Oracle Partners Embrace Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA)System Integrator and ISV Partners Sign on to Co-Develop Strategic Integration Products and Leverage AIA to Build Extensions and Services

COLLABORATE 2008, DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

-- Since the launch of the Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA) last April, Oracle's partner ecosystem has embraced Oracle's pre- built integration products and stepped forward to deploy and extend them for specific customers. The combination of pre-built integration products from Oracle and expert services from partners provides quick return-on-investment and better business value by helping customers to reduce the cost and risk associated with typical custom, one-off integrations. -- Oracle Application Integration Architecture delivers business process- based integrations across Oracle, third-party and custom applications. Oracle AIA provides pre-built, standards-based, sustainable integrations that connect applications together and can generate significant cost savings for customers. -- Major system integrators (SIs) are making significant investments in AIA by joining co-development initiatives and creating AIA Centers of Excellence to deliver more cost-effective services to joint customers. Oracle Application Integration Architecture also includes Foundation Pack, providing a jump-start for partners or customers to develop their own integrations using Oracle's enterprise objects and services and programming methodology. -- Through the Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Partners program, ISVs are leveraging the AIA framework to integrate their applications to the Oracle portfolio of applications. Qualified partners pre-build integrations to AIA standards. Oracle then reviews and validates that the partner integration meets required standards. The validation gives customers confidence that the pre-built integration has been tested, meets AIA standards and operates and performs as designed. Partners Step Up -- Demonstrating their intention to adopt and leverage AIA as the foundation for their Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives, Infosys, a leading system integrator, today announced investment in an AIA Center of Excellence to showcase proof-of-concepts and speed the delivery of best-practice, cost-effective services to joint customers. -- In addition, Oracle and its SI partners are leveraging their combined industry expertise and implementation experience in new AIA co- development initiatives, including: -- Satyam: Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) business process integrating Oracle's Agile PLM and the Oracle E-Business Suite. -- Infosys: Distributor Price Protection Business Process for the High Technology Industry. -- Reply.it: Order to cash business process integrating Oracle's Siebel CRM and the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite.

Leveraging the Oracle Application Integration Architecture, Certified and Certified Advantage Partners in Oracle Partner Network can develop business services that can be plugged into Oracle Process Integration Packs, which reflect proven industry best practices.

Acxiom, an independent software company that offers customer data management and enrichment solutions, is leveraging Oracle Application Integration Architecture to provide sustainable and flexible integration to Oracle Customer Master Data Management (MDM) products. This will allow joint customers to enrich and validate their customer's profiles cost effectively.

Supporting Quotes: -- "In today's competitive marketplace, companies must quickly adapt and evolve to changing business needs -- and Oracle understands the importance that our partner ecosystem plays in providing end-to-end business solutions to our customers to meet these objectives," said Jose Lazares, Oracle Vice President, Application Integration Architecture Development. "Through our AIA initiatives, we are enabling our valued partner ecosystem to work collaboratively with Oracle to accelerate the delivery of composite business processes on a flexible, service-oriented architecture. This allows our customers to rapidly implement critical business processes today -- while paving the way for their strategic long-term business transformation plans." -- "Our joint customers will benefit from Oracle Application Integration Architecture tremendously," said Sriram Papani, Senior Vice President and Head of Oracle Practice at Satyam. "It not only helps create business processes across all applications but also accelerates SOA initiatives." -- "The co-development opportunities available with Application Integration Architecture give Infosys the ability to offer solutions which help organizations quickly and seamlessly adapt IT environments to changing business needs," said Chandrashekar Kakal, Senior Vice President and global head for Enterprise Solutions group at Infosys Technologies. "The combination of our implementation expertise with standards-based Oracle Applications gives customers a repeatable way to enhance the value of their technology investments. The high-tech product we're co-developing with Oracle is the first testament of our joint efforts to leverage the new Architecture." -- "Our clients are moving their focus from internal data-level integration towards a mixture of internal and external process-level integration. This creates a need for new, different and innovative technologies to help them solve their business issues," said Andy Mulholland, Chief Technology Officer, Capgemini. "We are looking towards Oracle Application Integration Architecture as a very positive addition to the Capgemini portfolio to meet our clients needs." -- "Our customers have unique industry specific requirements. Oracle's AIA offering provides an excellent platform to rapidly provide niche functionality, which can then be reused and enhanced by customers in the same vertical. Oracle AIA also works as a business driven initiator for SOA, making the business a champion for implementing SOA." -- Kevin Sullivan, Senior Vice President -- Oracle Practice, Fujitsu Consulting. -- "Oracle's Application independent design makes it easy to plug and play with new and existing applications," said GK Murthy, Senior Vice President Enterprise Solutions, Sierra Atlantic. "One of the value-adds that excites our company, is AIA enables businesses to create sustainable world-class integrations -- across all Oracle, legacy, third party and Partner solutions, including Oracle Fusion ready solutions. Sierra Atlantic's expertise in building these integrations using AIA is something our joint customers are endorsing as a high ROI business solution." -- "Oracle AIA is a game changing initiative to provide a 'business process glue' for best-of-breed Oracle products like Siebel, BRM, OSM /SSM, ASAP, PIM, specifically designed and built for the global communications industry. This will not only help make business process transformation and optimization easy and flexible but will also ensure that the solution is agile enough to address business changes rapidly. It is something our customers have been striving to achieve and will help them tremendously in reducing the cycle time and deploying releases right the first time," said L. Ravichandran, Executive Vice President and COO, Tech Mahindra. -- "Oracle's AIA provides integrated best-in-class applications built using a common open standards based SOA platform, that combined with Wipro's deep technical expertise, helps deliver an end-to-end lower TCO solution to our joint customers in the telecom space," commented Sangita Singh, Senior Vice President EAS, Wipro. -- "Companies need to know that they are getting the most from their valuable data assets. Acxiom makes achieving the value of their data and marketing investments a reality by developing a flexible, reliable and sustainable integration of Acxiom CDI-XTM customer management solutions with Oracle applications based on Application Integration Architecture," said Jim Plas, Vice President, Customer Data Integration at Acxiom. Supporting Resources Oracle PartnerNetwork Portal: http://www.oracle.com/partners/index.html Oracle and ISVs: http://www.oracle.com/partnerships/isv/index.html Oracle and SIs: http://www.oracle.com/partnerships/si/index.html

Oracle Application Integration Architecture (AIA): http://www.oracle.com/applications/oracle-application-integration- architecture.html

Oracle Application Integration Architecture FAQ: http://www.oracle.com/applications/aia-faq.pdf

Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Partners Initiative: http://www.oracle.com/partners/home/bi/global/integration/unauth/applications- integration.html

Data Sheet: http://www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/dlgpage.jsp?p_dlg_id=6073190&src=563427 9&Act=44

Webcasts and Podcasts AIA Foundation Pack

Webcast: http://www.oracle.com/webapps/dialogue/dlgpage.jsp?p_dlg_id=6073190&src=563427 9&Act=44

Oracle AppCasts -- Communications and AIA: http://www.oracle.com/applications/podcasts.html

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver innovative software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels.

About Oracle

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

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IBM and Oracle Serve Midsize BusinessesIBM Joins Oracle Accelerate Program and Delivers Industry Solutions

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. and ARMONK, N.Y., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oracle and IBM today announced an expanded relationship to serve midsize businesses. IBM will develop, sell and implement Oracle-based enterprise application solutions developed specifically for midsize clients.

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This expanded relationship will significantly extend the market reach for Oracle, and will allow IBM and its Business Partner channel to deliver industry-specific, end-to-end solutions based on Oracle Applications and IBM hardware and services. Building on the Oracle Accelerate strategy and the IBM Express Advantage program, IBM will deliver industry solutions that are packaged, priced and delivered specifically for midsized businesses.

Both Oracle and IBM work to create opportunities and deliver solutions to customers of all sizes. This announcement reflects the value of combining the industry-leading capabilities of IBM Global Business Services as resellers for Oracle Accelerate solutions with the relationships, skills and presence of local IBM Business Partners.

"This agreement represents an important milestone in IBM's continuing commitment to deliver targeted industry solutions to our valued midsize clients," said Brian Mitchell, Global and Americas Oracle Leader, IBM Global Business Services. "We look forward to teaming with Oracle to bring innovative business solutions to this important joint client base."

Focusing initially in the U.S. and Canada, the alliance expands the extensive relationship and a long history with Oracle's JD Edwards Enterprise One and the Oracle(R) E-Business Suite, under which IBM and its Global Business Services division has built an industry leading Oracle portfolio. Through Oracle Accelerate, these applications are being tailored specifically for midsize companies, and will be integrated with IBM's hardware, software and services. The IBM Oracle Consulting Practice, part of IBM Global Business Services, is the largest and most skilled consulting practice for Oracle in the world. It is made up of thousands of consultants skilled in implementing virtually all Oracle product lines including the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle's JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise and others.

As part of the agreement, IBM has made the following Oracle-based industry solutions available this year:

-- IBM Express Industrial Manufacturing Solution for Oracle Accelerate provides mid-sized industrial manufacturers with highly specialized business applications including the management of products with highly variable attributes and complex supply chains. This solution is available for the United States and Canada. -- IBM Express Food and Beverage Solution for Oracle Accelerate provides mid-sized food and beverage companies with an ERP application platform that supports their need to operate in a collaborative, repetitive environment with high velocity supply chain requirements including serving third party wholesalers and retailers. This solution is available for select European countries.

Additional IBM Oracle Accelerate solutions for the Life Sciences and High Tech clients are also scheduled to be available by the end of the year.

"IBM's reach and industry expertise, coupled with Oracle's pre-configured, low-cost applications will enable our joint customers to realize a faster return on their investments and also benefit from lower up-front implementation costs," said Tony Kender, Oracle Senior Vice President, Global Accelerate Program Office. "We see this collaboration with IBM as a monumental step in our effort to provide midsize companies with enterprise- level functionality that is affordable and easy to deploy and maintain."

About Oracle Accelerate

Oracle Accelerate is Oracle's strategy for helping Certified Partners and Certified Advantage Partners provide midsize businesses and government entities with the most complete, easy-to-own, industry-focused solutions. Oracle Accelerate solutions are application bundles that are developed and can be quickly implemented by qualified partners and provide a wide range of industry-specific functionality. Partners who participate in the Oracle Accelerate program are provided with Oracle Business Accelerators, rapid implementation tools, templates and process flows to enable customers to realize immediate benefit from Oracle Applications.

About IBM For more information visit http://www.ibm.com/. About Oracle

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

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Oracle Expands Enterprise Content Management Portfolio with Launch of Oracle(R) Universal Online ArchiveOracle E-mail Archive Service, a Scalable and Hot-Pluggable E-mail Archiving Interface, also Unveiled

COLLABORATE 2008, DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

-- Oracle continues to expand its enterprise content management offering with the launch of Oracle Universal Online Archive and Oracle E-mail Archive Service, components of Oracle Fusion Middleware. -- Oracle Universal Online Archive provides a highly scalable and manageable archiving system that combines the proven infrastructure of the Oracle Database and the standards-based, hot-pluggability of Oracle Fusion Middleware with a high-volume data ingestion engine to simplify archiving, management and rapid retrieval of multiple content types. -- Oracle E-mail Archive Service, in conjunction with Oracle Online Archive, provides an optimized e-mail archiving interface for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Notes, and SMTP-based mail systems. -- Oracle Universal Online Archive and Oracle E-mail Archive Service help enterprises decrease storage and IT operations costs, improve e-mail performance and security, and reduce the cost and risk associated with e-discovery and litigation preparation. Supporting Quote -- "Oracle has decades of experience in managing huge volumes of data efficiently and securely. Oracle Universal Online Archive takes that deep understanding and brings it to bear on actively archiving multiple types of unstructured content and particularly e-mail. The result is a uniquely flexible archiving platform that helps lower IT costs, simplify the integration of security and records management policies into the archiving process, and improve end user access to current and archived information." said Frank Radichel, vice president, Software Development, Oracle. Supporting Resources Pricing and Availability -- Oracle Universal Archive is expected to be available in 2008. The expected price is $20 per named user plus or $75,000 per CPU. -- Oracle E-mail Archive Service is expected to be available in 2008. The expected price is $50 per named user plus or $40,000 per CPU. Analyst Reports

Independent Analyst Reports on Oracle Enterprise Content Management http://www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst/reports/infrastructure/index.html#ocs

Podcast Oracle Universal Content Archive http://tinyurl.com/55zcyn Related Press Releases Oracle Strengthens Content Security, Enhances Content Management Platform http://tinyurl.com/6mmd9o Related Articles InfoWorld 2008 Technology of the Year Awards http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=94327

InfoWorld Product Review - Oracle Universal Content Management Lives up to the Name

http://tinyurl.com/4z5el2 Controlling the Content Evolution http://www.oracle.com/technology/oramag/oracle/07-nov/o67content.html Oracle Expert Blogs Billy Cripe - Oracle Fusion ECM http://blogs.oracle.com/fusionecm/ Related Resources Download Oracle Software http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/index.html Terms, conditions and restrictions apply. About Oracle Content Management

Oracle content management software is a unified enterprise content management platform that enables customers to leverage industry-leading document management, Web content management, digital asset management, and records management functionality to build their business applications. Building a strategic enterprise content management infrastructure for content and applications helps customers to reduce costs, easily share content across the enterprise, minimize risk, automate expensive, time-intensive and manual processes, and consolidate multiple Web sites onto a single platform. For more information about Oracle content management software, visit http://www.oracle.com/goto/contentmanagement

About Oracle

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

Salesforce.com and Google Introduce Salesforce for Google Apps - First Cloud Computing Suite for Business ProductivitySalesforce.com and Google expand global strategic allianceForce.com Platform-as-a-Service and Google's open platform interfaces deliver new opportunities for partners and developers

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salesforce.com , the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Google today expanded their global strategic alliance to make it easy for companies of all sizes to run their business in the cloud with Salesforce for Google Apps. The combination of the Google Apps(TM) suite of productivity applications and the Salesforce suite of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) applications enables businesses to effectively communicate and collaborate without any hardware or software to download, install or maintain. Salesforce for Google Apps also leverages the Force.com Platform and Google's open APIs, opening up even more development opportunities for developers and partners.

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"Google and salesforce.com have always had similar models and philosophies about delivering innovations made possible by the Internet," said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. "Salesforce.com was a pioneer in Software-as-a-Service and a year ago we joined them in this mission to bring the benefits of cloud computing to businesses of all types. Together, we are making more applications and services available online so customers can focus on building their core business rather than the applications that support it."

"Salesforce.com is thrilled to be offering Google Apps integrated with our Salesforce applications and Force.com Platform-as-a-Service to the millions of businesses looking to manage their entire office in the cloud," said Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. "The combination of our leading CRM applications and Google's business productivity applications pushes forward the transformation of the industry to cloud computing. The end of software is here."

"Since the launch of Google Apps a year ago, we have been following a trail blazed by salesforce.com and delivering cloud computing to business of all sizes," said Dave Girouard, Google vice president and general manager of Enterprise. "In addition to providing services to hundreds of thousands of customers, we have witnessed firsthand the benefits of the cloud: salesforce.com was one of the first Google Apps customers, and Salesforce has been an invaluable tool in growing Google's business."

Salesforce.com and Google -- Cloud Computing for the Enterprise

Both salesforce.com and Google have altered the software landscape by delivering SaaS applications, for CRM and productivity respectively, over the Internet. Today, this shift in the technology industry is being referred to as cloud computing, and salesforce.com and Google are well poised to deliver it to the enterprise. In June 2007, salesforce.com and Google launched Salesforce Group Edition featuring Google AdWords(TM), which has become a valuable tool for thousands of businesses by encapsulating every element of the customer life-cycle -- advertising, lead generation, sales, and customer support -- in one solution. In today's announcement, salesforce.com and Google are expanding their strategic alliance and delivering a second joint product to enable companies of all sizes to achieve success in cloud computing -- Salesforce for Google Apps.

Salesforce for Google Apps

Salesforce for Google Apps is a simple, yet powerful combination of essential applications for business productivity (email, calendaring, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, instant messaging) and CRM (sales, marketing, service and support, partners) that enables an entirely new way for business professionals to communicate, collaborate, and work together in real time over the Web. Salesforce for Google Apps offers a complete way for businesses to harness the power of cloud computing without the cost and complexity of managing hardware or software infrastructure. Salesforce for Google Apps includes:

-- Salesforce and Gmail(TM) - Businesses can now easily send, receive and store email communication, keeping a complete record of customer interactions for better sales execution and improved customer satisfaction. -- Salesforce and Google Docs(TM) - Create, manage, and share online Google Documents, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Presentations within your sales organization, marketing group, or support team for instant collaboration. -- Salesforce and Google Talk(TM) - Instantly communicate with colleagues or customers from Salesforce and optionally attach Google Talk conversations to customer or prospect records stored in Salesforce. -- Salesforce and Google Calendar(TM) - Expose sales tasks and marketing campaigns from Salesforce on Google Calendar. Built by Appirio, this application is one example of a new category of partner extensions to Salesforce for Google Apps.

