'We are very pleased that we successfully finalized this transaction with Golden Gate Capital. I am glad to see our former WLC division well prepared and supported to take a leadership position in its core market. As Infineon, we actively assist a smooth transition process for our joint customers and partners from Infineon to Lantiq', said Peter Bauer, CEO of Infineon Technologies. 'This transaction is a positive example for our efforts to stronger focus our R&D investments in our lead business segments. Infineon will continue to drive its leading technological position in the three key sectors energy efficiency, communications and security.'

The new company, Lantiq, is a fabless semiconductor company with over 20 years of experience in Wireline communication and a strong technical foundation with over 800 patent families. Lantiq will continue to drive innovation for the Next-Generation Access and Home Networks.

'It is an exciting day and an important milestone for Lantiq. We are looking forward to developing our market presence further and serving our customers even better by enhancing our product portfolio', said Christian Wolff, CEO of Lantiq. 'Lantiq's recently announced first acquisition in the Home Networking segment shows our focus and commitment to the wireline communication market.'

The sale of Infineon WLC to Golden Gate Capital was announced in July this year. The final purchase price will amount to approximately EUR 243 Million resulting from customary adjustments in the asset purchase agreement with Golden Gate Capital. Infineon is expected to record a book gain of more than Euro 100 Million as a result of this transaction in the first quarter of its fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.

Lantiq is a market leader in the broadband access market and has approximately 900 employees around the globe. It is among the world's Top 15 fabless semiconductor companies and fifth largest among the companies headquartered in Europe.

About Lantiq
Lantiq offers a broad and innovative product portfolio for Next Generation Networks and the Digital Home. The company employs about 900 people in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific region. Headquartered in Neubiberg, Germany, Lantiq specializes on broadband communications, encompassing analog, digital and mixed-signal ICs along with comprehensive software suites. Lantiq is a fabless company, and its semiconductor solutions are deployed by major carriers and in home networks in every region of the world. Further information is available at www.Lantiq.com

About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society: energy efficiency, communications, and security. In the 2008 fiscal year (ending September), the company reported sales of Euro 4.3 billion with approximately 29,100 employees worldwide in continuing operations. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the U.S. from Milpitas, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.

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Under this agreement ONDD will provide insurance for third party financing for the purchase of Alcatel-Lucent telecommunications equipment by service providers worldwide.

'This agreement demonstrates ONDD's commitment to supporting Alcatel-Lucent export transactions worldwide, in recognition and support of the critical role Alcatel-Lucent's Belgian operations play as a centre of expertise in R&D, export and project management for the company. This is an important milestone in our ongoing long lasting relationship with Alcatel-Lucent,' said Stefaan Van Boxstael, Deputy Head of Underwriting from ONDD. 'This agreement with ONDD allows Alcatel-Lucent to provide financing to its customers for contracts with sourcing on a global level involving technologies in the fields of optics, access, mobile, IP and applications and creates new ways for Alcatel-Lucent to meet customer requirements for worldwide sourcing.'

As a first result of this agreement, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has arranged an ONDD-backed loan facility in favour of Turk Telekom, to finance various contracts between Turk Telekom and Alcatel-Lucent for a global amount of EUR 46 million. In line with Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) regulations, part of the local services was also integrated in this financing.

The loan facility could be extended to support additional new contracts between Turk Telekom and Alcatel-Lucent. The buyer's credit will be applied to the full foreign portion, on a global level, of contracts concluded between Alcatel-Lucent Teletas (Turkey) and Turk Telekom for technologies sourced from different Alcatel-Lucent entities around the world.

'Our overall agreement with ONDD, as demonstrated by this first transaction with Turk Telekom, provides a powerful tool for Alcatel-Lucent to help its customers meet their financing needs,' said Paul Tufano Alcatel-Lucent's CFO. 'A number of other new opportunities have already been identified, and our agreement with ONDD will provide Alcatel-Lucent with further flexibility regarding its project financing needs around the world.'

About ONDD
ONDD, the Office National Du Ducroire | Nationale Delcrederedienst, is Belgium's public export credit insurer, specializing in commercial and political risk insurance, guaranteed by the state.
As an integral part of the economic and export-oriented policy on Belgium's international trade, ONDD primarily provides cover against credit and political risks to support Belgian exports and outward investments where private sector risk cover is unavailable, due to the risk profile of these activities. Such covers have clear economic importance in Belgium, since exports of goods and services contribute more than 80% of GDP.
ONDD is allocated a 'AA+' rating by Standard & Poor's. For more information, please visit external linkwww.ondd.be.

About Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
At the core of Societe Generale's universal banking business model, the Corporate & Investment Bank is a well-diversified and leading player with 12 000 professionals present in over 40 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.

Standing by its clients across sectors, the Corporate & Investment Bank tailors solutions for them by capitalising on its worldwide expertise in investment banking,globalfinance, and global markets.

For Corporates, Financial Institutions and public sector: providing a global advisory approach (M&A, debt, equity transaction, capital structure, and asset & liability management), as well as quality capital raising solutions across the debt and equity spectrum, optimised financing and expert risk management responses notably in the realm of foreign exchange and rates derivatives.

For investors: offering reliable and sound investment opportunities and risk management solutions through its integrated global markets platform delivering seamless access to markets (equity, rates, credit, currencies, commodities and derivatives), as well as advice and solid financial engineering, quality of execution and forward-looking research across asset classes

external linkwww.sgcib.com

SG CIB Global Finance division consolidates all capital raising across the debt to equity spectrum, structured financing and hedging solutions for issuers.
Where 110 experts in Export Finance deliver financing solutions, risk covers and advisory services related to import or export contracts of which underlying assets are capital goods, equipment and/or services.
Responsible for all ECA-backed business solutions for more than 40 years, our experts leverage their relationship with Export Credit Agencies and the emerging market to address client needs across the globe, capitalizing on the extensive Société Générale network.
A leading position reconfirmed by its clients with the prestigious Award for Excellence from Trade Finance Magazine. In Export Finance, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking was named 'Best Export Finance Arranger' for the eighth consecutive year, demonstrating how, with its strong global network and innovative approach, the bank continues to address the evolving needs of its clients and provides support to win business overseas.

