ICS Advent´s Omnix Family Garners Two Top Industry Awards

TMC´s Internet Telephony Recognizes Omnix Family with Its Product Of The Year & Best of Show Winner Awards

SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 12 2001 - ICS Advent, the premier provider of stable computing platforms and platform integration services for next generation network solutions, today announced that its OmnixTM family of solutions received two top industry awards from Technology Marketing Corporation´s (TMC) Internet Telephony®.

ICS Advent was recognized by TMC as follows:

Internet Telephony magazine´s 2000 Product of the Year - The publication selected ICS Advent´s Omnix family of PC-based industrial computing platforms for this honor, citing innovation in product design and manufacturing that has made a positive impact on the convergence of voice and data. The award winners were selected by the editors of Internet Telephony magazine and the engineers of TMC Labs.
Internet Telephony Conference & EXPO Miami 2001 Best of Show winner - The conference named ICS Advent as one of its Best of Show winners for showmanship and recognized the Omnix family as a reflection of the company´s contributions to and leadership position in the Internet Telephony industry. Editors from Internet Telephony and Communications SolutionsTM magazines, who met with exhibitors and tried out new products, selected the winners.


"We are excited that our Omnix family continues to garner awards," said Jim Jameson, president and CEO of ICS Advent. "These awards are excellent industry recognition that proves that ICS Advent has been successful in delivering ground-breaking products, solutions and services, and we are committed to continuing to do so."

Introduced in July 2000, Omnix is a family of PC-based industrial computing platforms consisting of seven new systems that can be configured as rack-mounted or stand-alone with a full range of standard and option sub-systems and components. These systems are designed for rapid configuration and rapid delivery, backed with the company´s renowned 24x7 customer support. The family was conceived and developed from the ground up to deliver an optimal environment for hosting the most demanding requirements for industrial automation, telecommunications, Internet services, process control, medical instrumentation and other business-critical applications

Another key Omnix innovation is the use of a unique modular backplane design, which can be cost-effectively tailored to provide almost any combination of ISA and PCI plug-in slots. Unlike conventional fixed-configuration backplanes, Omnix uses six basic building-block backplane segments that allow customers to quickly define their own optimized backplane designs.

Omnix is the result of a strategic ICS Advent initiative to achieve increased system flexibility while offering the industry´s fastest delivery schedules and most responsive customer support. The new Omnix suite complements the company´s existing platform offerings, which include low cost, single board computers, chassis and rack-mount systems; custom systems co-created with OEM, end user and systems integration partners; and completely integrated hardware/ software solutions supporting open communications systems (OCS) standards.

About ICS Advent
ICS Advent is focused on helping customers meet the demands of developing and deploying open communications systems (OCS) and next-generation converged networks. The company designs, manufactures and integrates high-availability rack mount computers and single board computers to meet customers´ specific computing platform, server and application hosting solution requirements.

Founded in 1985, ICS Advent has been the leader in providing stable rack mount computer solutions, communications and telephony and comprehensive integration and support services for more than 15 years to customers in the following industries: applied computing, medical and industrial automation and control, and ind

ustrial test and measurement. The company has moved beyond this heritage and expanded its market focus to include OCS solutions, such as IP telephony, telecommunications, voice processing and broadcasting/convergence.

ICS Advent products, solutions and services are available through the company´s worldwide distribution network of authorized integration partners and its direct sales channels. Customers can also order products online at or by calling an ICS Advent sales representative at (800) 523-2320. The company has ISO-certified facilities in San Diego, Calif. and Chichester, UK.

Omnix is a trademark of ICS Advent.