Comtrol Corporation Awarded GSA Schedule Contract.MINNEAPOLIS -- Comtrol Corporation, a worldwide leader in device connectivity, today announced that the U.S. General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. ) awarded Comtrol contract GS-35F-0401V under Schedule 70, which includes vendors of general purpose commercial information technology equipment, software and services. This GSA listing provides government customers with a convenient and efficient way to purchase the company's device connectivity, industrial Ethernet Industrial Ethernet is the name given to the use of the Ethernet protocol in an industrial environment, for automation and production machine control. Until recently, a PLC (Programmable logic controller) would communicate with a slave machine using one of several possible gateways and intelligent embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. device connectivity products. "Comtrol has served government organizations for more than 25 years--particularly in the State and Defense Departments," said Ehssan Taghizadeh, president and COO (Cell Of Origin) See mobile positioning. of Comtrol. "Being listed on the GSA Schedule will simplify our interactions with well-established customers and allow us to introduce Comtrol to a broader base of government agencies." The GSA Schedules Program establishes long-term, government-wide contracts with commercial firms to provide agencies at all levels of government with access to more than 11 million commercial supplies and services. In becoming a GSA vendor, Comtrol was the subject of an independent audit of customer references and financial performance. "We expect the 2009 economic stimulus stimulus /stim·u·lus/ (stim´u-lus) pl. stim´uli [L.] any agent, act, or influence which produces functional or trophic reaction in a receptor or an irritable tissue. package to drive a number of important government projects that include DeviceMaster[R] device servers, RocketPort[R] serial card products and our recently released RocketLinx[TM] MC family of industrial grade serial and Ethernet fiber media converters A device that converts from one type of media to another. It typically refers to a hardware device that connects different transmission media; for example, from twisted pair to coax or from twisted pair to optical fiber. as key communication components," said Bradford Beale, vice president of global sales for Comtrol. "Traffic and transportation, power utility, and industrial automation are just some of the sectors where Comtrol products already fulfill ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. important device connectivity roles." About Comtrol Corporation Comtrol Corporation is a worldwide leader in device connectivity, industrial Ethernet gateways, and intelligent embedded device connectivity products for a wide range of industrial and traffic/transportation applications. The company's RocketPort multi-port serial card, DeviceMaster Ethernet device server and RocketLinx industrial grade serial and Ethernet fiber media converter product lines are sold through regional, national and international distributors, and by thousands of resellers and integrators worldwide. For more information, contact Comtrol Corporation at 800-926-6876 or visit www.comtrol.com. |
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