Pleora's Vincent Rowley takes on Vice-Chair position of GigE Vision Technical Committee

• Pleora pledges continued commitment to the development of the GigE Vision standard and the Validation Framework tool

OTTAWA, CANADA, June 13, 2008. Pleora Technologies, a leading supplier of Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) video connectivity products today announced that Vincent Rowley, a Pleora Senior Developer will take on the role of Vice-Chair of the GigE Vision Technical Committee. He's taking over the role from Francois Gobeil, also a Senior Developer at Pleora, who's stepping down after three years in the position.

"Pleora remains firmly committed to GigE Vision, as evidenced by our ongoing participation, our tireless promotion of the standard, and our leadership in maintaining the Validation Framework for the GigE Vision committee," said George Chamberlain, President of Pleora Technologies. "Vincent has provided thought leadership on all GigE Vision matters for several years, both at the GigE Vision committee level and here at Pleora, and his formal involvement as the Vice-Chair with benefit the committee and the industry."

"I'd like to thank Francois Gobeil for his hard work on the GigE Vision committee," said Jeff Fryman, Director, Standards Development at the Automated Imaging Association (AIA). "His work on the Validation Framework has been invaluable, and I cannot thank him enough for that effort. We look forward to working with Vincent Rowley in the future."

Vincent Rowley has been an active member of the GigE Vision and GenICam committees since 2006. He hosted the international GenICam and GigE Vision meetings in Ottawa in September 2007, and is recognized as a subject matter expert. Prior to joining Pleora, he held technical positions at HexaVision Technologies and Catena Network.

Outgoing Vice-Chair Francois Gobeil will remain intimately involved on Pleora's GigE Vision and GenICam projects, and will follow both committee developments and proceedings closely.

About Pleora
Pleora Technologies Inc. is a global supplier of Ethernet video connectivity products for the broadcast, medical, machine vision, and security/surveillance industries. Pleora's award-winning iPORT and EtherCast product families transport imaging and video data in real time over low-cost Ethernet connections with extremely high performance. Pleora, a Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award-winner, is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit our website at: www.pleora.com

About the GigE Vision Standard
GigE Vision™ is a camera interface standard developed using the Gigabit Ethernet communication protocol. GigE Vision™ is the first standard to allow for fast image transfer using low cost standard cables over very long lengths. With GigE Vision™, hardware and software from different vendors can interoperate seamlessly over GigE connections. The standard was developed for industry, by a talented group of companies representing every sector of the vision industry. The Automated Imaging Association (AIA) oversees the ongoing development and administration of the standard. For more information: www.machinevisiononline.org

For more information, contact:
Mats Lindeberg
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Pleora Technologies
Tel: +613-270-0625, ext 134
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Email: mats.lindeberg@pleora.com