"Salesforce.com and Google have changed the game again. This is, hands down, the best example of the consumerization of the enterprise. This is revolutionizing the way people work," said Sheryl Kingstone of the Yankee Group.

"The combined offering from salesforce.com and Google brings together the best in enterprise CRM and productivity applications, all delivered over the Internet. Salesforce for Google Apps enables us to extend our company's SaaS strategy even further," said Doug Menefee, CIO of The Schumacher Group.

"While salesforce.com has always enabled us to work easily with client desktop productivity tools, we love that we now have the freedom to run our office in the cloud," said Prasan Vyas of UST Global.

Force.com and Google Platform -- Delivering Success to Partners and Developers

Salesforce.com and Google's alliance has created the world's largest cloud computing platform for building and running applications. The Force.com Platform-as-a-Service encompasses a complete feature set for the creation of business applications and Google's open APIs enable integration and extension of the applications in Google Apps. The integration of the two creates many new opportunities for developers and partners to build and run business applications that help customers run their entire business smarter in the cloud. Today, applications like sales quote generation and business forecasting are now easy to build and test, and can be deployed by customers with just a few clicks via the AppExchange.

Appirio and Astadia are the first companies to take advantage of these new development opportunities made possible through the Google and salesforce.com partnership. Each company has developed several applications that enhance Salesforce for Google Apps, and all of these applications are available today in a newly created AppExchange category, Google Apps, at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/category_list.jsp?NavCode__c=a0130000006 P6IoAAK-5.

Pricing and Availability

Salesforce for Google Apps is available today to all salesforce.com customers at no additional charge.

Salesforce.com also will be offering Salesforce for Google Apps Supported, a package that includes integrated telephone end user support, unified billing and provisioning, enhanced platform APIs, additional third party applications, and advanced Google Apps functionality, all for $10 per user, per month. This package is currently scheduled to be available in Summer 2008.

For more information, visit http://www.salesforce.com/googleapps/ or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE.

About Google Inc.

Google's innovative search technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.google.com/.

About salesforce.com

Salesforce.com is the market and technology leader in Software-as-a- Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). The company's portfolio of SaaS applications, including its award-winning CRM, available at http://www.salesforce.com/products/, has revolutionized the ways that customers manage and share business information over the Internet. The company's Force.com PaaS enables customers, developers and partners to build powerful on-demand applications that deliver the benefits of multi-tenancy across the enterprise. Applications built on the Force.com platform, available at http://www.force.com/, can be easily shared, exchanged and installed with a few simple clicks via salesforce.com's AppExchange marketplace available at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/.

As of January 31, 2008, salesforce.com manages customer information for approximately 41,100 customers including ABN AMRO, Dow Jones Newswires, Japan Post, Kaiser Permanente, KONE, Sprint Nextel, and SunTrust Banks. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase salesforce.com applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce.com has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM". For more information please visit http://www.salesforce.com/, or call 1-800-NO- SOFTWARE.

Google, Google Apps, Google AdWords, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Talk, and Google Calendar are registered trademarks of Google Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.

Copyright (c) 2008 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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NAVTEQ to Release 2008 First Quarter Results on April 30, 2008

CHICAGO, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAVTEQ Corporation , a leading global provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, will release its first quarter financial results after market close on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. In lieu of a conference call, management will provide a PowerPoint document containing supplementary information, which will be available at investor.navteq.com.

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 3,300 employees located in 174 offices and in 32 countries.

NAVTEQ is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries. All rights reserved.

This document may include certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts and statements identified by words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates" or words of similar meaning. The statements are based on our current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in each of the Company's most recent Annual and Quarterly Reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. NAVTEQ does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document.

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Oracle(R) Database Vault Protects Oracle's Siebel CRM Information

COLLABORATE 2008, DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

-- Oracle today announced the certification of Oracle(R) Database Vault for use with Oracle's Siebel CRM, providing extensible, out-of-the-box policies that prevent unauthorized access to critical application data by privileged users. -- Oracle Database Vault prevents ad-hoc access by Siebel business users to Siebel CRM application data, protecting against application bypass and enforcing access through the Siebel application account. -- Oracle Database Vault separation of duty enables the Siebel CRM application database administrator to onboard new business users without having the ability to view application data. -- Oracle Database Vault provides the industry's most advanced database access control solution helping customers address their security and regulatory challenges such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the European Union Data Privacy Directives, and the Payment Card Industry (PCI). -- Oracle Database Vault releases 10.2.0.4 or 11.1.0.7 are recommended for use with Siebel CRM. -- Oracle Database Vault is now certified with Siebel CRM, Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise, and the Oracle E-Business Suite. Supporting Quotes

"Database access control and segregation of duty solutions are key to effective, comprehensive compliance and data protection initiatives in order to limit the potential impact of privileged users," said Trent Henry, vice president and research director, Burton Group.

"Oracle Database Vault enforces real-time preventive controls and extensible out-of-the box policies for Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft Enterprise and the Oracle E-Business Suite applications to transparently safeguard access to sensitive data within the database and help ensure regulatory compliance," said Vipin Samar, vice president of Database Security, Oracle.

"With Oracle Database Vault, Siebel CRM customers have the ability to effectively protect mission critical data against insider threats without making changes to the application," said Anthony Lye, senior vice president, CRM, Oracle.

Supporting Resources Oracle Expert Blogs Security Inside Out: http://blogs.oracle.com/securityinsideout Related Resources About Oracle Database Vault: http://www.oracle.com/database/database-vault.html Oracle Database Vault Demo:

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Oracle Database Vault: Information Security 2007 Global Product Excellence Award Winner

http://www.oracle.com/database/docs/info-security-database-vault.pdf Oracle Database Vault Whitepaper:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/ database-security/pdf/database-vault-11g-whitepaper.pdf

Analyst Reports Regarding Oracle Database Security: IDC: Preventing Enterprise Data Leaks at the Source:

http://www.oracle.com/corporate/analyst/reports/infrastructure/ sec/209752.pdf

Forrester: Securing Enterprise Databases:

http://www.oracle.com/pls/ebn/live_viewer.main?p_direct= yes&p_shows_id=5337015

Customers can download the new customizable Oracle Database Vault policies for Siebel CRM at:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/database-security/ database-vault/DBVault_Siebel_scripts_24Jan2008.zip

To download a free, evaluation version of Oracle Database Vault, go to:

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Atmel and TimeSys Announce Embedded Linux Support for AT91CAP Customizable MicrocontrollersLinuxLink Subscription Accelerates Embedded Development

ROUSSET, France and PITTSBURGH, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel(R) Corporation and TimeSys(R) announced today embedded Linux(R) support for Atmel's ARM9(TM)-based AT91CAP9 customizable microcontroller. Ideal for rapid design validation, TimeSys is offering a free Board Support Package (BSP) for the CAP9 based on the 2.6.23 kernel. Additionally, the free BSP can be upgraded to a full LinuxLink subscription, providing a powerful suite of software, tools and support to accelerate the development of a custom Linux platform.

The free BSP enables application developers to rapidly validate Linux on the AT91CAP9A Development Board that includes an FPGA for emulation of the CAP(TM) Metal Programmable Block for custom logic. This BSP includes Atmel's Linux kernel and drivers, BusyBox utilities for basic commands and features, and a Linux host/cross toolchain capable of re-building the Linux kernel and the basic packages included in the BSP. Together with a full documentation set and basic support, this offering provides a ready-to-use package to validate Linux with Atmel's CAP customizable microcontroller.

By upgrading to a full LinuxLink subscription, application developers can rapidly create their own customized Linux software platform, with access to an expanded, regularly updated list of Linux components optimized for CAP9, including the 2.6.23 Linux kernel, hundreds of packages pre-compiled for use with CAP9, and a reference distribution that provides an integrated and tested starting point for platform customization. The LinuxLink subscription also includes a robust collection of open source and TimeSys-developed tools, including the TimeStorm Eclipse-based IDE, as well as extensive documentation and support.

Michel Le Lan, Atmel's Marketing Director for ASIC products, commented, "We welcome TimeSys to the growing community of value-added service providers that we are building around our CAP(TM) customizable microcontroller. TimeSys contributes years of experience in embedded Linux, enabling our mutual customers to rapidly develop a solid Linux platform to support their CAP applications."

Greg Quiggle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing from TimeSys, added, "TimeSys is pleased to build on the success of its LinuxLink subscriptions and BSPs that have been developed for Atmel's AT91SAM ARM9 based microcontrollers. Extending our product portfolio to the CAP9 opens up new horizons in the field of customizable microcontrollers."

The TimeSys CAP9 LinuxLink and BSP will be demonstrated both at the Atmel stand (Booth #928), and the TimeSys stand (Booth #946), during the Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, from April 14-18, 2008.

Atmel's CAP Customizable Microcontroller

Atmel's CAP(TM) is an ARM(R) microcontroller-based system-on-chip with fast local memory, a wide range of industry-standard peripherals and interfaces, and a Metal Programmable (MP) Block that allows the designer to add custom logic. By combining the performance, density and low power consumption of the fixed portion of the device with the flexibility of the MP Block, CAP enables application-specific products to be developed in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of standard-cell ASICs, but at a unit price close to that of standard cell devices. CAP's Metal Programmable Block can be personalized with IP cores from Atmel's extensive library of product-tested functions, or from accredited third parties, or with cores developed by the CAP customer to give the application-specific product its competitive edge. CAP also offers superior performance, smaller form factor and lower power consumption at a unit price significantly lower than an MCU-plus-FPGA combination for the same functionality. CAP is fully supported with an emulation board, software development tools, operating systems and code modules to facilitate application software development.

Availability and Pricing

The TimeSys LinuxLink and BSP for CAP9 are available now from TimeSys. The CAP9 BSP is free of charge; contact TimeSys for information regarding LinuxLink subscription pricing.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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About TimeSys

TimeSys is the provider of LinuxLink, a web-based software subscription for both first-time and experienced embedded Linux developers. LinuxLink provides the embedded software, tools, documentation and support needed to quickly optimize a custom Linux platform for a given processor. LinuxLink enables embedded development teams to leverage the benefits of Linux without sacrificing the quality, service and support of a traditional commercial embedded operating system. For more information, visit http://www.timesys.com/.

Information:

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American Apparel Deploys RFID Solution From Motorola, Vue Technology and Avery DennisonRetailer to improve inventory accuracy and streamline operations with state-of-the-art RFID solution

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. today announced that American Apparel, Inc. , a company known for its vertically integrated business model and "Made in Downtown LA" clothing, is furthering its cutting-edge brand reputation by becoming one of the first retailers to roll out radio frequency identification (RFID) at the item-level. American Apparel plans to implement its RFID inventory system across each of its 17 stores in the New York metropolitan area over the next three months, with plans to eventually deploy the solution to an additional 120 North American locations.

The integrated solution being delivered by Vue Technology is comprised of TrueVUE hardware and software products, fixed and mobile RFID readers and antennas from Motorola's Enterprise Mobility business, and tags and printers from Avery Dennison. The solution enables American Apparel to track individual items as they are tagged at the company's manufacturing facility in Los Angeles, received in its retail stores, stored in the stock rooms at the stores, and then placed onto the sales floor and ultimately sold at the point-of-sale (POS).

The initial deployment of American Apparel's roll-out took place at the company's Columbia University location in New York City. To date, over 40,000 individual pieces of merchandise have been tagged so that store personnel can use fixed and mobile RFID readers to track inventory on a real-time basis, contributing to a well-stocked store and improving customer service through timely responses to customer questions regarding in-store merchandise.

By using an item-level RFID system, American Apparel is able to fulfill its vision of consistently offering merchandise in every size and color on store floors at all times, creating a more rewarding customer experience and simplifying the inventory process for in-store staff. Store associates can now take inventory much more quickly and with greater accuracy. Replenishment activities have been dramatically improved resulting in on-floor availability at over 99%. Weekly inventory processes can now be accomplished with just two people in two hours instead of requiring four people for eight hours as previously needed. As a result, store associates have more time to service customers and improve store merchandising in order to make sought out items easier to find.

"American Apparel takes pride in being a vertically-integrated manufacturer, distributor and retailer of fashionable, high-quality basics, and we embrace any technology that allows us to further realize this vision to better serve our customers," said Zander Livingston, RFID technology director for American Apparel. "We look forward to deploying the technology on a larger scale so that our entire organization can leverage the value of RFID to improve overall inventory management processes and enhance our customers' shopping experience."

By deploying the technology in additional stores, American Apparel expects to increase sales and customer service by having real-time visibility into product at nearby stores, enhancing the intra-store transfer process to balance stock. Furthermore, the retailer will be able to respond more efficiently to market behavior by using RFID to record and report on purchases, not only within one location, but across a region of stores.

American Apparel selected the technologies for the solution based on innovation, market leadership and proven success to work seamlessly together to achieve item-level visibility. Motorola MC9090-G RFID handheld readers are used for "cycle counting" and Motorola XR440 fixed readers with AN480 antennas track stock moving from the backroom to the sales floor. Vue's TrueVUE Site Manager, Enterprise Manager, Essentials, Essentials Mobile, Commissioning, and Exchange were all selected to provide the enterprise-wide device and network management, desktop and mobile workflows, EPC commissioning, and developer interfaces to RFID. Various VUEPoints, item-level antennas from Vue were also used at receiving stations and for Point-of-Sale. Finally, Avery Dennison AD-222 tags were chosen for their consistency and accuracy in tracking merchandise.

"We've noticed an increasing trend among retailers that are implementing RFID at the item-level, and American Apparel is a prime example of a retailer on the forefront of this trend," said Dr. Bill Hardgrave, professor of Information Systems and the executive director of the Information Technology Research Institute at the University of Arkansas. "With RFID technology, American Apparel will be able to improve the efficiency and accuracy of their supply chain, ultimately resulting in the right products in the right place at the right time and an enhancement of the overall customer experience."

About American Apparel

American Apparel is a vertically-integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel based in downtown Los Angeles, California. As of December 31, 2007, American Apparel employed over 6,700 people and operated over 180 retail stores in 13 countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Israel, Japan and South Korea. American Apparel also operates a leading wholesale business that supplies t-shirts and other casual wear to distributors and screen printers. In addition to its retail stores and wholesale operations, American Apparel operates an online retail e-commerce website at http://store.americanapparel.net/.

About Avery Dennison Corporation

Avery Dennison is a global leader in pressure-sensitive labeling materials, retail tag, ticketing and branding systems and office products. Based in Pasadena, Calif., Avery Dennison is a FORTUNE 500 Company with 2007 sales of $6.3 billion. Avery Dennison employs more than 30,000 individuals in 60 countries worldwide, who develop, manufacture and market a wide range of products for both consumer and industrial markets. Products offered by Avery Dennison include: Fasson brand self-adhesive materials; Avery Dennison brand products for the retail and apparel industries; Avery brand office products and graphics imaging media; specialty tapes, peel-and-stick postage stamps, and labels for a wide variety of automotive, industrial and durable goods applications.

About Motorola

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

About Vue Technology

Vue Technology is the leading provider of item-level RFID solutions, offering breakthrough RFID infrastructure components and a powerful software suite that delivers the most scalable, reliable, and ROI-driven RFID solutions on the market. Vue's TrueVUE(TM) RFID Platform provides the industry's only unified RFID infrastructure that allows customers to manage dock doors, portals, mobile devices, smart surfaces and smart shelves to achieve RFID visibility down to the item-level. With its patented RF Networking devices and UHF enabled VUEPoints(TM), Vue allows standard readers to network across thousands of antennas, exponentially increasing the number of zones that readers can support and dramatically reducing the cost barriers previously associated with item-level RFID roll-outs. Combined with an integrated software suite for device and network management, EPC commissioning, and RFID workflows, the TrueVUE(TM) RFID Platform is uniquely able to deliver significant and measurable ROI to its customers. For more information, visit http://www.vuetechnology.com/.

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+1-949-334-6227, gadams@vuetechnology.com; or Mark O'Donoghue of Avery
Dennison, +1-508-383-3250, mark.o'donoghue@averydennison.com

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Integral Systems Announces Second Quarter Earnings Release Date

LANHAM, Md., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Integral Systems, Inc., today announced that it will release its results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008 through PR Newswire on Monday, April 28, 2008, before the market opens.

The earnings release will be followed by a quarterly conference call on Monday, April 28, 2008, at 11 a.m. EDT. The call will last approximately one hour and will feature Alan Baldwin, Integral's Chief Executive Officer and Bill Bambarger, Integral's Chief Financial Officer. Interested parties are invited to join the live broadcast by calling 800.950.3502, ID number 21379851.

An audio recording of the quarterly conference call will be available beginning two hours after the start of the live broadcast. The audio recording will remain archived until 1:00 p.m. EDT on April 30th and can be obtained by calling 800.633.8284, ID number 21379851. The audio recording will also be made available on Integral's website at http://www.integ.com/.

