Product category: CompactPCI Boards and Assemblies
News Release from: SBS Technologies
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 13 June 2005
IBM signs up for bespoke carrier card
SBS Technologies is to develop an AdvancedMC carrier card for IBM eServer Bladecentre systems capable of using up to four AdvancedMC modules
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SBS Technologies is to develop an AdvancedMC carrier card for IBM eServer Bladecentre systems capable of using up to four AdvancedMC modules to create application-specific blades from off-the-shelf SBS Telum modules. SBS Telum products range from world-class, telecommunications grade I/O and processor AdvancedMC modules, including the Telum 628-TEJ, Telum 1001-O12M/S, Telum 1004-O3M/S, Telum GE-QT, Telum FC2312-AMC-FF and Telum FC2312-AMC-CC, Telum 2001-VGA, to the previously released Telum ASLP10 processor module, Telum 1001-OC3 and Telum 1001-DE.
'Today's announcement significantly enhances our commitment to providing our customers AdvancedMC carrier card technology that is unmatched in the industry', said Dave Greig, President and COO of SBS Technologies 'Our goal is to establish AdvancedMC as the mezzanine module of choice for business-critical data centre and telecommunications applications'.
'We are convinced that working with IBM to develop an AdvancedMC carrier card for IBM's Bladecentre products will go along way towards helping us achieve that goal'.
SBS first introduced its AdvancedMC Telum product at SuperComm 2004 last year, and in one short year SBS AdvancedMC offerings have grown to a complete line of products that range from WAN I/O and a processor module to chassis solutions.
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SBS AdvancedMC products are based on SBS' many years of I/O and processor board experience.
'IBM's open specifications, expertise and success deploying Bladecentre and Bladecentre T into the telecommunications industry is benefiting companies in the next generation network transformation', said Jim Pertzborn, Vice President, IBM eServer Telecommunications Solutions, Systems and Technology Group.
'We are pleased to have industry leaders like SBS develop solutions for the rapidly-growing Bladecentre ecosystem'.
IBM Bladecentre products are designed to offer reliability and flexibility for growth and cost effectiveness.
Clients with high performance applications that need highly available clustering can use IBM eServer Bladecentre systems to help achieve high degrees of scalability and performance.
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