Plantronics Survey Reveals 60 Percent of Polled Washington Drivers Don't Know When State's Hands-free Legislation Goes Into EffectNew Law Will Impact 4.6 Million Licensed Drivers in Washington

SANTA CRUZ, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Despite the imminent nature of Washington's new legislation requiring all drivers to use hands-free devices while talking on cell phones, many are unfamiliar with the details of the law, including when it goes into effect and the consequences for non-compliance. According to a new survey by TNS and Plantronics, Inc. , the worldwide leader in communication headsets, 60 percent of Washington drivers don't know when the new law goes into effect and 78 percent don't have a strong familiarity with what it encompasses.

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On July 1, 2008, Washington will introduce its new hands-free legislation affecting 4.6 million drivers(1). The Plantronics survey, which polled 400 licensed drivers in Washington, also found that 40 percent of respondents weren't familiar with the consequences for not complying with the law. Other findings include:

-- Sixty percent of Washington drivers admitted to regularly talking on their cell phones while driving; their primary reasons were: - To keep in touch with family members (63 percent) - To take care of work-related issues (19 percent) - To catch up with friends (8 percent) -- Sixty percent of Washington drivers believe that headsets help eliminate physical distractions when performing driving tasks -- Seventy-five percent of Washington drivers would recommend that their friends and loved ones use a headset Details of Washington's Hands-free Legislation

Under the new law, drivers cannot hold cell phones to their head while on the road. Hands-free devices such as headsets and speakerphones are mandatory when using a cell phone while driving.

Not abiding by the hands-free law is a secondary offense. Drivers will be stopped if they are found to be driving unsafely or if they are in violation of other laws. There will be no grace period and no warning tickets issued. Fines will be $124 for the first and subsequent violations.

Safety Tips for Hands-free Devices

Plantronics offers the following tips for keeping both hands on the wheel and both eyes on the road when using your cell phone and hands-free device while driving:

-- Trial Run: Practice using your phone and headset together before you drive. Familiarize yourself with the headset controls. Adjust the fit and the microphone on your headset, check the headset settings on your cell phone and stow the phone so it's out of your way but still accessible. -- Be Prepared: Program all your frequently called numbers into your phone. This includes your boss, your kids' babysitter and your favorite neighborhood pizza place. And don't forget about voice dialing; most phones have that option, so use it as much as possible. -- Set Up for Success: Just as you check your rearview mirror and secure your seatbelt before driving, be sure to put your headset on and ensure it's connected properly to your phone. -- Driving Comes First: Remember your first priority is driving. You should only place and receive calls when it's absolutely necessary.

"It's important for Washington drivers to not only familiarize themselves with the hands-free law, but also the options available to them to ensure compliance before the law goes into effect," said Clay Hausmann, vice president of Corporate Marketing, Plantronics. "We recognize that Washington drivers have many different needs, so we offer a wide variety of headsets that fit individual preferences and style. Regardless of the model, all Plantronics headsets deliver the audio performance, ease-of-use and comfort that customers have come to expect for the past 47 years."

Visit http://www.plantronics.com/driversafety to learn more about the law, find the hands-free solution that's best for you, and read up on more driving safety tips.

Plantronics recognizes that there are occasions when driving circumstances make talking on a mobile phone -- handheld or hands-free -- unsafe. In these instances, motorists should pull over or hang up to protect the safety of themselves, their passengers and others on the road.

About Plantronics

In 1969, a Plantronics headset carried the historic first words from the moon: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Since then, Plantronics has become the headset of choice for mission-critical applications such as air traffic control, 911 dispatch and the New York Stock Exchange. Today, this history of Sound Innovation(R) is the basis for every product we build for the office, contact center, personal mobile, entertainment and residential markets. The Plantronics family of brands includes Plantronics, Altec Lansing and Clarity. For more information, go to http://www.plantronics.com/ or call (800) 544-4660.

Altec Lansing, Clarity, Plantronics and Sound Innovation are trademarks or registered trademarks of Plantronics, Inc.

(1) Washington State Department of Transportation, 2005. Dan Race Lori Tokunaga Plantronics, Inc. The Hoffman Agency 831-458-7005 408-975-3053 dan.race@plantronics.com lori.tokunaga@hoffman.com

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CONTACT: Dan Race of Plantronics, Inc., +1-831-458-7005,
dan.race@plantronics.com; or Lori Tokunaga of The Hoffman Agency,
+1-408-975-3053, lori.tokunaga@hoffman.com, for Plantronics, Inc.

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

Federal Signal Unveils Comprehensive Systems for First Responders at FDICEnables first responders to take control of assets and events to offer an enhanced level of protection for people, property and the environment

UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At FDIC 2008, Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group (booth 6535) will highlight a suite of comprehensive interoperability, mobile data, public warning and vehicular lighting systems that help first responders take control of mission-critical assets and events when seconds count.

By deploying Federal Signal's comprehensive public safety systems, first responders and the communities they serve will benefit from advanced technology that enhances the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of emergency response.

-- Federal Signal's lights and sirens incorporate industry leading technology and features to help first responders safely and quickly reach incidents. -- With the Federal Signal SmartMSG critical communications system, first responders can communicate across almost any device for seamless interoperability during events. -- The Federal Signal VelocityMDS mobile data system provides first responders with real-time access to vital data and enables fleet management from just about anywhere. -- Public safety leaders can rapidly alert, notify and communicate with citizens during any situation with the comprehensive Federal Signal indoor, outdoor and personal alerting systems. Demonstrations

Federal Signal will demonstrate the following advanced technologies that enhance first responder safety, efficiency and effectiveness:

-- Learn how Federal Signal eliminates 85% of potential failure points in a first responder vehicle lightbar with our patent-pending Reliable Onboard Circuitry(TM) (ROC). -- Feel the Federal Signal Rumbler intersection clearing system and see why this new product has been receiving news coverage for its ability to help first responders safely reach events. -- See Federal Signal's SmartMSG alerting and notification systems in-action. Discover how leading fire and police agencies, universities, operations centers and communities around the country are using these fail-safe technologies. -- Experience real-time emergency response in-vehicle solutions, including in-car mobile data and video, and real-time connectivity to the emergency operations center (EOC) with the easy-to-use Federal Signal VelocityMDS mobile data system. -- Explore how to bring many vital public safety assets together with secure, reliable, redundant and instantly scaleable interoperability to improve emergency response.

These comprehensive public safety systems are part of the Federal Signal industry platform to advance safety, security and well-being in communities around the world.

Stop by booth 6535 at FDIC to experience innovative first responder solutions from Federal Signal.

About Federal Signal

Federal Signal Corporation is a leader in advancing security and well-being for communities and workplaces around the world. The company designs and manufactures a suite of products and integrated solutions for municipal, governmental, industrial and airport customers. Federal Signal's portfolio of trusted, high-priority products include Bronto aerial devices, Elgin and Ravo street sweepers, E-ONE fire apparatus, Federal Signal safety and security systems, Guzzler industrial vacuums, Jetstream waterblasters and Vactor sewer cleaners. In addition, the company operates consumable industrial tooling businesses. Federal Signal was founded in 1901 and is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group

CONTACT: John Segvich of Federal Signal Corporation, +1-708-587-3486,
jsegvich@federalsignal.com

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

Quepasa Corporation Receives Nasdaq Deficiency Letter

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quepasa Corporation , one of the largest, bicultural, Latino online communities, today announced that on April 4, 2008 the Company received a Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letter informing the Company that it no longer complies with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(3), which requires the Company to have a minimum of $2,500,000 in stockholders' equity or $35,000,000 market value of listed securities or $500,000 of net income from continuing operations for the most recently completed fiscal year or two of the last three fiscal years. As reported in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company had a stockholders' deficit of $2,554,051 at December 31, 2007.

The deficiency letter indicates that the Nasdaq staff is reviewing the Company's eligibility for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market. The Company has until April 21, 2008 to provide the Nasdaq staff with a specific plan to achieve and sustain compliance with all listing requirements, including the timeframe for completion of the plan. The Company is currently reviewing options to regain compliance, including discussions with certain debt holders to exchange debt for equity.

The Company is currently in negotiation with MATT and other debt holders to exchange debt for equity and resolve the minimum equity requirements. We feel confident that we can quickly resolve the minimum requirements as raised in the Nasdaq deficiency letter. As of the close of business on April 8, 2008, the Company is currently in compliance with the market value threshold of $35,000,000 based on the closing price of $3.14.

While the Company intends to submit a plan of compliance, there can be no assurance that the Nasdaq staff will ultimately determine that the plan adequately addresses the deficiency. If, upon conclusion of the review process, Nasdaq determines that the Company's compliance plan does not adequately address the issue of compliance with Nasdaq's listing requirements, the Company would receive written notification from Nasdaq that its securities are subject to being delisted and the Company will have the option of requesting a hearing and appealing the decision to a Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel. In the event that the Company's Common Stock was delisted from The Nasdaq Capital Market, the Company expects that its Common Stock would be eligible for quotation on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board without interruption or delay.

About Quepasa Corporation

Quepasa Corporation , headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona (with offices in Miami and Mexico), owns Quepasa.com, one of the world's largest, bicultural, Latino online communities committed to providing entertaining, enriching, and empowering products and services. The website serves its users in the U.S. and Latin America in both Spanish and English.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") including those relating to the continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the possibility of exchanging debt for equity. Additionally, words such as "seek," "intend," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "anticipate" and other similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Some or all of the events or results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the failure to reach an agreement with debt holders or otherwise create a plan that satisfies the Nasdaq Stock Market and its staff. Further information on Quepasa's risk factors is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2007. Quepasa does not undertake any duty nor does it intend to update the results of these forward-looking statements.

Investor relations contact: Mike Matte, Chief Financial Officer Quepasa Corporation (480) 348-2665

Quepasa Corporation

CONTACT: Mike Matte, Chief Financial Officer of Quepasa Corporation,
+1-480-348-2665

BluePhoenix Solutions to Report First Quarter Financial Results, Host Conference Call on May 1

HERZLIYA, Israel, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BluePhoenix Solutions , the leader in value-driven legacy modernization, today announced that its first quarter financial results are scheduled to be released on May 1, 2008, after market close.

Management will then host a conference call at 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results with the investment community. Anyone interested in participating should call 800-762-9441 if calling within the United States or 480-629-9041 if calling internationally. A replay will be available until May 8, 2008, which can be accessed by dialing 800-406-7325 if calling within the United States or 303-590-3030 if calling internationally. Please use passcode 3866775 to access the replay.

The call will also be accompanied live by webcast over the Internet and accessible at the company's corporate website at http://www.bphx.com/ or at http://viavid.net/dce.aspx?sid=00004EA3.

About BluePhoenix Solutions

BluePhoenix Solutions is a leading provider of value-driven modernization solutions for legacy information systems. BluePhoenix offerings include a comprehensive suite of tools and services from global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and application migration, re-hosting, and renewal. Leveraging over 20 years of best-practice domain expertise, BluePhoenix works closely with its customers to ascertain which assets should be migrated, redeveloped, or wrapped for reuse as services or business processes, to protect and increase the value of their business applications and legacy systems with minimized risk and downtime.

BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, CareFirst, Citigroup, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Desjardins, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, Rabobank, Rural Servicios Informaticos, SDC Udvikling, TEMENOS, Toyota and Volvofinans. BluePhoenix has 15 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel.

SAFE HARBOR: Certain statements contained in this release may be deemed forward-looking statements, with respect to plans, projections, or future performance of the Company, the occurrence of which involves certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual plans to differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: market demand for the Company's tools, successful implementation of the Company's tools, competitive factors, the ability to manage the Company's growth, the ability to recruit and retrain additional software personnel, and the ability to develop new business lines. This press release is also available at http://www.bphx.com/. All names and trademarks are their owners' property.

Company Contact Investor Contact Varda Sagiv, CFO Peter Seltzberg BluePhoenix Solutions Hayden Communications +972-9952-6100 +1-646-415-8972 vsagiv@bphx.com peter@haydenir.com Financial Media Contact Jeffrey Stanlis Hayden Communications +1-602-476-1821 jeff@haydenir.com

BluePhoenix Solutions Ltd.

