Performance Technologies Donates Ethernet Switching Equipment to Rochester Institute of Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 2003 Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX), a leading developer of embedded computing products and system-level solutions for the communications, industrial and military markets, today announced it will provide its High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Ethernet switching systems to Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT RIT, n See therapy, regenerative injection. ) B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences The B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences (GCCIS) (pronounced "gee-sis") is the newest and second largest college at the Rochester Institute of Technology. . RIT was the first university to offer undergraduate degrees in information technology and software engineering. "Access to cutting-edge technology is critical to RIT's status as a leading provider of computing and information technology education," says Jorge Diaz-Herrera, dean of RIT's Golisano College. "This equipment from Performance Technologies is a welcome addition to our growing array of resources." Performance Technologies is donating its IPnexus(TM) CPC (1) (Central Processing Complex) An IBM mainframe that has two or more central processors (CPs) that share memory. It is the collection of processors, memory and I/O subsystems manufactured with a single serial number, typically all contained in one cabinet. 4400 Ethernet switching platform. The CPC4400 maximizes network performance and flexibility by supporting multiple switching architectures and is considered ideal for instruction in the most contemporary networking techniques and features. "As a Rochester-based company and an employer of numerous RIT graduates and co-ops, we are pleased to provide resources to the Golisano College," said John Slusser, Chairman of the Board for Performance Technologies. "Donating our equipment to RIT increases the quality of the program and helps a pool of potential engineering candidates become familiar with the industry's latest networking products and technology." A total of 16 network switches, valued at nearly $83,000, will be installed in a networking laboratory in Golisano College's newly constructed facility on RIT's Henrietta, New York Henrietta is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is a suburb of Rochester. The population was 39,028 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath, daughter of Sir William Pulteney, 5th Baronet, a major British investor in campus. About RIT's Golisano College RIT's B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, the largest comprehensive computing college in the nation, was created with a $14 million gift from B. Thomas Golisano, chairman and chief executive officer of Paychex Inc. The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs in computer science and information technology and an undergraduate program in software engineering. The college is home to the university's Laboratory for Applied Computing, which partners with industry in the development of innovative applications of emerging information technologies. About Performance Technologies, Inc. Performance Technologies (Nasdaq NM: PTIX) is a leading developer of embedded computing products and system-level solutions for equipment manufacturers and service providers worldwide. With competencies in compute platforms, IP/Ethernet switching, communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems , wide area networking, SS7/IP interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. and high availability, the Company offers unified products for existing and emerging applications. Serving the industry for over 20 years, the Company's solutions focus on time-to-market, performance and cost advantages for companies in the communications, industrial, military and medical markets. Performance Technologies is headquartered in Rochester, New York This article is about the city of Rochester in Monroe County. For the town in Ulster County, see Rochester, Ulster County, New York. Rochester, once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City or . Additional operational and engineering facilities are located in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, California San Luis Obispo (IPA: [sæn 'luɪs ə'bɪspoʊ]; Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the Central Coast. and Ottawa, Canada. For more information, visit www.pt.com. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion