The ATC6640 is the first base-fabric 10Gb Ethernet switch that fully utilizes all the advanced capabilities of the PICMG(R) 3.0/3.1 specifications. With a design based on years of experience gleaned from servicing the carrier market, it is the ideal interconnect for network-centric packet and protocol processing typically seen in contemporary wireless and wireline systems. The newest member of Performance Technologies' award-winning line of embedded Ethernet switches, it offers greatly increased platform bandwidth, network performance and reliability in high availability applications including wireless, IPTV, VoIP, media and signaling gateways, telecom switching/routing infrastructure and SS7 network elements.
"The ATC6640 provides telecom equipment manufacturers with the speed and bandwidth they need to develop future-proof systems aimed at emerging application markets, including IPTV, wireless, IMS, and advanced VoIP applications," said John Slusser, president and CEO for Performance Technologies. "Being recognized by INTERNET TELEPHONY is a distinct honor, and that validates our efforts in providing our customers with high availability, fault-tolerant solutions that make application development efforts both cost- effective and more efficient."
"INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to bestow Performance Technologies with a 2006 Product of the Year Award. Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "Performance Technologies has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."
A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February 2007 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (http://www.itmag.com).
For more information about the ATC6640 and other Performance Technologies products, please visit http://www.pt.com. For more information about TMC and INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, please visit http://www.tmcnet.com.
About Performance Technologies
Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX) develops platforms and systems for the world's evolving communications infrastructure. Our broad customer base includes global technology companies in the telecommunications, defense and homeland security, and commercial markets. Serving the industry for over 25 years, our complete line of embedded and system-level products enables equipment manufacturers and service providers to offer highly available and fully-managed systems with time-to-market, performance and cost advantages.
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. For more information, visit http://www.pt.com or contact sales@pt.com.
About INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine
Since the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY is the only magazine that focuses on providing information on IP communications technologies. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs and Miercom. The only BPA-audited publication that's 100% dedicated to providing the highest quality content for the IP communications market, INTERNET TELEPHONY has 55,000 dedicated readers.
About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 2,600 sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.)
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