CONTACT: Company Contact, Varda Sagiv, CFO, BluePhoenix Solutions,
+972-9952-6100, vsagiv@bphx.com; Investor Contact, Peter Seltzberg, Hayden
Communications, +1-646-415-8972, peter@haydenir.com; Financial Media Contact,
Jeffrey Stanlis, Hayden Communications, +1-602-476-1821, jeff@haydenir.com

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. et Cerner annoncent une alliance stratégique

DENVER, April 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Un logiciel de banque du sang pour compléter le célèbre système d'informations pour laboratoire

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board : GLOB), une entreprise internationale de santé en ligne et de technologies de l'information médicale, a annoncé aujourd'hui que sa division Wyndgate Technologies(R) (Wyndgate) a formé une alliance commerciale stratégique avec Cerner Corporation (Cerner) (Nasdaq : CERN), un important fournisseur de solutions de technologies de l'information pour les soins de santé (HIT). Cerner commercialisera les modules logiciels de gestion du sang complets de Wyndgate conjointement avec la suite mondialement connue de système d'informations pour laboratoire (LIS) de Cerner. Les termes de l'accord n'ont pas été divulgués.

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<< Nous sommes enchantés que Cerner Corporation ait choisi les systèmes de gestion du sang Wyndgate pour compléter sa Suite Millennium >>, a déclaré Thomas F. Marcinek, président et directeur de l'exploitation de Global Med Technologies. << Cette alliance stratégique offrira aux organisations de soins de santé des solutions de gestion du sang riches en fonctionnalités qui les mettront en interface avec les systèmes d'information pour laboratoire de Cerner, favorisant un meilleur fonctionnement des banques du sang tout en prenant en charge la sécurité du patient. L'affiliation Cerner-Wyndgate renforce encore la position de Wyndgate sur les marchés domestique et international de la gestion du sang. À ce jour, les produits et les services de Wyndgate gèrent chaque année plus de huit millions de composants sanguins, représentant plus de 27 % de l'approvisionnement sanguin des États-Unis. >>

À propos de Cerner Corporation

Cerner est un important fournisseur américain de solutions de technologies de l'information pour les soins de santé qui maximisent les résultats cliniques et financiers. Dans le monde entier, des organisations des soins de santé, du simple docteur à des pays entiers, se tournent vers Cerner pour ses solutions efficaces et intuitives. Cerner propose à ses clients une attention centrée sur les soins de santé, une solution de bout en bout et un portefeuille de services ainsi que des atouts commerciaux éprouvés. Cerner Millennium est une plateforme de calcul dédiée aux technologies de l'information pour les soins de santé qui aide les professionnels à accroître la sécurité, la qualité et l'efficacité des professionnels.

À propos de Global Med Technologies, Inc.

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. est une entreprise internationale de santé en ligne et des technologies de l'information offrant des logiciels et des services de gestion d'informations au secteur des soins de santé. Sa division Wyndgate Technologies(R) est un important fournisseur de systèmes de gestion d'informations pour les centres de transfusion et les centres hospitaliers de transfusion américains et internationaux. Les produits et les services de Wyndgate gèrent chaque année plus de huit millions de composants sanguins, représentant plus de 27 % de l'approvisionnement sanguin des États-Unis. Les produits de Wyndgate sont aussi utilisés au Canada, en Afrique et dans les Caraïbes. Les logiciels de Wyndgate offrent un suivi Vein-to-Vein(R) (de veine à veine) depuis la collecte du donneur jusqu'à la transfusion chez le patient par l'intermédiaire de son questionnaire interactif de l'historique médical du donneur, Donor Doc(TM), de ses systèmes de gestion des donneurs, ElDorado Donor(TM) et SafeTrace(R), de son système de gestion avancée de transfusion SafeTrace Tx(R). La filiale de Global Med, PeopleMed(R), Inc., offre des solutions personnalisées de validation de logiciels, de conseil et de conformité aux hôpitaux et aux centres de transfusion. Les connaissances approfondies de PeopleMed des produits de Wyndgate et du secteur des banques du sang a pour résultat des services de validation rentables qui sont à l'origine de mises en oeuvre et de mises à jour de logiciels plus efficaces pour nos clients.

Pour de plus amples informations concernant les produits et les services de Global Med, appelez le +1-800-WYNDGATE ou accédez aux sites http://www.globalmedtech.com, http://www.peoplemed.com et http://www.wyndgate.com.

Ce communiqué de presse peut contenir des déclarations constituant des énoncés prospectifs, comportant généralement les termes << croire >>, << estimer >>, << projeter >>, << s'attendre à >> ou des expressions de même nature. Ces énoncés sont faits conformément à la règle refuge de la loi Private Securities Litigation Reform Act de 1995. Les énoncés prospectifs, de par leur nature, impliquent des risques et des incertitudes qui pourraient être à l'origine d'une différence substantielle entre les résultats réels et les énoncés prospectifs. En émettant ces énoncés prospectifs, la société n'assume aucune obligation quant à la mise à jour de ces énoncés en raison de révisions ou de modifications après la date de ce communiqué de presse.

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Global Med Technologies, Inc.

Michael I. Ruxin, M.D. de Global Med Technologies, Inc., au +1-303-238-2000, mick@globalmedtech.com ; ou Investisseurs, Paul Holm, président de portfoliopr.inc, au +1-212-888-4570, paulh@portfoliopr.biz, pour Global Med Technologies, Inc. ; Photo : http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040226/GLOBALMEDLOGO, AP Archive : http://photoarchive.ap.org, PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com

Microsoft Amalga désormais disponible pour les prestataires de santé européens

BERLIN, April 9 /PRNewswire/ --

- Le nouveau système de renseignements unifié qui permet aux entreprises prestataires de santé de libérer la puissance des données de leurs systèmes informatiques existants est lancé au conhIT 2008, en Allemagne.

Aujourd'hui, dans le cadre du salon informatique des soins de santé conhIT 2008, Microsoft Corp a annoncé la disponibilité de Microsoft Amalga en Europe. Il s'agit du nouveau système de renseignements unifié qui permet aux entreprises hospitalières de libérer la puissance de toutes leurs données qui sont isolées au sein de solutions cliniques, financières et administratives. Microsoft met aussi en oeuvre un programme pour les acheteurs précoces européens d'Amalga, dans le cadre duquel Microsoft collaborera avec les prestataires de santé pour implémenter et déployer Amalga dans plusieurs situations de soins de santé.

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Amalga fait partie de la famille Microsoft Amalga de systèmes pour l'entreprise de santé, un portefeuille de solutions de santé de niveau d'entreprise qui offre une riche intégration, fournissant aux cliniciens et aux cadres un accès rapide à des informations importantes et très régulièrement mises à jour provenant de partout dans leur entreprise de santé. Ainsi, de nouvelles possibilités d'améliorer les soins aux patients, la qualité de l'organisation et l'efficacité opérationnelle sont créées. Amalga répond au besoin d'une utilisation plus efficace de toutes les données de l'organisation de soins de santé.

<< La quantité de données dans les hôpitaux croît de manière exponentielle. Le fait que les donneurs de soins ne peuvent accéder aux informations du patient où et quand ils en ont besoin constitue l'un des plus grands défis pour les prestataires de soins de santé >>, a affirmé Graham Harrop, directeur de Microsoft Health Solutions Group, Europe et Moyen-Orient. << Amalga propose des solutions éprouvées qui rassemblent des informations provenant de toute l'entreprise de soins de santé en une représentation facilement accessible. >>

Amalga est utilisé par le MedStar Health, un réseau communautaire de huit hôpitaux et autres services de soins de santé dans la région de Baltimore-Washington, DC, d'où le système est originaire et où il a bénéficié d'un développement continu pendant 10 ans. Microsoft a acquis la solution et l'équipe de développement en 2006 ; depuis, la société s'est concentrée sur la préparation du produit pour sa commercialisation dans le monde entier. S'inscrivant dans un programme pour les acheteurs précoces américains, Amalga est utilisé par des institutions de soins de santé américaines réputées, parmi lesquelles le NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, le Johns Hopkins Health System, le Novant Health, H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, le St Joseph Health System et le Wisconsin Health Information Exchange.

Amalga répond à un défi à la fois commun et crucial des prestataires de santé : intégrer de grandes quantités d'informations cliniques, administratives et financières qui entrent et sortent de systèmes d'information hétéroclites, et adapter ces informations pour un usage destiné aux médecins, aux analystes, aux techniciens de laboratoire, aux infirmières et aux administrateurs. Amalga prend appui sur les investissements des entreprises de soins de santé dans des solutions informatiques de santé existantes et permet à l'organisation tout entière d'accéder rapidement aux données et de transformer ces informations en connaissances critiques, ce qui facilite une meilleure prise de décision et des devenirs améliorés pour les patients. L'approche du système de renseignements unifié permet aux hôpitaux fortement structurés, aux réseaux de cliniques et aux hôpitaux connectés de se différencier les uns des autres. Amalga accroît la proposition de veille stratégique de Microsoft principalement en ce qui touche à une présentation complète des informations et contextes cliniques, tout en facilitant les améliorations de processus et de la qualité.

Le nouveau système Amalga a été développé sur la base de produits Microsoft largement utilisés et pris en charge afin d'offrir des avantages considérables, parmi lesquels des fonctions de sécurité, une grande disponibilité et extensibilité, et des capacités de vérification complètes. Amalga propose également un déploiement simplifié et une prise en charge améliorée grâce à une administration, une configuration et des outils d'auto-approvisionnement simplifiés pour les utilisateurs.

La famille Amalga de systèmes pour entreprise de santé comprend : -- Microsoft Amalga. Amalga fait partie d'une nouvelle catégorie de logiciels appelée système de renseignements unifié, qui permet aux entreprises hospitalières de libérer la puissance de toutes leurs données qui sont isolées au sein de solutions cliniques, financières et administratives. Sans remplacer les systèmes actuels, ce système propose une façon innovante de saisir, consolider, stocker, accéder et présenter rapidement des données d'une manière significative pour qu'elles puissent être utilisées au mieux par les cliniciens et cadres d'institutions de pointe. Amalga est conçu pour des systèmes hospitaliers et de santé ayant investi dans un ensemble diversifié de solutions informatiques. -- Microsoft Amalga Hospital Information System (HIS). Amalga HIS est un système dernier cri d'informations entièrement intégré pour l'hôpital et conçu pour les marchés des pays en voie de développement et émergents. Amalga HIS est développé autour d'un dossier médical électronique qui dispose d'une gestion complète des patients et des lits, un système d'informations de laboratoire, de pharmacie, de radiologie et un système d'archivage et de communication d'images (RIS/PACS), ainsi que de systèmes dédiés à la pathologie, à la comptabilité générale, à la gestion des matières et aux ressources humaines. -- Microsoft Amalga RIS/PACS. Amalga RIS/PACS est disponible sous la forme d'un système autonome sur les marchés en développement et émergents ou en tant que composant intégré d'Amalga HIS. L'architecture intégrée permet au radiologue d'utiliser une seule application pour manipuler et étudier des images et accéder au dossier médical du patient. L'interface de la station de travail est optimisée pour le flux de travail du radiologue et comprend la prise en charge de modèles prédéfinis, un éditeur de rapport intuitif et des capacités de reconnaissance vocale.

Pour de plus amples informations concernant la famille Amalga, veuillez consulter le site http://www.microsoft.com/amalga.

À propos de Microsoft

Fondé en 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq : MSFT) est le leader mondial en logiciels, services et solutions qui aident les particuliers et les entreprises à réaliser leur plein potentiel.

À propos de Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Moyen-Orient et Afrique)

Microsoft est implanté dans la région EMEA depuis 1982. Microsoft emploie plus de 16 000 personnes dans plus de 64 filiales de la région, fournissant des produits et des services dans plus de 139 pays et territoires.

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Raytheon Wins $80 Million Contract for Radar-Jamming Variant of Its Miniature Air Launched Decoy

TUCSON, Ariz., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company was awarded an $80 million U.S. Air Force contract March 31 for Phase II risk reduction of a radar-jamming variant of its Miniature Air Launched Decoy.

MALD(TM) is a state-of-the-art, low-cost flight vehicle that is modular, air-launched and programmable. It weighs fewer than 300 pounds and has a range of approximately 500 nautical miles (about 575 statute miles). The new variant, known as the MALD-J, recently completed developmental flight testing and adds radar-jamming capability to the basic MALD platform.

