MODCOMP
Licenses AccessPoint Source Code -- Extends Company's
SCADA Systems Integration Reach
September
22, 1998, Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- MODCOMP, Inc., a subsidiary
of CSP Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI), a leading real-time computer
systems provider and supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) systems integrator, announced
that they have completed an agreement to license AccessPoint
source code from AccessWare, Inc. of Houston, Texas.
AccessPoint is a family of distributed, multi-user,
multi-tasking, supervisory process monitoring and
control software products with a graphically enhanced
MMI and a menu-driven configurable interface. Under
the terms of the agreement, MODCOMP has full discretion
to enhance and further develop AccessWare's AccessPoint
technology including integration with the company's
REAL/IX PX real-time operating system.
John
Clary, president and CEO of MODCOMP, commented, "AccessPoint
both complements and extends our real-time systems
software product lines. Our strength and experience
in the markets we serve, coupled with our reputation
for high-performance robust systems, benefits our
customers in price/performance as well as with an
exceptional return on their investment."
Michael
Duvall, MODCOMP's marketing manager of process control
and data acquisition, added, "Having both the source
code of the REAL/IX PX real-time operating system
and the AccessPoint full-featured SCADA application
software package are an enormous benefit to our customers.
Not only does this protect our customers' investments
from product obsolescence, but this also provides
them with peace of mind with respect to long-term
support issues. Furthermore, it allows us to enhance,
extend and evolve AccessPoint to meet the future needs
of our customers."
MODCOMP,
Inc.
Founded in 1970, MODCOMP supplies high-performance,
real-time computer systems, products and services
for leading worldwide industrial and government organizations
for their real-time applications -- such as government/aerospace,
communications, process control and industrial automation.
MODCOMP systems operate in exceptionally critical
and demanding applications, where reliability and
real-time performance are essential.
MODCOMP's
host-to-web products provide business-critical solutions
for extending the functionality of legacy systems.
By integrating standard worldwide web products and
technology with existing IT infrastructures, MODCOMP
rapidly enables intranet, extranet, Internet, electronic
commerce, and business process reengineering applications.
CSP
Inc.
CSP Inc. was founded in 1968 with specific strengths
in digital signal processing and the design and manufacture
of high-performance multiprocessing systems for real-time
applications in defense and commercial markets. CSP
Inc. also serves the material handling industry with
its product line of over the belt bar-code readers.
Scanalytics, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSP
Inc., is focused on hardware and software products
for scientific imaging. MODCOMP, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of CSP Inc., sells real-time process control
systems, Internet software solutions, systems integration
and services.
To
learn more about CSP Inc., consult http://www.cspi.com
To learn more about Scanalytics, Inc., consult http://www.scanalytics.com
To learn more about MODCOMP, Inc., consult http://www.modcomp.com
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Note
to Editors: MODCOMP is a registered trademark of MODCOMP,
Inc. AccessPoint is a trademark of AccessWare, Inc.
All other product and company names mentioned herein
may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.
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For
more information regarding this press release contact:
Ellen Rowley, PH: 954-977-1655, E-mail: rowleye@modcomp.com