About Integral Systems

Founded in 1982, Integral Systems is a leading provider of satellite ground systems and has supported more than 205 different satellite missions for communications, science, meteorological, and earth resource applications. Integral Systems was the first company to offer an integrated suite of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software products for satellite command and control: the EPOCH Integrated Product Suite (IPS) product line. EPOCH IPS has become the world market leader in commercial applications with successful installations on five continents.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, Integral Systems provides satellite and terrestrial communications signal monitoring systems to satellite operators and users throughout the world. Through its Newpoint Technologies, Inc., subsidiary, Integral Systems also provides software for equipment monitoring and control to satellite operators, broadcasters, and telecommunications firms. Integral Systems' RT Logic subsidiary builds telemetry processing systems for military applications, including tracking stations, control centers, and range operations. Integral Systems' Lumistar, Inc., subsidiary provides system- and board-level telemetry acquisition products. Integral Systems has approximately 500 employees working at its headquarters in Lanham, MD, and at other locations in the U.S. and Europe. For more information, visit http://www.integ.com/.

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CONTACT: Tory Harris, Investor Relations at Integral Systems, Inc.,
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Limelight Networks Enables Content Producers to Deliver Brilliance with New Solutions Demonstrated at NAB 2008

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Limelight Networks, Inc. is showcasing content delivery solutions at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention (NAB 2008, 14-17 April, Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall 2 Stand C2651) that enable content producers to monetize their digital assets by creating high-quality online rich-media experiences. These solutions include Adobe(R) Flash(R) Media Server 3 technologies; the LimelightEXCHANGE Premium customer portal; support for Microsoft Silverlight DRM powered by PlayReady; and a partner ecosystem that extends the functionality of the company's content delivery network (CDN). Additionally, Limelight Networks announced that it has been selected by British Telecom for content delivery services.

"For over seven years, some of the most-respected brands in the content and broadcast industry have trusted Limelight Networks to deliver brilliant experiences for their viewers. At NAB 2008, we're demonstrating our continued commitment to enabling high-performance experiences, and how we're expanding the set of services we offer through the introduction of new technologies and our growing partner ecosystem," said Jeff Lunsford, chief executive officer, Limelight Networks, Inc.

Selected by BT as Content Delivery Partner for Five Download

The company today announced that it has been selected by BT to provide content delivery services for the broadcaster Channel Five, as part of their plans to re-launch its on-demand service, Five Download. The new service will offer high quality catch-up viewing, archived content and the ability to watch some programs seven days before they air on TV. Content will be available through a mixture of on-line ad-funded streams and off-line download models.

"We are pleased to add BT to the list of premier global telecommunications providers that deliver assets using the Limelight Networks CDN, and look forward to enabling high-quality experiences for Five Download viewers," noted Lunsford.

General Availability of Adobe(R) Flash(R) Media Server 3 and Limelight MediaVault

The company announced the immediate general availability of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 live and on-demand technologies. The general availability comes after extensive testing in collaboration with Adobe and several high-traffic customers to ensure reliable delivery of services on the Limelight Networks CDN. Existing customers can easily upgrade to the advanced benefits of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 without needing to change existing configurations.

Adobe Flash Media Server 3 provides dramatically improved performance, more secure streaming, live streaming enhancements, industry-standard H.264 and HE-AAC support, and streaming delivery to mobile phones with Adobe Flash Lite(TM) 3 and Adobe Media Player software.

"Adobe and Limelight Networks have a longstanding relationship and together, using Adobe Flash technologies, have delivered high-quality experiences to consumers around the world," said Bill Rusitzky, director of global media alliances at Adobe. "With the deployment of Adobe Flash Media Server 3 on the Limelight Networks CDN, we're strengthening our relationship and bringing new innovations to our respective customers."

In conjunction with Adobe Flash Media Server 3 availability, the company today announced the availability of Limelight MediaVault for Adobe Flash Media Server 3. Limelight MediaVault protects content from abuse by spiders, bots, and deep linking by enabling customers to generate a unique URL for the location of their content. These URLs can be set to expire after a certain period of time, so that even if another site were to embed the link, it would no longer be functional.

LimelightEXCHANGE - Enhanced Customer Portal for ROI and Reporting

The company today unveiled a first-look at a new premium version of its customer-facing portal, LimelightEXCHANGE (formerly named Limelight User Exchange or "LUX"). The new LimelightEXCHANGE Premium will offer customers enhanced analytical tools through a streamlined user interface. New features include:

* Geographic reporting by service, showing rights holders the location of end-users. * An increase in the number of files (URLs) tracked to expand the insight of object use, availability, and popularity of your content. * Hourly end-point performance measurements, delivered through a partnership with Gomez, a leading on-demand infrastructure provider for web application experience management solutions, helping business ensure quality web experiences for their customers. * Self-ordering, enabling existing customers and resellers to add services and configurations without needing to contact technical support. Support for Microsoft Silverlight DRM Powered by PlayReady

The company today added to its long-term relationship with Microsoft with the announcement that it will support Microsoft (R) Silverlight DRM powered by PlayReady in the forthcoming Microsoft Silverlight 2 technologies. When launched later this year, producers will be able to securely and profitably deliver assets over the Limelight Networks content delivery network to Silverlight-enabled experiences.

Ecosystem for Extending the Content Delivery Value Chain

The company today demonstrated how its Ecosystem Partners expand the reach of the company's CDN. These ecosystem partners enable content producers to encode, protect, and monetize content, expand their use of live events, and measure return-on-investment. To date, over 35 companies have joined the ecosystem by integrating their innovations with Limelight Networks' open APIs. Partner solutions on display include:

* High Definition (HD) Experiences o Swarmcast, the leader in high quality streaming video, will showcase Autobahn HD. Autobahn HD integrates into standard Flash video players to deliver full-screen, high-quality video that sharpens to the best possible experience for each viewer, without buffering or stalling. Engaging global audiences for both live and on-demand video, Swarmcast is redefining Internet video. * Live Event Services o iStreamPlanet will showcase the company's solutions for getting content from various sources and providers, and seamlessly engaging consumers with that content and the content owner's brand. The presentation will feature the next generation of rich media player built for AT&T playing live and on-demand content from the 2008 Masters Tournament. o Kulabyte will showcase its XStream Live Software and Shuttle products. As a leading developer of advanced video solutions for Live HD and standard-definition (SD) Internet streaming, all Kulabyte products incorporate its multi-core TimeSlice(TM) technology. With Kulabyte, traditional broadcast video can now be encoded and transmitted Live in HD for Internet distribution at consumer-level broadband speeds. * Content Monetization o Widevine, the leading provider of multiformat, multiplatform content security will demonstrate Cypher for Digital Media. With unique post-decryption digital copy protection, Cypher for Digital Media secures live streams, file downloads and progressive downloads; protects all major media formats; and works on Windows, Mac and Linux-based PCs and PC-based platforms. o VoloMedia will showcase its advertising, metrics, and reporting solutions that help publishers unlock the value of their downloadable video and audio assets while enabling advertisers to accurately target and reach high-value emerging markets. The VoloMedia Campaign Management Portal and Player Plug-ins are utilized by some of the largest media companies as invaluable components to their measurement and monetization strategies reaching online and offline media environments. o Gomez, the leading provider of on-demand web application experience management solutions, will showcase Active Network XF(TM) for website performance monitoring. Gomez Active Network XF(TM) captures and reports real-time website performance monitoring data measured from the global Internet backbone. The detailed information provided helps information technology professionals to effectively operate and maintain fast and consistent web application performance for end-users across the world. Because Gomez external website performance testing originates outside the firewall, it gets producers one stop closer to the perspective your customers experience by monitoring website performance across the Internet's main highways. * On-Demand Delivery o Brightcove, the leading Internet TV platform used by thousands of publishers worldwide to program, distribute and monetize video on the Web, will showcase its ease-of-use, quality and extensibility. Chief Strategy Officer Recognized as Industry Pioneer and Thought-Leader

The company announced that Michael Gordon, chief strategy officer and co-founder, was honored by Streaming Media Magazine as one of the first annual Streaming Media All-Stars. According to the magazine, the publication selected "the unsung heroes who've worked behind the scenes to move the online video industry forward over the past ten years." Editors picked the 25 people who have had the most significant impact in the field, be it due to technological innovation, business acumen, or a selfless commitment to helping others learn what online video could do for them, long before it had become mainstream. Gordon was selected from more than 130 nominations.

Unveiling New Brand and Website

NAB 2008 marks the official public unveiling of the new Limelight Networks brand identity and company logo, and the relaunch of the company's web site, http://www.limelightnetworks.com/. The new brand identity reflects the maturity of the business and its unique approach to content delivery.

About Limelight Networks, Inc.

Limelight Networks, Inc. is a content delivery partner enabling the next wave of Internet business and entertainment. More than 1500 Internet, entertainment, software, and technology brands trust our robust, scalable platform to monetize their digital assets by delivering a brilliant online experience to their global audience. Our architecture bypasses the busy public Internet using a dedicated optical network that interconnects thousands of servers and delivers massive files at the speed of light -- directly to the access networks that consumers use every day. Our proven network and passion for service assures our customers that every object in their library will be instantly delivered to every user, every time. For more information, visit http://www.limelightnetworks.com/.

Copyright (C) 2008 Limelight Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. All product or service names are the property of their respective owners

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CONTACT: Paul Alfieri of Limelight Networks, Inc., +1-917-297-4241,
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Xilinx Demonstrates New Triple-Rate SDI Reference Designs for Broadcast Video Applications at NAB 2008Virtex-5 FPGAs enable future-proof interface designs capable of supporting 1080p60 video

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference today, Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading programmable logic supplier, announced it will demonstrate new triple-rate serial digital interface (SDI) reference designs available for all Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The triple-rate SDI designs with Virtex-5 FPGAs provide a single-chip, low-power interface that supports standard definition (SD), high definition (HD), and emerging 3G SDI standards for broadcast video applications. Xilinx will demonstrate its new triple-rate SDI offerings on the Xilinx ML571 development board at NAB, April 14-17 in Booth #SU9926 located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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"There is a growing requirement for broadcasters to support full bandwidth 1080p60 video across the broadcast chain, and many product developers want a single interface design that can cope with traditional SD and HD video as well as the new 3G-SDI standards," said Andy DeBaets, senior director of Systems and Application Engineering at Xilinx. "We can now present all broadcast equipment providers with the means to implement and future-proof triple-rate SDI interface designs with as little effort as possible."

Single-Chip, Triple-Rate SDI Solution

Virtex-5 FPGAs implement triple-rate SDI on a single, low-power multi-gigabit transceiver (MGT) capable of supporting full-bandwidth 1080p60 video. This unique configuration enables dynamic switching between SD, HD and 3G-SDI standards for transmit or receive, with automatic standard detection and without reprogramming the FPGA. It is also possible to support all received data rates with a single reference clock.

The triple-rate SDI design is the latest addition to the comprehensive portfolio of solutions already available from Xilinx for broadcast video connectivity applications. These include non-trivial conversion between Dual Link HD-SDI and 3G-SDI and between levels A and B of the 3G-SDI standard, as well as pass-through designs for all the SDI data rates. In addition, Xilinx also provides a number of complementary designs supporting HD-SDI audio embedding/de-embedding and audio sample rate conversion.

About Xilinx Virtex-5 Series FPGAs

The Virtex-5 family is the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex series and is built upon the industry's most advanced 65-nanometer triple-oxide technology, breakthrough ExpressFabric(TM) technology and proven ASMBL(TM) architecture. The Virtex-5 family features four domain-optimized platforms for high-speed logic, digital signal processing, embedded processing and serial connectivity applications. Production devices are shipping now and may be purchased online or through Xilinx distributors. For further cost reductions, the Xilinx EasyPath(TM) program enables customers to use Virtex-5 devices in high-volume applications. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/virtex5 for more information.

About Xilinx in Broadcast

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in programmable logic solutions offering a wide array of solutions for the broadcast industry, ranging from video, audio and network connectivity, real-time HD video processing and high-speed digital signal processing for transmission and modulation. Xilinx offers reference designs and intellectual property (IP) cores as building blocks for complete broadcast systems. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/broadcast.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.

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Extreme Networks Launches Widget Central for Shared Network Enhancements and Developer's Tools for ExtremeXOSNew Online Resources and a Software Developer's Kit Help Customers and Partners Speed Network Deployment, Simplify Operations, and Enhance Functionality

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. today announced Widget Central, a new online resource that facilitates the free exchange, development, and modification of company and community-sponsored network enhancements through downloadable widgets. These enhancements address the deployment, monitoring, operations, and optimization needs of enterprises. Extreme Networks(R) has concurrently announced the controlled release of its Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for ExtremeXOS(R), the industry's first modular operating system for LAN switches.

Widget Central, found at http://www.extremenetworks.com/solutions/widget-central, is an innovative, free online resource designed to help customers achieve the perfect balance of acquisition costs, operational expenses, and solutions capabilities. To celebrate the site's launch, Extreme Networks has contributed over 25 widgets that deliver immediate value for customers and also provide reference widgets for developers. In a separate announcement today, Extreme Networks has detailed a series of new network solutions and an update to the ExtremeXOS operating system, all targeted at meeting the challenge of perfect balance in Enterprise networks.

"Widget Central will radically change how customers think about their network and their networking vendor," said Scott Lucas, senior director of solutions marketing for Extreme Networks, Inc. "Now, users can easily benefit from Extreme Networks innovative network extensibility technologies for faster deployment, easier operations, better visibility, and enhanced performance. The initial widgets provided by Extreme Networks are great examples of how customers can manage energy usage of power over Ethernet ports, deploy consistent security configurations, and automate dynamic configurations across the network. We are tremendously excited by the potential for community- developed enhancements as the site grows and matures."

Widgets are organized into four categories: deployment, monitoring, operations, and optimization. Deployment widgets help customers quickly configure the network for specific security and convergence needs. Operations widgets enable customers to react to network events, such as the connection of a new handset to the network. Optimization widgets help customers tune network performance, and monitoring widgets provide customers with information on the health of the network. All widgets are freely downloadable and can be modified to suit specific needs. In the spirit of community participation, widgets can be enhanced and shared among users of Extreme Networks products.

Extreme Networks new SDK benefits technology partners, value-added resellers, and customers who seek to extend and enhance their solutions through web services-based interactions with the ExtremeXOS operating system. The SDK and associated support resources from Extreme Networks help developers leverage a comprehensive set of application programming interfaces (APIs). These tested and mature interfaces have been used internally to integrate ExtremeXOS with Extreme Networks EPICenter(TM) management platform, the ScreenPlay on-switch management tool, and the Sentriant(TM) NG threat detection and mitigation appliance.

Availability: -- Widget Central is available now by visiting the following link: http://www.extremenetworks.com/solutions/widget-central Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks designs, builds and installs Ethernet infrastructure solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. The Company's commitment to open networking sets it apart from the alternatives by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications and services. Extreme Networks believes openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom, flexibility and choice. Extreme Networks focuses on enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video and data over a wired and wireless infrastructure. For more information, visit: http://www.extremenetworks.com/.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to features, and benefits of the products and services are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/).

Extreme Networks, Summit, EPICenter, Sentriant, BlackDiamond, and ExtremeXOS are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

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Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Powers New Universal Multi-Channel Processor From Miranda TechnologiesInnovative 3G/HD/SD audio/video processor leverages triple-rate SDI capabilities of the DSP-optimized Virtex-5 SXT platform

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference today, Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading programmable logic supplier, announced that Miranda Technologies Inc. (TSX: MT), a developer and manufacturer of high-performance hardware/software for the television broadcast industry, has launched a new 3G/HD/SD universal audio/video processor that incorporates Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to lower system costs and accelerate time to market.

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Today's announcement builds on the history of success between the two companies, which was integral to accelerating development of the new processor, the first from Miranda Technologies with triple rate data input/output capabilities. The processor features dual triple-rate serializer and deserializer functions for real-time audio and video processing with automatic frame accurate Aspect Ratio Conversion (ARC), enabled by the ultra high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities of the Virtex-5 SXT platform. The new offering is targeted for high-end broadcast and television applications with the Miranda Technologies Densite Series of signal processing and distribution products. The company will demonstrate its new device during NAB, April 14-17 in Booth # SU6811 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

"Our familiarity with Xilinx offerings certainly factors into the efficiency with which we are able to development new products. But, the Virtex-5 silicon portfolio and accompanying ecosystem of tools and IP stand on their own when it comes to high-performance design," said Jean-Marc d'Anjou, senior vice president of the Infrastructure Business Unit at Miranda Technologies. "For us, triple rate SDI was a prerequisite in order to offer 3G/SD/HD input/output in a single chip. The embedded serial transceivers in the Virtex-5 SXT FPGA made it possible to integrate the functionality and achieve the price-performance we needed for our device."