"MALD-J is a key component in a system of systems that will fill a critical capability in the airborne electronic attack arena," said Harry Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Air Warfare Systems product line. "Like the baseline MALD, the J variant is modular and designed with growth in mind."

The two-year contract calls for Raytheon to further develop, integrate and test the new MALD-J variant. Raytheon will conduct free-flight testing to ensure that MALD-J's hardware and software perform under representative conditions the system would face during operational missions.

The contract also calls for Raytheon to conduct a system critical design review. This sets the stage for a final system design and development that will focus on free-flight testing and, ultimately, low rate initial production, before becoming a weapon in the warfighter's arsenal. A milestone C decision -- the decision to go into production -- is expected in early 2011.

The Miniature Air Launched Decoy is a low-cost, air-launched programmable craft that accurately duplicates the combat flight profiles and signatures of U.S. and allied aircraft. In addition to protecting valuable aircraft, MALD offers counter air operations to neutralize air defense systems that pose a threat to U.S. and allied pilots. It has successfully completed 35 of 37 flight tests.

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

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This contract award was originally announced by the Department of Defense March 31, 2008.

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AT&T Plans to Invest Nearly $200 Million in Texas Wireless Network in 2008Three-Year Investment Will Total More Than $700 Million, Bringing Wireless Customers an Enhanced Network and Innovative Services

SAN ANTONIO, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T Inc. , the world's largest communications company, today announced a planned investment of nearly $200 million in the Texas wireless network in 2008. This will bring AT&T's three-year investment in the state to more than $700 million, further demonstrating AT&T's commitment to provide Texans with a stronger, expanded network and the newest wireless technologies and features.

As part of the 2008 wireless network investment, AT&T plans to add 102 new cell sites and to roll out its higher-speed wireless network in additional communities throughout the state. Many of the improvements will benefit Texans who live and work in rural areas.

"Our goal is to ensure that AT&T customers have the very best wireless experience possible, and that includes providing unmatched coverage, quality of service, competitive calling plans and innovative wireless devices," said Adam Vital, vice president and general manager of AT&T's wireless unit in North Texas. "This year's investment will increase coverage in the places our customers live and work, and the planned expansion of our 3G network will allow more customers to enjoy increased data and video speeds while they are on the go."

The expanded wireless coverage will benefit those who live and work in Angleton, Austin, Bastrop, Brenham, Brownsville, Canyon Lake, Clute, Dallas, Denison, Edinburg, Fischer, Fort Worth, Harlingen, Hidalgo, Hockley, Huntsville, Iowa Colony, Livingston, Lockhart, Magnolia, Mission, Rio Grande Valley, Rosharon, San Benito, Sherman, South Padre Island, Spring Branch and Weslaco.

The new cell sites will also enhance coverage on interstates 28, 67, 69 and 277; U.S. highways 87, 181, 183, 259, 281 and 380; and state Highway 6.

AT&T is also delivering dramatic change in Texas through the introduction and deployment of its third-generation (3G) wireless broadband network, which offers customers access to DSL-type speeds for their laptops and gives them the ability to access the Internet and e-mail from within the 3G network. Customers with 3G handsets have quick access to the latest news, weather, music, entertainment, videos, games and pictures through MEdia(TM) Net, the company's mobile Internet portal.

AT&T is expanding its wireless 3G network this year by more than 80 additional cities, bringing AT&T's 3G wireless services to nearly 350 leading U.S. markets. AT&T has already deployed 3G service this year in Brenham, Longview and Tyler. Later this year, AT&T plans to launch its 3G service in Bastrop, Boerne, El Paso, Denison, Greenville, Huntsville, Killeen, Laredo, Las Cruces, Livingston, Lubbock, Marble Falls, Sherman, Temple, Uvalde and Waco.

"Thanks to our visionary state leadership, the state remains open for business," said Jim Epperson, president of AT&T Texas. "Through investments such as this, we're able to ensure that as many Texans as possible remain connected in every way. We're committed to providing consumers unprecedented choice and flexibility in devices, applications and service plans so that they have access to the people, information and entertainment they care about."

AT&T's wireless network is based on the Global System for Mobile (GSM) communications technology, the most open and widely used network platform in the world. AT&T plans to complete the nation's first High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)-enabled network by the middle of the year. HSUPA substantially increases upload speeds on the 3G network, allowing AT&T's HSUPA-enabled laptop users to send large files faster and take full advantage of the latest interactive Internet and business applications.

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Information set forth in this news release contains financial estimates and other forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. A discussion of factors that may affect future results is contained in AT&T's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AT&T disclaims any obligation to update or revise statements contained in this news release based on new information or otherwise.

About AT&T

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

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Lionbridge Launches Program to Accelerate Localization of Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics NAV Solutions to Global Markets

WALTHAM, Mass., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. announced a new program that will assist Microsoft in accelerating the release of Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV solutions to global markets. Under the three-year agreement, Lionbridge will provide the Microsoft Business Solutions team with translation support for Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics NAV products. Lionbridge will also create a Microsoft Dynamics Center of Excellence (COE) in Beijing, China, that will provide centralized translation project management and translation engineering. In addition, Lionbridge will continue to provide testing, technical authoring and certification programs for these two products.

Lionbridge is delivering these services using Logoport(TM), its web- architected translation memory platform to access Microsoft's comprehensive library of language assets anytime, anywhere in the world in a secure, web- hosted environment.

"Through this agreement, we will be able to quickly and cost-effectively deliver more translated versions of Microsoft Dynamics AX and NAV to customers around the world," said Neal Singh, General Manager Global Development, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS). "We are also extending these benefits to our partners who can take advantage of Lionbridge's expertise and economies of scale to increase their global footprint and sell their innovative solutions to new local markets."

Benefits of Lionbridge's services include: -- Time and cost savings: Lionbridge's Logoport technology delivers faster, more consistent translation at a lower cost. -- Partner resource: Microsoft Dynamics partners can choose to use Lionbridge to expand their global presence. Using its experience from previously translated Microsoft Dynamics content, Lionbridge can reduce the time, cost and complexity of delivering quality products that meet the needs of local markets.

"Lionbridge has a long history of helping companies of all sizes rapidly globalize by efficiently entering new markets and quickly growing revenue. In addition to our relationship with Microsoft Business Solutions, we are now extending our offerings to their partners worldwide," said Rory Cowan, CEO, Lionbridge. "By combining Microsoft Dynamics' content with Lionbridge's deep ERP domain expertise, geographic presence and technology platform we are making it easier for Microsoft and its partners to enter new markets, satisfy customers and broaden their global opportunity."

About Lionbridge

Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of globalization and testing services. Lionbridge combines global onshore, near shore and offshore resources with proven program management methodologies to serve as an outsource partner throughout a client's product and content lifecycle -- from development to globalization, testing and maintenance. Global organizations in all industries rely on Lionbridge services to increase international market share, speed adoption of global products and content, and enhance their return on enterprise applications and IT system investments. Based in Waltham, Mass., Lionbridge maintains solution centers in 26 countries and provides services under the Lionbridge(R) and VeriTest(R) brands. To learn more, visit http://www.lionbridge.com/.

Lionbridge, the Lionbridge logo and Logoport are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. in the US and throughout the world. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the expected or anticipated benefits of use of Logoport (including cost efficiencies, accelerated time to market, quality improvements, and productivity efficiencies) to Lionbridge and its customers. Lionbridge's actual experiences and results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include complexity in customer source material and technologies; changing content of customer source material; the ability of Logoport to keep pace with technological changes or changing customer needs; risks of economic downturns generally, and in the information technology and software industries specifically; and risks associated with competition in general and competing technologies specifically. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with Lionbridge, please refer to Lionbridge's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2008.

Contact: Sara Buda Jason King Lionbridge Lois Paul & Partners (781) 434-6190 (781) 782-5793 sara.buda@lionbridge.com jason_king@lpp.com

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Avistar Expands C3 Videoconferencing Range with Executive Room and Mobile Room SystemsNew systems extend availability of C3 software to all videoconferencing situations and leverage MCU investments for multi-party video calls

SAN MATEO, Calif., and LONDON, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Avistar Communications Corporation has expanded its C3 videoconferencing range with the launch of two new systems. C3 Executive Room is designed to accommodate 4 meeting participants in executive offices. C3 Mobile Room is designed for traveling professionals and turns any space into an impromptu videoconferencing suite with the ability to hold and join meetings from any location with an Internet connection. Linked via an IP network or across the Web, all C3 systems are able to share the capacity of multi-point control units (MCU) used to connect multi-party video calls in order to leverage the value of this investment across multiple users.

"With the launch of our new Executive and Mobile Room systems, the Avistar C3 platform now has an answer for every kind of videoconferencing application," said Stephen Epstein, chief marketing officer at Avistar. "Our solutions combine the patented abilities of Avistar's C3 software and bandwidth management capabilities with standard PC hardware and peripherals for flexible, high performance solutions that are very keenly priced. Best of all, investment in the MCUs that enable multi-party calls can be shared between C3 systems so the benefits of videoconferencing can reach company-wide at minimum cost."

Any multi-party videoconferencing system requires an MCU to enable simultaneous connection with third parties. Deployments of Avistar C3 typically include an MCU shared across individual desktop users or to support a C3 Teamroom MP system designed for up to 6 participants. Both the new Executive Room and Mobile Room systems are able to share capacity of an existing MCU to extend the availability of multi-party videoconferencing to a wider number of users and meeting situations without incurring additional costs.

Avistar's patented bandwidth management technology means that hundreds or even thousands of users can share MCUs across an IP network, or across the Web via a virtual private network (VPN) link, without impairing network performance or recourse to additional infrastructure to augment bandwidth. Avistar offers MCU solutions, including an all-software MCU, to support any size of organization with deployments from a handful to thousands of users.

Both of the new C3 systems provide presence-awareness, "click-to-call" connection, integrated IP network bandwidth management technology, and no-hassle interconnectivity with third party IP videoconferencing systems. C3 Mobile Room enables users to set up a videoconferencing suite wherever there's a Web connection. Designed for up to 2 participants, it runs off any PC or laptop and includes Avistar's C3 software, a Philips Crystal Clear webcam and Yamaha conference speakerphone. C3 Executive Room is designed for up to 4 participants in an executive office, and the package includes Avistar's C3 software, a Philips Crystal Clear webcam, Yamaha conference speakerphone, a 24" HD LCD flat panel screen, PC tower, and wireless keyboard and mouse. The Executive Room package also includes a 25 seat license for Avistar's C3 desktop videoconferencing software, with additional licenses available for purchase. Installed on any webcam-equipped PC, it offers point-to-point videoconferencing for individual users.

Designed as "self-service" videoconferencing solutions, both C3 Executive Room and Mobile Room require no technical support or advance call scheduling. Their intuitive user interface needs little or no training, presence-awareness lets users see available parties and calls can be connected spontaneously with a simple drag-and-drop action. A "find-me/follow-me" feature routes calls to wherever the user is logged in, with no need to input IP addresses or access codes.

Compatibility with industry video standards, such as H.320, H.323 and SIP, plus integrated firewall traversal, allows no-hassle interconnectivity with existing and external room-based videoconferencing systems from other popular vendors. Industry standard hardware keeps cost of ownership low, and centralized administration and maintenance tools allow system administrators to perform most support functions remotely over the IP network. It also allows additional videoconferencing locations to be easily and inexpensively added into an Avistar network.

Avistar's C3 software delivers proven gains in terms of improved quality of interaction, greater workflow efficiency and easier collaboration at distance. Clients report as much as a 20 percent reduction in travel expense and carbon emissions, increases in productivity, and immeasurably improved decision making and relationship building within their organizations, as well as with suppliers and customers.

C3 Executive Room and Mobile Room are available now and priced at $3,999 and $1,999 respectively.

About Avistar Communications Corporation

Avistar creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications, for true collaboration anytime, anyplace. Its latest product, Avistar C3, draws on over a decade of market experience to deliver a single-click desktop videoconferencing and collaboration experience that moves business communications into a new era. Available as a stand-alone solution, or integrated with existing unified communications software from other vendors, Avistar C3 users gain instant messaging-style ability to initiate video communications across and outside the enterprise. Patented bandwidth management enables thousands of users to access desktop videoconferencing, Voice over IP (VoIP) and streaming media, without requiring substantial new network investment or impairing network performance.

