

The media partnership with impreMedia will kick start the TodoFutbol community, offering users of MySpace Latino editorial information on U.S. and Latin America's most prominent soccer leagues, as well as cross media promotions. ImpreMedia will continue to provide content to the TodoFutbol Sports Community when the MySpace Latino Community is officially launched.

ImpreMedia previously worked with MySpace as the official Spanish-language communicator for the ongoing series of Presidential Dialogue events hosted by MySpace and MTV, the leading global youth brand. ImpreMedia's youth-oriented, Hispanic entertainment magazine and website, LaVibra.com, streamed the live, candid conversations between each leading presidential candidate and America's Spanish-speaking youth.

About impreMedia:

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Broadcom Announces Conference Call to Review First Quarter 2008 Financial ResultsTuesday, April 22, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time; 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time

IRVINE, Calif., April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, will conduct a conference call with analysts and investors following the release of its first quarter 2008 financial results on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. Pacific Time; 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference call, which will include information regarding current and future products and technologies, end market trends, and the company's current financial prospects, will be conducted by Scott McGregor, Broadcom's President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Henry Samueli, Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Eric Brandt, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

After the close of the market on April 22, and prior to the conference call, Broadcom will distribute a copy of the first quarter 2008 financial results press release via PR Newswire. To listen to the webcast, or to view the press release or the other financial or statistical information required by SEC Regulation G, please visit the Investors section of the Broadcom website at http://www.broadcom.com/investors. The webcast will be recorded and available until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

About Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a major technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom products enable the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art, system-on-a-chip and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R).

Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with 2007 revenue of $3.78 billion, and holds over 2,500 U.S. and 1,100 foreign patents, more than 7,400 additional pending patent applications, and one of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and multimedia.

Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at http://www.broadcom.com/.

Broadcom(R), the pulse logo, Connecting everything(R), the Connecting everything logo are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

Broadcom Investor Relations Contact Broadcom Media Contact T. Peter Andrew Bill Blanning Vice President, Corporate Communications Vice President, Global Media 949-926-5663 Relations andrewtp@broadcom.com 949-926-5555 blanning@broadcom.com

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CONTACT: Investor Relations, T. Peter Andrew, Vice President, Corporate
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blanning@broadcom.com, both of Broadcom Corporation

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