About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged broadband networking, IP technologies, applications and services, Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 16.98 billion in 2008 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

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'Collaborating with the world's leading precise real-time location system provider will allow us to continue to develop innovative solutions for our customers who wish to significantly increase their productivity and quality in these tough economic times,' explains Anders Lindquist, President MVI Division at Atlas Copco Industrial Technique. 'We became aware of the potential of the Ubisense approach to real-time location at our mutual customer, BMW in Regensburg, Germany. Subsequent discussions with potential customers for this type of technology not only in the Motor Vehicles market but also in aerospace, mining and construction equipment as well as discrete manufacturing led us to the idea of pooling our knowledge and resources to create a new family of solutions for our customers.'

The Ubisense system is installed in the production facilities of companies such as BMW, Aston Martin, Caterpillar and Honda. The application at BMW called LIS/TAS involves tracking the industrial tools used on the final assembly line and loading the correct program into the tool automatically based on the specific vehicle being worked upon.

'The introduction of LIS/TAS has resulted in the elimination of the need to scan vehicles in order to identify them', comments Andreas Lehner, project manager at BMW in Regensburg. 'All the project objectives have been met on time and within the planned budget. From the standpoint of value creation, the project is a complete success'.

'This unique relationship allows Atlas Copco Industrial Technique and Ubisense to investigate the key innovations that will drive the next set of standards for use in manufacturing production and enable significant process improvements', comments Terry Phebey, VP Sales Ubisense.

Ubisense Media Contact:
Terry Phebey: EurAsia:
Terry.Phebey@ubisense.net
Tel: +49 231 99955 565

About Atlas Copco Industrial Technique

Atlas Copco's Industrial Technique business area develops, manufactures and markets industrial power tools, assembly systems, software and service. It innovates for superior productivity for applications in the automotive and aerospace industry, general industrial manufacturing and maintenance, and vehicle service worldwide. Principal product development and main manufacturing units are in Sweden and France.
More information on the company is available at www.atlascopco.com.

About Ubisense
Ubisense is the world leader in Precise Real Time Location Systems and Consulting Services, tracking people and assets with unmatched accuracy, and giving enterprises the power to bring visibility and control to previously intractable business processes. With over 400 customers worldwide, Ubisense is revolutionising industries today. Visit www.ubisense.net

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.— NVIDIA Corp. today recognized the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's (UTK's) Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) as a CUDA Center of Excellence, noting its adoption of the CUDA programming model in its curriculum, as well as its pioneering research into the development of linear algebra libraries for the high-performance computing community.

UTK joins a select group of seven universities and research organizations in the U.S. and abroad, including Harvard University, Cambridge University and National Taiwan University, that are designated as a CUDA Center of Excellence. More than 200 universities worldwide teach the CUDA programming model within their curriculum.

CUDA is NVIDIA's computing architecture that enables its GPUs to be programmed using industry standard programming languages and APIs, opening up their massive parallel processing power to a broad range of applications beyond graphics.

"This award of a CUDA Center of Excellence underscores ICL's commitment to continue our work at the forefront of high performance, scientific computing, " said Jack Dongarra, ICL's director. 'We are very proud of this award and excited by the opportunity it affords to pursue our research on NVIDIA's ground breaking platform."

Mathematical algorithms are an essential component used by computers to perform linear algebra computations, and ICL's years of experience in developing open source, mathematical software packages and systems such as LAPACK, ScaLAPACK, ATLAS, and PLASMA will be extended by the establishment of this new center. In particular, ICL's work on Matrix Algebra for GPU and Multicore Architectures (MAGMA), whose goal is to create a new generation of linear algebra libraries that dramatically cut processing times using hybrid GPU-CPU co-processing systems, will be an area of focus.

"NVIDIA technologies are now well established in the forefront of general purpose, parallel computing. Our work on the development of Linear Algebra Libraries for CUDA-based Hybrid Architectures will further enable and expand these technologies in the general area of high-performance scientific computing. MAGMA, a subset of LAPACK for CUDA-based Hybrid Architectures, is only a first step in this direction,' added Dongarra.

The potential size of the communities impacted by the success of this new CUDA Center of Excellence is significant. A partial listing of the peta-scale ready applications that rely on the kind of dense and sparse linear algebra that the MAGMA libraries will encode includes: quantum chemistry, multi-physics supernova simulation, nano-materials, geophysics, computational mechanics, electronic structure of matter and fluid dynamics.

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"In today's tough economic climate our channel partners need value-added services that will help them increase revenue, retain existing customers and deliver a competitive advantage. Avnet's service agreement with Kodak enables resellers to offer a fully rounded solution that will differentiate them from their competitors, increase the value of their sales and provide a stream of regular renewals revenue," explained Mark Hawkins, Head of Strategic Alliances, Document Management Technology, Avnet Technology Solutions, EMEA.

"As a services-focused organisation with a dedicated and award-winning global services and support infrastructure, Kodak will enable Avnet to provide a comprehensive, single-source service offering covering the majority of our major document scanning brands. Avnet's vendor neutral position remains unchanged. We have taken a great deal of care in the drafting of our agreement with Kodak to ensure that our business partnerships with our other document scanner manufacturers remain both protected and unaltered. Our sales team will remain focused on creating sales opportunities for document scanners regardless of the manufacturer," Hawkins continued.

Kodak also offers service capabilities across a wide range of products, not distributed by Avnet, within the IT sector, and Avnet's channel partners will now be able to extend their portfolio to include these additional services. The ability to deliver an increased choice of service support from Kodak adds increased value to Avnet's channel partners' offering.

"This is an exciting development for Kodak, as it strengthens our existing relationship with Avnet, one of Kodak's leading distributors in EAMER by giving our joint channel partners access to a broader range of Kodak services. Like Avnet, Kodak understands what the channel is trying to achieve, and our goal is to help partners get there faster. Post-sale services help our channel partners maximise their relationship with their most valuable asset, the end user," concluded David Brown, EAMER Business Services Director, Business Solutions and Services Group, Kodak.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it significantly enhanced its SuperSpeed USB test solution portfolio with the introduction of new test fixtures and the support of automated compliance tests and characterization with the new J-BERT N4903B. The new, compact setup will be unveiled at the USB-IF Compliance Workshop in Portland, Ore., Nov. 2-4.