Avistar's desktop videoconferencing and collaboration installations are among the world's largest, including more than 18,000 seats in more than 40 countries. Clients report as much as a 20 percent reduction in travel expense and carbon emissions, increases in productivity, and immeasurably improved relationship building within their organizations, as well as with suppliers and customers. Avistar holds a portfolio of 80 patents for inventions in video and network technology and licenses IP to videoconferencing, rich-media services, public networking and related industries. Current licensees include Sony Corporation, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI), Polycom, Inc., Tandberg ASA, Radvision Ltd. and Emblaze-VCON.

For more information, visit http://www.avistar.com/

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

Verizon Business Set to Break New Ground With Integrated Approach to Data Breach PreventionCompany to Offer Managed Data-Protection, Data-Loss-Prevention Services as Part of Comprehensive Solution to Address Growing Security Challenges

SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Business continues to strengthen its comprehensive package of global security solutions aimed at preventing data breaches. The company plans to add two new managed security services to its expanding portfolio, underscoring its industry-leading approach to address the entire flow of data within the extended enterprise environment via a complete solution.

The new services, available later this year, can help prevent malicious requests that could compromise a company's database and can also support new tools that track data as it flows throughout the enterprise.

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"These new managed offerings will support the holistic approach we are taking to protect business data, no matter where it resides in the enterprise," said Kerry Bailey, vice president of Verizon Business Security Solutions. "Our comprehensive strategy is forging new ground in meeting the security challenges posed by today's extended and evolving global enterprise."

Once neatly contained in internal databases, critical data now flows in and out of extended enterprises to partners, customers and suppliers all around the world. The extended enterprise environment makes it difficult, if not impossible, to know where confidential corporate data resides at any time. Keeping data safe has become complex, costly and time-consuming for businesses.

"A data breach can have an enduring impact on a business, both to the company's bottom line and the integrity of its brand," said Bailey. "Customers are demanding effective overall solutions, and our combined global managed security, network and professional services capabilities make us well-positioned to deliver on that data-protection strategy."

According to industry experts, the repercussions of data loss on a business can be enormous and long-lasting. Industry estimates found that more than 162 million records were reported lost or stolen in 2007, more than triple the 49.7 million reported in 2006.

What's an Extended Enterprise to Do?

Verizon Business' industry-leading approach to the delivery of data-protection and data-loss prevention (DLP) services will bring together resources and services from the company's leading professional services capabilities as well as new and existing offerings from its managed security services.

The new managed services are: -- Management and monitoring of software and appliances for database auditing and prevention/database activity monitoring. These software and appliances effectively act as a security buffer, preventing malicious requests that could compromise a database. Verizon Business' service will be available beginning in July. -- Management and monitoring of data-loss prevention technologies. Verizon Business' support of these tools will allow customers to outsource to Verizon Business the tracking and monitoring of their data, whether it is at rest, in transit or in use. The service will be available beginning in September.

Existing services addressing data protection and data loss prevention include:

Professional Services Capabilities: -- Data discovery and data classification. Verizon Business works with customers to discover what data exists and where it resides within the enterprise. When classifying data, Verizon Business' professional services experts determine how sensitive the data is, as well as its value to the business. -- Data protection architecture design. Verizon Business works with customers to define data protection policies and set relevant security controls within the overall security infrastructure. Verizon Business can also help customers select the appropriate data-protection and data-loss-prevention technologies for their business. -- Data-protection and data-loss prevention technology implementation. Verizon Business installs and fine-tunes the customer's data-protection and data-loss prevention technologies. -- Forensics and incident response. If a data breach occurs, Verizon Business offers sophisticated services to contain data loss, manage evidence, and provide on-site incident response and forensics analysis. If there is a legal action as a result of a data breach, Verizon Business provides assistance with chain of custody, evidence transition to law enforcement and litigation support. Managed Security Services: -- Management and monitoring of content monitoring and filtering technologies. Verizon Business fully supports this set of technologies, which monitor and filter content from the Internet, instant messaging, e-mail, documents and spreadsheets. If inappropriate data is found, it can be captured, blocked or the application closed before that data can harm the business.

Verizon Business Delivers the Perfect Framework for Data Protection and DLP

The framework for Verizon's new data protection and data-loss-prevention suite comes from its more than 300 professional services experts around the world, who work with customers to discover and identify what data exists and where, then determine what data is essential to the business before finally establishing which data should be protected and to what extent.

In addition to helping customers discover, identify and classify their data, professional services experts help design a data-protection architecture and implement various types of data-protection technologies. In the event that a data breach occurs, Verizon Business' forensics and incident response services can help contain the breach and mitigate its impact.

With its leading managed security services offering, Verizon Business is poised to adapt and meet customer need as the data-loss-prevention and data-protection market matures. While most technology implementations today focus on awareness -- identifying what data is actually traveling over the network -- the market is shifting to implementations that can actually protect data.

Verizon Business helps safeguard enterprise data through 24 x 7 monitoring, and management of and reporting on content monitoring and filtering. Later this year, Verizon Business will support database auditing and data-loss-prevention products as they become available. These offerings will enable enterprises to better protect their data round the clock and help them meet industry guidelines and mandates.

With one of the world's most expansive IP networks, Verizon Business has an unparalleled view into the global security threat landscape. Customers can rely on Verizon Business' expert security capabilities and advanced analysis, to provide visibility into -- and the ability to mitigate -- new and emerging threats that may impact a business.

Verizon Business Security Services Portfolio

Enterprises and government agencies rely on Verizon Business to help them manage security risk and protect critical company assets. Verizon Business Security Solutions offers a comprehensive portfolio of security services that include threat and vulnerability management; identity management; security and compliance programs; and security strategy and consultation. The more than 1,100 security professionals around the globe deliver these offerings through a range of managed services, professional services and products. More information is available by visiting http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us/security.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications , is a global IP leader and network-based partner for delivering integrated communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large-business and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed reach with managed services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services capabilities, Verizon Business delivers global solutions that power innovation and enable its customers to do business better. For more information, visit http://www.verizonbusiness.com/.

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Supermicro 4-Way/2-Way SuperBlade(TM) and 4-Way 1U Servers Available with Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) ProcessorsEarth-Friendly, High-Efficiency (up to 93%*) A+ Servers and Workstations

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. , a leader in application-optimized, high performance server and workstation solutions, today announced availability of the industry's broadest selection of server solutions ready for the latest Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) (Barcelona) processors. Supermicro offers high-density, energy-efficient, 4-way/2-way SuperBlade(TM), 4-way 1U, 1U Twin(TM), Universal I/O (UIO) and whisper-quiet 28dB* workstation solutions, all optimized for Barcelona processors.

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"Supermicro's SuperBlade supports ten 4-socket quad-core Opteron blades (SBA-7141M-T) in a 7U enclosure (SBE-710E) to achieve an incredible computing density of up to 960 processor cores and 7.68TB of memory per 42U rack," said Alex Hsu, chief sales and marketing officer of Super Micro Computer, Inc. "Combining our industry-leading, high-efficiency power supply (up to 93%*) with our thermal and motherboard design advantages, these earth-friendly solutions save customers money and help protect the environment."

"By merging the strength of AMD's native quad-core technology and Direct Connect Architecture with their own server design expertise, Supermicro has produced an extensive selection of quad-core solutions that are exceptional in terms of performance, features and energy-efficiency," said Randy Allen, corporate vice president and general manager, Server/Workstation Division, AMD . "Enabling excellent overall system performance and efficiency, makes Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors the smarter choice to meet the business demands of today's competitive marketplace."

Supporting two AMD Opteron DP motherboards in a 1U chassis, Supermicro's new A+ Server 1021TM series 1U Twin(TM) increases computing density while minimizing energy consumption, costs and space requirements. When loaded with four Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) 2300 series processors, the 1U Twin(TM) system features 16 processing cores for exceptional computing density. Each node is a true high-performance system that supports up to 64GB DDR2 memory, PCI-Express x16, independent dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and optional InfiniBand.

Implementing Supermicro's advanced thermal and acoustic design, the whisper-quiet (28dB*) new A+ Workstation, is also optimized for quad-core AMD Opteron processors. This high-performance yet quiet workstation operates at 28dB* and utilizes a high-efficiency power supply and optimized cooling subsystem to deliver significant energy cost savings.

The full range of Supermicro's industry-leading selection of A+ Servers and Workstations optimized for Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors includes:

SBA-7141M-T: 4P SuperBlade with 16 DIMM slots and USB flash drive slot SBA-7121M-T1: 2P SuperBlade with 8 DIMM slots and USB flash drive slot 1021TM-T+: 1U Twin with two DP nodes and 32 DIMM slots in 1U 1021TM-INF+: 1U Twin with two DP nodes, 32 DIMM slots and onboard IB ports 1021M-UR+: Redundant power 1U server, 16 DIMM slots and a flexible UIO slot 2021M-UR+: Redundant power 2U server, 16 DIMM slots and a flexible UIO slot 1041M-T2+: 4P 1U server with 32 DIMM slots and 3 hot-swap SATA drive trays 1041M-T2: 4P 1U server with 16 DIMM slots and 3 hot-swap SATA drive trays 1041M-82: 4P 1U server with 16 DIMM slots and 3 hot-swap SCSI drive trays 2021M-32R: Redundant power 2U server supports 8 hot-swap SAS drive trays 2021M-T2R+: Red. Power 2U server with 16 DIMM slots and 8 hot-swap SATA trays 2021M-82R+: Red. Power 2U server with 16 DIMM slots and 8 hot-swap SCSI trays 2041M-32R+: 4P Red. Power 2U with 32 DIMM slots and 6 hot-swap SAS drive trays 2041M-T2R+: 4P Red. Power 2U with 32 DIMM slots and 6 hot-swap SATA drive trays 4041M-32R+: 4P Red. Power 4U/tower, 32 DIMM slots and 5 hot-swap SAS drive trays 4041M-82R: 4P Red. Power 4U/tower, 16 DIMM slots and 5 hot-swap SCSI trays 4041M-T2R: 4P Red. Power 4U/tower, 16 DIMM slots and 5 hot-swap SATA trays 4021A-T2: High-end, super-quiet workstation with 2 PCI-Express x16 slots

Supermicro Server Building Block Solutions(R) offer exceptional flexibility and features. For more information on Supermicro's complete line of server and workstation solutions please visit http://www.supermicro.com/.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis and server systems. These Server Building Block Solutions provide benefits across many environments, including data center deployment, high-performance computing, high-end workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations. For more information on Supermicro's complete line of advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and optimized chassis, please visit http://www.Supermicro.com, email Marketing@Supermicro.com or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at +1 408-503-8000.

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Supermicro and Server Building Block Solutions are registered trademarks, while SuperBlade and 1U Twin are trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Ness Technologies Sets Reporting Date for First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

HACKENSACK, New Jersey, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ness Technologies, Inc. , a global provider of information technology solutions and services, announced today that the company will release financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2008 before the start of trading on Monday, May 5, 2008. The financial results will be released over the news wires and will also be posted on the Ness corporate web site.

Ness Technologies President and Chief Executive Officer, Sachi Gerlitz, and Chief Financial Officer, Ofer Segev, will also conduct a conference call to discuss the first quarter 2008 results. The call, which will be simultaneously webcast, will be at 8:30 AM Eastern Time / 5:30 AM Pacific Time on Monday, May 5, 2008.

To access the Ness Technologies first quarter 2008 earnings conference call, participants in North America should dial 1-800-399-0427 and international participants should dial +1-706-634-5453. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the investor relations page of the Ness Technologies corporate web site at http://www.ness.com/. Please visit the web site at least 15 minutes early to register for the teleconference webcast and download any necessary audio software. A replay of the call will be available on the web site approximately two hours after the conference call is completed.

About Ness Technologies

Ness Technologies is a global provider of end-to-end IT services and solutions designed to help clients improve competitiveness and efficiency. Ness specializes in outsourcing and offshore, systems integration and application development, software and consulting, and quality assurance and training. With over 8,000 employees, Ness maintains operations in 18 countries, and partners with numerous software and hardware vendors worldwide. For more information about Ness Technologies, visit http://www.ness.com/.

