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To: Sergio H who wrote (3109)	4/15/1998 3:58:00 PM
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Sergio--Should one take a trial to the regular briefing or the professional? Myron

To: Sergio H who wrote (3109)	4/15/1998 4:08:00 PM
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Here is the news release: Still not on Yahoo though News April 15, 13:52 Eastern Time ANDOVER, MASS. (April 15) BUSINESS WIRE -April 15, 1998--In a move which further expands its strategic channel partners program, Raytheon Wireless Solutions today announced an agreement with Merisel, Inc. to distribute its Raylink wireless local area network (LAN) product family to resellers throughout the U.S. Raylink enables companies to build and extend their corporate LAN infrastructures easily and cost effectively. "We're pleased to be partnering with Raytheon," said Art Merkin, Merisel's vice president, Technical Products Division. "The addition of Raytheon's wireless products expands Merisel's standards-based wireless offering and provides our resellers with turnkey, competitively priced LAN solutions." John Langley, product line general manager for Raytheon Wireless Solutions, said, "We view this distribution partnership as our response to the increased demand we have seen in our wireless LAN offerings, as well as to the rapidly expanding wireless LAN sector. Raytheon is delighted to be joining forces with one of the computer industry's leading wholesale distributors and we look forward to a long and mutually successful partnership with Merisel." Designed to the IEEE 802.11 standard, the Raylink family is a 2Mbps wireless LAN solution based on frequency hopping spread spectrum technology. Leveraging Raytheon's leadership in radio and wireless communications technology, the Raylink family offers outstanding performance, simplicity, and power efficiency for today's mobile and wireless applications including in-building roaming workers, temporary workgroups, point-of-sale terminals, inventory management, and peer-to-peer networks. The Raylink solution is comprised of the Raylink PC Card, a wireless LAN adapter (PCMCIA Type II-E), and the Raylink Access Point, a wireless LAN-to-Ethernet bridge. About Raytheon Wireless Solutions Raytheon Wireless Solutions, based in Andover, Mass., develops and markets the Raylink wireless LAN family which delivers unmatched performance, ease-of-use, range and power efficiency for high-performance mobile applications. Raytheon Wireless Solutions is an operation of Raytheon Company, which is based in Lexington, Mass. Raytheon is a global technology leader with worldwide sales of more than $20 billion and more than 118,000 employees. The company provides state-of-the-art products and services in the areas of defense and commercial electronics, engineering and construction, and business and special mission aircraft. Raytheon has operations throughout the United States and services customers in more than 80 countries around the world. Additional information on Raytheon Wireless Solutions can be found on its Web site at raylink.com. About Merisel Merisel, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSEL) is a leader in the distribution of computer hardware and software products, with reported 1997 sales of $4.05 billion. Merisel, based in El Segundo, Calif., distributes a full line of 25,000 products and services from the industry's leading manufacturers to more than 45,000 resellers throughout North America. In addition, the company provides a full range of customized, value-added services. Merisel also offers dedicated support to high-end resellers through the Merisel Open Computing Alliance (MOCA), a specialty division for Sun Microsystems and third-party products. Merisel's corporate Web site is located at www.merisel.com. Raylink is a trademark of Raytheon Electronics. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective companies. sb/bos* CONTACT: Raytheon Wireless Solutions Merisel Deborah Drew Julie Motta 781.860.3377 310.615.1283 www.raytheon.com julie.motta@merisel.com