Monday, January 28, 2008

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Catapult Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CATT)(January 28, 2008) announced that they are presenting the latest GSM mobile test products and applications at stand 2.1D46, hall 2_1 during the Mobile World Congress 2008 February 11-14 in Fira de Barcelona. Catapult test experts will be available to discuss how DCT2000 test system hardware and software elements are combined to perform a range of LTE and SAE testing activities from simple functional testing, through entity integration testing including extensive stress testing and negative testing. Live product demonstrations will highlight new IMS Test Suites that provide pre-packaged, turnkey applications including node simulators for key network elements and powerful traffic generators for real-world scenario testing. In addition, a new "Catapult Testbench" user interface built on an Eclipse Integrated Development Environment is featured on a live DCT2000 test system. The multi-protocol, multi-user DCT2000 is the world's only test platform equipped with a 1000 megabits per second on-board mesh-switch enabling extremely high packet data throughput. The Catapult showcase will give trade show visitors the opportunity to learn more about managing the complexity of LTE/SAE, IMS, and WiMAX test applications.

"The Mobile World Congress provides a world class venue to display our cutting-edge test technologies, as well as showcase several of our most innovative applications," explains Dr. Richard Karp, founder & CEO of Catapult Communications. "Our exhibit visitors can get a hands-on view of how these new test and measurement tools are changing the way the telecom professionals manage complex telecom technologies." "The live demonstrations of our test systems give trade show visitors the opportunity to experience first hand the practical applications and therefore the benefits of the DCT2000 and pre-packaged Test Suites," said Adam Fowler, Vice President of Product Management, Catapult.

Catapult Communications is a leading supplier of advanced digital telecom test systems to global equipment manufacturers and service providers, including Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Nortel and Nokia Siemens Networks. The Catapult DCT2000 and MGTS systems deliver superior high-end test solutions for hundreds of protocols and variants -- spanning LTE, IMS, WiMAX, mobile telephony, VoIP, GPRS, SS7, Intelligent Network, ATM and ISDN. The Company is committed to providing testing tools that are at the forefront of the telecom technology curve.

Catapult is headquartered at 160 South Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94041. Tel: 650-960-1025. International offices are located in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, France, Finland, Sweden, Canada, Japan, China, Australia, India and the Philippines.

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Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC)(January 28, 2008) reported the results of its third quarter of fiscal year 2008, ended Dec. 28, 2007. GAAP revenue for the quarter was $1.52 billion and non-GAAP revenue was $1.53 billion. Non-GAAP revenue grew 15 percent versus the December 2006 period of $1.33 billion.

GAAP deferred revenue as of Dec. 28, 2007 was $2.88 billion, up 12 percent compared to $2.56 billion on Dec. 29, 2006. Non-GAAP deferred revenue as of Dec. 28, 2007 reached $2.9 billion, up 12 percent compared to $2.58 billion on Dec. 29, 2006.

Cash flow from operating activities for the December 2007 quarter was $462 million, compared to $454 million for the December 2006 quarter.

GAAP Results: GAAP net income for the December 2007 quarter was $132 million, up 13 percent compared to $117 million in the December 2006 quarter. Diluted earnings per share of $0.15 was up 25 percent compared to $0.12 for the same quarter last year.

Non-GAAP Results: Non-GAAP net income for the December 2007 quarter was $292 million, up 16 percent compared to $251 million for the same quarter last year. Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share were $0.33, up 27 percent compared to $0.26 for the same quarter last year. For a detailed reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP results, please refer to the condensed consolidated financial statements below.

"The team's continued focus on operational improvements and product quality produced great results in the December quarter," said John W. Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer, Symantec. "I'm very pleased with the strength of our business and our outlook for the March quarter." Financial Highlights For the quarter, Symantec's Consumer segment represented 29 percent of total non-GAAP revenue and grew 8 percent year-over-year. The Security and Data Management segment represented 29 percent of total revenue and grew 9 percent year-over-year. The Data Center Management segment represented 29 percent of total revenue and grew 11 percent year-over-year. Services represented 6 percent of total revenue and grew 40 percent year-over-year. The Altiris segment, including revenues from the acquisition of Altiris and Symantec's Ghost, pcAnywhere and LiveState Delivery solutions, represented 7 percent of total revenue. The standalone Altiris solutions contributed a record $65 million in non-GAAP revenue.

