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QuikCycle and APCON Announce Joint Marketing Agreement
Product Integration to Assist Customers in Accelerating Lab Automation
Wilsonville, OR and Santa Clara, CA, March 14, 2006— APCON, Inc., the worldwide leader in physical layer switches, software and support services for lab automation applications, and QuikCycle, Inc, a leader in solutions for lab and test automation, announced today that they have signed a definitive Joint Marketing Agreement, in which both companies agree to collaborate to provide best-in class hardware and software solutions to help companies accelerate the testing of networks and network-related devices to meet rapidly emerging market demand for current and new services.
Customers of both companies will benefit from this agreement through tight integration between APCON hardware and QuikCycle software, so that users can benefit from faster, more reliable test startup and completion. Further, the combined solution offering can help customers eliminate time-consuming, manual steps needed to configure or reconfigure lab devices, ensure more efficient and repeatable testing, and increase utilization of valuable equipment utilization to maximize lab investments.
"We are excited to enter into this agreement with QuikCycle and engage in a cooperative effort to provide leading edge hardware and software solutions to the marketplace," said APCON's Director of Marketing, David Kromer. "QuikCycle solutions are ideally suited for the APCON Physical Layer Switch by offering customers the kind of features and benefits that maximize the efficiency of their IT networks, reduce testing costs, and speed product time-to-market".
"APCON's powerful range of products for more reliable network testing makes them an ideal partner for QuikCycle, "remarked Nariman Teymourian, QuikCycle CEO. "Just as importantly, the customers that we share are asking for this combination to help them gain the most from their move to lab and test automation. With this agreement, our aim is to make it even easier for them to reach their goal."
About QuikCycle
QuikCycle is a pioneer in the development of innovative solutions for lab management and test automation. Its software provides for complete test lifecycle management and is in use by service providers and equipment manufacturers around the world.
About APCON
APCON is a worldwide provider of Physical Layer technology and is globally recognized as the leading provider of Physical Layer Switches and Software. Since 2001, APCON is responsible for commercializing Physical Layer Switching Solutions and has played a major role in the widespread adoption of this technology. Thousands of organizations in over 30 countries currently deploy the APCON solution in there network infrastructures. For more news, please go to www.APCON.com.
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