SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
March 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Internet of Things pioneer Echelon Corp (NASDAQ: ELON) today
announced the SmartServer™ IoT platform, a powerful new addition to
its popular SmartServer family that simplifies the process of
connecting traditional and emerging industrial devices to cloud
analytics and AI (Artificial Intelligence) applications. The
new SmartServer IoT features modern web APIs (Application
Programming Interfaces) and an IoT-friendly distributed
intelligence architecture. The product supports popular IIoT
(industrial IoT) protocols such as LonWorks, BACnet, Modbus and
M-Bus along with IT-centric connectivity technologies such as Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth. The new product is up to ten times faster and has
more than 50 times the memory of the previous generation platform
(SmartServer 2), and with its rich set of APIs enables developers to create
solutions in days or weeks instead of months or years. SmartServer
IoT will be available for sampling in Q2 2018 and ship in volume
before the end of 2018.
The SmartServer IoT is ideal for both OEMs and system
integrators in the IIoT space. Both will now be able to collect and
analyze data from existing traditional control system installations
running protocols such as LonWorks, BACnet or Modbus, as well as
extend those installations with IT-centric solutions such as
Wi-Fi. OEMs benefit from faster development times, flexible
deployment options and easy customization. Integrators working
with customers to expand or improve in-place controllers and
sensors are able to get actionable information to the cloud
quickly, without having to rip and replace the old devices. All
users benefit from a dramatic improvement in performance.
SmartServer IoT is open, programmable and extensible. Most
traditional commercial and industrial control systems are
proprietary, do not fully support interoperability across vendors
or prohibit adding support and services for new devices;
SmartServer IoT does not have such limitations. Similarly, edge
servers from IT-centric vendors do not provide support for the
traditional control protocols that are built into SmartServer
IoT.
"SmartServer IoT introduces a whole new world to LonWorks: the
world of IoT," said Ron Bernstein,
CEO/Executive Director of LonMark International. "Echelon's
mission of 'embrace, extend, enhance' brings the promise of cloud
analytics, big data and AI to existing and emerging LonWorks
solutions, thereby creating opportunity for countless improvements
to business, process, and quality."
"The SmartServer IoT has the APIs and interfaces needed to get
information from devices to the cloud, making development and
deployment time much, much faster," said Alan Slabodkin, VP of Controls at Western Allied
Corporation. "Since it can support devices from multiple vendors,
and connect traditional or new protocols to the cloud, we are able
to help customers achieve business outcomes that were impossible
before. Other solutions do not compare and typically are
closed or require a time consuming and expensive overhaul and
replacement of devices."
"SmartServer IoT delivers the value of the IoT to traditional
control systems, unleashing the data locked in those systems by
bringing the worlds of operational technology (OT), information
technology (IT), and cloud services together in a single system,"
said Rich Blomseth, Director Product
Management. "We loaded up this device with the software,
services, and APIs needed to connect OT devices -- sensors,
actuators, and controls in industrial systems -- to the cloud,
saving our customers untold hours of development time and creating
opportunities for revolutionary new smart control
systems."
To begin developing applications on SmartServer IoT or for more
information go to
https://www.echelon.com/products/smartserver-iot.
About Echelon Corporation:
For 30 years Echelon (NASDAQ:ELON) has pioneered the development
of open-standard networking platforms for connecting, monitoring
and controlling devices in commercial and industrial applications.
With more than 140 million connected devices installed worldwide,
Echelon's solutions host a range of applications enabling customers
to reduce energy and operational costs, improve safety and comfort,
and create efficiencies through optimizing physical systems.
Echelon is focusing today on two IoT (Internet of Things) market
areas: creating smart cities and smart campuses through connected
outdoor lighting systems, and enabling device makers to bring
connected products to market faster via a range of IoT-optimized
embedded systems. More information about Echelon can be found at
www.echelon.com.
Echelon, the Echelon logo, and SmartServer IoT, are
trademarks of Echelon Corporation that may be registered in
the United States and other
countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the
trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release may contain statements relating to future
plans, events or performance. Such statements may involve risks and
uncertainties, the risk that Echelon's offerings by themselves or
combined with other applications or offerings do not perform as
designed or do not offer the expected benefits and savings; and
other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results,
events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no
obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these
forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events.
Contact:
Thomas
Cook
Echelon Corp.
tcook@echelon.com
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