USB 3.0 is an update of the well-established, widespread standard driven by USB Implementers Forum, Inc., a non-profit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the Universal Serial Bus (USB) specification. USB receiver jitter tolerance testing became mandatory with the recent release of the USB 3.0 specification version 1.0. USB 3.0 is also known as SuperSpeed USB.

Agilent streamlined its USB 3.0 test solution for transmitter and receiver test, now comprised of a DSA91304A Infiniium oscilloscope, a USB 3.0 test fixture, a pattern checker and pattern generator based on the J-BERT N4903B high-performance serial BERT, and the N5990A test automation software platform from Agilent's partner BitifEye Digital Test Solutions. J-BERT's new internal SJ and SSC generation eliminates the need for external signal and noise generators used in the previous test setup.

"This live demo of the compact USB 3.0 transmitter and receiver test setup continues Agilent's phased introduction of its USB solution portfolio," said Jim Choate, USB program manager with Agilent's Digital Test Division. "With our first solution, introduced earlier this year, we successfully supported early adopters. With this new, compact setup, we are facilitating widespread adoption of USB 3.0 compliance testing."

"By supporting J-BERT N4903B High performance Serial BERT, the test automation software N5990A provides even more value to customers," said Alexander Schmitt, co-founder of the Agilent partner company BitifEye. "With J-BERT B's built-in jitter sources, system calibration is significantly reduced. This saves customers time and enhances productivity. With J-BERT B and N5990A, test parameters such as the random or sinusoidal jitter can be modified on the fly over a wide range, without the need for calculating and loading synthesized waveforms. This is especially important for characterization and troubleshooting."

Benefits of Agilent's USB 3.0 transmitter and receiver test solutions include:

* complete and accurate transmitter and receiver design and characterization test capability;
* investment protection due to signal generation and analysis capability for many popular serial bus standards such as USB, PCI Express(r), SATA and DisplayPort testing; and
* simplified, accurate and fast compliance testing.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Pricing for Agilent's DSO91304A Infiniium oscilloscope USB 3.0 transmitter test solution starts at $102,819. The USB SuperSpeed receiver tolerance test is based on the Agilent J-BERT N4903A/B, starting at $137,000, and N5990A test automation software platform. The products are available now.

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Micron is currently sampling the 4Gb NAND-2Gb LPDDR MCP with customers and expects to be in volume production in early 2010. The 4Gb NAND-2Gb LPDDR combination is targeted at mainstream densities in today's mobile devices, but Micron has the flexibility to support higher densities – up to 8Gb NAND and 8Gb LPDDR – as the mobile market integrates sophisticated multimedia functionality. Visit the Micron Innovations blog to learn more about Micron's new MCP products and read an insider's perspective on the shifting mobile memory landscape.

'With Micron's 34nm 4Gb NAND and 50nm 2Gb LPDDR monolithic die used in this package, we are providing customers with the most advanced solution available in NAND-based MCPs,' said Eric Spanneut, director of mobile memory marketing. 'By combining the industry's leading NAND and DRAM processes within our new generation of MCPs, we are able to easily accommodate the shift to high-density NAND devices as the industry progresses toward multi-function mobile devices.'

In addition to its MCP portfolio, Micron also offers a host of memory products for the mobile market, including discrete NAND and LPDRAM parts, e∙MMC 4.4 managed NAND solutions and NANDcode software. By working closely with the entire mobile value chain, including operating system and chipset vendors, Micron is in a unique position to offer customers a rich portfolio of engineering support and solutions for their respective design needs.

Relevant Links
There are other ways to stay up-to-date on Micron news:

* Micron Innovations Blog: www.micronblogs.com
* Micron on Twitter: http://twitter.com/microntechnews
* Micron Pressroom: www.micron.com/media

About Micron
Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, NAND flash memory, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.

Micron and the Micron orbit logo are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the production of Micron's new MCP portfolio. Actual events or results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Please refer to the documents Micron files on a consolidated basis from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically Micron's most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. These documents contain and identify important factors that could cause the actual results for Micron on a consolidated basis to differ materially from those contained in our forward-looking statements (see Certain Factors). Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

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NORWALK, Conn., Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) today released its 2009 Report on Global Citizenship. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the company's activities and progress in the areas of corporate social responsibility: environmental sustainability, governance and ethics, customer privacy and satisfaction, employee diversity and development and corporate giving and volunteerism.

In the report's letter to stakeholders, Xerox Chairman Anne Mulcahy and Chief Executive Officer Ursula Burns said, "We were an early leader in the sustainability movement because we thought it was the right thing to do for the environment. But we discovered something else along the way. Every one of our innovations ended up either saving us money or creating new markets and new revenue. We found, in other words, that we don't have to choose between the environment and profit. We can do both."

Environmental Sustainability Progress to Date
Xerox aligns its environmental sustainability goals around the following four commitment areas where the company can make a significant impact across its entire value chain of technology and services:

* Climate protection: Xerox invests in technologies that reduce the carbon footprint of our operations and the operations of our customers. Our goal is to become carbon neutral. To date, our company-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are down 20 percent from 2002 to 2008, and the company believes it will deliver a 25 percent reduction in total GHG emissions by 2012 from a 2002 baseline.

Last year, 80 percent of Xerox's eligible new products met or exceeded the international ENERGY STAR standard even as the program's stricter requirements made it tougher to meet. The company's goal is to deliver ENERGY STAR qualified equipment for 90 percent or more of eligible new products launched by 2010. The Xerox Sustainability Calculator, launched in 2008, is aimed at helping customers identify opportunities to reduce lifecycle energy use, solid waste and greenhouse gas emissions of office printing activities.

* Preserving biodiversity and the world's forests: Xerox works with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to support the development of a sustainable paper cycle. Xerox expects its suppliers to adhere to stringent requirements for sustainable forest management. To date, more than 90 percent of Xerox paper by volume met the company's requirements; the goal is 100 percent by volume. In 2008, Xerox maintained chain of custody certification as planned, expanding the portfolio of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certified papers it offers to customers. Xerox also continued its successful 3-year $1 million partnership with The Nature Conservancy that supports conservation work aimed at the development of a sustainable paper cycle.