Programmable Logic in Broadcast

Miranda Technologies is among the growing number of broadcast manufacturers to benefit from the inherent flexibility and time-to-market advantages of Xilinx programmable logic solutions. With a dedicated team focused on the broadcast market, Xilinx offers a range of silicon platforms, design software, reference designs and intellectual property (IP) cores that provide broadcast equipment designers with a cost-effective, comprehensive development environment.

The Xilinx silicon portfolio includes the DSP-optimized Virtex-5 SXT platform, which integrates triple-rate SDI (3G/SD/HD) capabilities with a single multi-gigabit transceiver. The high-speed serial design supports dynamic switching, without reconfiguring the FPGA, between standards for transmit or receive with automatic standard detection. As in the case of Miranda Technologies, with the ability to implement multiple channels in a single Virtex-5 SXT device, product developers save board real estate and reduce overall system costs.

"The needs of infrastructure suppliers to the broadcast industry continue to change at a rapid pace, as content delivery mechanisms, standards and formats evolve," said Gregg Hawkes, principal engineer at Xilinx. "We are committed to bringing the performance, lower power, and cost benefits of our application-specific solutions and programmable platforms to industry innovators like Miranda Technologies, so they can quickly accommodate market requirements while 'future proofing' their products."

Xilinx is conducting demonstrations of broadcast solutions including its advanced video development platform (AVDP), connectivity and video over IP applications at this week's NAB in Booth #SU9926 located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

About Xilinx Virtex-5 Series FPGAs

The Virtex-5 family is the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex series and is built upon the industry's most advanced 65-nanometer triple-oxide technology, breakthrough ExpressFabric(TM) technology and proven ASMBL(TM) architecture. The Virtex-5 family features four domain-optimized platforms for high-speed logic, digital signal processing, embedded processing and serial connectivity applications. Production devices are shipping now and may be purchased online or through Xilinx distributors. For further cost reductions, the Xilinx EasyPath(TM) program enables customers to use Virtex-5 devices in high-volume applications. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/virtex5 for more information.

About Xilinx in Broadcast

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in programmable logic solutions offering a wide array of solutions for the broadcast industry, ranging from video, audio and network connectivity, real-time HD video processing and high-speed digital signal processing for transmission and modulation. Xilinx offers reference designs and IP cores as building blocks for complete broadcast systems. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/broadcast.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.

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QSGI Reports Fourth Quarter 2007 Results

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. and PALM BEACH, Fla., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QSGI, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: QSGI) , the only provider of a full suite of information technology solutions to help corporations better manage hardware assets, maintenance expenses, and ensure best practices for data security and regulatory compliance, today reported financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2007.

Recent Developments: -- 31% increase in revenue within Data Center Maintenance division, and added 7 new maintenance accounts while also expanding service contracts within existing accounts -- Data Center Hardware division returned to profitability, before impairment charges, while being restructured to address major selling constraints in the marketplace -- Increased end-user data erasure and auditing fees within Data Security & Compliance division by 135% -- Added global specialty packaging and labeling client for full suite of data security and compliance services -- Entered into an agreement with major investment bank/financial institution for data security & compliance services -- QSGI continues to successfully transition toward focusing squarely on providing recurring IT services to its growing roster of blue chip clients

Mr. Sherman chairman and chief executive officer of QSGI, commented, "We are pleased to report that our Data Center Maintenance division continues to play an increasing role in our overall business and accounted for $1.7 million in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2007, up from $1.3 million in the comparable period in 2006. We continue to expand our maintenance capabilities beyond the division's core strength in mainframes and now service mid-range IBM p-Series, i-Series, x-Series, HP and Sun servers. Additionally we have expanded our capabilities and client base in enterprise class storage, disk and tape. This division brought in $6.3 million in revenue for the year versus $4.8 million in 2006, and maintained strong gross margins in the mid 60-percent range. The recurring nature of Data Center Maintenance contracts and high margins make this an important contributor to QSGI's growth and profitability. We continue to gain traction in the marketplace and signed on seven new customers during the fourth and first quarters including two major insurance providers and Fortune 100 healthcare/consumer products company. As we continue to add resources to ensure this growth continues, our pipeline is robust and we look forward to announcing meaningful client wins in the months ahead."

Marc Sherman continued, "The onset of the fourth quarter of 2007 brought with it some challenges that we have successfully addressed in ways that have strengthened our position as we enter 2008. While our recurring IT services segments remain strong contributors to revenue, our Data Center Hardware division was negatively impacted late last year by a sudden change in business practice by a major OEM that adversely affected QSGI's ability to re-market mainframe computers to customer specifications. As a result, we completed the restructuring of this division at year-end 2007 enabling it to return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2007, before impairment charges. We achieved this in part by commencing a plan to eliminate more than $1 million in annual direct Data Center Hardware operating expenses during the fourth quarter and by significantly reducing inventory related expenses and exposure while maintaining the division's extensive hardware knowledge and sourcing capabilities. This division is now focused primarily on supporting our high margin Data Center Maintenance operations and we should generate over $500,000 in revenue per quarter, going forward. The division experienced a spike in revenue of $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2007 due to the sale of excess inventory, which contributed roughly $100,000 to margins. Offsetting the overall positive impact to margins was the fact that this business segment absorbed the old SG&A costs for most of the quarter prior to the restructuring."

Mr. Sherman continued, "Revenue within the Data Security & Compliance division decreased to $5.4 million, from $6.7 million in the comparable quarter of 2006, due to volatility in the supply of wholesale product to re- market, which was partially offset by a 135% increase in end-user data security services. Recent client wins in this division included one of the largest financial institutions, a Fortune 1000 specialty packaging and labeling customer and most recently, a worldwide veterinarian products company. Within this division, we are implementing a strategy change that will further focus on the higher margin, more predictable data security services from which we are gaining critical mass. This is allowing us to de-emphasize the technology remarketing activities of this business segment, which are less predictable and more demanding on our infrastructure than the pure data security services work. Accordingly, we are now implementing a plan to reduce our cost structure to reflect this change in revenue mix, which we believe will help to ensure our bottom line profitability within this division as 2008 progresses. Looking ahead, our pipeline remains strong as businesses, hospitals and government entities see the value in our ability to provide them with a comprehensive end-of life technology solution. Many security breaches occur when computer systems are in transit, but QSGI eliminates this potential liability for clients that choose to perform this work on-site, where we can quickly audit and erase desktops, notebooks, servers, and even enterprise storage arrays using our portable server suitcase solution."

Total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $9.4 million, as compared with $12.6 million for the same period in 2006. Gross profit was $1.9 million, compared to gross profit of $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Gross margin for the fourth quarter of 2007 was 20.5% compared to 18.9% for the same period in 2006. Revenue within the Data Security & Compliance division for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $5.4 million compared to $6.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Gross margin within the Data Security & Compliance division decreased to 7.3% from 12.2%, reflecting a much smaller contribution from OEM hardware re-marketing as a result of a reduced supply of equipment available to re-market. Revenue within the Data Center Maintenance division increased 31% to $1.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2007, compared to $1.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Gross margin within the Data Center Maintenance division remained in excess of 65%. Revenues within the Data Center Hardware division decreased to $2.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2007, compared to $4.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2006, reflecting the sudden change in business practice by a major OEM as previously disclosed. Gross margins within the Data Center Hardware increased to 16.3% compared to 14.9% for the same period last year. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $3.0 million, versus $2.5 million for the same period last year, reflecting an increase in allowance for doubtful accounts of $315,000. Net loss available to common stockholders for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $8.9 million, or $0.29 per share, compared to a net loss of $270,939, or $0.01 per share, for the same period in 2006. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2007 included a $7.2 million charge for goodwill and asset impairment as the company took a total write down all of its goodwill and intangible assets related to the Data Center Hardware division due to the change in business practice by the OEM.

Conference Call

QSGI will host a conference call at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time today, April 14, 2008. During the call, Marc Sherman, chairman and chief executive officer, Seth Grossman, president and chief operating officer, and Ed Cummings, chief financial officer, will discuss the Company's quarterly performance and financial results. The telephone number for the conference call is 866-334- 4934. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the company's website, http://www.qsgi.com/. To listen to the live call online, please visit the site at least 10 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software.

The webcast will be archived on the site, and investors will be able to access an encore recording of the conference call for one week by calling 866-245-6755, conference ID # 595401. The encore recording will be available two hours after the conference call has concluded.

About QSGI

QSGI provides a full suite of information technology solutions to help corporations and governmental agencies better manage hardware assets, reduce maintenance expenses, build best practices for data security and assure regulatory compliance. With a focus on the entire range of IT platforms - from the PC to the mainframe, the services offered by QSGI are specifically designed to reduce total cost of ownership for IT assets and maximize the clients' return on their IT investment.

For enterprise class hardware in the data center, QSGI offers hardware maintenance services, hardware environment planning and consultation, refurbished whole systems, parts, features, upgrades and add-ons. Additionally, for desktop IT assets, servers and SAN products, QSGI offers a range of end-of-life services that include: automated asset auditing, Department of Defense (DOD) level data destruction, documentation for regulatory compliance, hardware refurbishment with worldwide remarketing or proper IT asset recycling. Given the sensitive nature of the company's client relationships, it does not provide the names of its clients. Additional information about the company is available at http://www.qsgi.com/.

Statements about QSGI's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Litigation Reform Act of 1995. QSGI intends that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, and QSGI's actual results could differ materially from expected results. QSGI undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances.

(tables below) CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Assets December 31, 2007 2006 Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents $127,723 $632,948 Accounts receivable, net of reserve of $955,599 and $780,116 in 2007 and 2006, respectively 3,853,362 8,012,421 Inventories 6,578,031 4,982,710 Prepaid expenses and other assets 163,553 183,069 Deferred income taxes - 598,661 Total Current Assets 10,722,669 14,409,809 Property And Equipment, Net 286,766 410,241 Goodwill 1,489,621 6,644,403 Intangibles, Net 470,348 2,555,584 Other Assets 448,066 158,784 $13,417,470 $24,178,821 Liabilities And Stockholders' Equity December 31, 2007 2006 Current Liabilities Revolving line of credit $3,754,061 $3,915,825 Accounts payable 1,109,940 1,382,336 Accrued expenses 654,461 601,850 Accrued payroll 88,818 329,658 Deferred revenue 439,865 517,439 Other current liabilities 311,610 122,784 Total Current Liabilities 6,358,755 6,869,892 Long-Term Deferred Revenue 142,772 416,239 Deferred Income Taxes 27,300 451,625 Total Liabilities 6,528,827 7,737,756 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock 4,238,685 4,220,577 Commitments And Contingencies (Notes 1, 6 And 13) Stockholders' Equity Common shares: authorized 95,000,000 in 2007 and 2006, $0.01 par value; 31,172,716 shares issued and outstanding in 2007 and 2006 311,727 311,727 Additional paid-in capital 14,134,298 14,390,976 Retained earnings (deficit) (11,796,067) (2,482,215) Total Stockholders' Equity 2,649,958 12,220,488 $13,417,470 $24,178,821 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS For The Years Ended December 31, 2007 2006 Product Revenue $30,126,257 $41,111,420 Service Revenue 7,094,853 5,297,497 Total Revenue 37,221,110 46,408,917 Cost Of Products Sold 25,525,836 34,742,022 Cost Of Services Sold 2,516,833 1,806,492 Cost Of Sales 28,042,669 36,548,514 Gross Profit 9,178,441 9,860,403 Selling, General And Administrative Expenses 9,905,064 9,663,812 Goodwill And Asset Impairment 7,206,698 -- Depreciation And Amortization 702,310 685,216 Interest Expense, Net 396,417 238,985 Loss Before Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes (9,032,048) (727,610) Provision (Benefit) For Income Taxes 243,804 (242,373) Net Loss (9,275,852) (485,237) Accretion To Redemption Value Of Preferred Stock 18,108 17,056 Preferred Stock Dividend 258,000 256,389 Net Loss Available To Common Stockholders $(9,551,960) $(758,682) Net Loss Per Common Share - Basic $(0.31) $(0.03) Net Loss Per Common Share - Diluted $(0.31) $(0.03) Weighted Average Number Of Common Shares Outstanding - Basic 31,172,716 30,127,255 Weighted Average Number Of Common Shares Outstanding - Diluted 31,172,716 30,127,255 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For The Years Ended December 31, 2007 2006 Cash Flows From Operating Activities Net loss $(9,275,852) $(485,237) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities Goodwill and asset impairment 7,206,698 -- Depreciation and amortization 702,130 685,216 Stock option compensation expense 19,430 18,184 Deferred income taxes 174,336 (271,686) Allowance for doubtful accounts 713,500 822,965 Common stock issued for services -- 161,687 Changes in assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable 2,977,775 (1,821,257) Inventories (1,595,321) (846,406) Prepaid expenses and other current assets 23,389 18,034 Other assets (50,417) (3,770) Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities (660,840) 139,040 Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Operating Activities 234,828 (1,583,230) Cash Flows From Investing Activities Advances for notes receivable (96,250) -- Collections of notes receivable 53,200 -- Purchases of property and equipment (211,713) (153,728) Proceeds from sale of equipment 62,301 8,274 Net Cash Used In Investing Activities (192,462) (145,454) Cash Flows From Financing Activities Proceeds from the issuance of redeemable preferred stock -- 2,236,301 Payments for financing costs (127,827) (40,000) Stock options exercised -- 9,100 Preferred stock dividends (258,000) (256,389) Net amounts borrowed (repaid) under revolving line of credit (161,764) 284,325 Stock issuance costs -- (25,499) Net Cash Provided By (Used In) Financing Activities (547,591) 2,207,838 Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash And Cash Equivalents (505,225) 479,154 Cash And Cash Equivalents - Beginning Of Year 632,948 153,794 Cash And Cash Equivalents - End Of Year $127,723 $632,948 Supplemental Disclosure Of Cash Flow Information Income taxes paid $62,591 $25,428 Interest paid 406,306 243,196 Supplemental cash flow information (Note 15)

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Tyco International's ADT Security Business Acquires Leading Advanced Systems Integration CompanyAcquisition of FirstService Security Business Strengthens ADT North America's Systems Integration Platform

PEMBROKE, Bermuda, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tyco International Ltd. announced today that its ADT Security business has reached an agreement to acquire FirstService Security, a division of FirstService Corporation (Nasdaq: FSRV; TSX: FSV and FSV.PR.U) for approximately $187 million. FirstService Security operates under the Security Services & Technologies (SST) brand name in the United States and under the Intercon Security brand name in Canada.

FirstService Security is a leading commercial security systems integrator and provides a full range of integrated security systems services, including design, engineering, installation, servicing and monitoring of access control, closed-circuit television and intrusion systems. The business had revenues of more than $200 million during the last 12 months and employs approximately 2,400 people with 17 offices in the U.S. and Canada.

"This is an important strategic acquisition that expands and complements the advanced systems integration expertise ADT offers our commercial customers," said John Koch, president of ADT North America. "Commercial sales represent the largest component of our business and FirstService Security strengthens our presence and provides growth opportunities in key vertical markets such as banking and energy."

The transaction is expected to close as soon as practicable following receipt of required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of other customary closing conditions.

ABOUT TYCO INTERNATIONAL

Tyco International is a diversified, global company that provides vital products and services to customers in more than 60 countries. Tyco is a leading provider of security products and services, fire protection and detection products and services, valves and controls, and other industrial products. Tyco had 2007 revenues of more than $18 billion and has 118,000 employees worldwide. More information on Tyco can be found at http://www.tyco.com/.

ABOUT ADT WORLDWIDE

ADT, a unit of Tyco International, is the largest provider of electronic security services to more than seven million residential, commercial, government customers. ADT's total security solutions include: intrusion, video, electronic article surveillance, integrated systems, critical condition monitoring and radio frequency identification (RFID). For additional information about ADT, visit the company's Web site at http://www.adt.com/.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to risks, uncertainty and changes in circumstances, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated results, performance or achievements. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature are forward-looking and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "estimate," "plan," and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting Tyco's businesses are examples of factors, among others, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Tyco is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More detailed information about these and other factors is set forth in Tyco's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2007 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended December 28, 2007.

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MediaFLO Technologies Powers In-Vehicle Mobile TV Demo at NAB 2008- Proof-of-Concept Technology Demonstration Underscores Flexibility of the MediaFLO Platform in Various Use Cases -

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today unveiled the first-ever MediaFLO(TM) technology demonstration broadcast over the air to an in-vehicle entertainment system. The innovative mobile TV demonstration shows the flexibility of the MediaFLO platform as well as the exciting and unique delivery methods it can enable in a wide variety of scenarios.

The in-vehicle demonstration features a sport-utility vehicle outfitted with two rear headrest television screens with VGA resolution. The MediaFLO receiver, integrated in the rear center console, will receive live streaming television broadcasts on the MediaFLO platform at QVGA resolution. The center console controller allows users to launch the electronic channel guide, change channels and access optional features of the MediaFLO System.

"This proof-of-concept demonstration further illustrates the business potential of the MediaFLO platform and the diverse range of inventive mobile broadcast solutions that can be supported. MediaFLO was purpose-built for mobility and speed, making it an ideal platform upon which to build a cost- effective in-vehicle solution that can deployed on a mass-market scale," said Neville Meijers, senior vice president and general manager of Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies.

