Dayton, OH – November 7, 2005, — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced the signing of a sales representation agreement with Gillaspy Associates, a leading provider of test, measurement and connectivity solutions for development engineers and IT professionals. The agreement establishes Gillaspy Associates, as the exclusive representative in the Western United States for Curtiss-Wright’s Data Communications group’s LinkXchange physical layer switch products.
“Gillaspy is an ideal sales representative for Curtiss-Wright’s industry-leading physical layer switch solutions,” said Tom Quinly, president, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Their engineering sales team, depth of network technology and unmatched presence in the Western US sales region combine to make them a great fit for supporting our network switch product customers.”
In addition to providing sales representation for the LinkXchange product line, Gillaspy Associates will also provide entry-level marketing services.
“We are thrilled to be working with Curtiss-Wright. Instantly we can provide our customers exceptional physical layer switches that are protocol independent and truly hot swappable,” said Paul Kirk, Sales Engineer, Gillaspy Associates. “These new switches will help development engineers save time by automating lab test routines and will insure network up-time by providing superior connectivity to IDS and monitoring equipment for our IT Enterprise customers.”
About LinkXchange
The LinkXchange GLX4000 physical layer switch utilizes a chassis and blade architecture that provides an easy and cost-effective way to expand the switch as needs grow. The system features include a large port count in a small space saving form factor, 48 ports per blade and is protocol independent. As the blades all connect to a common backplane, the cross connect functionality extends across any combination of blades and ports.
The LinkXchange physical layer switch products are scalable, versatile, multi-purpose switches that provide protocol transparent, low-latency switching for digital signals. With LinkXchange, network and system configurations can be made quickly and easily through an easy-to-use interface, thus saving time and money. They are available in a variety of form-factors. LinkXchange switches can handle a wide array of protocols including 1/2/4/10G Fibre Channel, 10/100/1000/10G Ethernet, FDDI, SONET/SDH OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, HD, SDI, as well as many non-standard protocols.
Pricing and Availability
Please register on Gillaspy’s website for a LinkXchange demonstration at www.protocoltools.com/webinar. For more detailed information, product configurations and pricing, please contact Gillaspy Associates at 805-987-1959, or on the Internet at www.ProtocolTools.com and www.NetworkTestTools.com
For editorial inquiries about Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing products or services, contact John Wranovics, director of public relations, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (925) 640-6402; Fax: (510) 530-8563; email. [email protected].
Sales inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Charles Hoskins, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (800) 252-5601, extension 233; e-mail: [email protected].
About Gillaspy Associates
Since 1997, Gillaspy Associates has built a solid reputation for developing strong relationships with our customers by providing them with quality solutions and ongoing support. Our products and services include: Analysis instrumentation, connectivity solutions, testing and training services. We have solutions for protocols such as: Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, Ethernet, ESCON, iSCSI, SATA, SAS, SCSI, SONET, PCI, PCI-X, USB, 1394, ATM, VoIP, 802.11, ATA, Compact Flash, PCMCIA and more. Gillaspy Associates’ headquarters is in Camarillo, California, USA.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright visit www.cwcembedded.com.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.
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