Pre-Integrated Development Platforms Provide Time-to-Market Advantages
for Telecommunication Applications
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Performance
Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of communication platforms
and systems, today announced the availability of the company's Voice Media
Platforms (VMPs), a family of pre-integrated development platforms for
telecommunication network equipment manufacturers. These platforms provide
a robust combination of Performance Technologies' hardware and software for
developing multimedia applications and offer significant time-to-market
advantages through the pre-integration of all platform elements.
The VMP family provides an ideal foundation for new interactive and
multimedia applications that are driving revenue opportunities for
telecommunication services such as Voice over IP (VoIP), audio
conferencing, interactive voice response (IVR), voice and fax messaging, or
any application requiring bridging between PSTN and IP networks.
The VMPs are available in a number of preconfigured platforms that
include a 4U, 7U, or 12U NEBS-compliant chassis. This scalable approach
offers telecom equipment manufacturers a choice of platform and system
design configuration options to best meet their requirements, including
capacity for up to 13,824 voice ports fully loaded.
The 12U VMP option (VMP121S) comes standard with the following
components:
-- Fourteen pre-integrated Media Blades with T1/E1/J1 network
connectivity and voice processing technology for a total of 10,572 G.711
ports
-- NexusWare(R), the company's Carrier Grade Linux(R) OS and
development environment
-- Two, dual-core single board computers
-- 2TB RAID storage blade
-- Redundant Ethernet switches and Intelligent Shelf Managers
-- IPMI enabled power supplies
-- Flexible wireless and wireline voice coding support that includes
G.711, G.726, G.723.1A, G.729A/B, AMR, EVRC, and QCELP
"We're offering these new Voice Media Platforms to meet customer
requests for a cost-effective approach to transition older, legacy TDM
network systems to emerging VoIP technologies," said Performance
Technologies' Director of Product Management Hank Heneghan. "Applications
can be developed on the VMPs to meet any need ranging from a small to large
deployment. With the significant amount of pre-integration already
provided, applications can be up and running in a short amount of time."
System architects and design engineers needing advanced,
compute-intensive embedded solutions can meet with Performance Technologies
representatives at several upcoming events including the Embedded Systems
Conference in Boston, MA (October 28-29, 2008, booth 212), and MILCOM 2008
in San Diego, CA (November 17-19, 2008, booth 907).
Online Resources
Embedded engineers needing more information on Performance
Technologies' VMPs and other embedded solutions can reference the following
online resources:
-- Voice Media Platforms: http://go.pt.com/vmp
-- CGL 4.0 Registered Linux(R) OS, NexusWare(R):
http://go.pt.com/nexusware
-- Embedded Products Video Overview: http://go.pt.com/embedded-overview
About Performance Technologies (http://www.pt.com)
Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX) is a global supplier of
integrated IP-based platforms and solutions for advanced communications
networks and innovative computer system architectures. Our Embedded Systems
Group offers robust application-ready platforms that incorporate open
standards-based software and hardware, providing significantly accelerated
end product deployment benefits for equipment manufacturers. Our Signaling
Systems Group offers the SEGway(TM) product suite, which includes IP STPs,
SS7 over IP transport solutions, and signaling gateways that enable lower
operating costs through utilization of IP networks, thereby creating
competitive advantages for carriers in existing and emerging markets.
Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York.
Additional engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis
Obispo, California, and Kanata, Ontario, Canada.
Forward Looking Statements
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. This press release contains
forward-looking statements which reflect the Company's current views with
respect to future events and financial performance, within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and is subject to the safe harbor provisions of those
Sections. The Company's future operating results are subject to various
risks and uncertainties and could differ materially from those discussed in
the forward-looking statements and may be affected by various trends and
factors which are beyond the Company's control. These risks and
uncertainties include, among other factors, general business and economic
conditions, rapid technological changes accompanied by frequent new product
introductions, competitive pressures, dependence on key customers,
inability to gauge order flows from customers, fluctuations in quarterly
and annual results, the reliance on a limited number of third party
suppliers, limitations of the Company's manufacturing capacity and
arrangements, the protection of the Company's proprietary technology, the
dependence on key personnel, changes in critical accounting estimates,
potential impairments related to goodwill and investments, foreign
regulations and potential material weaknesses in internal control over
financial reporting. In addition, during weak or uncertain economic
periods, customers' visibility deteriorates causing delays in the placement
of their orders. These factors often result in a substantial portion of the
Company's revenue being derived from orders placed within a quarter and
shipped in the final month of the same quarter. Forward-looking statements
should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial
Statements, the Notes thereto, Risk Factors, and Management's Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of the
Company as of December 31, 2007, as contained in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K, and other documents filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective
owners in the United States and/or other countries.
SOURCE Performance Technologies
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CONTACT:
Will Smith, Marketing Communications Manager,
Performance Technologies, +1-585-256-0200, wjs@pt.com
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