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Concurrent Computer Corporation Names Bruce N. Hawthorne to Board of Directors.


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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2000

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 (Nasdaq:CCUR CCUR Center for Crops Utilization Research ) announced today that Bruce N. Hawthorne has been elected to Concurrent's Board of Directors.

Mr. Hawthorne is a senior partner in the firm of King &Spalding, one of the southeast's leading law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
. Mr. Hawthorne has broad experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, capital markets, and securities offerings. He also chairs King &Spalding's telecommunications industry practice.

A particular focus of Mr. Hawthorne's practice has been the telecommunications industry. Mr. Hawthorne acted as lead counsel for Sprint Corporation in a wide variety of transactions including its multi-billion dollar domestic alliance with three leading U.S. cable companies (Cox, TCI (Trustworthy Computing Initiative) An umbrella term from Microsoft for its efforts to improve security in Windows. TCI was announced in 2002 after viruses such as Code Red and Nimda had succeeded in attacking numerous Windows computers. , and Comcast) to create Sprint PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1.  as a new national wireless carrier; its international joint venture with France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom AG (ISIN: DE0005557508, FWB: DTE, NYSE: DT, LSE: DEU, TYO: 9496 ) (abbreviated DTAG) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is the largest telecommunications company in Germany and in the EU.  to provide global telecommunications services; the creation of Sprint's PCS tracking stock structure; and its rollup of companies in the MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service or Microwave Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 2.2-2.4 GHz range.  industry. He also served as lead outside counsel for Sprint in its recently announced $129 billion merger with MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device.

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&uot;We are pleased to have someone with such an in-depth knowledge of business as a director of Concurrent,&uot; said E. Courtney Siegel, Chairman of the Board. &uot;Bruce's experience with mergers and acquisitions in the broadband and telecommunications industries will be a tremendous value to the Concurrent board at this important stage of the Company's development.&uot;

Mr. Hawthorne received his B.B.A. at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. , his M.B.A. at the University of Detroit, and his J.D. at Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law  and State Bar of Georgia. He is also a member of the Federal Regulation of Securities Committee of the Corporate Banking and Business Law Section of the American Bar Association.

Concurrent Computer Corporation (http://www.ccur.com), headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a leading provider of high-performance computer systems, software, and servers. Concurrent Computer Corporation's XSTREME Division is a leading supplier in the emerging digital video server marketplace. This market includes the broadband/cable, corporate training, education, hospitality, and in-flight entertainment industries. Concurrent is also a leading provider of high-performance, real-time computer systems, solutions, and software for commercial and government markets. The company's 30-year old real-time business focuses on strategic market areas that include: hardware-in-the-loop and man-in-the-loop simulation; data acquisition; industrial systems; and software and embedded applications. Operating in 32 countries worldwide, Concurrent provides sales and support from offices throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

Note to Editors: For additional company or product information from Concurrent Computer Corporation, please contact Concurrent Computer Corporation, 4375 River Green Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30096. Call toll free in the U.S. and Canada at 877/978-7363 or 678/258-4000, or fax 678/258-4300. Readers can also access information through the company's web site at http://www.ccur.com.

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