* Preserving clean air and water: Xerox strives to eliminate the use of toxic materials throughout the supply chain. For years, the company has applied strict internal standards that govern the use of chemicals in its operations and products and over time has re-engineered or substituted processes to dramatically reduce the use of toxics and heavy metals. Our goal is to achieve a zero toxic footprint.

* Preventing and managing waste: Xerox's equipment and supplies returns and recycling programs diverted 106 million pounds of waste from landfills bringing total landfill avoidance to 2.2 billion pounds since 1991. The company achieved an internal recycle rate of 92 percent in 2008 and, in support of a "zero waste to landfill" goal for its company-wide operations, it is developing a waste-free goal in 2009. Xerox is on track to reduce the solid waste sent to landfills from its largest warehouses by 25 percent by 2012.

In May of 2009, Xerox launched its breakthrough ColorQube™ multifunction printer, which uses the company's proprietary solid ink technology. Its cartridge-free design generates 90 percent less office supplies waste than comparable laser devices and reduces the effects of manufacturing and transportation on the environment.

Additional highlights from Xerox's Report on Global Citizenship include:

* The Customer Experience: Xerox offers the industry's broadest portfolio of document technology and services with more than 80 products launched in the last three years. In 2008, Xerox products garnered more than 230 awards worldwide, and Xerox was the first document management company to receive excellence certification from J.D. Power and Associates for quality technical support three years in a row - one of the customer service industry's highest recognitions.

* Giving back to the communities in which we work and live: The Xerox Foundation invested $12.6 million in 2,825 non-profit organizations and matched approximately 1,700 employee contributions to not for profits. In 2008, Xerox and Xerox employees contributed $3.5 million to United Way organizations and more than 9,500 Xerox employees committed their time to worthwhile causes through the Xerox Community Involvement Program.

About Xerox
Headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., Xerox Corporation's 54,000 people represent the world's leading document management, technology and services enterprise, providing the industry's broadest portfolio of color and black-and-white document processing systems and related supplies, as well as document management consulting and outsourcing services.

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LAKE FOREST, Calif. - WD® (NYSE: WDC), known for its hard disk drive leadership in the desktop, mobile and consumer marketplaces, today announced its entry into the traditional enterprise market segment with volume production shipments of its first 10,000 RPM, 2.5-inch, small form factor, SAS interface hard drives. The WD S25 provides up to 300 GB of high-performance storage suitable for both mission-critical enterprise server and enterprise storage applications, such as high-I/O-driven applications and configurations, as well as data centers and large data arrays.

"Our entry into the traditional-enterprise market continues the strategic expansion and diversification of WD's broad market and product portfolio, and significantly increases our addressable revenue opportunity," said John Coyne, president and CEO of WD. "As with our previous market expansion and diversification efforts, WD will approach the traditional enterprise space with the same focus on quality, customer service, technology and value that has earned us strong positions in every market we serve."

The WD S25 delivers ultra-high performance with its 3 Gb/s and 6 Gb/s SAS interfaces and a sustained sequential data rate of 128 MB/sec. In addition to all the speed required to service any enterprise need, the WD S25 also provides a 1.6 M hour MTBF rating.

The WD S25 is now available to select OEMs and shipments have begun to the two largest OEMs in the industry. "We are thrilled to launch a mission-critical-class hard drive to these high-end OEM customers," said Tom McDorman, vice president and general manager of WD's enterprise storage solutions business unit. "This new family of SAS products adds to our existing large capacity SATA near-line enterprise product portfolio. This first product is the foundation upon which we will expand into the previously untapped traditional enterprise market."

More information about WD S25 enterprise SAS hard drives may be found on the company's Web site at http://www.wdc.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=677.

About WD
WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, as well as its own consumer storage and media products.

WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning WD's expansion into and approach to the enterprise space. The foregoing forward-looking statements are based on WD's current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including: the impact of recent uncertainty and volatility in global economic conditions; supply and demand conditions in the hard drive industry; actions by competitors; unexpected advances in competing technologies; uncertainties related to the development and introduction of products based on new technologies and expansion into new data storage markets; business conditions and growth in the various hard drive markets; pricing trends and fluctuations in average selling prices; changes in the availability and cost of commodity materials and specialized product components that WD does not make internally; and other risks and uncertainties listed in WD's recent Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 14, 2009, to which your attention is directed. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof, and WD undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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London, Interoute, owner operator of one of Europe's largest next generation voice and data network, and Juniper Networks Inc, (NASDAQ: JNPR), the leader in high performance networking, today announced that an extra 9.5 Terabits of capacity has been added to Interoute's pan European IP network. The upgrade is in response to increased Internet traffic from ISPs, content providers and enterprise customers, which led to Interoute experiencing IP traffic doubling every 12 months.

This escalation in demand is being led by broadband growth in emerging markets where Interoute serves customers including Slovak Telecom, ATM in Poland and Magyar Telecom in Hungary, combined with increasingly rich multimedia content from mobile providers, such as Vodafone, and the growth in enterprise VPNs. All these factors have contributed to Interoute's 32 percent growth rate since 2008.

Interoute's next generation network is part of the digital backbone of the European Internet, and also provides IP transit and content delivery services to enterprise and media owners.

Matthew Finnie, CTO at Interoute, commented, "Interoute, with this upgrade, has added over 9.5 Terabits of capacity to Europe's Internet, improving the quality, experience and availability of Europe's Internet whilst maintaining the sophisticated mix of security, predictability and scale required by enterprises for critical IT infrastructure services, including computing, communication and connectivity."

Interoute has deployed the Juniper Networks MX Series Ethernet Services Routers in its core pan European IP network. Gert-Jan Schenk, senior vice president EMEA, Juniper Networks, said: "Demand for bandwidth continues to grow, and providers need to expand their networks to keep pace, while also increasing the value their networks can deliver to customers. Interoute is a highly-innovative company, always focused on delivering excellent value to its customers via new services and quality of service to maintain traction."

Interoute will continue to invest in capacity ahead of network demand and in anticipation of customer requirements. The IP layer is one of five network platforms that form part of Interoute's next-generation European network. The current network infrastructure has the capacity to be upgraded a further 50 times, giving Interoute's customers a deep reserve from which to draw as their demands increase.