MediaFLO enables a rich mobile multimedia experience comprising high- quality video, audio, data and interactive services. Since the MediaFLO platform employs a dedicated mobile broadcast network, it does not require direct line-of-sight, unlike satellite-based TV transmissions, and video quality and signal strength won't be compromised in crowded metropolitan areas. Furthermore, the platform has been designed for superior mobile reception and can operate efficiently under normal driving conditions on roads and freeways.

The MediaFLO in-vehicle demonstration can be seen at the MediaFLO Technologies booth (Central Hall, #C2946) at the National Associated of Broadcasters (NAB) show, April 14 - 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MediaFLO is a mobile broadcast platform for the delivery of high-quality entertainment and information, including streaming video and audio, Clipcasting(TM) media, IP datacasting and interactive services. FLO(TM) is an open, globally recognized air interface technology standardized by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and recommended by ITU-R for the broadcasting of multimedia and data applications. Invented for mobility, MediaFLO is designed to increase capacity and coverage, as well as reduce costs for multimedia content delivery to mobile devices. More information about MediaFLO is available at http://www.mediaflo.com/.

Qualcomm Incorporated (http://www.qualcomm.com/) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2007 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Clipcasting, FLO and MediaFLO are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Qualcomm Contacts: Mona Klausing, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies Phone: 1-858-651-4268 Email: mediaflo_pr@qualcomm.com Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications Phone: 1-858-845-5959 Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com John Gilbert, Investor Relations Phone: 1-858-658-4813 Email: ir@qualcomm.com

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Qualcomm and Leading Conditional Access Solution Providers Collaborate on OpenCA Integration with MediaFLO Platform- Integration Allows Mobile TV Service Operators to Choose Conditional Access Solution and Business Model Option for Their Markets -

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated , a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, today announced that the Company is working with three leading Conditional Access (CA) providers to integrate their solutions with the open MediaFLO(TM) mobile broadcast platform. The collaboration with Irdeto, Nagravision and NDS will allow MediaFLO mobile TV service providers to select the CA solution that best fits their market and requirements, protecting and increasing revenue and decreasing deployment time.

"This strategic initiative further enhances the MediaFLO ecosystem and our mobile TV platform by leveraging the expertise in service and content protection of the world's leading CA companies," said Mike Coad, vice president of partner relations and product management for Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies. "Through continued collaboration with major market players such as Irdeto, Nagravision and NDS, we can continue to give our customers the opportunity to choose the best business model and solution for their respective markets."

CA solutions are required by all pay TV providers as they restrict viewing to only paid subscribers. This allows service providers to offer a variety of features and business models including free previews, subscriber promotions, pay-per-view and pay-per-time, etc. The platform integration work undertaken by Qualcomm and the three CA providers is in compliance with the OpenCA framework developed by the FLO Forum and its worldwide members.

The OpenCA integration with the MediaFLO platform will be demonstrated at the MediaFLO Technologies booth (Central Hall, #C2946) at the National Associated of Broadcasters (NAB) show, April 14 - 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

MediaFLO is a mobile broadcast platform for the delivery of high-quality entertainment and information, including streaming video and audio, Clipcasting(TM) media, IP datacasting and interactive services. FLO(TM) is an open, globally recognized air interface technology standardized by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and recommended by ITU-R for the broadcasting of multimedia and data applications. Invented for mobility, MediaFLO is designed to increase capacity and coverage, as well as reduce costs for multimedia content delivery to mobile devices. More information about MediaFLO is available at http://www.mediaflo.com/.

Qualcomm Incorporated (http://www.qualcomm.com/) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., Qualcomm is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2007 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.

Qualcomm is a registered trademark of Qualcomm Incorporated. Clipcasting, FLO and MediaFLO are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Qualcomm Contacts: Mona Klausing, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies Phone: 1-858-651-4268 Email: mediaflo_pr@qualcomm.com Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications Phone: 1-858-845-5959 Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com John Gilbert, Investor Relations Phone: 1-858-658-4813 Email: ir@qualcomm.com

Qualcomm Incorporated

CONTACT: Mona Klausing, Qualcomm MediaFLO Technologies, +1-858-651-4268,
mediaflo_pr@qualcomm.com, Emily Kilpatrick, Corporate Communications,
+1-858-845-5959, corpcomm@qualcomm.com, or John Gilbert, Investor Relations,
+1-858-658-4813, ir@qualcomm.com, all of Qualcomm

Web site: http://www.qualcomm.com/
http://www.mediaflo.com/

Trina Solar Discontinues Development of Polysilicon Production Facility

CHANGZHOU, China, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trina Solar Limited ("Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, founded in 1997, today announced its decision to discontinue the development of its previously announced 10,000MT polysilicon production facility having a total estimated cost of $1 billion. The Company also announced that its related equipment supply contract with GT Solar Incorporated ("GT Solar"), which was subject to final approval by the Boards of both companies, will lapse as a result, with the concurrence of both parties.

"We have made this strategic decision after careful assessment of our raw material requirements, in conjunction with recent and favorable long term polysilicon market and supply condition developments." said Jifan Gao, Trina Solar's Chairman and CEO. "Furthermore, we wish to reaffirm our strong working relationship with our partner GT Solar, which continues to provide us with advanced multicrystalline technology platforms to support our target of 350MW of annualized module capacity by the end of 2008."

Tom Zarrella, GT Solar's CEO, stated, "Trina Solar is a long-term and valued customer, and we look forward to supplying them with our advanced DSS casting platforms and other products and services, as they continue to grow their business aggressively."

As a result of recent favorable changes in the polysilicon supply environment, Trina Solar now believes it has greater access to polysilicon feedstock to support its growth objectives. To address its forward polysilicon requirements, the Company will continue to sign long term contracts as a means to meet its strategic supply needs. Additionally, Trina Solar will consider strategic investment options in future polysilicon projects which offer attractive economics and involve smaller investment requirements, although no projects are currently under consideration.

The Company will post Q&A relating to this announcement on the Investor Relations homepage of its website.

About Trina Solar Limited

Trina Solar Limited , through its wholly-owned subsidiary Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co. Ltd, is a well recognized manufacturer of high quality modules and has a long history as a solar PV pioneer since it was founded in 1997 as a system installation company. Trina Solar is currently one of the few PV manufacturers that has developed a vertically integrated business model from the production of monocrystalline and multicrystalline ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of high quality modules. This integrated value chain helps to ensure that high quality products can be delivered to its end customers around the globe, including a number of European countries, such as Germany, Spain and Italy. Trina Solar's solar modules provide reliable and environmentally- friendly electric power for residential, commercial, industrial and other applications worldwide. For further information, please visit Trina Solar's website at http://www.trinasolar.com/ .

About GT Solar

GT Solar Incorporated, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GT Solar International, is a key global provider of manufacturing equipment and turnkey manufacturing solutions across the photovoltaic supply chain. Based in Merrimack, NH (USA), the company's products include equipment used to produce multi-crystalline solar wafers, cells and modules. GT Solar also manufactures polysilicon reactors, which allow its customers to produce polysilicon from which solar wafers are made. For more information, go to http://www.gtsolar.com/ .

Safe Harbor Statement

This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, Trina Solar's ability to raise additional capital to finance its activities; the effectiveness, profitability, and marketability of its products; the future trading of the securities of the Company; the ability of the Company to operate as a public company; the period of time for which its current liquidity will enable the Company to fund its operations; the Company's ability to protect its proprietary information; general economic and business conditions; the volatility of the Company's operating results and financial condition; the Company's ability to attract or retain qualified senior management personnel and research and development staff; and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections about the companies and the industry. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or to changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward looking statements are reasonable, they cannot assure you that their expectations will turn out to be correct, and investors are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.

For more information, please contact: Trina Solar Limited Sean Shao, CFO Tel: +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou) Thomas Young, Director of Investor Relations Tel: +86-519-8548-2008 (Changzhou) Email: ir@trinasolar.com CCG Elite Investor Relations Crocker Coulson, President Tel: +1-646-213-1915 Email: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com Ed Job, CFA Tel: +1-646-213-1914 Email: ed.job@ccgir.com

Trina Solar Limited

CONTACT: Trina Solar Limited - Sean Shao, CFO, +86-519-8548-2008
(Changzhou), or Thomas Young, Director of Investor Relations, +86-519-8548-
2008 (Changzhou), or ir@trinasolar.com; CCG Elite Investor Relations - Crocker
Coulson, President, +1-646-213-1915, or crocker.coulson@ccgir.com; or Ed Job,
CFA, +1-646-213-1914, or ed.job@ccgir.com

Web Site: http://www.trinasolar.com/
http://www.gtsolar.com/

Fuwei Films Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2007 Financial Results

Teleconference to be Held at 8:30 a.m. EDT

BEIJING, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Limited (''Fuwei'' or ''the Company''), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films in China, today announced the financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2007.

Financial Results Highlights -- Revenues for 2007 rose 2.9% to US$59.1 million (RMB 449.4 million) from 2006; -- Revenues of specialty films in 2007 rose 6.1% from 2006 to US$22.4 million (RMB 170.0 million), or 37.8% of total revenues; -- Revenues from overseas in 2007 soared 23.9% from 2006 to US$15.0 million (RMB 114.2 million), or 25.4% of total revenues; -- Gross margin was 22.2% in 2007, as opposed to 23.5% in 2006;

''We are pleased to report a solid year of decent top-line growth and further buildup of our research team,'' said Xiaoan He, Chairman and CEO of Fuwei Films. ''Our exports saw strong expansion, due to our enhanced efforts to market overseas. And we continued to grow sales of higher-margin specialty films, even though we have been facing a challenging operating environment since the second half of 2007, exemplified by higher raw material costs and the capital shortfall for our Third Production Line of thick films.''

Mr. He continued, ''Going forward, we will keep using our newly strengthened R&D platform and our Trial Production Line to commercialize products. Finally, we believe that our enhanced foreign marketing campaigns are positioning us to yield encouraging results in new markets.''

Fourth Quarter Financial Results

Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 were US$16.3 million (RMB 121.5 million), compared with RMB 121.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2006. Revenues of specialty films in the fourth quarter 2007 rose 8.4% from same period 2006 to US$5.7 million (RMB 42.5 million), or 35.0% of total revenues.

The following is a breakdown of commodity and specialty film sales for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (amounts in thousands):

Three months period ended December 31, December 31, 2007 % of 2006 % of RMB US$ Total RMB Total Printing film 23,493 3,162 19.3 28,588 23.5 Stamping film 19,078 2,568 15.7 28,419 23.4 Metallization film 8,724 1,174 7.2 7,117 5.9 Base film for other applications 27,751 3,735 22.8 14,509 11.9 Specialty film 42,480 5,717 35.0 42,848 35.3 Total 122,005 16,356 100 121,482 100

Revenues from overseas in the fourth quarter of 2007 increased 1.5% from same period 2006 to US$3.2 million (RMB 23.5 million), or 19.4% of total revenues.

The following is a breakdown of domestic versus overseas sales for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (amounts in thousands):

Three months period ended December December 31, 2007 % of 31, 2006 % of RMB US$ Total RMB Total Sales in China 98,006 13,191 80.6 98,305 80.9 Sales in other countries 23,521 3,166 19.4 23,177 19.1 Total 121,527 16,357 100 121,482 100

Gross profit for the fourth quarter of 2007 was US$2.6 million (RMB 19.3 million), compared with RMB 27.8 million in same period 2006. The Company generated a gross margin of 16.0% in fourth quarter 2007, versus 22.9% in same period 2006. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to increased raw material consumption on the Rental Production Line. In addition, since the second half of 2007, the decrease of export tax rebates rate also has contributed to the lower gross profit.

Operating expenses in the fourth quarter of 2007 was US$1.7 million (RMB 12.4 million), compared with RMB 5.5 million. The increase was mainly due to: 1) higher costs of professional services related to being as a public company; and 2) administrative expenses such as wage increases. Selling expenses in fourth quarter 2007 decreased 8.1% from fourth quarter 2006 to US$471,000 (RMB 3.4 million). Administrative expenses increased to US$1.3 million (RMB 10.0 million) from RMB 2.6 million.

Net income for the fourth quarter of 2007 decreased to US$0.2 million (RMB 1.0 million), or diluted EPS of US$0.01 (RMB 0.08), from RMB 21.5 million, or diluted EPS of RMB 19.5 in the same period of 2006.

Full Year 2007 Financial Results

Revenues for the year 2007 rose 2.9% from 2006 to US$59.1 million (RMB 449.4 million). The increase in net sales was primarily due to increased sales from the Rental Production Line.

Revenues of specialty films in 2007 rose 6.1% from 2006 to US$22.4 million (RMB 170.0 million), or 37.8% of total revenues. The increase was largely attributable to the heightened popularity of high-end specialty films like heat-sealable films, high-gloss films, as more customers opted for them to enhance their product image. The growth in specialty films also benefited from exports to Korea, the United States and Europe.

The following is a breakdown of commodity and specialty film sales for the full-year periods ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (amounts in thousands):

Fiscal Year Ended December December 31, 2007 % of 31, 2006 % of RMB US$ Total RMB Total Printing film 83,453 10,972 18.6 95,315 21.8 Stamping film 94,366 12,407 21.0 99,856 22.9 Metallization film 30,668 4,032 6.8 34,772 8.0 Base film for other applications 70,925 9,325 15.8 46,784 10.7 Specialty film 169,961 22,346 37.8 160,157 36.7 Total 449,373 59,082 100 436,884 100

Revenues from overseas in 2007 soared 23.9% from 2006 to US$15.0 million (RMB 114.2 million), or 25.4% of total revenues.

The following is a breakdown of domestic versus overseas sales for the full-year periods ended December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (amounts in thousands):

Fiscal year period ended December December 31, 2007 % of 31, 2006 % of RMB US$ Total RMB Total Sales in China 335,213 44,073 74.6 345,122 79.0 Sales in other countries 114,160 15,010 25.4 91,762 21.0 Total 449,373 59,083 100 436,884 100

Gross profit for 2007 was US$13.1 million (RMB 99.8 million), compared with RMB 102.5 million. Gross margin was 22.2%, as opposed to 23.5% in 2006. The decrease in gross margin was primarily due to increased consumption by the Rental Production Line. In addition, since the second half of 2007, the decrease of export tax rebates rate also has contributed to the lower gross profit.

Operating expenses for 2007 were $4.7 million (RMB 35.6 million), compared with RMB 24.5 million in 2006. The increase was mainly due to higher costs of professional services related to being a public company, as well as due to higher administrative expenses, such as wage increases. Selling expenses decreased 8.5% to $2.0 million ($15.1 million) from 2006, while administrative expenses increased to $2.7 million (RMB 20.5 million), from RMB 8.0 million in 2006.

Net income for the year 2007 decreased to US$6.2 million (RMB 47.3million), or diluted EPS of US$0.48 (RMB 3.62), versus RMB 67.7 million, or diluted EPS of RMB 61.4 in 2006.

Total cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2007 were US$4.2 million (RMB 30.9 million) as compared with RMB 249.9 million as of December 31, 2006.

Total shareholders' equity increased to US$70.3 million (RMB 512.5 million) as of December 31, 2007 from a total shareholders' equity of RMB 465.9 million as of December 31, 2006.

As of December 31, 2007, the Company has 13,062,500 basic and diluted total common shares outstanding.

The Trial Production Line

Fuwei began the construction of a Trial Production Line which is capable of producing BOPET films with thickness of 12-50 m and has an annual designed capacity of 1,500 metric tones. The Trial Production Line has finished the equipment installation stage at the end of 2007 and currently is being used for research and development purpose. It is expected to strengthen Fuwei's competitive advantage by allowing more focused research and development of multi-layer BOPET films.

Overseas Marketing Expansion

Fuwei has also reinforced its marketing and sales efforts overseas. On October 25, 2007, the Company opened a marketing office in Osaka, Japan, to focus on market expansion and customer service for BOPET films in Japan. Research indicates Japanese customers are in favor of top-quality BOPET films and world-class after-sales support. By establishing an office in Japan, the Company aims to familiarize itself with the local market and increase the promotion of Fuwei's brand. Fuwei is also targeting the Korean market for beneficial results.

Research & Development Initiatives

Fuwei has been strengthening its R&D capabilities. Its R&D team now has 13 senior researchers and technicians, including one Ph.D and seven masters degree-holders. In addition, the Company recruited five foreign consultants with extensive expertise in the BOPET industry. On the intellectual property front, Fuwei received four patents from the Chinese authorities, with three more pending.

Appointment of New CFO

On April 11, 2008, the Company appointed Mr. Xiuyong Zhang as the new Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Zhang has been a director of the Company since November 2007. He has also been a director of Fuwei's operating subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd., since July 2004 and Vice President for Finance there since January 2005. He has more than 10 years of experience in accounting, finance and investments, and holds a Certified Public Accountant title issued by the Ministry of Finance in China. He has received the Professional Certification in Laws from China University of Political Science and Law and China Central Radio and TV University.

