Cogent Brings on Three New Distributors

Georgetown, Ontario (January 15, 2005) Cogent Real-Time Systems, provider of real-time data connectivity software for industrial applications, has recently added three new members to its distribution network: Carnica Consulting in Austria, T & T Computer Products in the USA, and HILF in Germany.

"We warmly welcome these new members to our team," said Andrew Thomas, president of Cogent. "And we look forward to working with them. Together we will be able to meet the needs of an ever-growing number of customers."

Carnica Consulting, based in Kotschach-Mauthen, Austria, is a leading distributor and consultant for the industrial automation, automotive, medical, and telecommunication industries.

T & T Computer Products, out of Tulsa OK, USA, offers hardware and software products for real-time and mission critical applications, with 25 years of experience in instrumentation and control.

HILF, located in Munich, Germany, is a distributor of the QNX real-time operating system, a platform especially suited to running Cogent's real-time middleware products.

Founded in 1995, Cogent Real-Time Systems is a leading developer of middleware solutions that connect sources and consumers of live data. Customers include the Bank of Canada, Cadbury Chocolate and the European Space Agency. Cogent leverages its experience in developing real-time systems to create data transport models for time-sensitive applications.