The upgrade project involved Juniper Networks MX960 Ethernet Services Router platform being deployed across 12 cities within the Interoute network including Amsterdam, Berlin, Bratislava, Budapest, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Prague and Stockholm.

Juniper Networks MX960 platform is one of the industry's largest capacity Carrier Ethernet platforms with up to 960 gigabits per second (Gbps) of switching and routing capacity, reducing costs and increasing revenue per platform while delivering the scale to ensure investment protection. Offering efficient support of high-density interfaces and high-capacity switching throughput, the MX960 enables a wide range of business and residential applications and services, including high-speed transport and VPN services and next-generation network aggregation. The MX Series is based on the industry-leading Junos® software which simplifies networks operations and reduces the costs and complexity of deploying, provisioning and managing scalable Ethernet services.
About Interoute

Interoute is the owner operator of Europe's most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 57,000 km of lit fibre and 59 data centres. Its full-service next generation network serves thousands of customers across a broad range of sectors from finance to retail and every major European incumbent, as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for hosting content, providing wholesale bandwidth and transit services, corporate connectivity or creating new services. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America and Dubai Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe's major business centres. More than €1 billion in e-commerce transactions flows through its data centres each day, making Interoute a key part of Europe's Digital Supply Chain. www.interoute.com
About Juniper Networks

From devices to data centers, from consumers to the cloud, Juniper Networks delivers innovative software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. The company serves more than 30,000 customers and partners worldwide, and earned more than $3 billion in revenue over the last year. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logos are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Intended activity is the Integrated Recycling System that Fuji Xerox established in China, and it was recognized for "being the first in the industry to build a logistics network for recovering used products and cartridges spanning the whole of mainland China," "implementing the advanced reuse and recycle technologies and know-how created in Japan," and "having achieved a high recycling rate as well as adopting a pioneering approach to address the serious waste problem in China."

The Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Awards were established in 1991 to honor outstanding achievement contributing to global environmental conservation as well as sustainable development in the areas including investigation, research, countermeasure technology and others touching on global environmental issues. The Monozukuri Special Environment Award, which was presented to Fuji Xerox, was established this year to recognize substantial approaches to conserving the global environment at monozukuri (manufacturing) plants both inside and outside of Japan.

Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) Note 1 and Fuji Xerox China Ltd.Note 2 operate and promote the Integrated Recycling System in China under the support of the Chinese government, to achieve the goals of "zero landfill," "zero pollution," and "zero illegal dumping" by steadily improving the recycling rate together with 10 partner companies in China and four in Japan. Complying with domestic laws of China, the system recovers used products and cartridges nationwide as part of Fuji Xerox's corporate responsibility, and disassembles and sort them followed by appropriate handling of hazardous materials.

For China, the Integrated Recycling System has yielded benefits of reducing illegal dumping, pollution from harmful substances and other environmental risks, as well as making efficient use of recycled resources in the country, which would eventually develop a new industrial system.

Prior to building the system in China, Fuji Xerox established the Integrated Recycling System with the aims of achieving "zero landfill," "zero pollution" and "zero illegal dumping" in Japan in 1995Note 3 and in the Asia-Pacific region in 2004Note 4. Fuji Xerox will further accelerate its resource recovery and recycling in China.

Note 1 Recycling base in China to recycle used products recovered from throughout China (excluding Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).
Note 2 Fuji Xerox sales company in China.
Note 3 For more information about the resource recycling system, please access:
http://www.fujixerox.com/eng/company/ecology/cycle/
Note 4 For more information about the International Resource Recycling System, please access:
http://www.fujixerox.com/eng/company/ecology/cycle/newstyle/international/

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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - NVIDIA today announced that it is now accepting applications for its ninth annual NVIDIA Fellowship Program, to fund work that helps to solve complex visual computing challenges. Grants of $25,000 for each selected project will be announced in Spring 2010.

The program is open to applicants worldwide from today through Feb. 3, 2010. Eligibility criteria include completion of the first year of Ph.D. level studies in the areas of computer architecture, computer science, electrical engineering, high-performance computing, scientific computing, or a related area. In addition, applicants must hold a current membership on an active research team. For further information on eligibility and how to apply, please visit: http://www.nvidia.com/page/fellowship_programs.html or email: fellowship@nvidia.com.

'The Fellowship Program aims to provide funding to Ph.D. students who are researching topics that will lead to major advances in the graphics and high-performance computing industries,' said Bill Dally, chief scientist at NVIDIA. 'Award recipients will not only receive crucial funding for their research. They will also be able to conduct groundbreaking work with access to NVIDIA products, technology and some of the most talented minds in the field.'

Since its inception in 2002, the NVIDIA Fellowship program has awarded more than $1.8 million in funding to over 75 Ph.D. research students.

About NVIDIA Research
NVIDIA Research has a variety of initiatives and programs aimed at advancing visual, parallel and mobile computing. These include funding and board donations for university research projects through professor partnerships and graduate fellowships; working with faculty to develop curriculum, providing access to developer forums, pre-released tools and drivers through NVIDIA's Developer Relations Program; and providing free online access to some of NVIDIA's award-winning books and coursework. Current work being done by the group spans many domains that include: realistic rendering, ray tracing, physical simulation, scientific computing, computational photography, programming languages and systems, computer architecture, and VLSI circuits. NVIDIA Research is led by the company's chief scientist, Bill Dally. For more information, please visit www.nvidia.com/research.

About NVIDIA
NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) awakened the world to the power of computer graphics when it invented the graphics processing unit (GPU) in 1999. Since then, it has consistently set new standards in visual computing with breathtaking, interactive graphics available on devices ranging from portable media players to notebooks to workstations. NVIDIA's expertise in programmable GPUs has led to breakthroughs in parallel processing which make supercomputing inexpensive and widely accessible. Fortune magazine has ranked NVIDIA #1 in innovation in the semiconductor industry for two years in a row. For more information, see www.nvidia.com.

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ROUND ROCK, Texas.– Dell today unveiled the industry's smallest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet PC that is the first with a multi-touch display, the Latitude XT2 XFR. The system is designed to meet the unique and demanding needs of customers in the military, police, border patrol, field service organizations, factory fulfillment and first responders.

