General Datacomm receives prestigious quality award.MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1997-- GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Names GDC GDC Game Developers Conference GDC General Dental Council GDC Gouvernement du Canada GDC Georgia Department of Corrections GDC Global Data Center GDC Guglielmi Detachable Coil GDC Global Development Center GDC Institute for Genetic Disease Control in Animals as Highest Quality Data Communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. Supplier General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GDC) announced today that it is proud to have won the prestigious President's Award The President's Award may mean:
The award was presented during GTE's annual three-day, corporate-wide celebration of excellence. The purpose of this event, which was held in the Meyerson Symphony Center Symphony Center is a music complex in Chicago, Illinois and is home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Center includes Orchestra Hall, which dates from 1904; Buntrock Hall, a rehearsal and performance space; a public multi-story rotunda; Rhapsody in Dallas, was to recognize GTE preferred suppliers, as well as individuals and teams throughout GTE, whose performance met the Company's very high standards for excellence set across a wide range of categories. The award to General DataComm recognizes not only the quality of its products, but other key metrics including technical support, price/performance, and on-time delivery. Of the over 1100 suppliers to GTE, only 40 qualified to participate in this conference. In winning this award, General DataComm was chosen as being the best in its class, ahead of five other finalists in the Data Products category. This is the second year in a row that General DataComm has won this award, and the fifth consecutive year that the company has been named a preferred supplier for its consistently high rankings under the GTE system. The award was presented by Tom White, president of GTE telephone operations, to Jack Everett, director of product assurance for General DataComm. In accepting the award, Jack extended his congratulations to General DataComm's entire GTE account team, especially Keith Bridges, global accounts manager, and Kathy Arnold, customer service representative for GTE. GDC is the acknowledged global leader in providing real business solutions for telecommunications and enterprise networks based on ATM and access products and services. Its comprehensive product line includes the GDC APEX(r) family of ATM switches, used in more live networks than any other wide area ATM switch; COLOSSAS, an innovative Advanced Network Access product family that incorporates xDSL technology for Internet and Intranet access; and TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. internetworking products. Based in Middlebury, Connecticut, GDC provides communications solutions worldwide and its Web site can be found at http://www.gdc.com CONTACT: General DataComm The Weber Group Laura Bradshaw Rebecca Behenna 203/574-1118 617/520-7057 http://www.gdc.com rbehenna@webergroup.com |
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