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CATC and dashcourses Launch Series of Integrated Training Solutions for Leading Communication Protocols Companies to Elevate Technology Education With Joint Offer of Comprehensive, Hands-On Training Classes SANTA CLARA, Calif. and PHOENIX, March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) , a leading global communications protocol expert company, today announced an integrated training offering with dashcourses Inc., a leader in technical training solutions. Together,the companies will deliver open enrollment, hands-on training on InfiniBand(R), iSCSI, PCI Express(TM), SAS, SATA, SCSI, and USB at the CATC headquarters in Santa Clara. "CATC believes that this collaboration will significantly increase our customers'productivity by raising the quality of technical education currently available to engineers and IT professionals," said Carmine Napolitano, president of CATC. "Combining the domain expertise of CATC as a leading protocol expert, and dashcourses, a global application-oriented technical training company, the joint offerings provide a comprehensive, end- to-end training solution -- bringing customers the best of both worlds." The courses will be presented by dashcourses and are directed at engineers and developers. Classes will be held at CATC's offices in Santa Clara, CA or on-site at customers' facilities worldwide, and generally run two to three days -- featuring demos and hands-on lab exercises. During the lab sessions, participants will use state-of-the-art CATC expert protocol analyzer and exerciser products to perform analysis and debugging of live devices and systems. Students will create live networks and record, analyze, and debug packet-level traffic while receiving in-depth training on the latest protocol architecture. The first class will focus on USB architecture and is scheduled to start April 28th. "We are excited to bring our courses and highly skilled instructors to the West Coast," said Marianne Cherney, CEO and founder of dashcourses, Inc. "Holding the classes at CATC's facility provides participants with access to the industry's top analyzers and exercisers, and a better opportunity to learn first hand how PCI Express, USB, and other computer and storage devices communicate with each other." Students will be using the CATC PETracer/Trainer(TM) PCI Express protocol analyzer and exerciser; the CATC IBTracer/Trainer(TM) InfiniBand protocol analyzer and exerciser; the CATC USBTracer/Trainer(TM) USB protocol analyzer and exerciser; SASTracer/Trainer(TM) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) protocol analyzer and exerciser, and SATracer/Trainer(TM) Serial ATA protocol analyzer and traffic generator. All products are based on CATC's modular Universal Protocol Analyzer System(TM) (UPAS(TM)) and utilize the powerful CATC Trace(TM) expert analysis software system for decoding and analyzing traffic. For more details on training topics, schedules, pricing, and to register, please visit http://www.catc.com/training/. About dashcourses, Inc. dashcourses develops and delivers unbiased courses and programs for the technical community worldwide in the areas of InfiniBand, Linux, Networking and Communications, PC Architecture, Power PC, Software Engineering, and Web Design. dashcourses' workshop oriented classes allow attendees to "learn by doing" in an environment that fosters skill mastery through class lecture and exercises. Course exercises provide a foundation that enables attendees to use the technology in class, identify the pros and cons of the technology and leave the classroom ready to put the technology to work in their environment. dashcourses, Inc., is a privately held company in Scottsdale, Arizona that develops, tailors, customizes and licenses courses for delivery at customer facilities worldwide. For more information regarding dashcourses and its technical training offering, please visit http://www.dashcourses.com/ or call 877-710-5455. About CATC Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) is a global communication protocols expert company, providing test and measurement solutions for Computer I/O, Storage and Networking protocols, enhancing productivity and time to market. CATC develops, manufactures and markets advanced protocol analysis expert systemsfor established and emerging digital communications standards including Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI Express, SCSI, Serial ATA and USB. Semiconductor, device, system and software companies use CATC's products during each phase of their products' lifecycles from development through production and market deployment. CATC's expert protocol analysis systems allow customers to monitor communications traffic, diagnose design and operational problems and confirm interoperability andstandards compliance. Technicians also use CATC's test and analysis products on production lines and for maintenance of deployed systems and networks. CATC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information regarding CATC and its products, please visit http://www.catc.com/. Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on CATC's current expectations, such as availability of product, market acceptance and competition, management capability and experience, levels of growth, profitability and shareholder value. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, such as CATC's production of new products, market acceptance of its products, competitive pressures, management performance, success of growth, profitability and increased shareholder value. These factors, as well as other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in CATC's Annual Report on Form 10K, filed February 20, 2004, Form 10-K/A, filed on March 3, 2004 and subsequent filings CATC may make with the SEC, as amended, which can be viewed at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov/ CATC, Computer Access Technology Corporation, CATC Trace, IBTracer/Trainer, PETracer/Trainer, Universal Protocol Analyzer System, UPAS, SATracer/Trainer, SAS Tracer/Trainer, and USBTracer/Trainer are proprietary marks of Computer Access Technology Corporation. All other company names and marks may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. DATASOURCE: Computer Access Technology Corporation CONTACT: Heike J. Stabenow of CATC, +1-408-727-6600 or ; or dashcourses, Inc., +1-480-391-0791, +1-877-710-5455 or Web site: http://www.dashcourses.com/ Web site: http://www.catc.com/

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