The Latitude XT2 XFR adds to Dell's Rugged Mobility Solution offering that includes the fully rugged Latitude E6400 XFR and the semi-rugged Latitude E6400 ATG laptops. It also joins purpose-engineered products like the Latitude Z, Latitude 2100 netbook for education and Dell Precision™ M6400 mobile workstation as another step in Dell's strategy to develop differentiated form factors and solutions that meet specific customer usage needs.

The News:

* Inspired by discussions with the defense, law enforcement, homeland security communities, field service departments and utility companies, Dell developed a convertible tablet that can adapt to changing mission requirements and withstand harsh environments. Features of the Latitude XT2 XFR include:
o At 1.5 inches (38.1 millimeters) it is the thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet and starts at 5.4 pounds (2.45 kilograms) with four -cell battery and solid state drive[i], it is engineered and independently tested to meet MIL-810G standards for operation in harsh environments.
o Compression-sealed and rugged I/O doors, LCD, and keyboard, provide an IP54 level of Ingress Protection, or resistance to moisture and dust
* The Latitude XT2 XFR can be installed in police or first-responder vehicles where critical information can be accessed with one hand. The Latitude XT2 XFR is also ideal for field-service and industrial manufacturing workforces who need an easy to carry, rugged system that can stand up to drops, spills and temperature extremes.
* The Latitude XT2 XFR is available with Dell's optional remote management capabilities and next business day service and support.[ii]
* The rugged tablet shares common images and components with the Dell Latitude XT2 tablet for easy integration into existing environments. The Latitude XT2 XFR also includes:
o Intel Core 2 Duo processors with up to 5GB[iii] of DDR3 1066 MHz memory.[iv]
o QuadCool Thermal Management System enables excellent performance, even in extreme temperatures from minus 10 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit .
o Four -, six - and nine-cell battery options.
o Standard data security features that include Dell ControlVault and Dell ControlPoint, as well as optional solid state and spinning disk drives with full disk encryption.
o Impact resistant, sunlight viewable, 12.1-inch wide LED display with capacitive multi-touch gestures-enabled or optional resistive touch screen.
o Optional hot-swappable modules including GPS (in the coming weeks) and webcam.
o Optional expansion sliver provides camera/light, serial, and RJ11 inputs.
o An extensive range of optional accessories and services that include mobile rugged docking and mounting solutions in the coming weeks .
o A full complement of wireless connectivity options including wireless LAN 802.11 a/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 and mobile broadband.
* The XT2 XFR will be available in the U.S., Canada, France, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy, online and via Dell's PartnerDirect program. It starts at $3,599 and more information is available here.

Quotes:

'The Latitude XT2 XFR is more than a laptop, it's a key part of our mobile command and data-center solutions for field service, defense and first-responder customers,' said Paul Bell, president, Dell Global Public-Sector Business. 'These unique solutions, coupled with our service model, make those communities more effective, enabling them to focus on their core missions instead of managing technology.'

'We are listening and delivering purpose-engineered products based on unique usage models within customers' environment,' said Steve Lalla, vice president and general manager, Business Client Product Group, Dell, Inc. 'The Latitude XT2 XFR is a perfect example where feedback told us that customers needed the innovative functionality of the Latitude XT2 with the ability to perform in rugged environments.'

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As the notion of traditional, physical data center boundaries extend to virtual environments, customers must adapt to a variety of technological challenges including virtualization, security, bandwidth utilization and network management. By signing this original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement, Dell and Juniper intend to deliver a secure network infrastructure - from a customer's traditional data center out to its branch offices, remote workers, customers and business partners - that can dynamically adjust to meet these challenges and provide orchestrated management of users, workloads and data – avoiding single-vendor lock-in.

Dell also plans to market, service and support Juniper's high-performance networking solutions to its large enterprise, small and medium business customers and public organizations. The products Dell will deliver under its PowerConnect brand include the Juniper Networks MX Series services routers, EX Series Ethernet switches and SRX Series services gateways, all running JUNOS® Software. Dell expects to make these products available to customers via its direct and PartnerDirect channels.

'Networking is an important piece in providing customers with choices for how they optimize their data center operations to improve efficiency,' said Brad Anderson, senior vice president, Enterprise Product Group, Dell. 'This agreement will help address many of our customer's biggest challenges including a dramatic rise in security concerns, an increasingly dispersed workforce and challenges brought on with the advent of the virtualized data center.'

'Juniper and Dell are a formidable team, and together we can deliver significant value for enterprise customers around the world. This OEM agreement is another great step in our sustained and successful push into the enterprise market,' said Gerri Elliott, executive vice president, Strategic Alliances, Juniper Networks. 'We have the only infrastructure that includes integrated security, routing and switching running on a single operating system. And that uniform approach is a great benefit to IT organizations, from the smallest to the largest, as they tackle the challenges of an increasingly decentralized landscape.'

Product Detail

* MX Series Routers - MX Series Ethernet Services Routers offer advanced routing capabilities, such as Multiprotocol Label Switching network virtualization, low-latency multicast, advanced quality of service (QoS), and high availability.

* EX Series Ethernet Switches - EX Series Ethernet Switches deliver the next-generation of switching technology for today's – and tomorrow's – networks. With the EX Series, businesses can deploy a cost-effective family of switches that delivers the high availability (HA), integrated security and operational excellence needed today, while providing a platform for supporting future requirements.

* SRX Series Services Gateways - For organizations supporting extranets, SRX Series Services Gateways can help lower the cost of delivering new capabilities while reducing risk, and satisfying end users. These services gateways integrate leading security, connectivity, and application delivery capabilities into a single platform for a safe, affordable, and consistent high-performance communications foundation.

* JUNOS Software - A core foundation of Juniper products since 1997, JUNOS Software delivers a reliable, high-performance platform to help automate network operations including routing, switching and security – with programming interfaces and a software developer kit to help unlock more value from the network.

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Allen, Texas, October 30, 2009 -- ApexCCTV Has launched a page on its website containing free CCTV and surveillance related press releases. These videos cover a broad range of topics related to the industry, and are intended to help ApexCCTV's customers and partners with various installation, sales, marketing, and product selection tasks.

