Datalliance Continues Leadership Role in Electrical Industry

• Eaton, Kidde, Lithonia Lighting, Ortronics, Siemon, and TayMac select Datalliance
• Datalliance now being used by 19 leading electrical suppliers

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 29, 2008 - Datalliance today announced that in recent months, six more leading electrical industry suppliers selected Datalliance for Vendor Managed Inventory and related collaborative applications. Delivered as a managed service via the Internet using the 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) model, Datalliance makes it easy for electrical suppliers and their customers to fully align business objectives, improve collaboration, and streamline supply chain operations. The new Datalliance customers include:

Eaton - Eaton's electrical business is a global leader in electrical control, power distribution, uninterruptable power supply and industrial automation products and services. Eaton's global electrical brands include Cutler-Hammer®, MGE Office Protection Systems^TM, Powerware®, Holec®, MEM®, Santak and Moeller.

Kidde - Kidde is the world's largest fire safety manufacturer. For 90 years, Kidde's residential and commercial division has offered superior fire safety technology in its smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, fire extinguishers and other life-safety products.

Lithonia Lighting - Founded in 1946 as a fluorescent lighting manufacturer, today Lithonia Lighting is the largest fluorescent lighting manufacturer in the world.

Ortronics - Ortronics is a global leader in commercial Category 5e, Category 6, 10 Gig, fiber optic, wireless and residential/MDU high performance, and high capacity structured cabling systems.

Siemon - The Siemon Company is an industry leader specializing in the manufacture and innovation of high quality, high-performance network cabling solutions.

TayMac - TayMac is an industry leader in designing and delivering specification grade and commercial/residential weatherproof-while-in-use lines of safety outlet enclosures that meet OSHA and National Electric Code (NEC) requirements.

Tom Hoar, Director of Electrical Industry Sales, Datalliance stated, "We welcome these suppliers to the growing list of companies that are using Datalliance in the electrical industry. With these suppliers coming on board in the past several months, we now have 19 leading electrical suppliers using Datalliance. Our ability to deliver Datalliance as a managed service via the Internet was an important factor for all these suppliers. The Software as a Service model allows our customers to deploy and realize the business benefits of Datalliance quickly while providing a predictable total cost of ownership."

Datalliance is the premier provider of VMI and related collaboration application services to suppliers in the electrical industry. Leading suppliers using Datalliance include: Belden, Berk-Tek, Hubbell, Ideal Industries, Legrand, Rockwell Automation, Siemens, Southwire, Thomas & Betts and more.

About Datalliance

Datalliance is the world's largest independent VMI service provider, processing over $6 billion in orders, 9.2 million SKUs, and 19,500 locations. Delivered as a managed service via the Internet using the 'Software as a Service' (SaaS) model, Datalliance VMI makes it easy for suppliers and their customers to establish effective VMI relationships that fully align business objectives, improve collaboration, and streamline supply chain operations. Datalliance serves leading Fortune 1000 companies in a number of different industries. For more information about Datalliance and VMI, visit www.datalliance.com

Contact: Brian Lindner, Datalliance
513-791-7272 or blindner@datalliance.com