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Performance Technologies Announces Significant Advances to its Integrated, 1U MicroTCA(TM) Systems Lineup

Posted on: Monday, 16 March 2009, 08:00 CDT

High-Reliability, High-Performance Integrated Platform offers Accelerated Time-to-Market and Cost-Savings Benefits for IP-based Communication Systems

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading provider of innovative network communications solutions, today announced the availability of its newest member of IPnexus(R) MicroTCA(TM) systems, the AMP5071. Designed for system engineers developing IP-based communication products, the new AMP5071 provides a virtually endless range of flexible options to meet design criteria for telecom, networking, as well as aerospace and defense communication systems.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090316/NY83662 )

The company will be hosting a webinar entitled, "Complete MicroTCA Application-Ready Platforms: Reduce Costs and Time-to-Market," on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 2:00PM eastern time. Registration for the online seminar can be accessed at: http://go.pt.com/webinar.

Fully integrated and operational right out of the box, the new AMP5071 enables embedded engineers to begin their new product development faster, without all the time spent integrating disparate technologies from multiple vendors into a working prototype. The fully integrated system is ideal for applications such as WiMAX gateways, LTE infrastructure equipment, radar gateways, weather alert systems, enterprise VoIP/SIP servers, transportation network equipment, and scientific compute and monitoring systems.

The new AMP5071 comes integrated with a choice of processing Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC). Developers can select an Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo processor, or a Freescale(TM) MPC8641D dual-core 1 GHz PowerPC(R) processor. Additional AMC modules for I/O, storage, and compute functions can be easily configured and integrated into the system in order to meet a wide range of IP-based communications design criteria. In addition, the high availability MicroTCA system comes loaded with the company's NexusWare(R) Carrier Grade Linux(R) OS and development environment, and remote systems management software, NexusWare Portal.

"In today's cash-tight economy, finding new ways to leverage repeatable cost-cutting and time-saving methodologies is paramount. Our integrated platforms of hardware and fully developed Linux software enable system integrators and OEMs to more rapidly and cost-effectively design, develop, and deploy their next generation, IP-based communication systems," said Tony Romero, senior product manager at Performance Technologies. "This complete and tightly integrated approach can not only trim their schedule by months and man-years, but also has the potential to provide significant cost-savings in the project development phase of new, leading-edge communication solutions."

Advanced Features of the IPnexus AMP5071 Platform include:

-- Four-nines of availability is achieved with high-reliability features including redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays, a sturdy steel enclosure, and high quality embedded components designed on the motherboard.

-- High-performance connectivity with dual 1 Gb Ethernet links and x4 PCI Express(R) lanes to each AMC slot and Quad 1 Gb Ethernet uplinks (rear panel access)

-- Pre-integrated, Carrier Grade Linux OS (NexusWare)

-- NexusWare Portal for remote monitoring and management

-- Extensive list of optional communications protocols for immediate integration

-- Innovative MicroTCA architecture maximizes space savings and offers a very cost-effective solution

-- Virtually endless combinations of compute, storage, connectivity options with the company's wide range of supporting AMCs

OEM quantity pricing for the AMP5071 Application-Ready System, configured with a processor AMC, storage, and NexusWare starts at $4,595.

Performance Technologies will be showcasing the IPnexus AMP5071 and other IPnexus systems, as well as its suite of NexusWare(R) software (Carrier Grade Linux(R) OS) that includes NexusWare Portal, and NexusWare SIP at the 2009 Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, in San Jose, CA from March 31-April 2, 2009 (booth 1630).

Online Resources

Embedded engineers needing more information on Performance Technologies' IPnexus MicroTCA Platforms can access the following online resources:

AMP5071 specifications and product photo: http://go.pt.com/amp5071

NexusWare OS and development environment: http://go.pt.com/nexusware

NexusWare Portal for IPnexus MicroTCA Platforms: http://go.pt.com/nexusware-portal

About Performance Technologies (www.pt.com)

Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX) is a global supplier of advanced network communications and control solutions to end users, application developers, and original equipment manufacturers that serve mission critical telecommunications as well as aerospace and defense markets. The company provides remotely manageable, IP-centric network elements specifically engineered for high availability, scalability, and long life cycle deployments. Its products are built upon its own U.S. manufactured hardware combined with the company's NexusWare(R) Carrier Grade Linux(R) operating system and software development environment plus a broad suite of communications protocols and high availability middleware. Performance Technologies' product portfolio includes the SEGway(TM) suite of Signaling (SS7/SIP) Transfer Points, Signaling Gateways and Bridges, and its IPnexus(R) family of COTS-based application-ready systems, WAN gateways, and multi-protocol communications servers.

Performance Technologies maximizes the value proposition of its products by leveraging its field proven systems, software, and hardware technologies developed over a twenty-eight year record of demonstrated innovation. A tightly integrated combination of these technologies results in measurable benefits to its customers through compelling return-on-investment and substantially accelerated time-to-market metrics. The company is headquartered in Rochester, NY and maintains centers of engineering excellence in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, CA, and Kanata, ON, Canada. It has sales and marketing offices in the U.S. in Raleigh, Chicago, Dallas, and San Jose and international offices in London, England and Shanghai, China.

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, 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. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 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, 2008, as contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NexusWare and IPnexus are registered trademarks of Performance Technologies, Inc.

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SOURCE Performance Technologies

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