This year's ranking by the magazine is based on total worldwide software and services revenues for Emerson's fiscal 2008, including revenues from software licenses, maintenance and support; training and software-related services; and consulting. For fiscal 2008, Emerson's global software and services revenues approached $750 million.

"Our growing portfolio of software and services is a reflection of the ability of our technologies to effectively deliver reliability, precision, safety, and other business-critical applications that our customers demand," said Charles A. Peters, senior executive vice president, Emerson. "The ranking by Software Magazine validates that Emerson is successfully executing on our strategy of expanding our software and services offerings across all of our business segments."

This marks the first time Emerson has been listed in Software Magazine's ranking. Aperture Technologies -- a developer of enterprise data center management software that is now a part of the company's Emerson Network Power business -- has been included in the magazine's list in the past.

In its 27th year, Software Magazine's list is a revenue-based ranking of the world's 500 largest software and services providers. The full list is available at www.softwaremag.com.

About Emerson

Emerson (NYSE: EMR), based in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), is a global leader in bringing technology and engineering together to provide innovative solutions to customers through its network power, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, and appliance and tools businesses. Sales in fiscal 2008 were $24.8 billion, and Emerson is ranked 94th on the Fortune 500 list of America's largest companies. For more information, visit www.Emerson.com.

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