PICMGÂ® Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 features Products from PICMG Member Companies

(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 05, 2007 ) WAKEFIELD, Mass., – The PICMG Technologies Showcase at NXTcomm07 contains member companies’ exhibits and products that are based on one or more of the popular PICMG specifications. NXTcomm07 will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 19-21, 2007. Anyone considering building or using telecom or communications infrastructure equipment based on open hardware specifications will benefit from a visit to the PICMG Technologies Showcase at booth #4257.Also, visitors to the PICMG Technologies Showcase can enter a special drawing from Open Systems Publishing. Open Systems will give away a TomTom GO 510 portable GPS. Stop by their table at the PICMG Technologies Showcase to enter. It will help the lucky winner "navigate" the way through the rapidly evolving telecom landscape PICMG specifications cover a range of open hardware implementations and include AdvancedTCA®, AdvancedMC™, MicroTCA™, CompactPCI®, CompactPCI Express, COM Express and SHB Express. This year PICMG member companies are showing products based on PICMG specifications that range from next generation, high speed connectors to complete Network Elements built from Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) components. Some of the applications shown will be:• Intensive media processing systems, including live call applications such as conferencing, announcements, chat, IP Centrex, call centers, and network IVR• AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA communications servers as common platforms for a wide range of telecommunication infrastructure applications• Media servers requiring high capacity switching and high bandwidth• A News server application with high availability features• A MicroTCA communications server configured as an enterprise exchange solution (IP PBX) and enterprise video conferencing and streaming video-on-demand server• A video portal utilizing an AMC multimedia processing cardThe PICMG member companies exhibiting this year are: ADAX Inc.ADLINK TechnologyAsisBittwareCarlo GavazziConec CorporationConference ConCepts, Inc.Continuous ComputingCorEdge NetworksDiversified Technology, Inc. ElmaEmbedded PlanetEmerson Network Power ept,incExtreme Engineering SolutionsHARTINGInterphaseKaparelKontronMercury Computer SystemsMotorolaMountain View AllianceNMS CommunicationsCompactPCI/AdvancedTCA SystemsPentair/SchroffPerformance TechnologiesRadiSysSANBlazeSBSSouthco, Inc.SunSurf Communication SolutionsTyco ElectronicsWickenby ConsultingXtechYamaichi The PICMG Website, www.picmg.org, also includes a product directory where manufacturers list their PICMG-compliant product offerings. About PICMGFounded in 1994, PICMG is a consortium of more than 450 companies that collaboratively develop open specifications for high performance telecommunications and industrial computing applications. The members of the consortium have a long history of developing and using leading-edge products for these industries. For information about PICMG membership, or to find out how to obtain PICMG specifications, visit the PICMG website at www.picmg.org or call PICMG headquarters at (781) 246-9318. ###PICMG, CompactPCI, and AdvancedTCA are registered trademarks of PICMG. AdvancedMC and MicroTCA are trademarks of PICMG. For further information:Rob Davidson, PICMG, (805) 570-9575davidson@picmg.org###This press release was issued through Groupweb EmailWire.Com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.

PICMG
Ellen Ricciardelli

ericciardelli@virtualmgmt.com