National Instruments Names Select Alliance Partners for 2003
Data Science Automation, Inc. One of Fifteen Members Honored

Austin, Texas, April 8, 2003 --- National Instruments today designated 15 of the company's more than 600 Alliance Program members as NI Select Partners for 2003. Select Alliance Partners use their application expertise and in-depth knowledge of National Instruments products to build customer-defined solutions in a wide range of industries and applications including automotive, aerospace/defense and manufacturing test. NI Select Integration Partners offer integration services to a specific region, while NI Select Channel Partners focus on key market segments.

The distinguished group of National Instruments Select Integration Partners for 2003 included Data Science Automation, Inc. for the fifth consecutive year. DSA is a National Instruments Select Integration Prtner, National Instruments Value Added Reseller, hosts three National Instruments Certified Training Centers, and staffs numerous National Instruments Certified Instructors, National Instruments LabVIEW Certified Developers and Architects, and National Instruments TestStand Certified Developers and Architects.

"NI Select Alliance Partners have distinguished themselves based on their level of business, commitment to National Instruments, and depth of resources," said Pete Zogas, NI senior vice president of sales and marketing. "We work closely to ensure that customers receive a solution tailored to meet their needs."

All NI Select Partners work closely with National Instruments' worldwide sales, marketing, R&D and technical support organizations to choose and integrate the best products to ensure customer satisfaction. NI Select Alliance Partners also demonstrate ethical business practices, a commitment to customer success, and financial stability.

About the National Instruments Alliance Program
The National Instruments Alliance Program includes business relationships between NI and more than 600 consultants, system integrators and developers worldwide. The program combines the wide variety of NI measurement and automation products with the specific industry expertise of consultants and systems integrators. NI Alliance Program members educate customers, make product recommendations, help customers meet short development schedules, provide turnkey systems, as well as develop and market specialized add-on packages based on NI software and hardware products.

About National Instruments
National Instruments (http://ni.com) is a technology pioneer and leader in virtual instrumentation -- a revolutionary concept that has changed the way engineers and scientists approach measurement and automation. Leveraging the PC and its related technologies, virtual instrumentation increases productivity and lowers costs for customers worldwide through easy-to-integrate software, such as the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, and modular hardware, such as PXI modules for data acquisition, instrument control and machine vision. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 3,000 employees and direct operations in 40 countries. In 2002, the company sold products to more than 25,000 different companies in more than 80 countries around the world. For the past four consecutive years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America.

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