Communications Platforms Trade Association Selects ESO Technologies' ATCA-Tester to be Used as IPMI Manageability Test Tool

BEAVERTON, Oregon – January 3, 2007 – The Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) today announced that it has selected ESO Technologies' ATCA™-Tester as the IPMI Manageability Test Tool for the CP-TA certification test suite. CP-TA members are currently defining interoperability test requirements and procedures for PICMG's AdvancedTCA specification, aligned to the SCOPE Alliance AdvancedTCA profile.

“Currently, CP-TA is focused on addressing the top interoperability issues of thermal, manageability and data transport, and we see the ATCA-Tester is an integral part of our solution,” said Shlomo Pri-Tal, CP-TA Chairman. “We selected ATCA-Tester because it meets the requirements for CP-TA manageability certification laid out in our forthcoming Interoperability Compliance Document and Test Procedure Manual. We will continue to evaluate additional tools to address future requirements.”

ATCA-Tester is an automated software tool used to test AdvancedTCA® and AdvancedMC™ equipment compatibility with respect to PICMG 3.0 and AMC.0 specifications system management requirements. It can be used to test single building blocks or simultaneously all building blocks in an integrated system.

“ESO is committed to enhancing ATCA-Tester to keep pace with future updates to the CP-TA interoperability requirements and test procedures,” said Robert Pelissier, Co-founder VP Sales & Marketing, ESO Technologies. “Our tool validates compliance with IPMI management specifications, increasing confidence in interoperability.”

The Interoperability Compliance Document and Test Procedure Manual are scheduled for release in Q1 2007. CP-TA will then address interoperability for AdvancedMC and MicroTCA, and eventually will focus on specifications from OSDL and the Service Availability Forum.

CP-TA members include leading communications platforms and building block providers. Members will receive a discount on the ATCA-Tester. For information on joining the CP-TA and membership benefits, visit www.cp-ta.org/join.

About the Communications Platforms Trade Association

The Communications Platforms Trade Association is a global organization of communications platform and building block providers whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of SIG-governed, open-specification-based communication platforms by certifying interoperable building blocks. For more information about CP-TA, visit www.cp-ta.org.

About ESO Technologies

ESO Technologies is a private company whose mission is to provide software enabling to design competitive fault tolerant equipments on standard computing & communication platforms. ESO software portfolio is made of HAPx, a High Availability and System Management middleware, and a suite of Software Tools enabling fast and optimum system integration. For more information about ESO Technologies, visit www.eso-tech.com