2006 News

Technology Assurance Labs, LLC Awarded Contract to Provide Beta-testing For ECI Telecom’s ShadeTree Routing Software

Orlando, Fla., (Feb. 3, 2006) --- Technology Assurance Labs, LLC, a firm that specializes in networking technology, was recently awarded a contract for quality assurance testing from ECI Telecom’s Data Network Division based in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Kenneth Stauffer, co-founder and partner of Technology Assurance Labs, said ECI Telecom DND, Inc. hired his firm to provide beta testing for a new release of router software they are developing. As a contracted beta test site, Technology Assurance Labs will provide external verification of the quality of ECI’s ShadeTree software prior to ECI’s general availability release.

“ECI contracted Technology Assurance Labs to reduce our customers’ pre-deployment testing costs by providing an external verification of the quality of our new software and features prior to its release,” said Robert Warden, vice president of engineering for ECI Data Network Division.

Technology Assurance Labs is located in the Central Florida Research Park and is a client of the a University of Central Florida Technology Incubator.

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For more information, please contact:

Ken Stauffer, Co-founder, Technology Assurance Labs, 732-688-0516
Tom O’Neal or Carol Ann Dykes, UCF Technology Incubator, 407-882-0202
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142

About Technology Assurance Labs
Technology Assurance Labs, formed in March 2003, is a privately owned Limited Liability Company headquartered in Research Park, Orlando, Fla. It is an independent laboratory, serving equipment vendors, venture capital groups and service providers with services such as technology planning & management, network & system design, and technology testing. Technology Assurance Labs was formed by Ken Stauffer and Doug Peeples, who also created EPIK Labs in 2000. The founders have over 25 years experience in the telecommunications business having worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, IBM, EPIK Communications, and numerous other companies. In 2000, they led a group to create the vision and design for the “NAP of the Americas,” in Miami, Fla. For more information please visit www.talabs.com.

About the UCF Technology Incubator
Since its founding in 1999, the UCF Technology Incubator has helped more than 80 emerging technology companies create over $175 million in revenue and more than 630 new jobs with an average salary of $59,000. As a result of this success, the UCF Technology Incubator was recently named the 2004 Technology Incubator of the Year by the National Business Incubation Association. Headquartered in Research Park near the University, the Incubator is a true collaboration in economic development between UCF, Orange County, the City of Orlando, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission. For more information, please visit http://www.incubator.ucf.edu.