Communications Platforms Trade Association Adds Three Members

Communications Platforms Trade Association Adds Three Members

December 04, 2006

Degree Controls, Interphase and ZNYX Networks Join CP-TA

    ITU TELECOM WORLD, HONG KONG, Dec. 4
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The Communications Platforms Trade
Association (CP-TA) today announced that Degree Controls,
Inc has joined as a Sponsor Member and Interphase
Corporation and ZNYX Networks have joined as Contributor
Members. These companies intend to contribute technical and
marketing resources to CP-TA's working groups in order to
help drive a mainstream market for open industry
specifications-based communications platforms through
interoperability certification. 

    "We are pleased to welcome these respected
companies into CP-TA," said Shlomo Pri-Tal, CP-TA
Chairman. "They are bringing valuable contributions to
solving interoperability issues for thermal, manageability
and data transport, as well as looking ahead at the next
generation of interoperability requirements for AdvancedMC
and MicroTCA." 

    CP-TA is currently defining interoperability test
requirements and procedures for PICMG's AdvancedTCA
specification aligned to the SCOPE AdvancedTCA profile. At
ITU Telecom World, CP-TA is demonstrating its test tools,
including thermal testing, for the first time.   
 
    "DegreeC is committed to providing thermal and
airflow solutions and we are working closely with CP-TA
members to develop guidelines and tests for thermal
interoperability," said Rajesh Nair, Degree Controls,
Inc. Chairman and CTO. 

    In the future, CP-TA will address PICMG's AdvancedMC
and MicroTCA as well as specifications from OSDL and the SA
Forum.

    "Interphase has established a key leadership role
in delivering next generation AdvancedTCA(R), MicroTCA(TM)
and AdvancedMC(TM) (AMC) solutions to the
marketplace," said Greg Kalush, CEO, Interphase
Corporation. "We are excited to contribute our
technology resources to address the interoperability
requirements for Advanced Mezzanine Cards, thereby ensuring
ease of adoption of AdvancedMC's by the industry to deliver
innovative and cost effective solutions in the
marketplace."

    "We provide embedded networking solutions for
scalable, continuous-service systems. These solutions are
in strict compliance with open, forward-looking industry
specifications such as AdvancedTCA (PICMG 3.x) and relevant
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards," said
Connie Austin, President/CEO, ZNYX Networks. "We see
CP-TA certification as the logical next step for moving the
industry to the next level of interoperability." 

    Member companies participate in the creation of
interoperability test documents and will be able to promote
their products meeting the requirements as CP-TA-certified.
For information on joining CP-TA and membership benefits,
visit http://www.cp-ta.org/join .  

    About the Communications Platforms Trade Association

    The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a
global organization of 25 communications platform and
building block providers whose mission is to accelerate the
adoption of SIG-governed, open-specification-based
communication platforms by certifying interoperable
building blocks. For more information about CP-TA, visit
http://www.cp-ta.org .  

    For more information, please contact:
 
     Kim Miller
     VTM PR for CP-TA
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

     Lori Zielinski					
     VTM PR for CP-TA		
     Tel:   [phone]		
     Email: [e-mail]		

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