Continuous Computing Corp. Acquires the Trillium Portable Software Assets of Trillium Digital Systems Inc., an Intel Company.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2003 Acquisition of Trillium(R) Branded Software Enables CCPU CCPU Continuous Computing Corporation (stock symbol) CCPU Cash Cost Per User (Sprint) CCPU China Criminal Police University CCPU Cryptographic Central Processing Unit To Offer Network Equipment Manufacturers Complete Hardware and Software Solutions for the Central Office and Network Infrastructure Continuous Computing  This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . Corp. (CCPU), which produces platform solutions for network equipment manufacturers, today announced an agreement to acquire the Trillium(R) branded portable software products and certain associated intellectual property rights from Trillium Digital Systems Inc., an Intel company. The asset purchase includes the Trillium protocol stacks for the IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. , wireless, broadband and signaling markets utilizing industry-leading Trillium Advanced Portable Architecture (TAPA(R)). The asset purchase will enable CCPU to deliver source code, bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle. and hardware, and complete turnkey central office systems for network equipment providers. Financial terms were not disclosed. The asset purchase builds upon CCPU's strategy of providing every element of a high-availability, application-ready platform solution for network equipment providers. CCPU's award-winning boards, systems and high-availability middleware products will be enhanced with the complete suite of Trillium protocols such as H.323, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol , SIP, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , IMT-2000, SS7 and SIGTRAN (SIGnaling TRANsport) An IP telephony protocol from the IETF that is used to transfer SS7 signals over IP networks. The telco switch sends SS7 signals to a signaling gateway (SG) that converts them into SIGTRAN packets, which travel over IP to the next signaling gateway or . As part of the agreement, CCPU will hire some of Intel's Los Angeles-based engineers and members of its worldwide sales and support organization. Current Trillium software customers will be supported by CCPU after the deal closes. CCPU will maintain the Trillium business model of licensing source code and providing maintenance and support to customers. CCPU will augment this model by providing integrated stack solutions on open system platforms to enable the delivery of signaling gateways, wireless nodes and IP telephony appliances. These application-ready products will help reduce costs and allow customers to improve time-to-market at aggressive price points. "Like Continuous Computing, Trillium is a world-renowned leader with network equipment providers," said Ken Kalb, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Continuous Computing. "The Trillium software base supports millions of active users. Our technology complements and enhances this source code model. Combined, CCPU and Trillium will help customers get their applications to market quickly and cost effectively on their choice of open architectures." About Trillium Digital Systems Inc. The Trillium high-performance, high-availability software is currently in use in more than 500 projects by industry-leading suppliers of wireless, broadband, Internet and telephony products. Trillium software is designed using the Trillium Advanced Portability Architecture (TAPA(R)), a set of architectural and coding standards that ensures the software is completely independent of the compiler, processor, operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and architecture of the target system. The flexibility of TAPA(R) enables manufacturers to rapidly integrate, adapt and modify our software into a wide range of product architectures. Trillium products are developed in ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified and registered facilities. About Continuous Computing Continuous Computing Corp. is an ISO 9001 leading provider of high availability platform solutions for network equipment manufacturers. Customers such as Alcatel, Cisco, Ericsson, Spatial Wireless and Tellabs use CCPU products to rapidly develop and deploy systems for voice-over-packet, IP optical, 2.5G/3G wireless, IP storage, and other next-generation telecom applications. CCPU product lines include patent-pending, award-winning upSuite(TM) high availability middleware; patent-pending Hi-5(TM) Ethernet switched backplane platforms and FRu(TM) symmetric multiprocessing systems; and a complete line of high performance cPCI and PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. 2.16 boards such as switchUp(TM) gigabit ethernet switches, LINUXblade(TM) and SPARCblade(TM) single board computers, and out-of-band system management cards. Additional information about CCPU is available at www.ccpu.com. |
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