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March 29, 2012
FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES’ DAN STEELE TO PRESENT AT USCID WATER MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2012 IN AUSTIN
Industry leader to discuss best practices in designing SCADA networks
WHO: Dan Steele
Regional Manager
FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
Daniel G. Steele is a regional manager at FreeWave Technologies, Inc. Steele has more than 25 years of experience selling SCADA networks for the irrigation, water and wastewater, oil and gas, electric utilities, railroad, traffic and process control instrumentation markets. Some of Steele’s previous experience includes working as a system integrator; as a branch manager for Water Works Equipment; as a regional sales manager for Rockwell Automation; as a regional area manager for Microwave Data Systems; and, as a senior vice president of sales for Bluewave Antenna Systems.
Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies is a world leader in the innovative design/manufacture of license-free spread spectrum, licensed band radios and wireless data solutions that are trusted for mission critical applications around the world (www.freewave.com).
WHAT: Plenary Session: Point to Multi-Point Radio SCADA Networks
In today’s technological climate, advancements and developments have made multiple network types available, including point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, backhaul, tail-end link or extension, point-to-multipoint with repeaters and hybrid networks that may have several types of communication devices. In order to determine which option is best, each operator must carefully consider his/her individual system requirements. Some operators understand the details and the planning that needs to be considered, while others might need some help, or at the very least, some guidelines.
This presentation offers basic system design requirements, tips on selecting the right components and some common SCADA terminology with definitions. The author will focus on practical considerations to help users make the best decision for selecting a network that is the best for their system, while highlighting ideal communication options for a point-to-multipoint SCADA network.
WHERE: USCID Water Management Conference 2012
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
6505 I-35 North
Austin, TX 78752
WHEN: Plenary Session One – SCADA and Automation
Wed., April 4
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. CST
CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave Technologies, or to set up an interview with Mr. Steele, please contact:
Christin Jeffers
Catapult PR-IR
(303) 581-7760, ext. 19
March 28, 2012
INOVONICS SEES INCREASED MOMENTUM FOR MOBILE DURESS SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE MARKET
Hospitals now able to quickly locate people who are in need of assistance and take immediate action to ensure the highest quality of staff, patient and public safety
LAS VEGAS - (ISC West, Booth #25121 ), March 28, 2012 – Inovonics (http://www.inovonics.com), the industry leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications, today announced that Radius® is gaining traction in the healthcare market. Radius is the security industry’s first mobile duress and situational awareness solution that utilizes Inovonics’ wireless positioning technology. Radius combines advanced location technology with the latest broadcast notification capabilities to pinpoint and communicate the location of mobile duress alarm devices, which is especially important in healthcare settings where medical staff are often spread over a great distance and in remote locations.
Hospitals around the nation are facing a growing safety concern. According to the American Nurses Association (http://www.nursingworld.org/), in 2009 more than 50 percent of emergency center nurses were assaulted on the job. There were 2,050 assaults and violent acts reported by registered nurses that resulted in an average of four missed work shifts. As a result, many hospitals are turning to wireless technologies to help prevent workplace assaults.
“At Avera Queen of Peace Hospital, we place a high degree of importance on employee safety, and initially implemented Inovonics’ mobile duress alarm system to provide staff members with a wireless panic button in case of a potentially harmful event,” explained Glen Vilhauer, operations supervisor at Avera Queen of Peace. However, “with Radius, we have been able to expand the coverage of the duress system beyond the main hospital building to outlying clinics and parking lots. This means, our staff reaps the benefits of Radius beyond the walls of the hospital building,” said Vilhauer.
Radius monitors any Inovonics’ end device, provides immediate notification when help is needed, directs responders to the exact location of the call for help and can offer broadcast capabilities in response to widespread emergency situations. It is ideal for staff protection applications on healthcare campuses such as hospitals, emergency departments, and psychiatric wards. Radius’ broadcast capabilities also provide an important function that goes well beyond a simple alert from one individual. It can be used to signal that a larger, more widespread concern is taking place somewhere within the hospital setting thus indicating an early warning/prevention of a “lock-down” situation via the broadcast alert function. This same system can also be used to automate temperature checks for freezers and refrigerators and prevent theft of large assets.
Unlike traditional hard-wired control panel systems that have been used to detect safety issues and report alarms, Radius provides a complete end-to-end, IP-enabled wireless solution for the security market. Based on the fully supervised Inovonics wireless network, Radius can work alone or be integrated with other safety and security systems. Key features and benefits of Radius include:
- Location: Radius allows for mobile duress applications by accurately determining where an alarm is coming from within a building or campus setting.
- Notification: Radius coordinates event monitoring and broadcast notification. It communicates information from in-building systems and routes them to alert devices, such as pagers, emails and mobile phones using text messaging or voice mail. Radius also packages multiple in-building systems into a single notification solution allowing for more efficient and quicker responses.
- Monitoring: Radius works with the complete line of Inovonics end devices including pendant transmitters, universal transmitters and motion detectors. It can also integrate to other existing in-building systems such as access control or environmental monitoring.
“With the Inovonics Radius system, healthcare workers can be assured that their call for help will result in immediate notification to the appropriate responders to the exact location of the emergency,” explained Mark Jarman, president of Inovonics. “As in the instance of Avera Queen of Peace, Radius does not stop at security and providing broadcast notification to staff in the event of an emergency, it can also be used to automate temperature checks for freezers and refrigerators, track large assets and prevent theft”.
Configurations, Availability and Pricing:
Radius can be used within single hospital buildings or scale to cover large multi-building healthcare campuses. It can be easily integrated with other fire and safety and security systems. It is available now and pricing varies based on customer needs and configuration. For more information, visit Inovonics website at www.inovonics.com/radius or join the conversation at www.twitter.com/inovonics.
About Inovonics Wireless Corporation
Inovonics is the industry leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications. Founded in 1986, the company pioneered and patented the use of 900 MHz wireless technology to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and flexible solutions for critical wireless applications. A leader in security and healthcare markets, the Inovonics family of pendants, transmitters, repeaters, receivers and control modules provides the wireless backbone for many of the world’s most widely used wireless systems. Renowned for exceptional performance and reliability, more than 6.5 million Inovonics wireless systems have been deployed in the most challenging of commercial environments, where structural limitations and multiple wireless networks can prove disruptive to lower quality systems. Working with leading OEMs and service provider partners, Inovonics provides network design and system engineering support to continuously advance the use of wireless technologies for corporate, industrial and healthcare applications. For more information contact Inovonics at (www.inovonics.com), or call 800-782-2709.
Contact:
Christie Denniston
Catapult PR-IR
Office: 303-581-7760, ext. 13
Mobile: 303-827-5164
March 27, 2012
Tasktop’s New Sync Studio Provides First Visual ALM Mapping and Monitoring Tool for ALM Architects
IT Organizations Gain New Levels of Visibility into Heterogeneous ALM Architectures to Author and Manage Task and Data Flow between Best-of-Breed ALM Tools
VANCOUVER and RESTON VA (EclipseCon 2012, Booth #25), March 27, 2012 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and a leader in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Automation solutions, today announced Sync Studio, an extension of its Task Federation™ platform that makes it dramatically easier for organizations to connect, configure and maintain medium- and large-scale ALM infrastructures. Offered as a new component of Tasktop Sync, Sync Studio provides visual cross-ALM system task and workflow mapping, ALM architecture design, monitoring tools to ease integration maintenance and alert notifications for project and system administrators.
“As we’ve been rolling out Tasktop Sync over the past year to IT organizations trying to automate Agile ALM and DevOps architectures across the enterprise, the process of taking inventory and managing integrations between all of their disparate tools has become extremely messy, frustrating and time-consuming,” said Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop Technologies and creator of the Eclipse Mylyn open source project. “Sync Studio makes it possible for software delivery organizations to gain control of this chaos by providing a single tool for viewing the design, integration and performance of today’s complex ALM architectures with an easy-to-use visual design and authoring tool.”
Tasktop continues to solve major challenges for software organizations that are implementing enterprise-wide Agile and ALM modernization initiatives by connecting both developers, through Tasktop Dev, and cross-functional enterprise teams, through Tasktop Sync, to automate the entire application lifecycle. All Tasktop products leverage the Eclipse Mylyn task-based integration framework to provide a more strategic and lightweight synchronization solution than standard REST API and pure data-store integrations. Its tools provide visibility into ALM work flow, real-time data sharing of cross-function activities and context into actual performance and business value. With Sync Studio, the company continues to help IT organizations synchronize and automate development processes to deliver market value quicker, reduce inefficiencies and promote collaboration and innovation by connecting individuals and teams across the enterprise.
