Just like you never want to hear a doctor say "oops" in the operating room, you never want to see a going-concern statement in a financial report about a company you own. Accountants throw these in when they've been over the books, talked to customers, and checked the horoscopes and have concluded there is "substantial doubt" about a company's ability to remain in business. In short, don't blame the accountants if the company files for bankruptcy protection.

You¿d reckon that a going-concern statement would be enough to send investors running to the exits, but it's not. True, many large institutions automatically bail when an existing company gets slapped with one of these, but many individuals (often wrongly) take a chance they know more than the bean counters.

During the tech boom of the late 1990s, many companies actually went public even though they had been hit with going-concern statements. Many of those companies subsequently disappeared. Enough said.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

EXFO Launches Comprehensive 10 Gbit/s Multiservice Fibre Channel and Ethernet Testing Solution for R&D, Manufacturing and Software Verification

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QUEBEC CITY, Jul 24, 2008 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) ----Fully integrated multiservice testing solution for troubleshooting and

automated testing of Fibre Channel and Ethernet equipment

EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. (NASDAQ: EXFO, TSX: EXF) announced today the launch of the IQS-8525 and IQS-8535 Packet Blazer modules, providing R&D, software verification and manufacturing groups with the versatility, flexibility and affordability required for Ethernet validation and Fibre Channel testing of network equipment.

Housed inside the IQS-500 or IQS-600 unified test platform, these multiservice modules offer fully integrated multi-rate datacom testing. For Fibre Channel testing and performance analysis, the IQS-8525 and IQS-8535 test modules support FC-0, FC-1 and FC-2 logical layer configurations to execute traffic generation, BER testing, round-trip latency measurement and buffer-to-buffer credit estimation at full line rates of 1 Gbit/s (100 MByte/s), 2 Gbit/s (200 MByte/s), 4 Gbit/s (400 MByte/s) and 10 Gbit/s (1000 MByte/s - IQS-8535 only). Ethernet services performance validation is achieved using BER and RFC 2544 testing at full line rates of 10 Mbit/s, 100Mbit/s, 1Gbit/s and, 10Gbit/s LAN/WAN (IQS-8535 only). As with all IQS modules, the IQS-8525 and IQS-8535 can be used in automated environments to facilitate repeatability while improving quality and efficiency.

"Demand for Fibre Channel and Ethernet equipment is growing rapidly," said Etienne Gagnon, EXFO's Vice-President Product Management and Marketing. "Fibre Channel's robustness and low latency features are ideal for mission critical applications, while carrier Ethernet equipment provides an efficient and cost effective solution to network operators. Yet, now more than ever, these mission critical technologies require thorough testing at every stage of development - from software validation to manufacturing -- to ensure appropriate performance and quality levels. The IQS-8525/8535 Packet Blazer modules highlight EXFO's on-going commitment towards fully integrated test solutions for multi-service network equipment manufacturers."

For more information about the IQS-8525/8535 Packet Blazer test modules, please visit www.EXFO.com.

About EXFO

EXFO is a leading provider of test and monitoring solutions for network service providers and equipment manufacturers in the global telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division offers a wide range of innovative solutions extending across the full technology lifecycle - from design to technology deployment and onto service assurance - and covering all layers on a network infrastructure to enable triple-play services and next-generation, converged IP networking. The Life Sciences and Industrial Division offers solutions in medical device and opto-electronics assembly, fluorescence microscopy and other life science sectors. For more information, visit www.EXFO.com.

SOURCE: EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC.

Vance Oliver, Manager, Investor
   Relations, (418) 683-0913, Ext. 3733, vance.oliver@exfo.com

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