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Light Reading Insider Analyzes ATCA Systems Market Telecom equipment vendors can reap cost, time-to-market, and product- flexibility benefits by adopting commercial hardware based on emerging ATCA technology NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA), a new standard for off-the-shelf telecom hardware, is set to make a major impact in the 3G wireless and next-gen VOIP equipment markets, according to a new report from the subscription research service Light Reading Insider (http://www.lightreading.com/insider). The 26-page report -- AdvancedTCA: Tomorrow's Telecom Hardware -- provides an overview of ATCA technology, discusses its potential for carrier-grade network applications, and analyzes key companies involved in the ATCA systems market. Vendors able to offer tighter product integration, enhanced management features, high-availability middleware, and with greater geographic reach are best positioned to win a share of this market over the long term, the report finds. "The scale of ATCA systems suppliers is important to equipment manufacturers working to capture the benefits of modular, off-the-shelf hardware platforms," says Light Reading Insider analyst Gabriel Brown, the author of the report. "OEMs want to streamline their supply chains and, where possible, purchase pre-integrated, validated platforms from a small number of large suppliers." Among the report's key findings: * Large-scale ATCA system vendors, such as Motorola, HP, and Sun, are able to participate in the re-engineering of OEM supply chains and are better positioned than smaller rivals. * Wireless core and service-layer applications will dominate ATCA in the near term; VOIP applications will account for the early action in the wireline space. * High-speed applications will use the ATCA form factor and base fabric, but they will retain proprietary backplanes for at least two or three years. * Margin stacking is a problem; it's not clear how all the links in the supply chain can make money on ATCA. * Second- and third-tier vendors have greater incentives to adopt ATCA; the benefits accrue less quickly to market leaders. * We see ATCA breaking into the mainstream in 2007. ATCA platform suppliers featured in this report: Continuous Computing Corp.; Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ); Kontron AG (Frankfurt (TecDAX 30: KBC); Motorola Embedded Communications Computing Group (NYSE:MOT); RadiSys Corp. (NASDAQ:RSYS); and Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:SUNW) ATCA board and module vendors featured in this report: Adlink Technology Inc.; Artesyn Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:ATSN); Diversified Technology Inc.; Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC); OSA Technologies Inc.; Pigeon Point Systems; Portwell Inc.; and SBS Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:SBSE) ATCA shelf vendors featured in this report: APW Electronic Solutions Ltd.; Elma Electronic AG; Kaparel Corp.; Knuerr AG; and Schroff Ltd. AdvancedTCA: Tomorrow's Telecom Hardware is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Light Reading Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. To subscribe, please visit: http://www.lightreading.com/insider. For additional information, to request a free executive summary of the report, or for details of multi-user licensing options, please contact: Jeff Claudino Sales Manager Insider Research Services 619-229-9940 Members of the media may request review copies from: Gabriel Brown Chief Analyst Insider Research Services +44-207-701-9330 About Light Reading Inc. Founded in 2000, Light Reading Inc. (http://www.lightreading.com) is the ultimate source for technological and financial analysis of the communications industry; it leads the media industry in terms of traffic, content, and reputation. It reaches an extensive audience of executives and technologists within the telecommunications and enterprise networking communities, as well as the financial/industry analysts and investors that track these sectors. DATASOURCE: Light Reading Inc. CONTACT: Jeff Claudino, Sales Manager, +1-619-229-9940, or , or Gabriel Brown, Chief Analyst, Insider Research Services, +44-207-701-9330, Web site: http://www.lightreading.com/ http://www.lightreading.com/insider

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