ApexCCTV's video tutorials provide real value to anyone in the CCTV or Surveillance industry by covering in depth how to accomplish some of the more daunting tasks faced by their customers and business partners. These videos can be broken into several categories:

Product Specific Videos – These videos are specific to individual products in the CCTV industry, and include advanced topics on installation and configuration of these products. GeoVision and VivoTek products are covered in depth, for example, as are many others.

General Installation Videos – These videos cover topics that are regularly encountered on job sites. Selected topics include things like crimping connectors properly, selecting materials, penetrating building surfaces, camera and housing installation, making proper cable connections, determining video frame rates, proper selection and use of power supplies, as well as many others.

Networking Videos – These videos handle the trickier networking related topics facing more and more CCTV installers and business owners as the lines continue to blur between CCTV and information technology. These videos cover the networking gamut, including basic network configuration, dealing with router's, IP addressing, DHCP servers, avoiding conflicts with customers existing NAT settings, DNS and dynamic DNS configuration, and many other topics. These topics all address networking best practices and pitfalls to look out for.

ApexCCTV has also made a public commitment to continue producing these videos and making them available to the industry at no charge whatsoever. There is even a link on the videos page that allows individuals to request a video tutorial covering a topic of their choice, and many such videos have already been produced.
About ApexCCTV:

ApexCCTV is a distributor and installer of fine security camera systems, surveillance digital video recorder systems, general surveillance equipment, and all related accessories.

On the Web:
http://www.apexcctv.com

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NEW YORK — Juniper Networks® (NYSE: JNPR) today announced that Juniper has reached a significant milestone with its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) relationship with IBM, announced in July. IBM is now delivering to customers a suite of Ethernet networking products manufactured by Juniper. In addition, the two companies have extended the OEM agreement to include Juniper's SRX Series Services Gateways, providing customers with a best-in-class choice of network offerings that can reduce costs, improve services and manage risk.

"We are continuing to combine breakthrough technology with a world class partnership to help customers reinvent the experience and economics of networking," said Mark Bauhaus, executive vice president and general manager, Service Layer Technology Business Group, Juniper Networks. "The continued expansion of the IBM and Juniper OEM demonstrates our joint commitment to propelling a dynamic infrastructure network that is open, scalable, simple and secure to address the exploding scale of Internet services for personal and business productivity."

"IBM is focused on providing its customers with the best networking choices and flexibility in their solutions, which is why we're pleased to offer IBM j-type Ethernet networking products running JUNOS Software as part of our data center networking portfolio," said Barry Rudolph, vice president, IBM System Storage. "The continued success of our relationship and expansion of our OEM partnership will help us reach our shared vision of advancing the economics of networking and the data center."

Today's data centers require higher performance and less complex networks as an essential element of their evolution. While there are extreme cost pressures on IT budgets, the demand on data centers only increases with exploding data volumes, demand for new services, speed and security, and always-on reliability. In addition, cloud computing will further drive the need for massive scale, efficiency, elasticity and security from networks and data center architectures. The IBM and Juniper relationship is further evidence of the growing importance of the high-performance network in the progression of data centers toward cloud computing or cloud-like infrastructures. Both companies agree a high-performance, secure network is vital to the operations of both the data center (enabling service production) and the global network (enabling service delivery).

IBM and Juniper entered into the OEM agreement in July 2009. The agreement allows the IBM System & Technology Group (STG) to brand, label and sell select Juniper EX Series Ethernet switches as IBM j-type e-series Ethernet switches and MX Series Ethernet Services routers as IBM j-type m-series Ethernet routers. The suite of six Ethernet networking products are now generally available within IBM's data center portfolio. The expanded OEM agreement adds the SRX Series Services Gateways, which will be available in the first half of 2010. For more information on IBM and Juniper, please visit: https://simplifymydatacenter.com/ibm.

About Juniper Networks

From devices to data centers, from consumers to the cloud, Juniper Networks delivers innovative software, silicon and systems that transform the experience and economics of networking. The company serves more than 30,000 customers and partners worldwide, and earned more than $3 billion in revenue over the last year. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logos are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Montreal, Canada .— Matrox® Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO2 LE1, an HDMI, SDI, and analog I/O device for the Mac, is now available from authorized dealers worldwide. Matrox MXO2 LE streamlines editing with Apple Final Cut Studio on Mac Pros and MacBook Pros. It provides all the features of an I/O card in a sturdy, portable breakout box with professional audio and video connectivity. Matrox MXO2 LE is also available with Matrox MAX technology for faster than realtime H.264 file creation2 using professional application such as Apple Compressor and Telestream Episode.

"Matrox MXO2 LE is more than just an I/O device," said Alberto Cieri, Matrox senior sales and marketing director. "Not only does it meet content creators needs for input, output, and monitoring, it also speeds up delivery to today's digital formats. Creating Blu-ray discs and video for the web and mobile devices is much faster than ever before with Matrox MAX H.264 encoding technology."

"Matrox MXO2 LE is ideal for mobile journalists and freelance editors who need to take their toolboxes with them wherever they go," said Wayne Andrews, Matrox product manager. "It's easy to connect to towers and laptops and supports efficient workflows in any format required – in the studio, on set, and on the road."
Key features of Matrox MXO2 LE

* Works with Intel-based MacBook Pros, Mac Pros, and Apple Xserve systems
* Lightweight, fits easily into a laptop bag
* 4-pin XLR power connector for AC or field battery operation
* HD/SD SDI, HD/SD analog component, Y/C, and composite inputs and outputs
* Genlock – SD analog black burst (bi-level) or HD tri-level sync
* 10-bit HDMI input, output, and monitoring with calibration controls including blue-only
* 10-bit realtime hardware up/down/cross conversion on capture and output
* Up to five user selectable simultaneous video outputs – HD and/or SD on HDMI, SDI, and analog
* RS-422 machine control for frame-accurate capture and print-to-tape
* Captures to a variety of codecs – Apple ProRes 422 HQ, 10-bit uncompressed HD, and many more
* File-based workflow support – XDCAM, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, P2, P2HD
* RED workflow support
* HD-SDI closed captioning support
* Works with Final Cut Pro, Apple Color, Adobe After Effects and all QuickTime applications that support the V-out component
* Also available with Matrox MAX for faster than realtime H.264 encoding
* Three-year hardware warranty and complimentary telephone support