Strategic Outlook

In 2008, the Company aims to use the newly strengthened R&D team and make full use of the Trial Production Line to develop innovative materials and techniques for high-end specialty films, such as the in-line coating film for food packaging, the DFR base film for electronic industry, the white film for outdoor billboards, and the soft embossable, holographic film for anti-fraud purposes.

Some of the new products as described above, such as the white film, are attractively viewed by overseas customers. The Company is currently positioning itself for an market adjustment phase overseas. By adjusting its export product composition, Fuwei is seeking to achieve both stronger sales and higher margins in foreign markets, especially Japan and Korea.

Conference Call Information

The Company will host a teleconference today, Monday, April 14, 2008, at 8:30 a.m. EDT / 8:30 p.m. Beijing time to discuss the quarterly results. To participate in the call, please dial +1 877-407-9205 in North America, or +1 201-689-8054 internationally, approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled call start time. The call is being simultaneously Webcast and can be accessed on the Fuwei Films Website at http://www.fuweiholdings.com/ . Please visit the Web site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled call time to register for the Web cast and download any necessary audio software.

A replay of the call can also be accessed via telephone from 12:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 14, 2008, through 11:59 p.m. EST on Tuesday April 29, 2008, by calling +1-877-660-6853 in North America, or +1-201-612-7415 internationally, and entering the following access codes: Account #: 286 and Conference ID: 274493. A Web cast replay of the call will also be made and can be accessed on the Fuwei Films site at http://www.fuweiholdings.com/ .

About Fuwei Films

Fuwei Films conducts its business through its wholly owned subsidiary Shandong Fuwei Films Co., Ltd. Shandong Fuwei develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality plastic films using the biaxial oriented stretch technique, otherwise known as BOPET film (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate). Fuwei's BOPET film is widely used to package food, medicine, cosmetics, tobacco and alcohol, as well as in the imaging, electronics, and magnetic products industries.

For more information about the Company, please visit the Company's website at http://www.fuweiholdings.com/ .

Safe Harbor

This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results described by the forward-looking statements. Risk factors that could contribute to such differences include those matters more fiscally disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.

The forward-looking statements included in this press release are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about our businesses and business environments. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are not a guarantee of future performance. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of risk factors some of which are include, among other things, competition in the BOPET film industry; growth of, and risks inherent in, the BOPET film industry in China; uncertainty as to future profitability and our ability to obtain adequate financing for our planned capital expenditure requirements; uncertainty as to our ability to continuously develop new BOPET film products and keep up with changes in BOPET film technology; risks associated with possible defects and errors in our products; uncertainty as to our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; uncertainty as to our ability to attract and retain qualified executives and personnel; and uncertainty in acquiring raw materials on time and on acceptable terms, particularly in view of the volatility in the prices of petroleum products in recent years.

For more information, please contact: In China: Christina He Investor Relations Tel: +86-10-8518-5620 Email: fuweiIR@fuweifilms.com In the U.S.: Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt Investor Relations The Global Consulting Group Tel: +1-646-284-9472 Email: lwolf-creutzfeldt@hfgcg.com Financial Tables to Follow FUWEI FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD and SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS As of December 31, 2006 and 2007 (Audited, amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) 2,006 2,007 RMB RMB US$ Assets Current assets Cash 249,939 30,909 4,237 Restricted cash 3,311 64,909 8,898 Accounts receivable, net 75,530 58,195 7,978 Inventories 23,783 41,670 5,712 Prepayments and other receivables 19,438 16,160 2,215 Deferred expenses -- -- -- Deferred income tax assets -- -- -- Total current assets 372,001 211,842 29,041 Property, plant and equipment, net 317,690 493,562 67,661 Lease prepayments 23,059 22,290 3,056 Deposits for purchase of property, plant and equipment 13,900 -- -- Intangible asset, net 109 36 5 Goodwill 10,276 10,276 1,409 Deferred income tax assets 1,047 969 133 Total assets 738,082 738,975 101,304 Liabilities Current liabilities Short-term bank loans 239,678 188,027 25,776 Accounts payable 12,809 19,609 2,688 Accrued expenses and other payables 19,497 18,544 2,542 Amounts due to related parties -- -- Deferred income tax liabilities 191 265 36 Total liabilities 272,175 226,445 31,043 Shareholders' equity Ordinary shares of US$0.129752 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 771 and 13,062,500 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2006 and 2007, respectively 13,323 13,323 1,826 Additional paid-in capital 311,907 311,907 42,759 Accumulated other comprehensive income 1,785 1,148 157 Retained earnings 138,892 186,152 25,519 Total shareholders' equity 465,907 512,530 70,262 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 738,082 739,975 101,304 FUWEI FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD and SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (Audited, amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) 2005 2006 2007 RMB RMB RMB US$ Revenues, net 346,205 436,884 449,373 59,083 Cost of goods sold (259,090) (334,341) (349,531) (45,956) Gross profit 87,115 102,543 99,842 13,127 Operating expenses - Distribution expenses (10,517) (16,483) (15,061) (1,980) - Administrative expenses (10,599) (8,043) (20,515) (2,698) Total operating expenses (21,116) (24,526) (35,576) (4,678) Operating income 65,999 78,017 64,266 8,450 Other income/(expense) - Interest income 863 43 589 77 - Interest expense (13,747) (12,884) (13,233) (1,739) - Sales of scrap materials 3,596 3,639 - Others, net 358 (393) 319 42 Total other income/(expense) (8,930) (9,595) (12,325) (1,620) Income before income tax benefit/(expense) 57,069 68,422 51,941 6,829 Income tax benefit/(expense) 59 (757) (4,681) (615) Net income 57,128 67,665 47,260 6,214 Other comprehensive income - Foreign currency translation adjustments 1,732 53 (637) -- Comprehensive income 58,860 67,718 46,623 6,214 Earnings per share - Basic 74,096 61.46 3.62 0.48 - Diluted 74,096 61.37 3.62 0.48 Weighted average number of ordinary shares - Basic 771 1,101,031 13,062,500 13,062,500 - Diluted 771 1,102,488 13,062,500 13,062,500 FUWEI FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD and SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (Audited, amounts in thousands) 2005 2006 2007 2007 RMB RMB RMB US$ Cash flow from operating activities Net income 57,128 67,665 47,260 6,214 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities - Loss/(gain) on disposal of property, plant and equipment (32) -- -- -- - Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 23,337 23,425 23,217 3,053 - Amortization of intangible assets 73 72 73 10 - Lease prepayments charged to expense 392 724 741 97 - Deferred income taxes (59) 757 152 20 - Bad debt expense/(recovery) 1,007 (1,143) 1,772 233 - Foreign currency exchange loss 1 53 -- -- Changes in operating assets and liabilities - Accounts receivable (21,676) (28,258) 17,335 2,279 - Inventories (6,855) 1,104 (19,659) (2,585) - Prepaid expenses and other current assets 4,780 (8,220) 6,698 881 - Accounts payable (1,044) 2,196 6,824 897 - Accrued expenses and other payables (13,880) 117 (1,557) (205) - Amounts due from related parties 415 -- -- -- Net cash provided by operating activities 43,587 58,492 82,856 10,894 Cash flow from investing activities Purchases of property, plant and equipment (22,411) (37,526) (590) (78) Restricted cash related to trade finance -- (3,311) (61,598) (8,099) Payment of land use rights -- (2,649) -- -- Deposits paid for purchase of property, plant and equipment (13,900) -- (184,600) (24,271) Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 111 7 -- -- Collection of amounts due from related parties 4,721 -- -- -- Net cash used in investing activities (31,479) (43,479)(246,787) (32,447) Cash flow from financing activities Net proceeds from issuance of share capital -- 235,867 -- -- Principal payments of short-term bank loans (252,600) (18,368) (51,650) (6,791) Proceeds from short-term bank loans 300,056 10,000 -- -- Repayments of loans payable to related parties (29,989) -- -- -- Payments of expenses relating to the proposed offering (1,785) -- -- -- Dividends paid (26,265) -- -- -- Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities (10,583) 227,499 (51,650) (6,791) Effect of foreign exchange rate changes (1) -- (3,448) 555 Net increase/ (decrease) in cash 1,524 242,512 (219,029) (27,789) Cash At beginning of the year 5,903 7,427 249,939 32,027 At end of the year 7,427 249,939 30,909 4,237 FUWEI FILMS (HOLDINGS) CO., LTD and SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED) For the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007 (Audited, amounts in thousands) 2005 2006 2007 RMB RMB RMB US$ Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information Cash paid during the year for interest expense 14,899 15,739 12,921 1,699

Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Limited

CONTACT: In China - Christina He of Investor Relations, +86-10-8518-5620,
or fuweiIR@fuweifilms.com; In the U.S. - Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt, Investor
Relations of The Global Consulting Group, +1-646-284-9472, or lwolf-
creutzfeldt@hfgcg.com

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

Xilinx XtremeDSP Solution Development Tools Deliver New Levels of DSP and ESL Design CapabilitiesNew Versions 10.1 of System Generator for DSP and the AccelDSP Synthesis Tool Support Virtex-5 FXT Platform and High-Level Design Using Native Complex Numbers

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading provider of programmable solutions, today announced the availability of versions 10.1 of the System Generator for DSP tool and the AccelDSP(TM) synthesis tool, the industry-leading development environment delivered by the Xilinx XtremeDSP(TM) solution. With support for the new Virtex(R)-5 FXT platform, the newest release delivers the industry's first ESL design methodology to enable a direct FPGA implementation path for DSP algorithms described using imaginary and complex numbers. The tools also deliver improved support for interfacing to external video sources through the MicroBlaze(TM) embedded processor, as well as the first FPGA based hardware co-simulation for the MATLAB(R) modeling environment.

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO )

"Xilinx is committed to helping our customers minimize costs by providing devices and tools methodologies that enable them to implement their entire systems on a single platform FPGA such as the Virtex-5 FXT," said Tom Feist, director of DSP tools development. "These enhancements to our DSP development tools will help make it easier for customers to assemble designs that include logical, DSP and embedded components."

Support for Native Complex Numbers

The AccelDSP synthesis tool, Xilinx's groundbreaking high-level synthesis software, is now the first ESL design tool available that provides a direct FPGA implementation path for DSP algorithms described using imaginary and complex numbers. Support of native complex numbers enables algorithm developers to target Xilinx FPGAs early in development with minimal source code modifications during prototyping, feasibility analysis and design exploration stages.

Complex arithmetic is used extensively in DSP algorithms for communications, defense and medical applications. Unlike C, VHDL or Verilog, MATLAB provides built-in support for the imaginary unit "i" or "j," complex data types and complex arithmetic expressions using these datatypes. This nomenclature can be used to describe complex algorithms with 75 to 85 percent fewer lines of code.

Improved Video Support

With version 10.1 of the System Generator for DSP tool, the XtremeDSP solution now includes improved support for interfacing to external video sources through the MicroBlaze embedded processor. The Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) now also supports a new Video Frame Buffer Controller (VFBC) IP core that allows reading and writing of buffered video data in two-dimensional sets regardless of the size or organization of the external memory transactions. This VFBC is implemented as part of an embedded system that interfaces to external memories and video sources.

System Generator 10.1 software supports the generation of custom peripherals for Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS) to enable asynchronous clocking between the embedded and video processing sub-systems. This clocking scheme allows the video source and processing hardware to exist in separate clock domains typical of real world video applications.

Hardware Co-Simulation

Xilinx has introduced the industry's first FPGA based hardware co-simulation for the MATLAB modeling environment. Developers of FPGA based DSP applications can now verify their designs running on Xilinx hardware platforms while leveraging all the signal generation and analysis capabilities of the MATLAB simulation environment. Computationally intensive algorithms, such as bit error rate (BER) testing of wireless transmissions, simulate up to 1,000 times faster using this verification methodology.

Pricing & Availability:

The XtremeDSP Solutions Tools Package can be purchased as an option to the ISE(R) Design Suite for $1,495 (DO-DSP-PC) or as part of the XtremeDSP Development Kit - Virtex-5 FPGA DSP Edition (DO-V5-DSP-DK-SG-UNI-G) that also includes an ML506 hardware platform for $1695. System Generator for DSP and the AccelDSP synthesis tool continue to be available separately for $895 and $995 respectively. For more information, please visit http://www.xilinx.com/dsp.

About Xilinx XtremeDSP Solution

Xilinx is the world's leading supplier of high-performance reconfigurable DSP solutions optimized for performance, price and power. Xilinx XtremeDSP solutions come complete with silicon platforms, design tools, development boards and kits, reference designs, and a host of signal processing IP for wireless and multimedia video applications.

The XtremeDSP silicon portfolio delivers maximum flexibility with three device platforms: the Virtex-4 SX platform with over 250 GMACS at 500MHz, Virtex-5 SXT platform for ultra-high bandwidth with over 350 GMACS at 550MHz and integrated low-power serial connectivity, and the Spartan(R)-3A DSP platform with the most price-performance optimized devices offering over 30 GMACS at 250MHz. Detailed information is available at http://www.xilinx.com/dsp.

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Xilinx Unveils Embedded Development Environment and Ecosystem Supporting New Virtex-5 FXT FPGAsEmbedded Development Kit (EDK) 10.1 Kick-Starts PowerPC 440 Processor Embedded Designs, Enables Support for Operating Systems, Tools and Boards

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced its embedded development environment of tools and ecosystem technologies for supporting innovative system-on-chip designs targeting the company's newest 65nm Virtex(R)-5 FXT FPGAs. Version 10.1 of the Embedded Development Kit (EDK), which delivers the award-winning Xilinx(R) Platform Studio embedded tool suite (XPS), includes new high-performance processing design capabilities and enables immediate support from world class embedded solution providers like Avnet Electronics Marketing, Green Hills Software, LynuxWorks, Lauterbach, MontaVista, TimeSys and Wind River Systems.

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Xilinx has collaborated with industry leading third-party embedded development providers to offer support for popular embedded system solutions in the area of hardware platforms and Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS), as well as development, debug and trace software tools. The following embedded solution providers will be offering support for Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 FXT with dual PowerPC(R) 440 processors and will be exhibiting at ESC:

-- Avnet -- Virtex-5 FXT FPGA Evaluation Kit, including PowerPC(R) 440 processor reference designs -- Green Hills Software -- Integrity 5.0.10 RTOS and Multi IDE support -- LynuxWorks -- Bluecat Linux -- Lauterbach -- Trace32 software debugging and trace analysis support -- MontaVista -- MontaVista Linux Pro 4.0.1 RTOS support -- TimeSys -- LinuxLink Linux 2.6 support -- Wind River Systems -- Linux GPP 1.3 and VxWorks 6.3/6.5 RTOS support

"The introduction of Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs with dual PowerPC 440 blocks opens up tremendous new opportunities for developers building applications requiring both real-time and general operating systems," said Robert Day, vice president of Marketing at LynuxWorks. "The Xilinx EDK 10.1 tool suite gives designers what they need to develop and program their systems with either our BlueCat Linux and/or the upcoming LynxOS 5.0 real-time OS to meet these unique requirements."

Getting Started with Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) 10.1

Architecting and programming embedded processing systems using the Virtex- 5 FXT platform is simplified by EDK 10.1 tools. Automated design wizards guide designers through the steps for implementing the high-performance 128-bit Processor Local Bus (PLB), a component of the IBM CoreConnect(TM) bus standard that can be configured for both shared and point-to-point system connections. The new tools also introduce co-processing support for the PowerPC 440 processor block enabled by a new Auxiliary Processor Unit controller (APU). The APU can also be used to directly interface to high-speed FPGA hardware, perform PowerPC 440 processor code profiling and enable analysis for supporting software and hardware optimization.

The new EDK 10.1 release also includes new and updated IP cores to optimize system design. Peripherals such as SPI, DDR2, DMA, PS2, Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC with SGMII support, and Flexray(TM) peripheral options, as well as PCI Express(R) driver support for DMA are included. Improvements to the Multi-Port Memory Controller and the Memory Interface Generator (MIG) tools empower greater interfacing options for memory intensive applications. In addition, an update to the award winning MicroBlaze(TM) 32-bit processor enables greater cache interface flexibility.

"Xilinx Platform Studio and the EDK 10.1 technology provided Avnet with easy to use interfaces that allowed us to quickly integrate our new Virtex-5 FXT FPGA Evaluation kit into the Xilinx development environment," said Jim Beneke, director of Technical Marketing at Avnet Electronics Marketing. "We provide a simple description file with any new development board we create, and the Xilinx design wizards can automatically map on-the-fly tool support for our development platform."

