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Panels will focus on timely issues such as equity strategies and the
impact of FAS 123R, broad-based rewards, global remuneration , executive
compensation, legislative updates and more."
Peter Negulescu, vice president of SFGate, who has been the overall
architect of this launch, said, "Blogs offer our writers a quick and
convenient way to converse with our community and audience in a more casual
forum.

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Ours is a Culture Blog that's
entertaining, hilarious, interesting, engaging and unique. "In the past year , we
increased the number of female executives and our ratio of female new-hires in
Northern California .

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top5.com.
"Seagate is committed to advancing women in the workplace, and we're
delighted that Seagate's efforts are being recognized," said Karen Hanlon,
Seagate senior vice president of Human Resources.

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There will also be opportunity
for attendee participation, as well as networking opportunities such as lunch
and a post-panel cocktail reception.

Seagate Honored for Advancement of Women in the Workplace

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SAN JOSE, Top Five announced details of the
inaugural MEDIC Conference which will take place on Wednesday, October 19,
2005 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, California.
"Anyone involved in planning or designing competitive pay programs in a
life sciences organization will gain valuable knowledge by coming to this
conference," says Jay Edelman, President of Top Five , the organization hosting
the MEDIC Conference.
The Culture Blog marks the second major new interactive feature the
newspaper has launched this year.

About PBWC
The Professional BusinessWomen of California (http://www.

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The conference is specifically geared at
HR and Compensation professionals in the medical device and life sciences
fields. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA.

San Francisco Chronicle Launches Culture Blog

Professional BusinessWomen of California Names Seagate One of the
Top SF Bay Area Companies for Women Business Leaders

SAN FRANCISCO, The Professional
BusinessWomen of California (PBWC) has selected Seagate Technology (NYSE: STX)
as a winner of its 2005 Pacesetter Award.
Seagate can be found around the globe and at http://www.

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The San Francisco Chronicle is the Bay Area's leading news and information
source and has been connecting the region with its award winning journalism
since its founding in 1865. The six time Pulitzer Prize -winning Chronicle is the
nation's 10th largest daily newspaper and SFGate.

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More details and registration information are available at Top Five's
website http://www. In February, The San Francisco Chronicle was
the first major metropolitan newspaper to launch its own podcasts."
"As the leading organization in California supporting the advancement of
women, PBWC is proud to recognize companies that promote women into the
highest ranks of their organizations and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to
their professional development," said Debra Boblitt, president of PBWC and
vice president-agency, State Farm Insurance.

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Seagate's
business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing
to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers ,
and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates.

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The MEDIC Conference is
the only compensation-related conference targeted exclusively at the medical
device and broad life sciences industries. "We are pleased to name Seagate
to this prestigious list of companies that embody the mission and values of
PBWC. registered
trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC.

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com, The
San Francisco Chronicle reaches 1.org) is a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the professional and
personal development of Bay Area women by providing tools, resources, training
and inspiration.

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About Top Five:
Top Five is a compensation consulting firm providing leading-edge advice
and data services.

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"You will learn firsthand from people who have grappled
with the same issues you face, and who have developed innovative programs to
address them.com.S.

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SAN FRANCISCO, The San Francisco Chronicle and
SFGate.com/blogs/culture/ , according to Phil Bronstein , editor of The
San Francisco Chronicle. We have the talent
and the traffic to make SFGate the blogging destination for anyone living in
or interested in the San Francisco Bay Area.5 million Bay Area residents daily and 1.

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In announcing the Culture Blog, Bronstein said, "Blogs have become a key
part of expression, interaction and dialogue on the Web."
The Pacesetter Award winners were selected from 53 of the largest public
companies from nine Bay Area counties.

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Culture Blog is just the first step in getting that conversation
going."
To start , a group of columnists, reporters and editors from both The
Chronicle and The Gate will have daily postings on various arts, culture,
media and Web-related interests and obsessions. In the near future , blogs from
sports, business and other areas of interest will be added.7
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Top Five Announces Details of 2005 MEDIC Conference

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The conference is also sponsored by the Todd Organization, a nationwide
leader in the design, financing, and service of executive benefit plans.
State Senator Jackie Speier, founder of PBWC, will present the 2005
Pacesetter Awards during the keynote luncheon at the 16th Annual PBWC
Conference on Tuesday, May 3, 2004 at the Moscone Convention Center in San
Francisco. Seagate is a place where women are welcomed as
contributors , and have significant opportunities to advance in their careers
based on performance.

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com recently launched the Culture Blog, located at
http://sfgate.3 million monthly unique visitors and over 64
million monthly page views.

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Readers of the
Culture Blog are now able to post their comments directly to the Culture Blog. The awards honor the top Bay Area
companies to advance women in the workplace.seagate.

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Combined with its online partner, SFGate.com is the nation's fourth
largest newspaper website with 5. The PBWC Pacesetter Award ranks firms
according to:

-- Percentage of women employees;
-- Percentage of women executives;
-- Percentage of women corporate officers;
-- Quality and quantity of company-sponsored programs that benefit women
in the workplace.

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing
of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of Enterprise,
Desktop , Mobile Computing, and Consumer Electronics applications. The
company is committed to providing award -winning products, customer support and
reliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage.