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News Release from: Force Computers
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2002
Force gains top vendor rating
Force Computers has received a Platinum vendor rating from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), an independent research company, in its inaugural survey of merchant computer board buyers.
Force Computers has received a Platinum vendor rating from Venture Development Corporation (VDC), an independent research company, in its inaugural survey of merchant computer board buyers Also, Force's newly merged Dy 4 Systems business unit received a Gold vendor rating
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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VDC's impartial vendor-ratings model is based on a series of independent, anonymous end-user surveys that cover a broad range of criteria including quality, breadth of product line, technology leadership, ISO certification, participation on standards committees and other objective factors, as well as user perception, towards which surveys were heavily weighted.
Force was awarded a Platinum vendor rating the highest in four categories: General (all bus architectures and form-factors), CompactPCI, PCI and VME.
Dy 4 Systems was awarded a Gold vendor rating in the CompactPCI category.
"Force Computers, having achieved Platinum status, can rest assured that it is highly regarded by its customers and respected in the marketplace", said Eric Gulliksen, programme director of VDC's Embedded Hardware Practice.
"On a consistent basis, Force has worked to enhance its performance through the application of key quality metrics: price, support, product performance, reliability and on-time delivery", said Bill Blundell, Force's market development manager.
"Also, this success is undoubtedly due to our unceasing efforts to help develop the standards required to fuel the future growth and innovation in the embedded marketplace.
VDC's independent research provides one of the more extensive pictures of the embedded market and Force together with its Dy 4 Systems business unit is proud that our customers recognise our efforts by supporting us for these awards".
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