Tech Company finds flexibility helps it rise in growth market.With revenues already this year above what Absolute Analysis made all of last year, company President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Murphy predicts continued growth for his company. What sets the farm apart is the flexibility of its testing and analytical equipment to meet new protocols--the standard for communication and data transfer in computer components. That flexibility is unprecedented, Murphy said. Absolute Analysis ranked No. 30 on the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Business Journal's fastest growing private companies list with a 25 percent growth in revenues from 2004 to 2005. In 2004, the company reported revenues of $4 million and increased that to $5 million the following year. As of June 30, the Newbury Park-based firm reported revenues of $6 million. Murphy anticipates a growth of 50 percent to 75 percent over the next three years. Absolute Analysis concentrates on two areas--test systems sold to major aeronautics aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation. manufacturers such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. and Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. to make sure that devices are communicating with each other; and storage networking for customers to determine interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. of components. "So when they ship a switch, that switch is going to work with the disc drive or the computer interface," Murphy said. New business was generated when the military adopted storage networking standards that could utilize components Absolute Analysis sold to other customers. Company growth can also be attributed to a unique ability in the hardware to do secret and proprietary protocols, Murphy said. "This technology originally came from IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and it has tremendous applicability to aerospace and defense," Murphy said. BY MARK R. MADLER Staff Reporter |
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