Concurrent Technologies Regulatory News (CNC)

14 Mar 2005 07:01

Concurrent Technologies PLC14 March 2005 Concurrent Technologies Plc Product launch Product Range Strengthened and Widened in Defence Sector Concurrent Technologies (AIM: CNC), a leading manufacturer of high-end embeddedcomputer products for critical applications in the defence, transportation,communications and industrial markets, announces the launch of its latest VMEbased single board computer, the enhanced VP 307. This is aimed at defence,homeland security, industrial, and transportation applications. The enhanced VP 307 is an extremely fast, forced air- cooled product based onIntel's 2.0GHz Pentium M processor operating with a 533MHz bus. This longlifecycle product offers a very simple "plug and play" upgrade to existing usersof current versions of the VP 307 and will have a higher price than previousversions. The enhanced VP 307 offers very high performance networking, togetherwith an expansion interface that allows users to add their own uniquefunctionality to the product. Glen Fawcett, Managing Director, Concurrent Technologies, commented: "Defence is currently our largest market and we expect this product to be wellreceived by our existing customers as it is a totally compatible upgrade.Therefore it will be very easy for customers to integrate it into their systemswhile providing them with more computing power and allowing them to integratetheir own specialised functions on the board. "Our continual investment into product development, and specifically productslike the enhanced VP 307, is increasing the range of products available to oursales force while simultaneously creating a wider market for ConcurrentTechnologies products." 14 March 2005 Enquiries: Concurrent TechnologiesGlen Fawcett 01206 752626 College Hill Corinna Dorward/Adrian Duffield 020 7457 2020 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange