Instrumentation Laboratory Standardizes on AccuRev SCM for Global and Distributed Development

Business Wire, August 8, 2006

LEXINGTON, Mass. -- Implements Best-of-Breed Application Lifecycle Management Strategy for Minimum Risk and Maximum Productivity

AccuRev Inc. today announced that Instrumentation Laboratory, a world leader in the development of medical diagnostic instruments for use primarily in hospitals and independent clinical laboratories, has standardized on AccuRev(R) for globally distributed software configuration management (SCM). AccuRev was chosen to be at the center of its best-of-breed application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy.

AccuRev was selected after an exhaustive evaluation of all the leading SCM tools. AccuRev will be used by Instrumentation Laboratory to enhance process automation and tool standardization. AccuRev will replace existing SCM tools, including Serena PVCS, and Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (VSS).

AccuRev will provide Instrumentation Laboratory real-time collaboration across globally distributed development locations utilizing AccuReplica(TM). Additionally, AccuRev will offer increased security, audit-ability, and traceability over all changes to multiple products being developed and maintained in parallel; thus, improving the software development process. The ability of AccuRev to provide an un-editable audit trail and to reproduce any version of the company's products shipped at any time, accurately and consistently, is considered essential.

Roland Guilmet, software development manager at Instrumentation Laboratory, stated, "We selected AccuRev after a comprehensive analysis because it demonstrated maximum productivity for our global development teams and had the most technologically advanced solution and solid integrations. We believe AccuRev will provide an incomparable return on investment and enable enhanced compliance and quality in a competitive landscape, while providing the best growth opportunity and foundation for our best-of-breed application lifecycle management strategy."

About Instrumentation Laboratory.

Instrumentation Laboratory (www.ilus.com), founded in 1959, is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and distributor of in vitro diagnostic instruments, related reagents and controls for use primarily in hospitals and independent clinical laboratories. The company's product lines include critical care systems, hemostasis systems and information management systems. IL's GEM product offerings, part of the critical care line, include the GEM Premier 3000 with Intelligent Quality Management (iQM(TM)), GEM OPL(TM), a portable whole blood CO-Oximeter and the GEM PCL Plus, a portable Coagulation analyzer. IL's hemostasis portfolio includes the ACL TOP(TM), a fully automated, high-productivity analyzer and the ACL ELITE, the latest addition to the ACL family. IL also offers the HemosIL(TM) line of reagents. IL is based in Lexington, Massachusetts.

About AccuRev Inc.

AccuRev is the leader in software development process optimization, with a best-of-breed software configuration management (SCM) solution. The complexity of everyday parallel development has changed, requiring SCM systems to adapt to today's increasingly rigorous business requirements enabling software development teams to remain agile and competitive. AccuRev's interface, with advanced visualization and process automation, makes the traditionally manual processes of branching and merging, central to any advanced parallel process, a core competitive advantage, instead of being your biggest challenge.

AccuRev's best-of-breed approach to application lifecycle management (ALM) enables unlimited, adaptable, and compliant process models. This methodology is ideally suited for parallel and distributed software development teams implementing an optimally integrated and efficient ALM solution. AccuRev's process-centric SCM solution is used by a growing number of global enterprises, including American Airlines, Citibank, Polycom, Sony Computer Entertainment, Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. AccuRev, Inc. is headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts and is privately held. More information about AccuRev can be found at http://www.accurev.com, or by calling 1-800-383-8170 (US and Canada), 44 8456 869 328 (UK) and 1-781-861-8700 (Outside North America).

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