Nu
Horizons Enters Voice-Over IP Market with Development
Tool Powered by SUN Microsystems CompactPCI Motherboard
Company
Poised to Compete in $5 Billion Market
MELVILLE,
NY - (September 26, 2000) -- Nu Horizons Electronics
Inc. (NASDAQ: NUHC) today introduced the voxbox™
IP Development Tool, a system that enables network and
telecom equipment providers (OEMs) to rapidly design and
deploy VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) solutions.
The development kit is powered by the CompactPCI motherboard
technology of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW), the world's
leading supplier of commercial Internet servers. The kit
is the only SPARC/Solaris™solution suite designed
to address the specific needs for VoIP development.The
Gartner Group forecasts that the total VoIP market will
grow to $11 billion by 2005, with motherboard content
accounting for approximately $5 billion of the total market
potential. "The agreement with Sun positions us to
jointly meet a sizable and fast-growing demand for solutions
that enable a faster, more efficient deployment of VoIP
applications. The agreement is also consistent with our
strategy, which has always focused on leveraging development
tools, like the voxbox, to position Sun's CompactPCI as
the board-level technology of choice for VoIP applications,"
said Arthur Nadata, President and CEO of Nu Horizons. "Sun's
dominance of the commercial Internet server marketplace
is well documented. SPARC™and Solaris™are running
the New Economy," said Daniel Romanelli, Director
of the Sun Business Group at Nu Horizons. "The technology
speaks for itself," he concluded."With
the release of voxbox, Nu Horizons is positioning itself
to capture its share of the explosive VoIP market,"
said Ashley Eikenberry, cPCI Product Manager at Sun Microsystem's
Network Service Provider Division. "They have put
together the best solution based on Sun's SPARC/Solaris™cPCI
platform. This will give developers the reliability of
the Solaris operating environment and the flexibility
of Sun's cPCI products." The
voxbox will be sold and marketed by Nu Horizons and Sun
jointly. Nu Horizons currently has 26 branches throughout
the United States with more than 200 sales people and
35 Field Application Engineers. Sun's OEM force consists
of more than 150 sales people and 75 Field Application
Engineers. The
voxbox contains all the components necessary for immediate
development of VoIP applications. At the core of the system
is SUN's CP1500-360 CompactPCI motherboard and Solaris™O/S.
The box also employs a Performance Technologies T1/E1/J1
WAN board (cpc380) and a Blue Wave Systems (NASDAQ: BWSI)
ComStruct™ DSP board (cpci/c6400). It is offered
in a portable chassis with a 235-watt power supply and
an H.110 backplane. A full description of the voxbox configuration
is available at www.nuhorizons.com/voxbox.html.Brian
Lees, Director of Marketing at Blue Wave Systems Inc.
added, " The voxbox will provide a complete development
environment, enabling communication equipment developers
to rapidly deploy carrier-grade solutions. Our Comstruct™
CPCI/C6400 provides a powerful and open processing platform,
with the scalability required to deliver the high-density
applications required for VoIP."
About
Nu Horizons
Nu
Horizons is a national distributor of high technology
electronic components, which provides innovative, total
semiconductor solutions through products and technologies
that are faster, smaller and lower powered. Nu Horizons
was established in 1982 and currently has 26 branch and
subsidiary offices located in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
For more information visit the Nu Horizons homepage at
www.nuhorizons.com.
Except
for historical information contained herein, the matters
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that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking
statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include
such factors as the level of business and consumer spending
for electronic products, the amount of sales of the Company's
products, the competitive environment within the electronic
industry, the ability of the Company to continue to expand
its operations, the level of costs incurred in connection
with the Company's expansion efforts and the financial
strength of the Company's customers and suppliers. Investors
are also directed to consider other risks and uncertainties
discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
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