Pricing and Availability

All third party products and technologies are sold and supported by those vendors. The Xilinx EDK 10.1 release is immediately available for USD $495, and conveniently bundles the XPS 10.1 tool suite with a processing IP library, software drivers, documentation, reference design examples and the MicroBlaze 32-bit soft processor. EDK is available as part of the unified ISE(R) Design Suite, along with other Xilinx products such as ISE Foundation design tools, ChipScope(TM) Pro analyzer, System Generator for DSP tool, AccelDSP(TM) synthesis tool, and PlanAhead(TM) design software. The ISE Design Suite makes it easy to order, register, install and/or evaluate all Xilinx development and debug tools from a single download site or one DVD.

EDK 10.1 supports a broad range of computing platforms, including Windows XP Professional (32-bit), Windows Vista Business (32-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 (32- and 64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 (32- and 64- bit), SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (32- and 64-bit).

To purchase or evaluate the EDK with Platform Studio tool suite, and for complete information on all Xilinx embedded processing solutions, please visit: http://www.xilinx.com/processor

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Extreme Networks Announces Core, Edge and Wireless Solutions Enabling 'Perfect Balance' of NetworksExpanded Portfolio Allows Enterprises to Balance Acquisition Costs, Operational Expenses, and Solution Capabilities for Scalable, Secure Wired/Wireless Networks

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Enterprises that seek the perfect balance of purchase and installation costs, operational overhead, and powerful support for tough network challenges like convergence, mobility, and security can now benefit from a broad range of new, innovative network solutions for edge, aggregation, core, and wireless applications today announced by Extreme Networks, Inc. .

Extreme Networks(R) new offerings expand options for consistent edge connectivity, protect existing investments in Extreme Networks modular switches, and lower installation costs for Enterprise-grade wireless LAN's. In a separate announcement, the Company also announced 'Widget Central,' a new web resource for company and community-sponsored network extensions, and a new Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for partners who seek to integrate their solutions with the network for better performance, security, and scale. These new products and initiatives provide enterprises with the tools to cost effectively acquire, operate, and enhance their networks.

"Building an optimal network solution demands careful attention to balancing immediate costs, long term expenses and the business value of advanced capabilities," said Nick Lippis, industry analyst and publisher of The Lippis Report. "Successful IT leaders must think ahead to the long-term implications of growth and new applications, and how those dynamics can drive unexpected operational costs or create risks of early obsolescence. With today's announcements, Extreme Networks delivers a great blend of new products, software, and online resources to give IT leaders the resources they need to achieve the best balance possible to meet their challenges."

Today's announcement includes the Summit(R) X350 series, extending the highly successful Summit fixed-configuration switch portfolio with value- priced Gigabit connectivity. The new BlackDiamond(R) 8800 "c" series interface and controller modules that deliver backwards-compatible support for larger networks and provide options to upgrade to power over Ethernet in the field. Lastly, enterprises building wireless LAN solutions will benefit from new Altitude wireless LAN access points for 802.11n and outdoor connectivity and the new Summit WM20 controller for small sites and branch offices.

"Striving for the perfect balance between costs and capabilities is the highest art of the network professional and without the right solutions, achieving that balance can be a tremendous challenge," said Scott Lucas, senior director of solutions marketing for Extreme Networks. "With Extreme Networks sensibly-priced, intelligent product portfolio, our customers enjoy consistent support for tough security and convergence requirements with the simplicity of a single operating system release running from the network edge to the core."

New Summit X350 Series Switches

With the Summit X350 series of fixed configuration Gigabit switches, Extreme Networks extends the powerful and versatile Summit fixed-configuration switch family. Available in 24 and 48 port models, these switches utilize the ExtremeXOS(R) operating system with advanced Layer 2 switching functionality and powerful edge security capabilities. The Summit X350 provides affordable high speed desktop connectivity. The Summit X350 series runs the same software image as all other ExtremeXOS-based Summit edge switches to deliver an unprecedented level of portfolio-wide uniformity and operational simplicity. As a result, customers benefit from the ability to optimize acquisition costs without creating operational complexities or inconsistent network designs.

The BlackDiamond 8800 "c" Series Modules

Extreme Networks has enhanced its award winning BlackDiamond 8800 modular family with new "c" series interface and management blades. These blades, which are backwards compatible with older versions of the BlackDiamond 8800 family, deliver scalability and density for Gigabit and 10 Gigabit ports and field-upgradable Power over Ethernet (PoE) support without compromising the product family's low power consumption leadership. For flexible integrated security capabilities, the CLEAR-Flow rules engine, previously available only on Extreme Networks high-end core products, is now supported on the BlackDiamond 8800 family. With CLEAR-Flow and the pre-defined security rules now available on Widget Central, the BlackDiamond 8800 family combines ready- to-use, integrated intrusion detection with a modifiable rules-based security capability that is ready to meet future demands. These critical enhancements benefit customers by extending the service life of the switch, delivering exceptional features and great performance, and lowering operational expenses with integrated security capabilities and the operational simplicity of a single operating system release across the network.

Summit WM20 and Access Points

Extreme Networks has also expanded its wireless LAN product family with products for higher speeds, outdoor coverage, and economical small site support. A new set of Access Points, supporting the high speed 802.11n standard, can be installed using standard power over Ethernet delivered on a single cable. New outdoor Access Points, operating at an extended -40 to +70°C temperature range, can also be installed using a single cable. For smaller sites, the new Summit WM20 wireless LAN controller supports even challenging voice over wireless applications at an affordable price. Enterprises with complex, multi-application wireless connectivity challenges benefit from flexible traffic management capabilities that can facilitate better security and more effective bandwidth management in demanding 802.11n environments. These powerful new products help lower installation costs and improve the economics of outdoor and small site installations.

ExtremeXOS 12.1

With the latest release of the ExtremeXOS modular operating system, expanded automation capabilities facilitate easier, more economical network operations. For over a year, ExtremeXOS has included the innovative Universal Port capability for event-driven switch automation, which can be used to dynamically configure edge ports when devices connect or to conserve power and enhance security with planned PoE outages. Now, with ExtremeXOS 12.1, any event appearing in the switch's log file can be used to trigger an automated process. As a result, customers will benefit from an extremely versatile approach to network automation to improve operational efficiencies.

Pricing and Availability: -- The Summit X350 Series Gigabit switches, featuring 24 and 48 port models, are available now with a beginning U.S. list price of $1,795 for the 24 port model, and $2,995 for 48 port model. -- The BlackDiamond "c" series modules are available now with interface modules starting at U.S. list price of $5,995 -- The Summit WM20 Wireless LAN controller is available now starting at U.S. list price of $5,895. Access Points for 802.11n connectivity are available now for U.S. list price $1,299. Outdoor access points will be available in July 2008 at U.S. list price $2,499. Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks designs, builds and installs Ethernet infrastructure solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. The Company's commitment to open networking sets it apart from the alternatives by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications and services. Extreme Networks believes openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom, flexibility and choice. Extreme Networks focuses on enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video and data over a wired and wireless infrastructure. For more information, visit: http://www.extremenetworks.com/.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to features, performance, and benefits of the products and services are forward- looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/).

Extreme Networks, Summit, Summit WM, BlackDiamond, and ExtremeXOS are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

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Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Accelerates Development of Ross Video Multi-Definition Keyer for Digital Broadcast Production ApplicationsIndustry's first multi-channel, open-platform SD/HD video production switch takes advantage of integrated high-speed logic, DSP and on-chip memory of Virtex-5 LXT FPGA

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference today, Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading programmable logic supplier, announced its Virtex(R)-5 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) played a key role in the development of the Multi-Definition Keyer (MDK) digital production switch debuted this week by Ross Video Ltd. Virtex-5 FPGAs provided a highly integrated system platform with logic-optimized silicon features, built-in digital signal processing (DSP) building blocks, and ample on-chip memory that enabled Ross Video developers to accelerate time to market of its new MDK system.

Ross Video designs, markets, manufactures, and supports a wide range of innovative products for use in broadcast, distribution, live event and production applications. The company's new offering is the first standard definition/high definition (SD/HD) video MDK implemented on a single industry- standard OpenGear card. Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs were deployed to perform digital video processing in the new MDK system, which is targeted for broadcast television studios. Ross Video will offer live demonstrations of the MDK during NAB, April 14-17 in Booth #SU6010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Ross Video developers are very familiar with Xilinx solutions, with one or more Xilinx(R) FPGAs 'under the hood' of many of the company's products. "Xilinx has steadily come up with the leading-edge FPGA technologies and ecosystem of IP, tools and support services that can make the difference between realizing a promise and a product," said Mario LeCavalier, senior design engineer at Ross Video Ltd. "They have done it again remarkably well with the feature-to-cost ratio of Virtex-5 LXT devices. The embedded gigabit serial IO allowed us to integrate expensive SD/HD video serializer and deserializer chips inside the FPGA with our new MDK system. Plus, the high count of available hardware multipliers is a blessing for digital video processing."

Higher System Integration, Reduced Development Cycle

Reprogrammability and reconfigurability are the flagship advantages of programmable logic solutions as well as the hallmark features for Ross Video products, including the company's award-winning open-platform line of video and audio rack mount terminal equipment. All of Ross Video's OpenGear offerings are field upgradeable through the industry-standard OpenGear Dashboard graphical user interface software running on a networked PC. With this capability, Ross Video can respond rapidly to broad market changes as well as customer-specific application requirements.

With the introduction of its MDK system to its product portfolio, Ross Video adds an excellent solution for keying external devices such as character generators, graphic systems and EAS devices into a program feed. The MDK offers full key control with shaped and unshaped keying, self key or alpha key, transparency, gain and clip control, mask and matte fill.

In order to achieve the level of system integration required for the new MDK design, Ross Video developers turned to the Virtex-5 LX110T FPGA which offers 64 dedicated DSP blocks delivering 35 GMACS performance, more than 5Mb of on-chip blockRAM and 16 low-power multi-gigabit transceivers (MGT), in addition to a logic capacity of 110K "logic cells". The Virtex-5 LX110T device, in combination with the SD/HD SDI video IP available as part of Xilinx broadcast video solutions, enabled developers to get the gigabit serial IO up and running quickly, so they could focus on their own video processing core.

"The ability to quickly adapt to evolving market requirements and industry standards are key to success in the broadcast marketplace. Not only are these drivers a perfect match for programmable logic, they are the reason why Xilinx solutions enjoy a leadership position in this application domain," said Gregg Hawkes, principal engineer at Xilinx. "Our Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs were the first logic-optimized devices to offer an unprecedented mix of features, flexibility and cost savings. When combined with our application-optimized IP, they provide a system platform with which developers can 'future proof out of the box', a market advantage for which Ross Video products are already well-known and respected."

Xilinx is conducting demonstrations of broadcast solutions including its advanced video development platform (AVDP), connectivity and video over IP applications at this week's NAB in Booth #SU9926 located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

About Xilinx Virtex-5 Series FPGAs

The Virtex-5 family is the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex series and is built upon the industry's most advanced 65-nanometer triple- oxide technology, breakthrough ExpressFabric(TM) technology and proven ASMBL(TM) architecture. The Virtex-5 family features four domain-optimized platforms for high-speed logic, digital signal processing, embedded processing and serial connectivity applications. Production devices are shipping now and may be purchased online or through Xilinx distributors. For further cost reductions, the Xilinx EasyPath(TM) program enables customers to use Virtex-5 devices in high-volume applications. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/virtex5 for more information.

About Xilinx in Broadcast

Xilinx offers a wide array of application-optimized solutions for the broadcast industry that span video, audio and network connectivity; real-time high-definition video processing; and high-speed digital signal processing for transmission and modulation. These solutions feature reference designs and IP cores as building blocks for developing complete broadcast systems. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/broadcast.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.

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Xilinx and OmniTek Successfully Deploy Advanced Video Processing PlatformIndustry's first development platform to bridge SD/HD/3G-SDI to the PCI Express standard enjoys broad adoption among designers of broadcast and digital cinema equipment

LAS VEGAS, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- At the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference today, Xilinx, Inc. , the world's leading programmable logic supplier, and OmniTek announced the successful deployment and broad adoption of the Advanced Video Development Platform (AVDP). OmniTek is the product division of Image Processing Techniques Ltd., a leading UK consultancy company providing electronics design services to the broadcast and post-production industries. The AVDP is based on the Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 LXT and SXT platforms with integrated Endpoints for PCI Express(R) technology and is now in full production for all Virtex-5 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

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Xilinx and OmniTek will demonstrate the AVDP and associated video processing intellectual property (IP) offerings at NAB in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center from April 14-17 in Booth #SU9926 (Xilinx) and Booth #SL11705 (OmniTek).

"We are pleased that the AVDP is helping customers get to market quickly with lower risk," said Roger Fawcett, managing director of OmniTek. "The mix of serial transceivers, embedded PCIe(R) interface, and high-performance DSP capability made the Virtex-5 FPGA family an obvious choice on which to build our platform. The resulting combination of hardware, IP and broadcast design expertise we offer is very appealing to video system engineers."

Broad Industry Adoption

The AVDP is a complete system development environment that also includes: source code for scaling, deinterlacing, combining, PCI Express direct memory access (DMA) and memory control, software drivers and graphical user interface, and user documentation. The platform has gained traction among broadcast and digital cinema equipment designers because it supports SDI, HD-SDI, Dual Link SDI, 3G-SDI and DVB-ASI connectivity protocols via a daughter card option. This enables streaming of broadcast and digital cinema quality video to and from a standard personal computer through a PCIe 1x/4x interface.

"With the AVDP, Xilinx and OmniTek offer a high-performance, low-risk way to evaluate and develop video algorithms that can be retargeted and integrated with other IP on our latest design, the RHDM-2301 High-Definition reference monitor. This means I can get into production faster and more cost effectively," commented Jeroen Debonnet, R&D manager from Barco, global technology company that designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets.

Jean-Francois Nivart, chief executive officer of intoPIX, agrees that the platform provides a competitive advantage, "Using the AVDP enables our customers to speed-up their development based on our JPEG2000 IP cores without worrying about a hardware platform. Used as evaluation board and as design platform, the AVDP reveals to be a key system-level solution to our cinema and broadcast customers."

Availability

The Advanced Video Development Platform is now available for purchase from OmniTek and Xilinx distributors, Avnet, Inc. and Nu Horizons Electronics. The list price ranges from US$3,900 to US$7,400 depending on the Virtex-5 FPGA and daughter card required. Detailed information about the AVDP is available by emailing avdp_sales@omnitek.tv.

About OmniTek

OmniTek is an innovative test and measurement company formed in 2001, specializing in the development of video analysis equipment for SD, HD and digital cinema applications. OmniTek's market-leading products are standard equipment at broadcasters, post-production facilities, and R&D laboratories the world over. Additional information is available from http://www.omnitek.tv/.

About Xilinx in Broadcast

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in programmable logic solutions offering a wide array of solutions for the broadcast industry, ranging from video, audio and network connectivity, real-time HD video processing and high-speed digital signal processing for transmission and modulation. Xilinx offers reference designs and IP cores as building blocks for complete broadcast systems. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/broadcast.

About Xilinx

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Atmel and TimeSys Announce Embedded Linux Support for AT91CAP Customizable Microcontrollers

ROUSSET, France and PITTSBURGH, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- LinuxLink Subscription Accelerates Embedded Development

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) and TimeSys(R) announced today embedded Linux(R) support for Atmel's ARM9(TM)-based AT91CAP9 customizable microcontroller. Ideal for rapid design validation, TimeSys is offering a free Board Support Package (BSP) for the CAP9 based on the 2.6.23 kernel. Additionally, the free BSP can be upgraded to a full LinuxLink subscription, providing a powerful suite of software, tools and support to accelerate the development of a custom Linux platform.

The free BSP enables application developers to rapidly validate Linux on the AT91CAP9A Development Board that includes an FPGA for emulation of the CAP(TM) Metal Programmable Block for custom logic. This BSP includes Atmel's Linux kernel and drivers, BusyBox utilities for basic commands and features, and a Linux host/cross toolchain capable of re-building the Linux kernel and the basic packages included in the BSP. Together with a full documentation set and basic support, this offering provides a ready-to-use package to validate Linux with Atmel's CAP customizable microcontroller.

By upgrading to a full LinuxLink subscription, application developers can rapidly create their own customized Linux software platform, with access to an expanded, regularly updated list of Linux components optimized for CAP9, including the 2.6.23 Linux kernel, hundreds of packages pre-compiled for use with CAP9, and a reference distribution that provides an integrated and tested starting point for platform customization. The LinuxLink subscription also includes a robust collection of open source and TimeSys-developed tools, including the TimeStorm Eclipse-based IDE, as well as extensive documentation and support.

Michel Le Lan, Atmel's Marketing Director for ASIC products, commented, "We welcome TimeSys to the growing community of value-added service providers that we are building around our CAP(TM) customizable microcontroller. TimeSys contributes years of experience in embedded Linux, enabling our mutual customers to rapidly develop a solid Linux platform to support their CAP applications."

Greg Quiggle, Vice President of Sales and Marketing from TimeSys, added, "TimeSys is pleased to build on the success of its LinuxLink subscriptions and BSPs that have been developed for Atmel's AT91SAM ARM9 based microcontrollers. Extending our product portfolio to the CAP9 opens up new horizons in the field of customizable microcontrollers."