“Standard integration of ALM tools is typically limited since it only addresses point-to-point functionality and can then lack the comprehensive visibility, interoperability and traceability needed for a fully synchronized ALM tool stack,” said Melinda Ballou, program director for the Application Lifecycle Management and Executive Strategies service at IDC, a research advisory firm headquartered in Framingham, MA. “With software driving innovation and with challenges resulting from complex ALM infrastructure, complex sourcing and silo-ed departments, IT organizations need to be able to architect and gain control of automated ALM solutions. This automation is sorely needed to help drive effective software delivery and competitive benefits.”
To help IT organizations scale Tasktop Sync deployments and better manage the growing number of ALM systems in a typical tool stack, Sync Studio provides a whole new set of ALM infrastructure management tools. Capabilities include:
- A Unified View across the ALM Stack: Sync Studio presents ALM architects and administrators with a comprehensive and “live” architectural view of current tools and processes, and the associated interdependencies and roadblocks that need to be addressed.
- Visual Mapping for ALM Administrators: Sync Studio provides automated mapping capabilities for ALM administrators to author and configure task, data and workflow connectivity and integration between ALM servers.
- Cross-repository Monitoring and Administration: Sync Studio helps maintain the health and performance of enterprise-wide ALM architectures through the regular monitoring of inter-tool functionality and centralized administration of changes, maintenance, trouble-shooting and alert notifications.
- End-to-end Traceability for the Lifecycle: through its Task Federation platform, Sync Studio provides complete ALM traceability that is available through the visual mapping and visibility capabilities now available in the tool.
In addition to Sync Studio, Tasktop also is introducing Tasktop Sync 2.3 with new integrations for ThoughtWorks’ Mingle and Accept360, as well as an updated Mylyn-based Sync integration for IBM Rational Team Concert. It is part of a coordinated Tasktop rollout that also includes Tasktop Dev 2.3 and builds on the new Eclipse Mylyn 3.7. Tasktop Dev now includes support for Gerrit and the Jenkins continuous integration server, and new workspace provisioning tools for HP ALM. With these additions, Tasktop now supports more than 70 ALM tools.
Availability
Tasktop Sync 2.3 with Sync Studio is being demonstrated now at EclipseCon 2012 (http://www.eclipsecon.org/2012/) and will be generally available on April 17. Tasktop Dev 2.3 is available today.
About Tasktop Technologies
Tasktop Technologies is the industry’s leading provider of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Automation and integration software. Thousands of IT organizations depend on Tasktop’s commercial and open source solutions to connect developers, testers, business analysts and project managers who use a wide variety of Agile and ALM tools hosted both on premise and in the cloud. By automating and connecting the software lifecycle, Tasktop is solving one of the biggest challenge facing large-scale software delivery organizations – the complete disconnect and brittle integrations of ALM tools. Its Task Federation™ technology delivers on the promise of a unified ALM stack through a partner ecosystem that integrates more than 70 disparate ALM tools with real-time connectivity and cross-repository workflow support. Tasktop created and leads the Eclipse Mylyn project, with more than 1 million downloads per month, upon which its commercial Tasktop Sync ALM middleware and Tasktop Dev IDE tools. All Tasktop tools are built to enable organizations to gain a competitive advantage in today’s software-driven economy by providing the ALM Automation™ needed to gain visibility, predictability and productivity across the software development lifecycle. For more information, visit http://tasktop.com.
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Christie Denniston Catapult PR-IR cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com O: 303-581-7760, ext. 13 M: 303-827-5164March 26, 2012
COLLABNET RECOGNIZED AS CHAMPION IN INFO-TECH RESEARCH GROUP’S
Completeness of product offering and company strength places CollabNet in “uppermost right” of Agile ALM Vendor Landscape quadrant
BRISBANE, Calif., March 26, 2012, CollabNet® (www.collab.net), the global leader for enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM products and services, today announced its ranking as Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group’s Agile ALM Vendor Landscape report (www.collab.net/accolades). CollabNet and its TeamForge ALM platform help IT organizations adopt and scale Agile-based development and deployment practices to increase enterprise software collaboration, innovation and productivity. TeamForge received the highest combined vendor and product ratings of any of the eight vendors that were evaluated in the report.
