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Bookham Deploys Trans-Atlantic Synchronous Multi-Site Solution

Ottawa - June 3, 2004 - Neuma Technology, provider of advanced solutions to manage the automation of the software development lifecycle, confirmed today that Bookham, a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of optical components, modules and subsystems, has deployed CM+ MultiSite to its global Optical Subsystems Software team.

Bookham needed a full-featured SCM/PM solution to support its global team of developers. After an evaluation of several vendors, they turned to Neuma Technology Inc. Neuma provides the world's most advanced solution to manage the automation of the software development lifecycle.

"We were looking for a fully integrated configuration management system with low administration costs to be used by a multi-site development team," states Rick Wedge, leader of the Optical Subsystems software team at Bookham, "Neuma was selected due to the level of integration of it's tools (including a number of add-on's that we didn't expect), its ease to set-up and maintain, the flexibility to modify the tools to meet our needs, its lower cost relative to similarly capable tools, and the obvious interest of the Neuma staff to understand and support my business."

CM+ manages all problem tracking, change management, version control and build tracking at three development sites in Canada and the UK. CM+ MultiSite automatically keeps all sites synchronized so that any project stakeholder, anywhere in the world, has immediate access to software changes made elsewhere. CM+'s industry leading change-package model and fully integrated suite of applications means Bookham spends less time managing configurations and more time advancing their product development.

"We're very happy with the system, and the technical support from Neuma is the best we've seen from any vendor. We like the fact that the servers take care of themselves, automatically synchronizing our three sites in real time across the Atlantic," confirms Paul Beer, Senior Software Designer for Bookham's Optical Subsystems software team.

With built-in support for process-centric SCM, CM+ Enterprise was deployed in its out of the box configuration so that Bookham could get started quickly. After the system was up and running, Bookham began configuring the standard processes to match their existing problem tracking and change management policy.

"They didn't have time to stop and configure a CM system, nor did they have time to figure out a branching, merging and labeling strategy for a multi-site development team, which are pre-requisites for most SCM systems," explains Paul Bérubé, director of CM+ product engineering at Neuma, "In CM+ all you need to get started is a product roadmap. CM+ handles the rest, automatically branching code when required and automatically aligning approved changes into a new product configuration. The risk factor disappears."

Installation, configuration, user-training and the migration of tens of thousands of source files were all completed in three weeks, with most of that time spent in scheduling training at three development sites.

About Bookham Inc.

Bookham, Inc. (NasdaqNM:BKHM) is a global leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of optical components, modules and subsystems. The Company's optical components, modules and subsystems are used in various applications and industries, including telecommunications, data communications, aerospace, industrial and military. Since 2002, the Company has acquired the optical components businesses from Nortel Networks and Marconi, as well as Ignis Optics, Inc., the business of Cierra Photonics Inc., New Focus, Inc., and Onetta, Inc. The Company has manufacturing facilities in the UK, US, Canada, China and Switzerland; and offices in the US, UK, France, Italy, and China; and employs approximately 2000 people worldwide. More information on Bookham, Inc. is available at www.bookham.com. Bookham is a registered trademark of Bookham Technology plc.

About Neuma Technology Inc.

Neuma Technology Inc. provides advanced solutions to manage the automation of the software development lifecycle. Since 1990, Neuma's high profile clients such as Nortel, Lockheed Martin, Fujitsu and Northrop Grumman, have relied on Neuma's wealth of experience and understanding of the complexities of software lifecycle management to assist them in delivering quality products to their markets.