VALERE POWER NAMED RISING STAR IN DELIOTTE'S TECHNOLOGY FAST 500 PROGRAM
1,480 % Percent Revenue Growth Attributed to Innovative Power System Portfolio and Worldwide Customer Relationships

Richardson, TX—Oct. 19, 2005— Valere Power today announced it has been named a Rising Star on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. A special category, the Rising Star list ranks the 25 winners that have been in business three or four years. They are ranked based on percentage revenue growth over three years from 2002 to 2004.

Valere president and CEO Andy Marsh credits increasing global adoption of Valere’s power management technology solutions for the company’s 1,480% revenue growth over the past three years.

" We are committed to setting new standards of technical innovation and providing the highest level of customer service. This is reflected in our blue-chip customer base which includes the world’s largest wire line and wireless carriers, major enterprise and industrial companies and OEMs,” Marsh said.

" It is exceptional for a young company to gain early traction in today’s highly competitive technology marketplace and especially to report such strong revenue growth," said Tony Kern, deputy national managing principal of Deloitte’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications industry practice. ”Attracting enough customers to attain such fast growth makes a strong statement about the quality of a company’s product and its leadership, and making the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 is commendable in today’s highly competitive technology industry.”

Rising Star Qualifications

To qualify as a Fast 500 Rising Star, entrants must have had 2002 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD or $75,000 CD, for the United States and Canada, respectively, and 2004 operating revenues of at least $1 million USD or CD. Entrants must be headquartered in North America, and be a “technology company,” defined as a company that owns proprietary technology that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues; or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of technology. Using other companies’ technology in a unique way does not qualify.