Communications Platforms Trade Association Adds Three Members

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 .