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Technology Stocks : Data Race (NASDAQ: RACE) NEWS! 2 voice/data/fax: ONE LINE! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Lawrence who wrote (33093)	4/26/2000 12:09:00 PM
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Data Race branching out with new office in Plano (Last updated Tuesday, Apr 25, 2000) By Don Sheron Express-News Science/Technology Writer Data Race Inc. is setting up a branch office in the Dallas suburb of Plano, its first expansion outside San Antonio, the company announced Tuesday. The expansion comes after company officials and shareholders voiced concern that the biggest problem facing the company's technology products is slow sales. Tuesday's announcement comes as Data Race prepares to make a "major announcement" Monday. The company's chief operating officer, Michael McDonnell, declined to elaborate. The Plano facility will house sales and marketing personnel, and eventually a new engineering development group. Data Race's products let remote computer users access a corporate network and work as if they were in the office, while also transmitting voice and data simultaneously over a single telephone line. "The company is growing," McDonnell said. "We feel that being able to aggressively grow requires that we have more than one leg on the ground." Plano was chosen for expansion because of access to the Dallas labor market and for airline flights to national and international business cities, McDonnell said. "It's much easier to recruit in the Dallas area for sales and marketing types than in San Antonio," he added. The Plano facility is about 20 miles north of downtown Dallas and will house about 35 employees. Meanwhile, Data Race will continue operations in San Antonio. "I made a commitment to the employees and to the board that we will retain a presence in San Antonio," McDonnell said. McDonnell, who lives in Plano, will be splitting his time between the two cities. McDonnell has been running the company's day-to-day operations since its former chief executive and president, W.B. "Ben" Barker, recently retired.