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Ness Technologies media contact: David Kanaan USA: +1-888-244-4919 Intl: +972-3-540-8188 Email: media.int@ness.com Ness Technologies investor contact: Drew Wright USA: +1-201-488-3262 Email: investor@ness.com

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CONTACT: Ness Technologies media contact: David Kanaan, USA:
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Technologies investor contact:Drew Wright, USA: +1-201-488-3262, Email:
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WABCO's Earnings Conference Call Set for April 30

BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WABCO Holdings Inc. , a leading global provider of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for commercial vehicles, will hold its first-quarter 2008 earnings conference call at 8:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 30. Jacques Esculier, CEO, and Ulrich Michel, CFO, will review the company's financial performance for the period.

The call will be webcast on WABCO's Web site at http://www.wabco-auto.com/. The earnings release and additional financial and statistical information will be posted to the site under the heading "WABCO First Quarter 2008 Results."

The call is also accessible by telephone in a listen only mode: 877-397-0300 (toll free) or 719-325-4866 (toll). Listeners are advised to call five-to-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. The number of telephone connections is limited.

A replay of the call will be available from 11:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 30, until midnight EDT, May 6th. The replay dial-in number is 888-203- 1112 (toll free) or 719-457-0820 (toll). The passcode is 9574002.

About WABCO

WABCO is one of the world's leading providers of electronic braking, stability, suspension and transmission automation systems for heavy duty commercial vehicles. Customers include the world's leading commercial truck, trailer and bus manufacturers. Founded in the U.S. in 1869 as Westinghouse Air Brake Company, WABCO was acquired by American Standard in 1968 and spun off in 2007. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, WABCO employs more than 7,700 people worldwide. In 2007, WABCO's total sales were $2.4 billion. WABCO is a publicly traded company and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol WBC. Web site: http://www.wabco-auto.com/.

For more information, investors, financial analysts and reporters may contact:

Mike Thompson, +32 (2) 663 9854, mike.thompson@wabco-auto.com

Jason Campbell, +1 (732) 369 7477, jason.campbell@wabco-auto.com

WABCO Holdings Inc.

CONTACT: Mike Thompson, +32(2)663-9854, mike.thompson@wabco-auto.com, or
Jason Campbell, +1-732-369-7477, jason.campbell@wabco-auto.com, both of WABCO
Holdings Inc.

Web site: http://www.wabco-auto.com/

Taylor Woodrow Selects Open Text and Causeway to Anchor Its ECM StrategyNew Efficiencies and Knowledge Sharing Expected from Improved Document and Email Management

CHICAGO, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Text(TM) , a global leader in enterprise content management (ECM), today announced that Taylor Woodrow has opted to implement its Livelink ECM Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRMS) solution.

Established in 1921 Taylor Woodrow has become a household name acclaimed amongst the top contracting organizations in the UK. Taylor Woodrow offers construction and facilities management services across a multitude of sectors including retail, airports, education, housing, health and rail.

After a number of organizational changes within Taylor Woodrow's parent company, Taylor Wimpey, it was decided that Taylor Woodrow required a totally new application architecture. After a rigorous evaluation process it selected Causeway's ECM solution, which is powered by Open Text's Livelink ECM. Causeway was already an established supplier of Taylor Woodrow having successfully deployed its Financial Accounting solution and had a good relationship with the organization.

Taylor Woodrow plans to use Causeway ECM (Livelink ECM) as its core business management system, which will encompass the functional areas of corporate document and email management. Initially the solution will be implemented across a user community of 1,000, but in the long-term it is set to develop into the core solution behind the company's intranet, promoting knowledge management and collaborative working.

Rob Ramsay, IT Director for Taylor Woodrow explained, "Following the recent changes with our parent company, Taylor Wimpey, decisions needed to be made to establish Taylor Woodrow's application architecture to take us into the future. Our goal was to identify a single solution that would encapsulate document and email management across the business, become our corporate intranet and integrate with our existing systems. We embarked on a lengthy evaluation process considering all the major players in the market and consulting with industry independent analysts. The combination of Open Text's Livelink ECM product and Causeway's construction domain knowledge provided a compelling proposition."

Used by companies up and down the construction supply chain, Open Text's Livelink ECM provides the means to exercise complete control over information relating to projects, departments or entire organizations. Causeway ECM is used by over 26,000 construction professionals on a daily basis and firms including Arup, Kier, HBG, Higgins, Sharkey and McGee all manage enterprise information and project collaboration with Causeway ECM.

"We have been a Causeway customer for a number of years and have formed an excellent working relationship," commented Ramsay. "Causeway's vision for the future needs of the construction industry is impressive against which their partnership with Open Text is a perfect example. Whilst the functionality and flexibility available within the solution is unquestionably ahead of its competitors, we were also keen to identify a low-risk investment that was future proof. Causeway ECM and Open Text's Livelink ECM offered us exactly that."

Paul Madeira, Director of Sales and Marketing at Causeway added, "We are delighted that Taylor Woodrow has extended its relationship with ourselves and selected Causeway ECM powered by Livelink ECM for managing all of their unstructured information. The whole area of managing documents, email, drawings and automating business processes across an enterprise and across projects is moving at a significant pace, and Causeway ECM and Open Text deliver a world class solution to meet this need."

Ulf Zetterberg, Senior Vice President Sales, EMEA & APAC, at Open Text concluded, "We have been partners with Causeway for a number of years now and it is great to see that our strategic relationship is working so well within the construction industry. The implementation of our combined solution will not only save Taylor Woodrow time when accessing and retrieving documents, but will also lead to greater overall efficiencies through the automation of their business processes."

About Causeway Technologies Ltd

Causeway's solutions and services are enabling 2,000 organizations within the construction to increase profitability by managing costs, reducing risk and winning more profitable work. Whether it's addressing the inefficiencies of tendering and estimating through to procurement and project accounting, or providing solutions that enable organizations to take control of corporate information by managing documents, drawings, emails and best practice, Causeway has proven that its core solutions and services lead the way in producing a return on investment for its customers. For more information, visit http://www.causeway.com/

About Open Text

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

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This news release may contain forward-looking statements relating to the success of any of the Company's strategic initiatives, the Company's growth and profitability prospects, the benefits of the Company's products to be realized by customers, the Company's position in the market and future opportunities therein, the deployment of Livelink and our other products by customers, and future performance of Open Text Corporation. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward-looking statements include, among others, the failure to develop new products, risks involved in fluctuations in currency exchange rates, delays in purchasing decisions of customers, the completion and integration of acquisitions, the possibility of technical, logistical or planning issues in connection with deployments, the continuous commitment of the Company's customers, demand for the Company's products and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2008 You should not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made, and the Company does not undertake any obligations to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's beliefs or opinions change.

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Open Text Corporation

CONTACT: Richard Maganini, Open Text Corporation, (847) 267-9330 ext.
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888-7111, x2429, sdodge@opentext.com; Brian Edwards, McKenzie Worldwide, (503)
577-4583, briane@mckenzieworldwide.com

Sierra Wireless and Wavefront to Launch Developer Challenge

VANCOUVER, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW:TO, SWIR:NASDAQ) and Wavefront(TM), a commercialization accelerator for the British Columbia Wireless and New Media industries, today announced the launch of the "Sierra Wireless - Wavefront Developer Challenge."

The purpose of the six-month challenge is to find best-in-class enterprise or consumer applications that take advantage of the mobile broadband and GPS capabilities built into Sierra Wireless PC cards, ExpressCards, and USB modems. The challenge will be open to all sectors of the developer community, including those developing for Location Based Services (LBS), New Media, Social Networking and other related applications that benefit from mobile broadband data speeds.

Shortlisted applicants will be given a Sierra Wireless software development kit and the opportunity to attend a development training session with Sierra Wireless to assist in building their applications. Best-in-class winners will be selected in October and will receive promotional support from Sierra Wireless for their applications.

"We are very pleased to have the opportunity to be working with Sierra Wireless, a recognized world leader in wireless solutions," said James Maynard, President of Wavefront. "This collaboration will provide compelling applications for the enterprise and consumer markets on a global level and will highlight innovation that is coming from the vibrant B.C. wireless and new media developer community to Sierra Wireless's international customer base."

"Sierra Wireless is constantly striving to increase the value of our products for customers," said Greg Speakman, Vice President, Adapter Marketing and Product Management for Sierra Wireless. "At the same time, we recognize that there is a tremendous amount of talent and ingenuity in the wireless developer community that remains untapped, and our collaboration with Wavefront in this Developer Challenge provides a fast track to getting some of the best ideas out there from plans to products - it's a great opportunity for everyone involved."

The challenge is open to applicants from around the world. Registration for the challenge is beginning in April 2008, with a launch event to be held on April 23rd in Vancouver. Please visit http://www.wavefrontac.com/ for more details. To apply for the challenge, please complete the registration form at http://www.wavefrontac.com/events.php.

About Wavefront

Wavefront is the commercialization bridge between the wireless developer community and the mobile operators, and enterprises that are deploying new wireless products and services. In collaboration with its established partners, Wavefront provides the developer community with neutral, independent test services and the market knowledge to enable rapid commercialization. For more information on Wavefront visit http://www.wavefrontac.com/.

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. "Wavefront" is a registered trademark of Wavefront Wireless Innovation Society of British Columbia. Other product or service names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445, smyers@sierrawireless.com; Trevor Whike, Wavefront, Developer Challenge, Tel: (604) 710-0271, trevor.whike@wavefrontac.com; Christina Lees, Wavefront, Tel: (778) 838-1881, christina.lees@wavefrontac.com

Sierra Wireless, Inc.

CONTACT: Sharlene Myers, Sierra Wireless, Phone: (604) 232-1445,
smyers@sierrawireless.com; Trevor Whike, Wavefront, Developer Challenge, Tel:
(604) 710-0271, trevor.whike@wavefrontac.com; Christina Lees, Wavefront, Tel:
(778) 838-1881, christina.lees@wavefrontac.com

The Bank of New York Mellon's iNautix Unit Launches Innovative Compensation Management Solution for Introducing Broker-Dealer Firms

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- iNautix (USA) LLC, an affiliate of Pershing LLC and a unit of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, announced today that is has launched a comprehensive compensation management solution to help introducing broker-dealer firms create and manage customizable compensation plans for their investment professionals.

The iNautix compensation management solution enables introducing broker-dealer firms to determine optimum payout structures and provides introducing broker-dealers with powerful modeling tools and reports to help them evaluate product and revenue analyses, peer-to-peer rankings and historical data. The solution is integrated with Pershing's NetExchange Pro(R) online brokerage platform, providing introducing broker-dealer firms with an efficient way to view and access critical business information.

Suresh Kumar, chief executive officer of iNautix USA, said, "Introducing broker-dealer firms and their investment professionals continue to look for business and technology solutions that will help them enhance their operational efficiency and profitability. Our innovative compensation management solution provides introducing broker-dealers with the tools and capabilities they need to create customizable compensation plans and effectively manage commission structures for their investment professionals."

iNautix (USA) LLC is an affiliate of Pershing LLC and a leading provider of enterprise-wide technology solutions, custom development and business consulting to institutional and retail financial organizations and independent registered investment advisors. Pershing LLC (member FINRA/NYSE/SIPC), a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, is committed to service excellence and to providing dependable operational support, robust trading services, flexible technology, an expansive array of investment solutions and practice management support. iNautix USA draws upon a wide range of expertise and cutting-edge capabilities to help financial organizations optimize their operating performance. Additional information is available at http://www.inautix.com/.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation is a global financial services company focused on helping clients manage and service their financial assets, operating in 34 countries and serving more than 100 markets. The company is a leading provider of financial services for institutions, corporations and high-net-worth individuals, providing superior asset management and wealth management, asset servicing, issuer services, clearing services and treasury services through a worldwide client-focused team. It has more than $23 trillion in assets under custody and administration, more than $1.1 trillion in assets under management and services $11 trillion in outstanding debt. Additional information is available at bnymellon.com.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

CONTACT: Barbara Gallo, +1-201-413-2930, bgallo@pershing.com

Web site: http://www.bnymellon.com/
http://www.inautix.com/

TII Network Technologies Appoints Brian J. Kelley to Board of Directors

EDGEWOOD, N.Y., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TII Network Technologies, Inc. , a company that develops and manufactures connectivity and data distribution solutions for the communications industry, announced today the appointment of Brian J. Kelley to the Company's Board of Directors, effective April 3, 2008.

