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News Release from: Vmetro
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 03 September 2007
Computing company makes new acquisition
The acquisition of Micro Memory improves Vmetro's ability to serve existing defence and aerospace customers.
Vmetro has acquired all the shares of Micro Memory Vmetro is a provider of embedded computing, data recording, storage and protocol analyser products and Micro Memory provides board-level products for streaming signal and image processing, real-time data acquisition, memory nodes and enterprise network storage
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The acquisition of Micro Memory improves Vmetro's ability to serve existing defence and aerospace customers.
The acquisition combines Vmetro's world-wide presence, its two European design centres, and its strong sales and marketing infrastructure with Micro Memory's technology, its US customer base and its US design centre.
Micro Memory's real-time embedded system products will immediately add breadth and depth to Vmetro's embedded digital signal processing (DSP) and high-performance data recording offerings.
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Micro Memory's proven Memory-Only Node products are building blocks for adding bulk storage to DSP and recording systems.
The Micro Memory VITA 41 (VXS) products strengthen Vmetro's existing VXS offering.
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In addition to providing Vmetro with a broader embedded product portfolio, this acquisition enables further diversification into a new market sector for the company through sales of Micro Memory's Umem NVRAM cards.
These products are solid-state, nonvolatile random access PCI memory cards that increase performance while maintaining reliability in storage servers and appliances that are currently used by leading Tier I/II OEMs to satisfy applications in the rapidly growing segments of enterprise network storage.
Adding development resources in the US market has been a clear goal for Vmetro.
With this acquisition, Vmetro will leverage Micro Memory's US-based operations, which will enable selling into programmes where US engineering and manufacturing facilities are strongly favoured, especially those programmes that involve sensitive information subject to United States International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which limit the involvement of non-US personnel.
Additionally, Vmetro's sales offices in Europe and Asia will open up untapped markets for Micro Memory's product lines.
With zero ramp-up time, the acquisition provides Vmetro with a highly experienced, US-based engineering team with proven capabilities in producing complex embedded products.
By adding more products, Vmetro expects to improve its market position and increase sales opportunities.
"There is tremendous synergy in our new organisation", said Christian Jebsen, CEO of Vmetro.
"We are able to better serve the needs of our customers with our combined resources and capabilities than if we had continued to operate as two separate companies".
"We are also extremely excited about Vmetro gaining a design centre in the US; this will allow us to better address the needs of customers in our largest market, and handle the increasing demand for complete system solutions". Request free introductory details about products from Vmetro ...
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