Attention Business Editors:

Ottawa's Fidus reaps best-ever third-quarter revenues

    OTTAWA, Nov. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Fidus Systems reports a 33 percent
increase in third-quarter revenues, over the same period last year.
    "We've added 11 new customers and signed 43 contracts for electronic
design services since July," says Fidus President, Michael Wakim. "Fidus is
designing products for video, aerospace, wireless, and industrial controls,
just to name a few. I'm pleased that we are broadening our customer base, both
geographically and technologically."
    Recently named one of Ottawa's Top 10 Employers, Fidus continues to
expand. The company has increased its Canadian staff by nearly 10 percent
since July and launched an electronic engineering design centre in Toronto.

    Fidus backgrounder:

    Fidus supplies expert-level electronic designs for industrial control
systems, transportation, consumer products, telecommunications equipment,
aerospace, defence and biomedical instrumentation - and more. Fidus provides
complete, turn-key product development, or targeted design of architecture,
hardware, FPGA, RF, software / firmware, printed circuit board layout and
high-speed signal integrity analysis. Its customers include start-ups, SMEs
and multinationals in San Jose, Boston, New York, Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg,
Vancouver and Toronto. www.fidus.com

For further information: Michael Wakim, President, (613) 828-0063 ext.
369, michael.wakim@fidus.com; Denise Allen, Director of Communications, (613)
828-0063 ext. 312, Cell: (613) 355-7035, denise.Allen@fidus.com