Introduction

Diamond Point International has announced that it has been appointed U.K. distributor for DSS Networks, the Forest Lake, California based manufacturer of next generation telecommunications board and system level products designed for high-speed converged data and telecommunications networks.

Diamond Point will sell and provide hardware and software systems support for the Gigabit Ethernet range of DSS Networks' products via its Military Sales Group operating throughout the UK and Ireland, backed by its experienced defence and aerospace systems support staff.

"I am very pleased that Diamond Point International is now partnering with us in the sales and support of our systems and board products," said Randall Sucamele, VP of Business Development for DSS Networks. "Like ourselves, Diamond Point is committed to providing innovative systems solutions combined with a very high level of customer support. They are well placed to offer significant value-added services and support to our leading-edge networking products and we anticipate that they will make a significant contribution to the expansion of our business in the U.K and Ireland," he added.

Dean Chettra, Military and Communications Sales Manager for Diamond Point International commented, "DSS Networks' leadership in high-performance Gigabit Ethernet data and telecommunications technologies will be invaluable to us. This agreement appreciably broadens and compliments our existing portfolio of standards-based embedded, real time and ruggedised products in the important data and telecommunications networking market."

About DSS Networks

DSS Networks provides Gigabit Ethernet and other high-quality, next generation telecommunications board and system level products for VARs, OEMs and systems integrators in market sectors including military, aerospace, telecom, enterprise, datacentre, broadcast, medical and industrial automation.

The company's board-level products are based on high-performance data and telecommunications technologies including Gigabit Ethernet, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, CWDM, OC-48 and OC-192. The product line supports standards-based high-speed bus, backplane, form-factor and system-level standards including IEEE 1386 PMC, PCI/PCI-X, PCI-Express, CompactPCI, PICMG 2.16, PICMG 3.0 ATCA, AMC and Micro-TCA. These advanced products are suited to a host of applications including switches, routers, traffic management, media gateways, base stations, video broadcast, VoIP, security, monitoring, QoS and test equipment.

About Diamond Point International

Established in 1983, Diamond Point services a mix of OEMs and system integrators. At the forefront of industrial computing technology, the company is committed to the Open Systems philosophy and maintains a portfolio of standards-based products.

Diamond Point's engineering teams integrate hardware and software products, offering total system solutions to meet the demands of its customers. The company's core-computing hardware technologies include, CPCI, VME, AMC, ETX, PC/104, DIMM-PC, PCMCIA, PC/Industrial PC, systems, enclosures, chassis, and accessories comprising disks, cables, flat panels, monitors, and keyboards. Its portfolio of core modules encompasses communication products based on a host of bus types, including PCI, CPCI, VME, AMC, ATCA, µTCA, ISA, PCMCIA, and USB as well as digital and analogue I/O. The company focuses on Windows, DOS, Linux and LynxOS software for critical real-time applications.

With its broad range of hardware and software products, Diamond Point offers an extensive integration service. The company's capabilities include the design of custom chassis and baseboards for embedded applications.

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