Day 10 of the Road Show meant a short drive across the Wiltshire & Hampshire country side to Roke Manor Research in Romsey. Roke Manor is in a great location in the Test Valley and is a site that Nigel knows well. Nigel met with new and old contacts and had a very productive day - lots of discussions about TigerSHARC DSP, Altera FPGA and single board computer applications. A good end to the week in the September sunshine. The next stop on the Road Show is BAE Systems in Filton, Bristol and another busy day is expected so Gary & Nigel will be attending.
The roadshow has visited Roke Manor Research in Romsey, BAE Systems in Farnborough and Lockheed-Martin in Havant this week. Tomorrow it is Thursday so it must be GE Aviation in Cheltenham and on Friday it is BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil. This week the locations are very convenient for Sarsen as they are all about an hours drive north, south, east and west from Marlborough. Nigel's car sustained some damage returning from Goodrich last Friday. A tyre was punctured and then a truck ran over the jack whilst the wheel was being changed which resulted in the nearside wing mirror being ripped off. It could have been a lot worse but not the best way to end a long working week!
An enjoyable and productive week meeting new and old customers at Selex S&AS in Luton, Goodrich Automation Systems in Wolverhampton, Rolls-Royce in Derby, Lockheed Martin (INSYS) in Ampthill and Goodrich Power Systems in Pitstone. The key product areas that generated the most interest were the EVOC rugged laptops, BittWare's Altera Stratix IV FPGA solutions, Trenton Technology's 19" Rackmount server solutions and VersaLogic's PC/104-Plus Single Board Computers.
The sites to be visited next week are closer to home for the Sarsen team so no more nights away! Monday is Siemens Roke Manor Research in Romsey, then BAE Systems in Farnborough, followed by Lockheed-Martin in Havant on Wednesday, GE Aviation in Cheltenham on Thursday and BAE Systems Aerosystems International in Yeovil on Friday. If you are planning to visit the Roadshow or would like more details please visit this site http://www.aero-mag.com/issues/september09/PDF/AM_September09_Supplement.pdf or call Sarsen Technology on 01672 511166.
