Communications Platforms Trade Association Adds Three Members

Communications Platforms Trade Association Adds Three Members

December 19, 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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