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E-tech innovations empower Averna to reach global audience
Largest test engineering company in Canada a major sponsor of Virtual Automated Test Summit 2007

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Montreal, QC, November 20, 2007 − Averna today announced that it will be a major sponsor of Virtual Automated Test Summit (ATS) 2007, an online test automation trade show for electronics OEMs to be held on November 27, 2007. Along with host and virtual instrumentation pioneer National Instruments, Averna is at the forefront of Web-based innovations designed to help companies reach the widest possible audience.

“The international business community is realizing that with reduced physical constraints and costs, more potential clients are likely to participate in events from the comfort of their own office,” said Richard Maltais, vice president of sales and marketing at Averna. “Virtual technology is essential to any company targeting an international client base.“

A recent FactPoint Group study commissioned by online event organizer Unisfair revealed that virtual trade shows attract a commendable average of 1600 delegates, due to the ease of attending conferences in cyberspace.

Averna, the second-largest test engineering provider in North America, is a Corporate Sponsor of ATS 2007, along with companies such as Microsoft and Intel. This free, full-day trade show is timed for worldwide broadcast, and will feature keynote presentations and technical sessions that will remain accessible on demand for 90 days. Averna will showcase its flagship software Proligent™ in the presentation “Improve system performance with next-generation technologies”, which will be followed by a live Q&A session.

Click here and register to preview the ATS 2007 exhibition environment.

About Averna
Averna, The Test Engineering Company™, is uniquely structured to give high-tech electronics OEMs and CMs full product lifecycle support, from design to manufacturing. Averna provides solutions that accelerate time-to-quality by boosting engineer and test system efficiency and the impact they have on new product design and introduction into production. Averna also supplies on-demand services for designing, building, deploying, and maintaining test systems worldwide. Averna is the second-largest test engineering provider in North America, a Select Alliance Partner of National Instruments, and an Agilent Channel Partner. Averna is ISO 9001:2000 -certified and is a CSIA Certified Member.
www.averna.com

About Proligent™
For engineers designing test systems for communications and high-tech equipment, and who lack the time, budget, or training to develop an in-house platform, Proligent is a test engineering platform by Averna that delivers best practices in one ready-to-use platform. Unlike test executives and data management tools, Proligent incorporates everything the user needs short of their own measurement software.
www.proligent.com

About National Instruments
National Instruments is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,300 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past eight years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.
www.ni.com

Source: Averna
For more information:
Sonia D'Elia
Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Averna
1-877-842-7577 x455
sonia.delia@averna.com