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&lt;p&gt;Martin Wolf Securities aggressively tracks 
the IT services, IT-enabled outsourced services and IT supply chain 
segments. MWS profiles both public and private companies, researches 
and tracks transactions and identifies industry trends. The following 
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</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007 SP2 (Build: 20611.960)</generator><item><title>Public Company Comparables</title><link>http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/researchreports/entry208.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:56:52 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0fd123c8-e093-4179-bc91-04521d88297d:208</guid><dc:creator>admin1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;Public Company Comparables&amp;nbsp;tracks median multiples in every IT Solutions market niche - a critical aspect of determining value and drawing conclusions from trends. Areas tracked include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;IT Conglomerates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;IT &amp;amp; IT Enabled Outsourced Services:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;IT Professional Services, BPO – Voice, BPO - Non-voice, IT Outsourcing, Offshore Outsourcing, Financial IT Services&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;IT Supply Chain Services:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;IT Distributors, IT Resellers, IT Direct Marketers and Alternative Channels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;MS Mincho&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;Software:&lt;span style="mso-spacerun:yes;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Enterprise Applications, Middleware, Tools and Integration, Business Software and IT Management Software&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;MS Mincho&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:#666666;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;mso-fareast-font-family:&amp;#39;MS Mincho&amp;#39;;mso-fareast-language:JA;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA;"&gt;(Source:&amp;nbsp;Martin Wolf Securities)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/208/download.aspx" length="160011" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>IT Sector Transactions</title><link>http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/researchreports/entry207.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:31:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0fd123c8-e093-4179-bc91-04521d88297d:207</guid><dc:creator>admin1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;IT Sector&amp;nbsp;Transactions monitors IT Solutions transactions under IT &amp;amp; IT Enabled Outsourced Services, IT Supply Chain Services and Software segments. The report contains detailed descriptions of buyers and sellers, as well as meaningful intelligence concerning transaction multiples, structure and related characteristics. &lt;span style="COLOR:#666666;"&gt;(Source:&amp;nbsp;Martin Wolf Securities)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/207/download.aspx" length="41510" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Public Company Index</title><link>http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/researchreports/entry204.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:23:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0fd123c8-e093-4179-bc91-04521d88297d:204</guid><dc:creator>admin1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;The Public Company Index&amp;nbsp;is a market-value-weighted index. It starts on January 2005 with a value of 1000. It tracks IT &amp;amp; IT-Enabled Outsourced Services, IT Supply Chain Services &amp;amp; Software segments and offers insight into the equity performance of these industry segments.&lt;span style="COLOR:#666666;"&gt; (Source:&amp;nbsp; Martin Wolf Securities)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><enclosure url="http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/204/download.aspx" length="26779" type="application/pdf" /></item><item><title>Valuation and Deal Insights</title><link>http://www.ma-forum.com/files/folders/researchreports/entry166.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:05:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">0fd123c8-e093-4179-bc91-04521d88297d:166</guid><dc:creator>admin1</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;Valuation and Deal Insights is a quarterly newsletter that tracks M&amp;amp;A activities in the following industries: IT &amp;amp; IT-Enabled Outsourced Services &amp;amp; IT Supply Chain Services. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;COLOR:#666666;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;(Source:&amp;nbsp;Martin Wolf Securities)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 
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