Aurora Technologies Awarded "Best of Show" at Internet Telephony ® Conference & Expo Miami 2003

CP-SFX8 Fabric Card Recognized for Innovation and Quality

BROCKTON, MA, February 26, 2003 - Aurora Technologies, Inc. today announced that it's CP-SFX8 Fabric Card has been named a "Best of Show" winner at Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC™)'s INTERNET TELEPHONY ® Conference and Expo Miami 2003. The show is widely considered the industry's most respected event focused on voice, video, facsimile, and data convergence.

Aurora's CP-SFX8 incorporates StarGen's SG1010 switch devices, allowing users to implement a centralized fabric topology in a CompactPCI chassis. The Fabric Card allows users to design simple PICMG 2.17 solutions to connect to one or two chassis, or large, complex redundant switch fabrics, with high availability and increased bandwidth in telecommunications applications.

Available in a 6U design, the CP-SFX8 features eight links to a PICMG 2.17 compliant backplane and supports up to eight node cards within the chassis. The card also has two front panel links to connect to a second chassis for fully redundant, fault tolerance. The card's internal switch devices interconnect so node-to-node data encounters no more than two switch devices for low latency. Aurora's CP-SFX8 card provides a per port bandwidth of 5 Gbps and an aggregate bandwidth of 40 Gbps. The CP-SFX8 also features a PMC site that operates in monarch and non-monarch mode, and is compatible with Microsoft ® Windows ® and Linux ® operating systems.

"Aurora is excited that our new CP-SFX8 Fabric Card has been recognized by the editors of Internet Telephony magazine for its power and flexibility," said Jessica Isquith, Vice President of Aurora Technologies, Inc. "The CP-SFX8 brings next-generation switching to users' StarFabric-enabled CompactPCI hardware and software today."

"Aurora Technologies' innovative CP-SFX8 Fabric Card highlights why so many enterprise buyers, developers, and service providers are perennial attendees at INTERNET TELEPHONY ® Conference & Expo," said TMC President and Conference Co-Chairman, Rich Tehrani. "With their commitment to quality on display, show attendees know they'll find solutions in the Aurora/Carlo Gavazzi booth that can help them improve their businesses right away. It is that same commitment to excellence to our selecting Aurora's CP-SFX8 Best of Show."

The Best of Show awards emphasize technological innovation and product reliability. Forward-looking products that will drive the development of next generation VoIP solutions also received recognition. Each award winner submitted a thorough application and showcased their product on the INTERNET TELEPHONY ® Conference & Expo show floor. A full list of the winners will appear in the April 2003 issue of Internet Telephony ® magazine.

About Aurora Technologies, Inc.
Thousands of users worldwide rely upon Aurora products for uncompromising performance, reliability, and value.

Since its founding in 1988, Aurora Technologies, Inc. has been a leading provider of connectivity products, synchronous communications protocol software, systems expansion solutions, and console management systems for the Sun Microsystems market. Aurora remains dedicated to its legacy products, while developing new connectivity solutions utilizing Linux, PICMG standards, and Switch Fabric technologies.

Aurora Technologies, Inc. is a Carlo Gavazzi Group Company.

For more information about Aurora Technologies, Inc., please visit www.auroratech.com.

About the Carlo Gavazzi Group Companies
CG Mupac, Aurora Technologies, Computer Systems Group, and Channel Access have joined forces to form the Carlo Gavazzi Group Companies, which is owned by Carlo Gavazzi Holdings of Switzerland.

Building on their individual strengths, the Carlo Gavazzi Group Companies are a source for single components to application-ready systems. The group meets the time-to-market needs of the computer telephony integration, industrial control and automation, military, financial services, and medical industries.

About TMC
Celebrating 30 years as a leading technology publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) produces industry-leading trade magazines and events focused on technology and communications. TMC ® publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutions™, and Internet Telephony® , and the online publications, TMCnet.com, Planet PDA™ Magazine, Alternative Power™ and BiometriTech™. TMC® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs™, and provide factual and unbiased product reviews. TMC® also produces The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit™, BiometriTech™ and Planet PDA™: The Enterprise PDA Event. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC® , visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com.

For more information, contact:

Kerry Dwyer
Aurora Technologies
508-588-6110 Ext. 374
kerryd@auroratech.com

Michael Genaro
TMC
203-852-6800 Ext. 142
mgenaro@tmcnet.com

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