Protocol Tools - Curtiss Wright Taps Gillaspy Associates as Western US Sales Team for Physical Layer Switch Products

Curtiss Wright Taps Gillaspy Associates as Western US Sales Team for Physical Layer Switch Products

Dayton, OH - November 7, 2005, -- Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has announced the signing of a sales representation agreement with Gillaspy Associates, a leading provider of test, measurement and connectivity solutions for development engineers and IT professionals. The agreement establishes Gillaspy Associates, as the exclusive representative in the Western United States for Curtiss-Wright’s Data Communications group’s LinkXchange physical layer switch products.

"Gillaspy is an ideal sales representative for Curtiss-Wright’s industry-leading physical layer switch solutions,” said Tom Quinly, president, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “Their engineering sales team, depth of network technology and unmatched presence in the Western US sales region combine to make them a great fit for supporting our network switch product customers.

”In addition to providing sales representation for the LinkXchange product line, Gillaspy Associates will also provide entry-level marketing services.

"We are thrilled to be working with Curtiss-Wright. Instantly we can provide our customers exceptional physical layer switches that are protocol independent and truly hot swappable,” said Paul Kirk, Sales Engineer, Gillaspy Associates. “These new switches will help development engineers save time by automating lab test routines and will insure network up-time by providing superior connectivity to IDS and monitoring equipment for our IT Enterprise customers.”

About LinkXchange
The LinkXchange GLX4000 physical layer switch utilizes a chassis and blade architecture that provides an easy and cost-effective way to expand the switch as needs grow. The system features include a large port count in a small space saving form factor, 48 ports per blade and is protocol independent. As the blades all connect to a common backplane, the cross connect functionality extends across any combination of blades and ports.

The LinkXchange physical layer switch products are scalable, versatile, multi-purpose switches that provide protocol transparent, low-latency switching for digital signals. With LinkXchange, network and system configurations can be made quickly and easily through an easy-to-use interface, thus saving time and money. They are available in a variety of form-factors. LinkXchange switches can handle a wide array of protocols including 1/2/4/10G Fibre Channel, 10/100/1000/10G Ethernet, FDDI, SONET/SDH OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, HD, SDI, as well as many non-standard protocols.

Pricing and Availability
Gillaspy Associates solutions are currently shipping to leading-edge customers. Register on our website for a demonstration

For more detailed information, product configurations and pricing please contact Gillaspy Associates at 805-386-0700 and on the Internet

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