Mr. Kelley is currently the President of TAMCO Technology, a privately held business development company focused on telecommunications asset management and financing solutions, specializing in technologies for VoIP and TDM-based business telephone systems and video conferencing solutions. Mr. Kelley was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Cognitronics Corporation from 1994 until September of 2006 and a member of their Board of Directors during that same period. Cognitronics Corporation was publicly held and a leading designer and manufacturer of software and hardware solutions related to real time voice processing applications for the telecommunications industry. Mr. Kelley has extensive domestic and international telecommunications sales experience, a BA in Economics and received his MBA from the University of Connecticut.

Kenneth A. Paladino, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated: "We are pleased that Brian Kelley has joined our Board of Directors. He brings exceptional experience in the telecom industry, both domestically and internationally. His extensive sales and channel development experience will prove to be a great resource as we continue to execute our strategy of product diversification and growth."

About TII Network Technologies, Inc.

TII Network Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Edgewood, New York, is a leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing network products for the communications industry. Our products are critical to the delivery of voice, video and data services by the service providers and include: network interface devices ("NIDs"), network gateways or intelligent NIDs ("iNIDs"), home networking, overvoltage surge protection and connectivity solutions. Additional information about the company can be found at http://www.tiinettech.com/.

CONTACT: TII Network Technologies, Inc. (631) 789-5000

TII Network Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: TII Network Technologies, Inc., +1-631-789-5000

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

Keeping Tabs on Equipment Anywhere, Anytime: Siemens Launches Wireless Asset Management and Tracking Solution for Healthcare FacilitiesSiemens' AMT Offers Real-Time Information via Pocket PCs and Web Portals, Setting the Stage for Better Patient Care, Cost Reductions, and Improved Workflow

CARY, N.C., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- With reimbursements declining and budgets dwindling, healthcare facilities across the nation are looking for new ways to control rising costs of delivering medical care. According to business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan, 5 percent to 15 percent of hospital inventory is written off each year because it cannot be located or serviced. By keeping better track of what they already have, hospitals and imaging centers can save considerable amounts of money each year.

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To assist healthcare facilities with this challenge, Siemens Healthcare (http://www.siemens.com/healthcare) has developed a system that enables personnel to monitor the location of medical devices in real-time. Siemens' Asset Management and Tracking (AMT) helps hospitals provide better patient care, reduce costs, improve workflow, and remain compliant. AMT provides information on the location of medical devices via a Web portal or pocket PC. Each product in the facility is tagged with the Ekahau WiFi RTLS (Real-Time Location System) tag. When coupled with ARCHIBUS(R), an integrated suite of applications, the information about the product's location is transmitted through a WiFi network to the ARCHIBUS Executive Information System, creating a 360-degree view of the facility's assets and equipment while maintaining historical use records.

"Misplaced equipment is a very common, and an often overlooked, problem at hospitals that negatively impacts several aspects of day-to-day hospital activity," said Rick Legleiter, senior vice president, Customer Service, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. "To address this issue, Siemens developed an easily customized tagging system that delivers total transparency to managers and administrators -- freeing up more of their time to provide care to patients."

Siemens' AMT focuses on many issues that result from lost or stolen assets:

-- Patient Care. One major challenge in delivering quality healthcare is a hospital's ability to have the right resources at the right time in the right place. Finding portable equipment quickly can be a struggle. In the ER, especially, the time spent looking for an available bed or the closest infusion pump can mean increased risk to a patient. By tagging all equipment, personnel can locate items immediately from a pocket PC or Web portal. -- Cost Reduction. According to healthcare compliance company HCPro, hospitals can lose nearly $1 million a year in medical equipment to theft alone. Siemens' AMT helps a facility reduce costs by improving equipment delivery time and utilization, thereby eliminating the need to continually rent or buy more to replace lost or stolen items. -- Workflow. Improved workflow is one of the top priorities of hospitals. Equipment that can't easily be found cannot be serviced quickly. For example, studies show that 38 percent of a clinical engineer's time is spent locating the equipment. Siemens' AMT means more time can be dedicated to maintaining equipment uptime. -- Regulatory. According to a Government Accountability Office survey of six Veterans Affairs medical centers, the percentage of property items that could not be accounted for ranged from 38 percent to 87 percent. Asset and Management Tracking ensures that the hospital is prepared at any given time to face an auditor's scrutiny of record keeping and process compliance. Innovative technologies at the heart of Siemens' AMT

Siemens' AMT combines the power of Siemens healthcare expertise with the integrated suite of applications from ARCHIBUS(R), as well as the Ekahau wireless tracking technology, into a comprehensive, seamless system. Ekahau, the only software-based real-time location system, is a wireless radiofrequency solution that continually monitors and reports locations of assets.

Ekahau also generates actionable information, such as how many individual pieces of a particular equipment type are in one area of the hospital, which pieces are rented, and when each piece of equipment was last serviced. Ekahau's patented radiofrequency modeling technology leverages standard WiFi access points and tags so no proprietary infrastructure is needed. Any WiFi network can function as the backbone and sensor network for the system.

ARCHIBUS, one of the world's foremost infrastructure and facilities management solutions, offers applications that address all aspects of facilities and infrastructure management. An ARCHIBUS server links the information silos and diverse applications that support people, processes, places, and physical assets into a comprehensive integrated solution. Because the ARCHIBUS suite is designed with a flexible, modular structure, facilities can assemble the combination of applications that best suits an organization's requirements.

About Siemens Healthcare

Siemens Healthcare is one of the world's largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. With its laboratory diagnostics acquisitions, Siemens Healthcare is the first fully integrated diagnostics company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy, and healthcare information technology solutions, supplemented by consulting and support services. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum of care -- from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. The company employs more than 48,000 people worldwide and operates in 130 countries. In the fiscal year 2007 (Sept. 30), Siemens Healthcare reported sales of euro 9.85 billion, orders of euro 10.27 billion, and group profit of euro 1.32 billion. Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens.com/healthcare.

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CONTACT: Tom Schaffner of Siemens Healthcare, +1-610-448-1477,
thomas.schaffner@siemens.com

Web site: http://www.siemens.com/healthcare

Raytheon Awarded $60 Million to Provide Marines with Persistent Surveillance

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Marines in Iraq will have enhanced ability to detect hostile troop movements thanks to Raytheon Company's Ground Based Operational Surveillance System (GBOSS).

Raytheon has been awarded a $60 million contract option to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with GBOSS elevated sensor systems with networked remote operational capability.

"These systems save lives," said Pete Franklin, vice president, National and Theater Security Programs for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). "GBOSS provides the warfighter with the capability to detect the enemy's movements at great distances, allowing for rapid response to threats."

GBOSS is an enhancement of the popular Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) system currently in wide use in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. GBOSS provides persistent surveillance using infrared sensors elevated on a stationary platform. Earlier versions of the RAID system employed an aerostat to elevate the sensors. The current tower-based systems provide an enhanced capability with fewer logistics concerns.

Enhancements unique to GBOSS include the addition of a second electro-optical infrared sensor and ground-based radar networked into a single remote ground control station. The enhanced system provides the warfighter increased situational awareness.

RAID was developed to respond to the U.S. military's critical need for persistent surveillance in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

Work will be performed at Raytheon IDS' Integrated Air Defense Center, Andover, Mass., and Warfighter Protection Center, Huntsville, Ala.

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

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

Contact: Maureen Heard 339.645.6664

Raytheon Company

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

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

EDS and Oracle Extend Strategic Alliance to Drive New Efficiencies for Tax and Revenue Agencies WorldwideCombined Company Strengths to Deliver State-of-the-Art Software and Services to Global Markets

PLANO, Texas and REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS and Oracle today announced they have extended their strategic alliance to develop and market software and solutions for tax and revenue agencies around the world.

The two technology leaders plan to aggressively target application- specific pursuits with tax and revenue agencies at all levels of government in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. Oracle will provide software and product expertise. Through EDS' recent acquisition of Saber Government Solutions, EDS will act as the integrator, providing IT services to implement Oracle's products along with any other IT solutions required for clients' individual needs.

Saber will add a tax product line to an extensive existing software and services portfolio, which includes Motor Vehicle Registration and Unemployment Insurance, Voter Registration, Health and Human Services, Justice & Public Safety, and Public Retirement programs. More than 100 Saber consultants in North America and India will be trained in 2008 on Oracle Enterprise Taxation Management products to support EDS' global clients' requirements.

"This agreement marks an industry-first, combining EDS' unique ability to manage and deliver on a worldwide basis and Oracle's products and expertise," said Michael Coomer, EDS executive vice president and Oracle alliance executive sponsor. "We look forward to further enhance the EDS-Oracle relationship in 2008 through our global Oracle practice, to expand our collective ability to become our clients' business ally."

EDS has extensive global experience in tax and revenue, through managing and developing systems for clients in the United States, Canada, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico. EDS has unrivalled expertise in implementing large scale complex systems for governments and in the data conversion, scalability, security, architecture and integration complexities that are habitually found in that environment.

"Oracle offers a comprehensive suite of software to support the challenges of tax and revenue agencies worldwide," said John Andrus, vice president, Oracle tax global business unit. "We are pleased to deepen our relationship with EDS and leverage its global implementation experience to help create new efficiencies in the tax and revenue industry worldwide."

"Oracle's Enterprise Taxation Management (ETM) system is a secure, tax-specific, commercial off-the-shelf software solution that enables tax and revenue authorities to optimize the revenue collection and billing processes," said Charlie Feld, EDS senior executive vice president of applications services. "It provides a flexible, integrated alternative to custom-built systems that are expensive to maintain and difficult to adapt to new taxes and regulations. EDS will continue to work with Oracle to partner around specific industry verticals."

This expanded go-to-market agreement will enable EDS and Oracle to overhaul and transform custom systems revenue and tax agencies put in place in the 1980s and 1990s. These systems now impose severe constraints on revenue and tax agencies. Historically, each tax type has had its own system, resulting in poor customer service, while hampering compliance activities. The combination of Oracle's tax and revenue products with EDS' large-scale implementation expertise will enable an innovative solution that consolidates information across tax and revenue sources, drives efficiencies and helps resolve the issues created by legacy systems.

Most recently, the Commonwealth of Kentucky selected the combined EDS and Oracle offering to create a comprehensive integrated tax system. The selection validates the strength of the partnership strategy between EDS and Oracle.

"The tax and revenue go-to-market strategy between EDS and Oracle opens up a tremendous growth opportunity for the two technology leaders," said Bob Welch, group vice president and general manager at IDC Global Services. "The combination of Oracle's strength in the tax and revenue software space and EDS' global footprint and strong implementation experience showcases the continuing impact on the market of the EDS Agility Alliance."

As a member of the EDS Agility Alliance, Oracle is collaborating with EDS to accelerate and deliver best-in-class database, middleware and ERP software as essential components of the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform. The EDS Agility Alliance is a coalition of companies globally recognized for their quality, products and value to clients. Its mission is to innovate, develop and deliver the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform - EDS' next-generation global delivery system. Together, EDS and its Agility Alliance partners collaborate to design, build and run a market-leading services platform and develop technology-based services to deliver tangible client results.

About EDS

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

About Oracle

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, visit our web Site at http://www.oracle.com/.

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Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Annabelle Baxter - EDS Caroline Yu - Oracle 972 605 0978 650 506 8920 annabelle.baxter@eds.com caroline.yu@oracle.com

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

CONTACT: Annabelle Baxter of EDS, +1-972-605-0978,
annabelle.baxter@eds.com; or Caroline Yu of Oracle, +1-650-506-8920,
caroline.yu@oracle.com

Web site: http://www.eds.com/
http://www.oracle.com/

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. and Cerner Announce Strategic AllianceBlood Bank Software to Complement Renowned Laboratory Information System

DENVER, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GLOB) , an international e-Health, medical information technology company, today announced that its Wyndgate Technologies(R) (Wyndgate) division has formed a strategic marketing alliance with Cerner Corporation (Cerner) , a leading provider of healthcare information technology (HIT) solutions. Cerner will market Wyndgate's comprehensive blood management software modules in conjunction with Cerner's universally known Millennium Suite laboratory information system (LIS). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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"We are pleased that Cerner Corporation has selected Wyndgate blood management systems to complement its Millennium Suite," said Thomas F. Marcinek, President and COO of Global Med Technologies. "This strategic alliance will offer healthcare organizations feature-rich blood management solutions which will interface with Cerner's laboratory information systems, promoting increased efficiencies in blood banks, as well as supporting patient safety. The Cerner-Wyndgate affiliation further strengthens Wyndgate's position in the domestic and international blood management marketplace. Today Wyndgate's products and services manage, annually, more than eight million blood components, representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply."

