CHEN PR Adds New Accounts, Promotes Senior Team Member to Vice President, Welcomes Pro Bono Client.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, Enterasys Networks, ExaGrid Tap Agency for Strategic PR Programs

CHEN PR, Inc., one of the country's leading independent high-tech PR firms, today announced three new clients, the promotion of a senior staff member and the addition of a respected pro bono technology client.

CHEN PR has signed Enterasys Networks (NYSE: ETS), ExaGrid Systems and The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. The agency is performing a range of strategic initiatives for these clients including competitive positioning, messaging and media and analyst relations.

Enterasys (www.enterasys.com), the Secure Networks Company, provides enterprise customers with innovative network infrastructure products, services and solutions that give Global 2000 organizations the highest levels of security, productivity and adaptability available today.

ExaGrid (www.exagrid.com) is a venture-funded company with a focus on simplifying the storage, management and protection of data. Founded by respected storage technology experts who have installed and managed hundreds of storage systems, ExaGrid understands the cost and complexity of adequately storing and protecting data.

The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB) (www.vlab.org) is a chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum sponsored by the Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing and the Alumni Association of Stanford's Graduate School of Business. VLAB starts and grows entrepreneurial ventures by connecting people, ideas and technology.

These new clients join an impressive roster ranging from publicly traded multinationals such as Fairchild Semiconductor International (NYSE: FCS) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW) to privately held firms.

CHEN PR also announced the promotion of Randy Wambold to Vice President of Client Services. Wambold was recruited by CHEN PR in 2001, after serving in a range of marketing and communications positions with a publicly traded multinational, an early stage firm and a high technology public relations firm. He joins long-time CHEN PR Vice President Kevin Kosh on the agency's senior management team. Wambold oversees the agency's work on behalf of Sun Microsystems' software business and also is involved in CHEN PR's new business and marketing projects.

In keeping with CHEN PR's commitment to social responsibility and furthering the adoption of new technologies, the agency recently began work for the nonprofit Charles River Public Internet Center (CRPIC) in Waltham, Mass. The CRPIC (www.crpic.org) is an educational organization that works to narrow the dramatic and growing gaps in computer knowledge, access and literacy between people with the funds to obtain access to information technology and those unable to afford those resources. CHEN PR works with the CRPIC to continue raising community awareness of how to close the growing digital divide, and to encourage businesses in the local area to conduct training in the CRPIC's state-of-the-art facilities.

Chris Carleton, a CHEN PR principal, said, "We continue to sign the kind of significant business that enables us to support pro bono efforts, even in a challenging economic environment, because we deliver results for our clients through the active participation of all four co-founders and the excellent work of team members like Randy Wambold, whom we're delighted to promote in recognition of his outstanding contributions."

About CHEN PR

CHEN PR (www.chenpr.com) is one of the top boutique PR firms in the U.S. The agency was founded in 1996 by four senior industry executives who are still actively involved in every client's account. CHEN PR creates market leaders by providing highly strategic public relations programs that help clients achieve their business objectives. The agency works in a wide range of technology areas including enterprise software, networking and communications, storage, security/compliance and semiconductors.

For more information or to inquire about CHEN PR services, contact Becky Ayers at 781-466-8282, x34; [e-mail].

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