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Continuous Computing Ranked #1 at 10th Annual AeA High Tech Awards
Award recognizes Company for outstanding achievement in technological innovation, civic contribution and industry accomplishments
SAN DIEGO, CA - October 21, 2003 - Continuous Computing Corporation (CCPU), the leading provider of Application-Ready Platforms for telecom equipment companies, today announced it ranked number one at the 10th Annual AeA High Tech Awards. The award recognized Continuous Computing's achievements in technological innovation, civic contributions and industry accomplishments within the Computer & Related Products category. "Receiving this award is an honor and testament to our resolve to be a leading provider of telecom equipment solutions for voice over packet, wireless and signaling applications in the core of the network," said Ken Kalb, chief executive officer of Continuous Computing. "It is especially rewarding to be recognized by our peers in the engineering community. We are extremely proud of our dedicated and talented employees who have enabled our success, and will continue to make excellent contributions to the San Diego community and the high tech industry overall."
CCPU recently won the Deloitte & Touche San Diego Technology Fast 50, and has ranked #16 in the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 at the national level. The awards recognize the fastest growing technology companies based on revenue growth over a five year period from 1998 to 2002. "The high tech community's participation this year was outstanding. There is definitely a sense of pride in being part of one of the leading cities contributing to the innovation and advancement of the technology industry as a whole," said Kevin Carroll, AeA executive director. "Continuous Computing's win is symbolic of the caliber of finalists we had this year. AeA wishes them their heartiest congratulations for a feat well deserved." The winners were chosen from a group of 30 finalists in seven categories established by the local AeA, the industry association formerly known as the American Electronics Association. Finalists were selected from 70 local businesses nominated for the event, which is intended to promote the small companies that make up much of San Diego's high tech community.
About AeA
Advancing the business of technology, AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade association. AeA represents more than 3,000 companies with 1.8 million employees. These 3000+ companies span the high-technology spectrum, from software, semiconductors, medical devices and computers to Internet technology, advanced electronics and telecommunications systems and services. With 17 regional U.S. councils and offices in Brussels and Beijing, AeA offers a unique global policy grassroots capability and a wide portfolio of valuable business services and products for the high-tech industry. AeA has been the accepted voice of the U.S. technology community since 1943.
About Continuous Computing
Continuous Computing provides integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN). Over 150 customers worldwide benefit from the company's unique blend of customized professional services, Trillium protocol software, AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems, and BladeCenter hardware. Continuous Computing helps customers reduce platform lifecycle costs, optimize data delivery, and accelerate deployments of NGN, 3G/4G Wireless, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. The company is ISO-9001 and CMMI certified and based in San Diego with development centers in China and India. For more information, visit www.ccpu.com.
Continuous Computing is a member of the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance (www.intel.com/go/ica), Communications Platforms Trade Association (www.cp-ta.org), Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org), IMS Forum (www.imsforum.org), Service Availability Forum (www.saforum.org), and the Blade.org ecosystem (www.blade.org).
Continuous Computing, the Continuous Computing logo, Create | Deploy | Converge, FlexTCA, Flex21, FlexChassis, FlexCompute, FlexCore, FlexDSP, FlexPacket, FlexStore, FlexSwitch, FlexTCA, Network Service-Ready Platform, Quick!Start, TAPA, Trillium, Trillium+plus, and the Trillium logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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