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Emerson Network Power's Breakthrough Entry-Level MicroTCA Solution Wins Tech Choice Awards

Centellis 500 is recognized for delivering innovative design and MicroTCA technology to multiple industries for the first time

Tempe, Ariz [June 6, 2008] – Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR) and the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™, today announced that the company’s recently announced Centellis™ 500 – a fully deployable, tested and validated MicroTCA™ system – has received both the Editor’s and Reader’s Tech Choice Awards from eg3.com for the MicroTCA category.

Chosen from more than 1,500 news submissions in the eg3.com database, the Centellis 500 was selected based on the system’s applicability to a broad range of designs and usages, and overall practicality for designers.

Designed to support multiple enterprise-level applications, and available for under $5,000, the Centellis 500 is made of a unique injection molded plastic enclosure that houses a MicroTCA backplane, fans, power module, MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH), PrAMC 7211 processor Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMCTM, AMC) and three additional AMC payloads.

"The eg3 Tech Choice Awards honor companies for innovation in practical technologies," said Jason McDonald, Senior Editor, eg3.com. "At $5,000, Emerson Network Power's new Centellis 500 breaks the price barrier of previous MicroTCA systems with its innovative plastic packaging. MicroTCA is an area of intense interest, and Emerson's innovations bring it within the reach of the broad community."

“We’re pleased that eg3.com and its readers have awarded the Centellis 500 the Tech Choice Award for MicroTCA,” said Jorge Magalhaes, vice president of marketing for the Embedded Computing business of Emerson Network Power. “This recognition reinforces the strong interest in MicroTCA we’ve seen from the market. And with the Centellis 500’s innovative design and aggressive price point, the advantages of MicroTCA are now available to a whole new range of markets and applications for the first time.”

The Centellis 500 will be available summer 2008 through Emerson Network Power’s global distributors. Additional information is available at www.EmersonNetworkPower.com/EmbeddedComputing.

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About Emerson Network Power

Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™ from grid to chip for telecommunication networks, data centers, health care and industrial facilities. Emerson Network Power provides innovative solutions and expertise in areas including AC and DC power and precision cooling systems, embedded computing and power, integrated racks and enclosures, power switching and controls, monitoring, and connectivity. All solutions are supported globally by local Emerson Network Power service technicians. For more information on Emerson Network Power’s embedded computing products and services including ATCA®, MicroTCATM, CompactPCI, VMEbus and OpenSAF for original equipment manufacturers and systems integrators in the telecommunications, industrial automation, aerospace/defense and medical markets, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com/embeddedcomputing. Learn more about Emerson Network Power products and services at www.emersonnetworkpower.com.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. For more information, visit www.emerson.com.

Business-Critical Continuity, Emerson Network Power and the Emerson Network Power logo are trademarks and service marks of Emerson Electric Co. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are is a trademarks of the PCI Industrial Computers Manufacturers Group. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © 2008 Emerson Electric Co.

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