International revenues represented 53 percent of total non-GAAP revenue in the December 2007 quarter and grew 21 percent year-over-year. The Europe, Middle East and Africa region represented 35 percent of total revenue for the quarter and grew 26 percent year-over-year. The Asia Pacific/Japan revenue for the quarter represented 14 percent of total revenue and grew 19 percent year-over-year. The Americas, including the United States, Latin America and Canada, represented 51 percent of total revenue and increased 8 percent year-over-year.

March 2008 Quarter Guidance For the March 2008 quarter, GAAP revenue is estimated between $1.50 billion and $1.54 billion. Non-GAAP revenue for the March 2008 quarter is estimated between $1.51 billion and $1.55 billion.

Quarterly Highlights -- Symantec signed a record 554 contracts worldwide versus 409 contracts in the same period a year ago worth more than $300,000 each. Improved sales execution led to the 35 percent increase in signed large contracts from the same period a year ago. Of the 554 contracts, 127 contracts were worth more than $1 million each versus 115 contracts in the same period a year ago. In the December 2007 quarter, almost 80 percent of our large deals were multiple product deals.

-- Symantec signed new or extended agreements with customers including The Coca-Cola System, one of the world's largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups; eBay Inc., the world's online marketplace; Citizens Business Bank, an award-winning California commercial bank with 44 branches and more than $6 billion in assets; Czech Ministry of Finance; E.ON UK, part of one of the major public utility companies in Europe; CANTV, a publicly-owned telecommunications service provider in Venezuela; MTR Corp., serving 3.4 million railway passengers each weekday in Hong Kong; Informing Healthcare for Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government program set up to improve health services in Wales by introducing new ways of accessing, using and storing information; TIVIT Tecnologia da Informaco S.A., a Brazilian company offering integrated information technology and business process outsourcing solutions; Rabobank Group, a full-range financial services provider founded on cooperative principles and a global leader in food and agricultural financing and in sustainability-oriented banking; Suncorp Metway Ltd, a top 20 listed company in Australia with more than 8 million customers and 17,000 employees; Standard Chartered Bank, the leading international bank in Asia, Middle East and Africa, with wholesale and retail banking customers spread across the globe; and Servio de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras, the Portuguese aliens and border security service.

Symantec is a global leader in infrastructure software, enabling businesses and consumers to have confidence in a connected world. The company helps customers protect their infrastructure, information and interactions by delivering software and services that address risks to security, availability, compliance and performance. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more 40 countries.

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Emitool, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL)(January 28, 2008), a leading manufacturer of wafer processing equipment for the semiconductor industry, announced it will issue its first quarter financial results after the stock market closes on Thursday, January 31, 2008.

Following the release of its financial results, the company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast. The call will begin at 5 p.m. Eastern and will be accessible by dialing 888-713-4213 (617-213-4865 for international callers) and entering the passcode 31670451. Telephonic participants can reduce pre-call hold time by registering for the conference in advance via the following link: https://www.theconferencingservice.com/prereg/key.process?key=PHWQ8Q3C9 An audio replay of the call will be available from 7 p.m. Eastern on January 31, 2008, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern on February 2, 2008, and can be accessed by calling 888-286-8010 (617-801-6888 for international callers) and entering the passcode 62083446.

The webcast will be available via the Internet at www.semitool.com. Webcast participants should access the website at least 10 minutes early to register and download any necessary audio software. A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days.

Semitool designs, manufactures and supports highly engineered, multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical processing equipment used in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company's primary suites of equipment include electrochemical deposition systems for electroplating copper, gold, solder and other metals; surface preparation systems for cleaning, stripping and etching silicon wafers; and wafer transport container cleaning systems. The company's equipment is used in semiconductor fabrication front-end and back-end processes, including wafer-level packaging.

Headquartered in Kalispell, Montana, Semitool maintains sales and support centers in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company's stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbol SMTL.

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