Key features of Matrox MAX technology

* Faster than realtime creation of H.264 files3, for resolutions ranging from iPod to HD
* A specialized, dedicated hardware processor liberates system resources for other tasks
* Accelerated encoding for Blu-ray, Apple TV, YouTube, Flash, web formats, and mobile devices including iPhone and iPod from various video sources including 2K files
* Direct integration with Apple Compressor and Telestream Episode to simplify workflow
* Creation of Blu-ray H.264 files that can be authored in Apple Compressor 3.5, Adobe Encore CS4 or Roxio Toast 10 and burned without re-encoding

Price and availability

Matrox MXO2 LE is priced at $995 US (£749, €799) and Matrox MXO2 LE with the MAX option is priced at $1,395 US (£999, €1,099) not including shipping and local taxes. Each unit comes with the customer's choice of either an ExpressCard /34 laptop adapter or a PCIe desktop adapter. Additional adapters may be purchased separately at $99 US (£69, €83) each. MXO2 LE is available now through a worldwide network of authorized dealers.

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PLYMOUTH, MN, USA .— Primera Technology, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of CD/DVD and Blu-ray Disc Publishers, today announced its PTPublisher for Mac software.

PTPublisher for Mac is a new, easy-to-use yet fully-featured burning and printing software program written specifically for use with Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard®) and 10.6 (Snow Leopard®). It is powered by the popular Roxio® burn engine and works with any of Primera's Bravo-Series Disc Publishers (DP-Series Disc Publishers in Europe, Scandinavia and Middle East).

Features of PTPublisher for Mac include:

* Intuitive user interface for multiple job types, including audio, video, data and copy jobs
* Wizard-style navigation
* Integrated DiscCover™ Label Design Software for direct-to-disc printing
* Media levels and robot status monitored on-screen and in real time
* Automatic updater (active Internet connection required)

"Mac users represent a large and growing segment of our customer base," said Mark D. Strobel, Primera's vice president of sales and marketing. "PTPublisher for Mac sets a new industry standard for ease of use and reliability. We're excited to be able to offer it at no charge to our valued Mac users."

PTPublisher for Mac is available now at: http://primera.com/downloads/support/PTPMac/PTPublisherMac.html.

Primera's disc publishers automate the burning and direct-to-disc printing of quantities of discs. Many models with different capacities and numbers of burners
are available. They are used by thousands of businesses, schools and universities, government agencies, churches, video and audio production studios and much more. Full details can be found at www.primera.com.

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Tempe, Ariz.-Avnet Technology Solutions, the solutions distribution leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that it was named AMD's (NYSE:AMD) top-performing global distributor during the recent AMD Executive Forum 2009, held in Austin, Texas. AMD selected Avnet for this honor based on its ability to expand AMD's market presence and revenues globally. AMD also awarded Avnet three regional distinctions, naming Avnet as distributor of the year in ANZ, EMEA and North America.

"This prestigious award from AMD validates that Avnet's solutions-driven approach to technology sales and marketing is helping both our customers and suppliers accelerate their success around the globe," said Phil Gallagher, president, Avnet Technology Solutions global. "Avnet has helped support our OEM, system builder and value-added partners in the AMD market by offering the tools, technical expertise and distribution resources needed to develop complete white box solutions that leverage best-in-class technology from AMD and complementary suppliers."

Avnet has been supporting AMD's customers for more than 35 years and has consistently been recognized as one of its top distributor partners. Avnet focuses on creating growth opportunities for its customers through a solutions-based approach to selling AMD Opteron processors for white box servers, embedded applications and workstations, and AMD Athlon II and Phenom II processors for OEM and white box desktops. For example, Avnet provides its system builder, OEM and value-added partners with access to complementary supplier relationships and a variety of services, such as integration, logistics, design engineering and financing, to ensure they are able to offer complete solutions.

"Avnet understands the intricacies of the global technology market," said John Byrne, vice president, world-wide channel sales, AMD. "They work hand-in-hand with our customers to provide global supply chain support, coupled with the technology, knowledge and services required to enable long-term growth opportunities. Avnet has consistently proven that they are dedicated to helping us create an outstanding customer experience."

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Recent Aardman projects using AJA's KONA 3 include the second season of the stop-motion animated children's series, 'Shaun the Sheep,' a 'Wallace and Gromit' spin-off airing in late 2009 on CBBC, the children's arm of the BBC network, and 'Timmy,' Aardman's first major foray into pre-school programming, which will premiere in 2009 on Playhouse Disney channels worldwide.

'We use the KONA cards for monitoring on all our broadcast projects,' commented Paul Reeves, Aardman's technical support engineer, who has been with the company since 2004. 'KONA cards do everything we need them to, and they do it well. Once we decided to upgrade to Mac systems in 2006, we put a KONA card directly inside each one, and they've never failed us. We even have an extra KONA 3 we keep on the shelf as a backup, and it's never been used.'

Aardman also employs AJA's breakout boxes with all their KONA cards. 'The breakout boxes make installation so much easier for us,' Reeves explained. 'The driver software is also simple to use, much simpler than any other software I've seen for similar products.'

In addition to the KONA video capture and playback cards, Aardman also employs AJA mini-converters throughout the facility. 'We bought the first ones in 2007, and use them literally everywhere -- in the studios, in the edit bays, and in our new theater. They can do just about anything: HD and SD distribution, SD to HD up-conversions, HD to SD down-conversions, SD audio embedders, SD audio de-embedders, et cetera. We use them all the time and have found them to be perfectly reliable. I've never had to send one back.' About the AJA KONA product line The KONA family is AJA's line of 10-bit uncompressed capture and playback cards for video and audio input and output on the Mac platform. KONA cards lead the way with features that satisfy even the most advanced video workflows. From the KONA LSe and its complete suite of analog and digital SD support and the KONA LHe, which bridges the SD and HD worlds, to the KONA LHi with support for HDMI and 3G SDI, going all the way to the industry-leading top-of-the-line KONA 3 with high-end features including SD/HD, hardware up/down/cross-conversion, dual-link and 2K support. A simple, affordable desktop Mac Pro system and a KONA card deliver the quality and function of a full-featured nonlinear editing suite at a fraction of the price.

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