Technical Communities and Gambit Communications Sign Exclusive Government Services Partnership

July 17, 2009 - PRLog -- SAN BRUNO, CA and NASHUA, NH — Technical Communities, Inc., the company technical organizations who sell to the government rely on for proven go-to-market solutions to grow sales, lower costs and reduce risks, announced today a new exclusive government services partnership agreement with Gambit Communications, a leading provider of network simulation tools.

The agreement authorizes Technical Communities to distribute Gambit's MIMIC Simulator Suite. MIMIC provides an inexpensive way for enterprises, device vendors, management and software developers to evaluate, test, demo, develop, train and certify management applications without purchasing equipment and maintaining labs for those functions. MIMIC has the ability to simulate up to 20,000 networking devices from one workstation. MIMIC supports SNMPv1, v2, v2c and v3, IPv6, IPMI, DHCP, TFTP and ToD, Cisco IOS, Juniper JUNOS, TL1 and Cable Modem Simulation capabilities. MIMIC's recording function can duplicate your production network in to your test lab. More product information is available at http://gambit.gsamart.com.

"The distribution partnership with Technical Communities enables Gambit's customers in the US government more streamlined procurement of our network simulation products," said Uwe Zimmermann, President of Gambit Communications, Inc. "Government agencies now can easily acquire our GSA approved products for their testing, deployment and training needs."

"Technical Communities is committed to help government users save money and select high quality technical products," said Peter Ostrow, President and CEO of Technical Communities. "We will continue to optimize the GSA buying and selling experience for organizations such as Gambit Communications."

Gambit's products are under General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) managed by Technical Communities, which will provide content, transaction, marketing, sales support, and reporting services around them. Technical Communities also will provide presentation and order processing through the GSA's e-commerce web site, gsaadvantage.gov, and the company's own online marketplaces, gsamart.com, testmart.com, and navicpmart.com.

About Gambit Communications
Founded in 1995, Gambit Communications is a global leader in network and SNMP simulation tools that enhance the productivity of management software developers and enterprise users while lowering their costs. MIMIC Simulator is a modular family of simulators used by leading networking vendors for use in applications from development and testing to operator training and disaster simulations. Gambit Communications' portfolio of over 500 customers includes: IBM, JP Morgan, VISA, Shell, US Army, US Air Force, HP, CA, Cisco, Intel, AT&T, MCI and Alcatel-Lucent. For more information on Gambit and MIMIC, visit http://gambitcommunications.com.

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About Technical Communities
Companies who sell to the government rely on Technical Communities for proven go-to-market solutions to grow sales, lower costs and reduce risks. We use our contracting expertise and powerful technology solutions to enable organizations to more effectively manage contracts, sales, marketing and procurement. The company, with offices in the California's Silicon Valley and the Washington, DC area, is owner and operator of marketplaces gsamart.com, testmart.com, navicpmart.com, and eurekaspot.com. Government contract-focused websites include govcontractsmagazine.com and testequipmentmagazine.com. For more information, visit http://technicalcommunities.com.