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Atrium Network Provides Connectivity To The Bordeaux Wine eXchange

Date 16/04/2008

Atrium Network, providers of smarter connectivity for the financial community, announced today that it has become a connectivity provider for the bordeaux Wine eXchange, the first independent global wine exchange.

The bordeaux Wine eXchange (bWineX), will use Atrium Network's shared extranet connectivity infrastructure to offer its fully FIX compliant market data distribution and electronic trading capabilities direct to the global financial services industry. Through a single connection, the Atrium Network infrastructure will allow clients to take their data directly from the bWineX, saving time, circuits, equipment, maintenance, and management.

Emmanuel Pellé, Sales and Marketing Director, Atrium Network, said: "Part of our growth strategy has been to continually seek connectivity opportunities for our clients via our global extranet services. Through a single point of contact, we connect our clients around the world direct to exchanges and market data providers, across a variety of trading asset classes. We are delighted to be able to provide access to bWineX and look forward to acting as the connectivity conduit on their behalf."

Patrick Baseden, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, bordeaux Wine eXchange said: "We are extremely happy to extend the Bordeaux wine distribution by creating the opportunity for additional clients to access our FIX compliant market data distribution and electronic trading capabilities globally. Atrium Network has built a reputation for facilitating access to exchanges through efficient and reliable connectivity. We will work closely with the team to promote this service globally."