Microtest, Inc. Announces Distribution Agreement With ADI; MICROSCANNER Pro will be available at ADI retail outlets.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000 Microtest(R), Inc., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : MTST MTST Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Teto (Social movement of Brazil) MTST Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter MTST Maneuvering Target Statistical Tracker MTST Minimal Task Spanning Tree ) the technology leader in network test equipment, announced a new retail distribution agreement with ADI to sell the MICROSCANNER(TM) Pro at all 120 ADI locations throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . ADI is North America's largest wholesale distributor of security and low voltage Low voltage is an electrical engineering term that broadly identifies safety considerations of an electricity supply system based on the voltage used. While different definitions exist for the exact voltage range covered by "low voltage", the most commonly used ones include "mains products. This relationship with ADI continues Microtest's aggressive expansion into the residential networking market. The arrival of the new "wired" home has created the need for residential network verification and troubleshooting tools. Microtest has developed the product that enables installers to easily verify and troubleshoot this new cable once it has been installed in the home. Analysts believe residential networking will grow to 10-20 million homes by 2003. ADI is poised to be a key distributor in this new market segment. "We chose ADI to be a flagship distributor of the MICROSCANNER Pro because they cater to residential cable installers of data networks, security systems and home entertainment systems," said Jim Boren, vice president of sales, Microtest. The MICROSCANNER Pro, the first product in the MicroTools(TM) line, is the all-in-one cable tester A cable tester is an electronic device used to verify the electrical connections in a cable or other wired assembly. Generally a cable tester consists of:
adj. Having or mounted on a common axis. coaxial Adjective 1. Electronics (of a cable) transmitting by means of two concentric conductors separated by an insulator and twisted pair A thin-diameter wire (22 to 26 gauge) commonly used for telephone and network cabling. The wires are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other twisted pairs in the cable (Alexander Graham Bell invented this and was awarded a patent for it in 1881). cable testing as well as trouble shooting for speaker wire, security networks and telephone cabling. The MICROSCANNER Pro verifies continuity and wiremap; finds opens, shorts, crossed or split pairs and miswires; and measures length and distance to fault, using the most accurate means of measurement available today. "This is the only residential all-in-one tester available on the market today and we are very pleased to have it in our stores," said R.J. Hirshkind, Structured Cabling Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. Product Manager at ADI. "Once a customer sees a demonstration of the product, they buy it," he added. About Microtest Microtest's purpose is to bring people and information together with innovative technology that simplifies evolving networks. Microtest is a leader in network test and measurement products such as OMNIScanner(TM)2, PentaScanner(R), CertiFiber(R), and OMNIFiber(TM) and network appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything and storage products such as FileZerver(TM), DiscZerver(TM), and LinuxZerver(TM). Headquartered in Phoenix, Microtest has international offices in Munich, Germany; Crawley, United Kingdom; Beijing, China; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Guadalajara, Mexico and Singapore. Visit Microtest at www.microtest.com. About ADI You can learn more about ADI on the web at www.adilink.com. If you have any questions/suggestions, please e-mail us at INFO@ADI-DIST.COM. |
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