The TimeSys CAP9 LinuxLink and BSP will be demonstrated both at the Atmel stand (Booth #928), and the TimeSys stand (Booth #946), during the Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose, CA, USA, from April 14-18, 2008.

Atmel's CAP Customizable Microcontroller

Atmel's CAP(TM) is an ARM(R) microcontroller-based system-on-chip with fast local memory, a wide range of industry-standard peripherals and interfaces, and a Metal Programmable (MP) Block that allows the designer to add custom logic. By combining the performance, density and low power consumption of the fixed portion of the device with the flexibility of the MP Block, CAP enables application-specific products to be developed in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of standard-cell ASICs, but at a unit price close to that of standard cell devices. CAP's Metal Programmable Block can be personalized with IP cores from Atmel's extensive library of product-tested functions, or from accredited third parties, or with cores developed by the CAP customer to give the application-specific product its competitive edge. CAP also offers superior performance, smaller form factor and lower power consumption at a unit price significantly lower than an MCU-plus-FPGA combination for the same functionality. CAP is fully supported with an emulation board, software development tools, operating systems and code modules to facilitate application software development.

Availability and Pricing

The TimeSys LinuxLink and BSP for CAP9 are available now from TimeSys. The CAP9 BSP is free of charge; contact TimeSys for information regarding LinuxLink subscription pricing.

About Atmel

Atmel is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of microcontrollers, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Leveraging one of the industry's broadest intellectual property (IP) technology portfolios, Atmel is able to provide the electronics industry with complete system solutions focused on consumer, industrial, security, communications, computing and automotive markets.

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About TimeSys

TimeSys is the provider of LinuxLink, a web-based software subscription for both first-time and experienced embedded Linux developers. LinuxLink provides the embedded software, tools, documentation and support needed to quickly optimize a custom Linux platform for a given processor. LinuxLink enables embedded development teams to leverage the benefits of Linux without sacrificing the quality, service and support of a traditional commercial embedded operating system. For more information, visit http://www.timesys.com.

Information:

Atmel's AT91CAP product information may be retrieved at http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP/

TimeSys LinuxLink product information may be obtained at: https://www.timesys.com/

Both the free BSP and LinuxLink subscription are available at http://www.timesys.com/atmel

Web site: http://www.atmel.com http://www.timesys.com

Atmel Corporation

Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset, Europe, +33-(0)-4-42-53-61-50, peter.bishop@atmel.com, or Helen Perlegos, Public Relations, US and Asia, +1-408-487-2963, hperlegos@atmel.com, both of Atmel Corporation; or Scott Gilbertson, Product Marketing Manager of TimeSys, +1-412-325-6392, scott.gilbertson@timesys.com

Eurosport to Deliver on Demand Sports Coverage Through the Web Using On2(R) Video

TARRYTOWN, New York, April 14 /PRNewswire/ --

On2 Technologies, Inc. (Amex: ONT), a leader in video compression technologies, announced today it has licensed its Flix(R) Engine encoding and publishing platform to Eurosport, a leading on-line sports brand. By using Flix Engine, Eurosport will standardize its online video programming to On2 based video for Adobe(R) Flash(R), and will migrate its archive programming across Europe and China to the On2 format.

Eurosport, a subsidiary of TF1 Group, is the most widely-distributed European sports satellite and cable network, with availability in 59 countries and broadcasts in 20 different languages. Eurosport offers viewers many major sporting events such as the UEFA Euro 2008; the tennis Australian, French and U.S. Open tournaments; the Olympic Games; major cycling events such as Le Tour de France; World Championship Snooker, Australian Football League; major team sports such as handball, basketball, and volleyball; winter sports, and youth sports such as skating and surfing. Eurosport websites exist in French, Russian, Swedish and Chinese versions, plus four web sites co-branded with Yahoo!: .UK, .DE, .ES and .IT. Eurosport and Yahoo!Eurosport websites offer sports highlights, videos, news, live-scoring and live commentary, and many web 2.0 features.

"We chose to move to On2 based Flash Video programming for all our online video because of the quality versus datarate and decode simplicity the format offers. This means we can also provide high quality programming to sports fans with slower connection speeds and less powerful computers," said Nicolas Klein of Eurosport. "Equally important was the range of encoding and publishing tools available from On2 that allows for the future scalability of our services and expansion into other delivery modes within this environment."

On2, a de facto standard for web video through its adoption in Adobe Flash Player 8 and 9, plays back on over 90% of Internet-connected PCs worldwide. On2 Flix Engine is the leading server side encoding solution for On2-based Flash video, powering some of the most popular video UGC and social networking sites on the internet.

"Eurosport's move to On2-based Flash video is an example of the enduring presence of this format for web video," said Bill Joll, president and CEO of On2 Technologies. "The quality and ease of use -- available to the vast majority of web video users -- makes On2 Flash the format of choice. The quality of programming that Eurosport provides using this format will deliver the experience that demanding users expect of web video."

About On2

On2 creates advanced video compression technologies for desktop and wireless. Powering the video in many of today's leading web and mobile applications and devices, On2's customers include: Nokia, Infineon, Mediatek, Sony, Facebook, Brightcove, Move Networks, Adobe and Skype. On2 Technologies is headquartered in Tarrytown, NY USA. For more information please visit www.on2.com

All trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Web site: http://www.on2.com

On2 Technologies, Inc.

Tony Hope of On2 Technologies, Inc., +358-440235-107, media@on2.com; or Heather Bowler of Eurosport, +33-1-40-93-81-42, hbowler@eurosport.com

Eloda Goes International with TPS

MONTREAL and NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Eloda Corporation (TSX-V: ELA) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Talent Payment Services (TPS) and its network of global associates to pilot Eloda Protocol for state-of-the-art monitoring and management of their clients' TV advertising campaigns. The project will be conducted with a range of global advertisers in four territories: UK, UAE/Middle East, Australia & South Africa.

"There is unquestionably a massive demand for ad campaign verification and discrepancy management in all four global regions and with Eloda Protocol we have the ideal instrument for local advertisers, agencies and media companies to manage all aspects of it themselves with real, live, factual data at their fingertips," said Justin Kramer, President of TPS Inc. "Similarly to each of our local partners in this venture who are made up primarily of leading local media owners & entrepreneurs, we are all working daily with agencies and advertisers whose demand for ROI, measurement and accountability are each more of a priority than ever before. As such we are all continually looking for innovative solutions to simplify and improve various elements of the production process and associated media cycle for all our clients."

Eloda Protocol provides advertisers and media buyers with a web-based interface that allows real-time tracking of their ad broadcasts, enabling instantaneous management of any reported discrepancy for minute-to-minute full-delivery compliance of their contracted commercials throughout the campaign. "In other words," explained Francois Rainville, President and CEO of Eloda Corporation, "with Eloda Protocol, advertisers through agencies finally have full control of their media campaign execution, and can verify for themselves whether they're actually getting the ad broadcasting they purchased."

About Eloda Corporation

Eloda Corporation (TSX-V: ELA) is a third party providing a suite of innovative, effective and user-friendly measurement and validation tools for the advertising industry. The company is headquartered in Montreal, with an office in New York City. For more information, visit http://www.eloda.com/.

About Talent Payment Services

Since 1972, Talent Payment Services has been servicing the Canadian advertising and production industry by offering a complete, end-to-end solution for the talent component of their productions. TPS has the expertise, leading edge proprietary technology, infrastructure and systems in place to handle the entire process. Respected for their exceptional customer service, TPS is continually looking for innovative and creative solutions to simplify the production process for their clients. For more information, visit http://www.talentpayment.com/.

The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Eloda Corporation

CONTACT: Christiane Allaire, 1-866-303-1513 Ext. 203, or Sonia Ferland,
1-866-303-1513 Ext. 223, both of Eloda Corporation - Montreal, com@eloda.com

Web site: http://www.eloda.com/
http://www.talentpayment.com/

Madonna Goes Mobile With Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Verizon Wireless to Debut Exclusive Underground Remix of '4 Minutes'Mobile-Only Track Produced by Timbaland, Verizon Wireless' Mobile Producer in Residence, Featuring Justin Timberlake with Exclusive Video of Studio Session on V CAST Video; Verizon Wireless and Vodafone Collaboration Make Single Available on Mobile Phones around the Globe

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and NEWBURY, United Kingdom, April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless today announced it has teamed up with Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake to deliver the mobile underground remix of Madonna's highly- anticipated debut single "4 Minutes" from her upcoming album "HARD CANDY." Available exclusively in the U.S. to Verizon Wireless' V CAST Music customers and internationally to Vodafone customers, "4 Minutes" is the first single from Madonna's 11th studio album for Warner Bros. Records. "HARD CANDY" is scheduled for international release on April 28, 2008, with the U.S. release the following day.

Starting today, the underground version of the song is available to Verizon Wireless customers through V CAST Music as a full-song download, ringtone and ringback tone. This exclusive Madonna track produced by Timbaland, Verizon Wireless' mobile producer in residence, and featuring Justin Timberlake is available for download to Vodafone customers in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. This extraordinary remix was created on the Verizon Wireless mobile recording studio bus in New York City last month, following Madonna's induction ceremony into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Fans who download the full-song, ringtone or ringback tone of Timbaland's exclusive mobile underground remix of "4 Minutes" through Verizon Wireless' V CAST Music service will also have a chance to win a barcoded ticket to the exclusive Madonna performance on April 30 at New York's famed Roseland Ballroom. Lucky winners will receive tickets on their mobile phones, which will admit them and one friend to this exclusive show.

"HARD CANDY" is the follow up to Madonna's "CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR" which debuted at number one in 30 countries and has sold more than 8 million copies to date. "HARD CANDY" has been described as a brilliant up-tempo collection of 12 songs in which Madonna remains ensconced in club mode, but this time adds an urban hip-hop beat in collaboration with musical partners Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, and Nate "Danja" Hills.

"Working with Madonna and Justin on this underground mobile remix has been a lot of fun," said Timbaland. "With Verizon Wireless, we are able to create and distribute music straight from the studio directly to fans as well as give them access into our creative process behind-the-scenes."

"As Madonna is one of the most iconic artists of our time and Timbaland is one of the most influential producers of today, we are undeniably excited to team up with them, as well as Justin, to deliver this exclusive remix to our customers," said Ed Ruth, director of digital music for Verizon. "Together with Vodafone, we will set a new precedence for the global release of a song, with a combined reach of hundreds of millions of fans across the globe via their cellphones."

Madonna, a multi GRAMMY(R) Award-winning singer, songwriter, producer, cultural icon, world-renowned stage performer, video visionary, children's book author, director, and documentary filmmaker, has sold 200 million albums in the course of her unprecedented two decade-plus career and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008.

In addition to Madonna's original "4 Minutes" track, co-produced by Timbaland and Justin Timberlake and Nate "Danja" Hills, and the underground mobile remix available on Verizon Wireless' V CAST Music and Vodafone, exclusive video footage of Madonna, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake's "mobile remix" recording session is now available on Verizon Wireless' V CAST Video service.

For more information on how to download Timbaland's mobile underground remix of "4 Minutes," fans can text MADONNA to 8933. For more information on V CAST Music from Verizon Wireless and the company's mobile producer in residence program, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to http://www.verizonwireless.com/music.

About Verizon Wireless

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

About Vodafone

Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile communications group with over 252 million proportionate customers as at 31st December 2007. Vodafone currently has equity interests in 25 countries across five continents and a further 40 partner networks worldwide. For more information, please visit http://www.vodafone.com/.

Verizon Wireless

CONTACT: Jeffrey Nelson of Verizon Wireless, +1-908-559-7519,
Jeffrey.Nelson@verizonwireless.com; or Liz Rosenberg of Warner Bros. Records
for Madonna, +1-212-707-3256, lizrosenberg@wbr.com; or Monique Idlett of
Mosely Music Group for Timbaland, +1-678-234-1420,
monique.idlett@moselymusicgroup.net; or Sonia Muckle of M2M Construction for
Justin Timberlake, sonia@m2mconstruction.com; or Jakub Hrabovsky of Vodafone
Group Media Relations, +44(0)1635672919, Jakub.hrabovsky@vodafone.com

Web site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/
http://www.vodafone.com/

Sohu.Com to Report First Quarter 2008 Financial Results on April 28

BEIJING, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sohu.com Inc. , China's leading online media, communication, search, online game and mobile value-added services company, will report its first quarter 2008 unaudited results on Monday, April 28, 2008, before U.S. market hours.

Sohu's management team will host a conference call on the same day at 8:00 a.m. EST, April 28, 2008 (or 8:00 p.m. April 28, 2008 Beijing/Hong Kong time) following the quarterly results announcement.

To listen to the conference call, please use the dial in numbers below: USA Toll Number: 1-800-240-4186 International: 1-303-262-2142

A replay of the call will be available for two weeks following the call and can be accessed by dialing the numbers below:

USA Toll Number: 1-800-405-2236 International: 1-303-590-3000 PASSCODE: 11112454#

The conference call will be available on webcast live and available for replay at: http://corp.sohu.com/ .

About Sohu.com

Sohu.com Inc. is China's premier online brand and indispensable to the daily life of millions of Chinese, providing a network of web properties and community based/web 2.0 products which offer the vast Sohu user community a broad array of choices regarding information, entertainment and communication. Sohu has built one of the most comprehensive matrices of Chinese language web properties and proprietary search engines, consisting of the mass portal and leading online media destination http://www.sohu.com/; interactive search engine http://www.sogou.com/; #1 online alumni club http://www.chinaren.com/; #1 games information portal http://www.17173.com/; the top real estate website http://www.focus.cn/; wireless value-added services provider http://www.goodfeel.com.cn/; and leading online mapping service provider http://www.go2map.com/ .

Sohu corporate services consist of brand advertising on its matrix of websites as well as paid listing and bid listing on its in-house developed search directory and engines. Sohu also offers two types of consumer services. The company operates two massive multi-player online role-playing games, namely Tian Long Ba Bu and Blade Online, and a casual game platform. Sohu also offers wireless value-added services such as news, information, music, ringtone and picture content sent over mobile phones. Sohu.com, established by Dr. Charles Zhang, one of China's Internet pioneers, is in its twelfth year of operation.

Sohu.com Contact Information: Erin Sheng Manager Investor Relations and Corporate Communications Tel: +86-10-6272-6596 Email: ir@contact.sohu.com Web: http://corp.sohu.com/

Sohu.com Inc.

CONTACT: Erin Sheng, Manager Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications of Sohu.com Inc., +86-10-6272-6596, or ir@contact.sohu.com

Web site: http://corp.sohu.com/

Shiner International Certified by PRC State Torch Program as Nationally-Focused Advanced High Technological Enterprise

HAINAN, China, April 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Shiner International, Inc. , an emerging global leader in the anti-counterfeiting and advanced packaging industry, today announced that it has been certified as a Nationally-Focused Advanced High Technology Enterprise under the PRC's State Torch Program.

The State Torch Plan was established by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC in 1998 as an extension of its economic policy to promote the development and application of science- and technology-focused companies in China. In 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology certified 1,129 enterprises country-wide. Shiner International was one of only four Hainan province-based companies to receive this certification.

"We are honored that the State Torch Plan would recognize our efforts as a science and technology company, and we are further pleased to be one of only four Hainan province-based companies to be awarded this certification," said Mr. Jian Fu, CEO of Shiner International. "This certification is a tribute to our efforts in product innovation and development as we continue to focus our business on being a global market leader, bringing the next generation of advanced packaging products to our growing roster of blue chip customers."

About Shiner International, Inc.

Shiner International ( http://www.shinerinc.com/ ) is a U.S. corporation that has its primary operations in China. Headquartered in the city of Haikou - China's "Hawaii" - Shiner's products include coated packaging film, shrink-wrap film, common packaging film, anti-counterfeit laser holographic film and color-printed packaging materials. Approximately 60% of Shiner's current customers are located in China, with the remainder spanning Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Shiner holds 14 patents on products and production equipment, and has additional patent applications pending. The Company's coated films meet the approval of U.S. FDA requirements, as well as those required for food packaging sold in the EU. Shiner's product manufacturing process is certified under ISO 9001:2000.

Safe Harbor Statement

All statements in this press release that are not historical are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements in this press release as they reflect Shiner International, Inc.'s current expectations with respect to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks described in Shiner's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For more information, please contact: Company Contact: Shiner International, Inc. Ms. Maggie DanDan Xing Tel: +86-138-7668-7688 Email: info@shinerinc.com Investor Relations & Media Contact: Lambert, Edwards & Associates Noel Ryan, Patrick Kane Tel: +1-616-233-0500 Email: nryan@lambert-edwards.com

Shiner International, Inc.

CONTACT: Ms. Maggie DanDan Xing of Shiner International, Inc. at
+86-138-7668-7688 or info@shinerinc.com; for Investor Relations & Media, Noel
Ryan or Patrick Kane of Lambert, Edwards & Associates at +1-616-233-0500 or
nryan@lambert-edwards.com

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

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