About Cerner Corporation

Cerner is a major U.S. supplier of healthcare information technology solutions that optimize clinical and financial outcomes. Around the world, healthcare organizations ranging from single-doctor practices to entire countries turn to Cerner for its powerful and intuitive solutions. Cerner offers clients a dedicated focus on healthcare, an end-to-end solution and service portfolio, and proven market strengths. Cerner Millennium is a healthcare information technology computing platform helping health professionals elevate safety, quality and efficiency.

About Global Med Technologies, Inc.

Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. is an international e-Health medical information technology company providing information management software products and services to the healthcare industry. Its Wyndgate Technologies(R) division is a leading supplier of information management systems to U.S. and international blood centers and hospital transfusion centers. Each year, Wyndgate's products and services manage more than eight million blood components, representing over 27% of the U.S. blood supply. Wyndgate's products are also being used in Canada, Africa, and the Caribbean. Wyndgate's software provides Vein-to-Vein(R) tracking from donor collection to patient transfusion through its Donor Doc(TM) interactive donor health history questionnaire, ElDorado Donor(TM) and SafeTrace(R) donor management systems, to its SafeTrace Tx(R) advanced transfusion management system. Global Med's PeopleMed(R), Inc. subsidiary provides custom software validation, consulting and compliance solutions to hospitals and blood centers. PeopleMed's in-depth knowledge of Wyndgate's products and the blood banking industry results in cost-effective validation services, which leads to more efficient software implementations and upgrades for our customers.

For more information about Global Med's products and services, please call 800-WYNDGATE or visit http://www.globalmedtech.com/, http://www.peoplemed.com/ and http://www.wyndgate.com/.

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EarthLink to Announce First Quarter 2008 Earnings

ATLANTA, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EarthLink today announced it will host a conference call on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. EDT to discuss its first quarter 2008 financial results. The earnings press release will be issued at 7:00 a.m. EDT.

EarthLink's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rolla Huff and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Dotts will lead the call.

Investors in the U.S. and Canada interested in participating in the conference call may dial (800) 706-0730 and reference the EarthLink call. Other international investors may dial (706) 634-5173 and also reference the EarthLink call. EarthLink recommends dialing into the call approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Investors also will have the opportunity to listen to a live Webcast of the conference call via the Internet at the following site:

http://ir.earthlink.net/index.cfm

A taped replay will be available beginning at 11:30 a.m. EDT on April 24, through midnight on May 1, by dialing (800) 642-1687. International callers should dial (706) 645-9291. The replay confirmation code is 41005794.

The Webcast of this call will be archived on our site at: http://ir.earthlink.net/events.cfm About EarthLink

"EarthLink. We revolve around you(TM)." As the nation's next generation Internet service provider, Atlanta-based EarthLink has earned an award-winning reputation for outstanding customer service and its suite of online products and services. Serving over five million subscribers, EarthLink offers what every user should expect from their Internet experience: high-quality connectivity, minimal online intrusions and customizable features. Whether it's dial-up, high-speed, voice, web hosting, wireless or "EarthLink Extras" like home networking or security, EarthLink connects people to the power and possibilities of the Internet. Learn more about EarthLink by calling (800) EARTHLINK or visiting EarthLink's Web site at http://www.earthlink.net/.

EarthLink

CONTACT: Investors, Michael Gallentine, +1-404-748-7153,
gallentineml@corp.earthlink.net, or Media, Chris Marshall, +1-404-748-6247,
marshallch@corp.earthlink.net, both of EarthLink

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BorgWarner Presents Drivetrain and Engine Expertise at 2008 SAE World Congress

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- During the 75th anniversary of the SAE World Congress held in Detroit, Michigan, on April 14 - 17, top BorgWarner executives, including Chairman and CEO Tim Manganello, will be featured panelists, sharing their insights on powertrain diversity, new transmission and driveline technologies, the impact of energy and the environment on future powertrains, and the "climate for change" in the auto industry. In addition, BorgWarner engineers and program managers will present technical papers on a number of leading-edge technologies including innovations in turbo technology for diesel engines, friction technology for automatic transmissions, powder metal materials, and driving dynamics. A complete list of papers and their presenters follows this release.

"Environmental issues, toughening emissions and fuel economy regulations, and advancing global markets are creating a climate of change in the auto industry," said Manganello. "At BorgWarner, we are developing the next must-have technologies to address these challenges and propel the auto industry into the future." Over 35,000 automotive professionals will attend the 2008 SAE World Congress, hosted by Chrysler and BorgWarner, the Tier 1 Strategic Partner.

Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 64 locations in 17 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/.

-- List of Presentations Follows -- BorgWarner Presentations at 2008 SAE World Congress AVL Technology Theater Climate for Change Panelist: Timothy Manganello, Chairman and CEO, BorgWarner Powertrain Diversity Panelist: Dr. Olaf Weber, Vice President Engine Technology, BorgWarner FEV Powertrain Innovation Forum The Other Half of Powertrain: How Will New Transmission and Driveline Technologies Influence Consumer Buying Decisions? Panelist: Dr. Bernd Matthes, President and General Manager, BorgWarner Transmission Systems Original Equipment Suppliers Association (OESA) Conference The Impact of Energy and the Environment on Future Powertrains: Business Opportunities for Suppliers Panelist: Roger Wood, President and General Manager, Turbo & Emissions Systems Technical Presentations Approaches to Achieving AWD Torque Accuracy Presented by: -- David Haselton, Sr. Systems Engineer, Controls/Systems Dynamics, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems -- Russell Scott West, Systems Engineer -- Systems Engineering, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems High Pressure, High Energy Friction Material without Hot Spots Presented by: -- Dr. Robert Lam, Director, Friction Products R&D -- Advanced Product Engineering, BorgWarner Transmission Systems -- Feng Dong, Technical Specialist -- Advanced Product Engineering, BorgWarner Transmission Systems Influence of Pre-Turbo Catalyst Design on Diesel Engine Performance, Emissions and Fuel Economy Co-Presented by: Volker Joergl, Lead Program Engineer, Advanced Development, Diesel Systems, BorgWarner Engine Systems Group Development of a Compact Torque Vectoring Axle for Primary or Secondary Axles Presented by: Dan Showalter, Technical Director, Engineering, Advanced Products, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems Material Cost Savings in Powder Metal Transfer Case Sprockets Presented by: Marc Legault, Senior Product Engineer, Engineering Program Development, BorgWarner TorqTransfer Systems

BorgWarner Inc.

CONTACT: Mary Brevard of BorgWarner Inc., +1-248-754-0881

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

Record-Breaking Crowd at Synopsys Users GroupSynopsys CEO Aart de Geus Addresses More Than 2,000 Customers at EDA's Largest Users Group

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the Best Paper Awards for the 18th annual Synopsys Users Group (SNUG(R)) San Jose, held March 31 -- April 2, 2008, in Santa Clara, CA.

This year, a record-breaking 2,032 users attended SNUG San Jose, a 29 percent increase in participants over SNUG 2007. The conference featured 40 technical presentations and 32 tutorials, plus demos, panels and vision sessions, all presented by more than 160 Synopsys users and experts to fellow design engineers. SNUG San Jose is the largest users group conference in electronic design automation (EDA) worldwide and one of the largest gatherings of design engineers in North America. In 2007, the global SNUG program drew more than 5,000 semiconductor and system design engineers to eight similar Synopsys user conferences in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia Pacific.

Low-power design and advanced design techniques using both 65 and 45nm processes were highlights of the three-day program. Low-power techniques were demonstrated in the areas of synthesis, place and route, IP and verification. Godwin Maben, Synopsys Principal Engineer and author of the popular low-power blog "Magic Blue Smoke," was the featured speaker for Tuesday's low-power general session.

Thomas T. Quan, Deputy Director, EDA & Design Service Marketing Program, TSMC, kicked off Wednesday's program with a general session on the TSMC reference flow (RF) for 45nm design success. The session addressed solving key 45nm design issues, such as power reduction, power integrity, statistical timing analysis and Design for Manufacturing (DFM), using the TSMC 8.0 RF.

The Best Paper, First Place, and Best First-Time Presenter awards went to the team of Srinath Atluri, Nimalan Siva and Anant Sakharkar of Cisco Systems, Inc. for, "Migrating a Large-Scale Vera Testbench Infrastructure to SystemC and SystemVerilog -- Risk Mitigation and Value Creation Strategies."

The Best Paper, Second Place, went to Nancy Pratt of IBM for, "SystemVerilog Interfacing & Simulation Coverage: Are We There Yet?"

The Best Paper, Third Place, went to Venkata Chintapalli and Dan Steinberg of Integrated Device Technology for, "OpenVera/RVM to SystemVerilog/VMM Conversion: How to Avoid 'Death By a Thousand Cuts.'"

The Technical Committee Award went to the team of Noah Aklilu of Cisco Systems, Inc., and Anthony Redhead of XtremeEDA Corp. for, "Getting Synchronous Resets Right!"

There were two recipients of the Technical Committee's Honorable Mention Award: the team of Bingxiong Xu and Kevin Stiles of LSI Corp. for, "Using NanoTime for Custom Digital Macros," and David Flynn of ARM, Ltd. for, "Design for State Retention: Strategies and Case Studies."

"SNUG is a user-driven conference with high technical content," said SNUG San Jose Technical Chair Andy Copper of ARCH Design Solutions, Inc. "The melting pot of users, R&D and field engineers provides a unique environment to discuss current technical issues. The added excitement of seeing product previews and innovations gives the conference a technical edge and a look into the near future. Solutions are provided, ideas formed and challenging designs relished."

Aart de Geus, chairman and chief executive officer at Synopsys, opened the conference with a keynote highlighting the evolution of customer designs and Synopsys' advances in power, performance and productivity.

"When I look at the products that have come to market over the years, containing the chips that our customers have designed using Synopsys solutions, I am amazed at the progress that has taken place," said de Geus. "We are fortunate to work with companies with whom we can be a true partner, rather than merely a supplier. We have learned together that only this kind of real partnership enables us to provide our customers with the productivity solutions they need to succeed in such a competitive marketplace."

The SNUG global program is sponsored by leading semiconductor, IP and compute platform companies, including Platinum Sponsors ARM, Common Platform (Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM, Samsung) and TSMC; Gold Sponsors HP, Sun Microsystems and Virage Logic; and Silver Sponsor UMC.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The company delivers technology-leading system and semiconductor design and verification platforms, IC manufacturing and yield optimization solutions, semiconductor intellectual property and design services to the global electronics market. These solutions enable the development and production of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems. Through its comprehensive solutions, Synopsys addresses the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, including power management, accelerated time to yield and system-to-silicon verification. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

Synopsys and SNUG are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Editorial Contacts: Yvette Huygen Synopsys, Inc. 650-584-4547 yvetteh@synopsys.com Andrea Zils MCA, Inc. 650-968-8900 azils@mcapr.com

Synopsys, Inc.

CONTACT: Yvette Huygen of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-4547,
yvetteh@synopsys.com; Andrea Zils of MCA, Inc., +1-650-968-8900,
azils@mcapr.com, for Synopsys, Inc.

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

Microsoft Releases Preview of New Version of Its Robotics PlatformSoftware development platform aims to continue making programming robots easier and more affordable for hobbyists and professionals alike.

PITTSBURGH, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, at the RoboBusiness Conference and Exposition in Pittsburgh, Microsoft Corp. released the first community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, the new version of its robotics programming platform. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 contains improvements in its runtime performance, distributed computational capabilities and tools.

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Scheduled for release later this year, the first preview of the product is now available for evaluation and testing by developers, customers and partners. Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 is a Windows-based environment that can be used by academic, hobbyist and commercial developers for the creation of a variety of robotic programs and testing scenarios.

"We launched Microsoft Robotics Studio in 2006 in response to the robotics community's request for a mature platform and toolset that would provide for stability and portability, allowing more people to participate and contribute," said Tandy Trower, general manager of the Microsoft Robotics Group. "Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 demonstrates Microsoft's continued commitment to help catalyze the emerging new markets for robotics by delivering even better performance and enhanced tools."

Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 includes the following new elements:

-- Increased runtime performance. Performance improvements of 150 percent to 300 percent in message throughput between services within a node and between DSS nodes. Services now load 200 percent faster. -- Improved distributed computational capabilities. Support for distributed language integrated queries (LINQ), which reduces network utilization and simplifies service authoring. LINQ support enables advanced filtering and inline processing of sensor data at the source. -- Improvements to tools. The ability to visually define computational domains within the Microsoft Visual Programming Language (VPL) tool, providing for easier accessibility to managing distributed execution. The Visual Simulation Environment (VSE) tool adds the ability to record and play back simulations, which allows for easier sharing of running simulation experiences. In addition, VSE adds a new floorplan editor to simplify the definition of complicated structures and interiors.

The latest version of the software bears a new name to better reflect its objective to support software development for robots and to better align with Microsoft's other development tools.

Previous versions of the software gained widespread support throughout the robotics industry, with more than 200,000 copies downloaded and more than 50 companies pledging their support by joining the Microsoft Robotics Supporting Partner Program.

Aldebaran Robotics has joined the Microsoft Robotics Supporting Partner Program. Microsoft is working with Aldebaran to bring services and simulation capabilities for the Nao robot to the Microsoft robotics platform. Developers can take advantage of the detailed simulation to validate motion sequences, or test image recognition algorithms.

Aldebaran's Nao robot is designed to be an affordably priced, humanoid robot with first-class mechanical, electronic and cognitive features and up to 25 degrees of freedom.

"A persistent challenge for the robotics industry up till now has been the limited choice within development platforms that would allow developers to easily create robotic applications," said Bruno Maisonnier, president and founder of Aldebaran Robotics. "Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 will contribute greatly to expand the robotics industry and encourage more developers to design new robot applications. We are pleased to support these efforts."

Microsoft also announced that RoboChamps, a virtual robotics competition built atop Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, will be launched on April 21 at http://www.robochamps.com/. RoboChamps was developed in conjunction with members of the partner community, including SimplySim, whose simulation environments are used in the competition.

"RoboChamps will allow users of all levels to experiment with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, while discovering the underlying technologies and solving real-world problems with simulated robots in immersive 3-D environments," said Nicolas Dalmasso, CEO of SimplySim.

Microsoft Robotics Studio and Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008 are available as a free download for use in noncommercial applications. Licensing details for commercial robot developers are available at http://www.microsoft.com/robotics.

Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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Photon Dynamics' ArrayChecker(TM) Selected by LG Display as Sole Array Test SolutionAdvanced LCD Array Test Systems Ordered By Global Leader for Generation 8 Production Line

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Photon Dynamics, Inc. , today announced that its ArrayChecker product has been selected by LG Display, formerly known as LG Philips LCD, as the sole array test solution for its eighth generation, thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) P8 fabrication facility in Paju, Korea.

Equipped with the ParagonAVIOS(TM) Sensor Technology, Photon Dynamics' innovative core technology, the production-proven ArrayChecker delivers enhanced system throughput and reliable panel defect detection capabilities, and has achieved unrivaled customer acceptance on the Generation 8 system.

"We are extremely pleased to continue our highly-valued, long-standing major vendor relationship with LG Display, which began with the inception of its P1 factory. This multiple-system order affirms our innovative technology leadership and our commitment to outstanding customer support," said Jeffrey Hawthorne, president and chief executive officer of Photon Dynamics. "Our market leading array test technology and production-proven equipment will enable our customers to quickly ramp up their production while reducing the total cost of ownership. We will continue to align our goals with those of our customers to help them achieve maximum efficiency and productivity."

About LG Display

LG Display Co., Ltd. [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220] is a leading manufacturer and supplier of thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels, OLEDs and flexible displays. The company provides TFT-LCD panels in a wide range of sizes and specifications for use in TVs, monitors, notebook PCs, and various applications. LG Display currently operates seven fabrication facilities and five back-end assembly facilities in Korea, China and Poland. The company has a total of 22,000 employees operating in ten countries around the world. Please visit http://www.lgdisplay.com/ for more information.

About Photon Dynamics, Inc.

Photon Dynamics, Inc. is a global supplier utilizing advanced machine vision technology for market leading liquid crystal display (LCD) flat panel display test and repair systems and for high performance digital imaging systems for defense, surveillance, industrial inspection and medical imaging applications. For more information about Photon Dynamics, visit its website at http://www.photondynamics.com/.

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This release includes forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements generally can be identified by phrases such as PDI or its management "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "foresees," "forecasts," "estimates" or other words or phrases of similar import. Similarly, statements in this release that describe our business strategy, outlook, objectives, plans, intentions or goals also are forward-looking statements. All such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations on the date of this press release and involve a number of uncertainties and risks including but not limited to: our ability to sustain profitability through our outsourcing strategies, execution of our diversification strategy may not succeed, and those risks and uncertainties described in the section entitled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" under the caption "Factors Affecting Operating Results" in Photon Dynamics' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2007 and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, actual results may differ substantially from expectations. Photon Dynamics undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.

Photon Dynamics, Inc.

CONTACT: So-Yeon Jeong, Vice President, Investor Relations and Marketing
Communications of Photon Dynamics, Inc., +1-408-360-3084,
soyeon.jeong@photondynamics.com

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Lexmark's T64x printer families earn Editor's Choice awards for third consecutive year

LEXINGTON, Ky., April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Better Buys for Business, an independent reviewer of document imaging equipment, has recognized Lexmark International, Inc.'s T640, T642 and T644 printer families with Editor's Choice awards, marking the third consecutive year that the monochrome laser printers have been given this honorable distinction.

Featured in Better Buys for Business' 2008 Office Laser Printer Guide, the following Lexmark monochrome laser printers also received Editor's Choice awards: the E250 family, E350d, E352dn, E450dn, and the W840 family.

"Lexmark is announcing new models, black-and-white and color, at an impressive rate," said Better Buys for Business in its vendor profile. "More than ever, Lexmark has become a viable alternative to HP."

Lexmark's monochrome laser printers deliver reliable, high-performance printing solutions that can meet the unique needs of a wide range of customers from desktop users to enterprise workgroups.

"Our award-winning line of monochrome laser printers offers simple, worry-free solutions, which means customers can expect to get more done," said Marty Canning, Lexmark vice president and president of its Printing Solutions and Services Division. "We are pleased to receive this recognition from Better Buys for Business."

For more information about Lexmark's monochrome laser printers and entire line of printing and imaging devices, visit http://www.lexmark.com/ .

About Lexmark

Lexmark International, Inc. provides businesses and consumers in more than 150 countries with a broad range of printing and imaging products, solutions and services that help them to be more productive. In 2007, Lexmark reported $5.0 billion in revenue. Learn how Lexmark can help you get more done at http://www.lexmark.com/.

Lexmark and Lexmark with diamond design are trademarks of Lexmark International, Inc., registered in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

All prices, features, specifications and capabilities are subject to change without notice.

Lexmark International, Inc.

CONTACT: Melissa Lucas of Lexmark International, Inc., +1-859-232-5806,
mlucas@lexmark.com

Web site: http://www.lexmark.com/
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Shanda Announces Additional Senior Management Appointments

SHANGHAI, China, April 9, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited , or Shanda, a leading interactive entertainment media company in China, today announced additional senior management appointments within the leadership team to support the continued expansion and execution of the Company's 3C strategy of Content, Community, and Commerce.

Haifa Zhu has been named Chief Investment Officer of Shanda. Mr. Zhu, who previously was responsible for investments at Nuovo Assets Investments Ltd., has served in various capacities at Shanda, most recently as assistant vice president.

Danning Mi has been named Chief Information Officer of Shanda. Mr. Mi, who previously served as chief information officer of Founder Technology Group, has served in various capacities at Shanda, most recently as assistant vice president.

''We are pleased to announce the appointment of additional members to the senior management team of Shanda to support our strategic initiatives,'' said Chen Tianqiao, chairman and chief executive officer of Shanda. ''As Shanda continues to pursue opportunities both internationally and domestically, we are pleased to streamline our investments through Haifa, whose track record over the past four years has been exceptional and who has demonstrated a keen ability to identify strategic opportunities. Furthermore, Mr. Mi will be a key contributor to the continued development of Shanda's information technology and computer system to support our future growth.''

About Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited is a leading interactive entertainment media company in China. Shanda offers a portfolio of diversified entertainment content including some of the most popular massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and casual online games in China, as well as online chess and board games, network PC games and a variety of cartoons, literature works and music. Shanda's interactive entertainment platform attracts a large and loyal user base. Each user can interact with thousands of other users and enjoy the interactive entertainment content that Shanda provides. Interaction enriches your life. For more information about Shanda, please visit http://www.snda.com/ .

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This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this announcement that are not historical facts represent only the Company's current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections and are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from expectations include but are not limited to the risks set forth in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's annual report on Form 20-F. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as required under applicable law.

For more information, please contact: Maggie Yun Zhou Investor Relations Manager Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited Tel: +86-21-5050-4740 (Shanghai) Email: IR@shanda.com.cn

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd.

CONTACT: Maggie Yun Zhou, Investor Relations Manager of Shanda
Interactive Entertainment Limited, +86-21-5050-4740 (Shanghai), or
IR@shanda.com.cn

Web Site: http://www.snda.com/

Industry Canada issues approval of acquisition of BCE by investor group led by Teachers', Providence, Madison Dearborn and Merrill Lynch

MONTREAL, Quebec, April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BCE announced today that the proposed acquisition of BCE by an investor group led by Teachers' Private Capital, the private investment arm of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Providence Equity Partners Inc., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity has been approved by Industry Minister Jim Prentice, subject to certain conditions being met.

With Minister Prentice's approval, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions, the regulatory approvals required in connection with the transaction will have been obtained. On March 7, 2008, the Quebec Superior Court approved BCE's plan of arrangement for the transaction and dismissed all claims asserted by or on behalf of certain holders of Bell Canada debentures. As a result of an appeal of that decision by the debenture holders, BCE now expects the transaction to close before the end of the second quarter of 2008.

The full text of Minister Prentice's letter is available on BCE's website at http://www.bce.ca/.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements relating to the proposed privatization of BCE, legal proceedings related thereto and other statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are subject to important risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, in particular, the inherent uncertainty regarding the conduct, outcome and timing of any litigation. The results or events predicted in these forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results or events. As a result, we cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will materialize.

The completion of the proposed privatization transaction is subject to a number of terms and conditions, including, without limitation: (i) satisfaction of the conditions to the approvals of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission and the Minister of Industry, (ii) resolution of the appeals filed by the debentureholders with regard to the plan of arrangement, and any related stay or injunction that would prevent closing pending resolution of such appeals, and (iii) certain termination rights available to the parties under the definitive agreement dated June 29, 2007, as amended, governing the terms of the transaction. The conditions to these approvals may not be satisfied, the other conditions to the transaction may not be satisfied in accordance with their terms, and/or the parties to the definitive agreement may exercise their termination rights, in which case the proposed privatization transaction could be modified, restructured or terminated, as applicable. Failure to complete the proposed privatization transaction could have a material adverse impact on the market price of BCE's shares.

The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Except as may be required by Canadian securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this news release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additionally, we undertake no obligation to comment on expectations of, or statements made by, third parties in respect of the proposed privatization transaction. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other assumptions and risks, please refer to BCE's 2007 annual MD&A dated March 5, 2008 included in the Bell Canada Enterprises 2007 Annual Report, as well as to the definitive agreement dated June 29, 2007, as amended, and BCE's management proxy circular dated August 7, 2007, all filed by BCE with the Canadian securities commissions (available at http://www.sedar.com/) and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (available at http://www.sec.gov/). These documents are also available on BCE's website at http://www.bce.ca/.

About BCE Inc.

BCE is Canada's largest communications company, providing the most comprehensive and innovative suite of communication services to residential and business customers in Canada. Under the Bell brand, the Company's services include local, long distance and wireless phone services, high-speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, information and communications technology services (or value-added services) and direct-to-home satellite and VDSL television services. BCE also holds an interest in CTVglobemedia, Canada's premier media company. BCE shares are listed in Canada and the United States.

BCE INC.

CONTACT: Pierre Leclerc, Bell Canada, Media Relations, (514) 391-2007, 1
877 391-2007, pierre.leclerc@bell.ca; Thane Fotopoulos, BCE, Investor
Relations, (514) 870-4619, thane.fotopoulos@bell.ca

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