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Performance Technologies Further Advances Its NexusWare(R) Software Suite With Addition of Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) StackROCHESTER, N.Y., March 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Performance Technologies (Nasdaq: PTIX), a leading developer of innovative network communications solutions, today announced the availability of NexusWare(R) SIP - a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) stack for the management of multimedia sessions and calls. NexusWare SIP is delivered as an installable software package and is compliant with specification RFC3261 for SIP to ensure interoperability and effortless integration. Developers using Performance Technologies' IPnexus(R) MicroTCA(TM) and CompactPCI(R) systems can benefit from complete integration and a comprehensive development API. The extensive system scalability provided by NexusWare SIP facilitates the quick development of applications that support a wide range of next-generation IP network functions such as SIP proxies and registrars, IMS network elements, or IP-PBXs. NexusWare SIP marks the latest addition to the company's robust NexusWare software suite, a Carrier Grade Linux(R) OS, development environment, and set of communications protocols that enables users of the company's IPnexus systems to rapidly develop and deploy value-added capabilities for their communication solutions. Other products in the NexusWare software suite include: NexusWare Portal - a remote management application for MicroTCA systems; NexusWare C7, an SS7 MTP-2 package for SS7 development; and NexusWare WAN, a set of communication protocols for equipment such as radar, sensor, and serial gateways. "In the ever-evolving IP-centric world we live in, SIP has very quickly become the signaling protocol for next-generation networking applications," said Steve Wigent, product manager at Performance Technologies. "Using NexusWare SIP, new revenue-generating services can be realized while leveraging the cost savings of an all-IP network. Our SIP software builds on our established NexusWare foundation and further helps developers get products up and running quickly with less effort and more importantly, less resources." The company will be demonstrating NexusWare SIP, NexusWare Portal, and its IPnexus MicroTCA systems at the upcoming Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2009, San Jose, CA (March 31-April 2, 2009, booth 1630). Online Resources Embedded engineers needing more information on Performance Technologies' complete line of NexusWare solutions can reference the following online resources: -- NexusWare C7: http://go.pt.com/nexusware-c7 -- NexusWare CGL software suite: http://go.pt.com/nexusware -- NexusWare Portal: http://go.pt.com/nexusware-portal -- NexusWare SIP: http://go.pt.com/nexusware-sip -- NexusWare WAN: http://go.pt.com/nexusware-wan 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. The names of actual companies, products, or services may be the trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of their respective owners in the United States and/or other countries. SOURCE Performance Technologies http://www.pt.com |