“It’s a great honor to have CollabNet and TeamForge recognized as a Champion in the Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape – and equally important to see Agile ALM mature as an IT strategy that is driving continuous improvement in the way we develop and deploy software,” said Bill Portelli, co-founder and CEO of CollabNet. “The globalization and consumerization of IT is causing Agile ALM, DevOps and hybrid cloud computing to converge, requiring new development methods to enable productivity and responsiveness in the enterprise. We are excited to be acknowledged for our contribution to these advancements.”
Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscape reports recognize outstanding vendors in select technology marketplaces. Assessing vendors by the strength of their offering and their strategy for the enterprise, Info-Tech Research Group Vendor Landscapes pay tribute to the contribution of exceptional vendors in particular categories, in this case Agile ALM. Champions receive high scores for most evaluation criteria and offer excellent value. They have a strong market presence and are usually the trend setters for the industry.
Info-Tech Research Group analysts recognized CollabNet and its TeamForge Agile ALM platform with consistently high scores for both its product offering and corporate strategy. During a thorough evaluation process it cited the completeness of CollabNet’s full-featured ALM platform, its success helping both large enterprise and SMB customers achieve Agile success, and the support it offers to clients and channel partners.
For more information about CollabNet’s TeamForge Agile ALM platform please visit: (http://www.collab.net/products/ctf/).
About Info-Tech Research Group
With a paid membership of over 25,000 members worldwide, Info-Tech Research Group (www.infotech.com) is the global leader in providing tactical, practical Information Technology research and analysis. Info-Tech Research Group has a fourteen-year history of delivering quality research and is North America’s fastest growing full-service IT analyst firm.
About CollabNet
CollabNet is the recognized leader in enterprise cloud development and Agile ALM, with more than 7,000 global customers that range from single workgroups to large enterprises. Its deep open source roots include the creation of Subversion, the industry leading version control system with millions of users. CollabNet helps enterprise customers build and deploy better software through its focus on collaboration, enterprise Agile methods and cloud development and computing. Many CollabNet customers improve productivity by as much as 70 percent, while reducing costs by 80 percent. Its solutions include TeamForge®, the industry-leading Agile ALM platform for distributed development, ScrumWorks® Pro for Agile project management, Subversion Edge for managed source code management, Codesion™ for cloud-based development and deployment, and a range of Agile-based training, consulting and transformation services. For more information, please visit (www.collab.net).
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CollabNet, TeamForge, and ScrumWorks are registered trademarks of CollabNet, Inc. Codesion is a trademark of CollabNet, Inc. Subversion is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective holders.
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Catapult PR-IR
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March 23, 2012
SparkFun Electronics Goes to POSSCON to Present Ideas for Open Source Business and Technology
Lindsay Levkoff and Christopher Clark explain what it means to be an open source business and how to improve the adoption of open source technology into classrooms
BOULDER, Colo. March 23, 2012 — SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, today announced its participation at the 2012 Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) in Columbia, S.C. POSSCON continues to bring together innovators in the open source space (technologists and managers) and provides affordable access to quality information regarding the open source movement. Two of SparkFun’s Directors, Lindsay Levkoff (Education) and Christopher Clark (IT), will be presenting at the event.
SparkFun Electronics is a rapidly growing provider of open source hardware that has prospered from a dorm room setting into a multi-million dollar company with no outside investment. “An early reliance on open source technologies enabled this growth and has now developed into an undercurrent that permeates the culture here at SparkFun,” explained Christopher Clark, director of information technology at SparkFun. Now, with an infrastructure rich in open source technology and a custom-built ERP system being gradually opened for public use, SparkFun is facing the challenge of pushing further into open source technology while mitigating risk and pressing innovation. During Clark’s presentation, he will elaborate on SparkFun’s open source business model and how the company will use open source technologies and practices to continue to innovate at many levels.
“The open source community continues to grow and it doesn’t show any signs of abating,” explains Lindsay Levkoff, director of education at SparkFun. “Not only are we proud to support the open source community through events like POSSCON, but we are excited to see this movement gain momentum in other communities, such as education.” As an educator, Levkoff wants to improve the adoption of open source technology into the classroom. This is because the open source model allows educators to bring relevant and engaging technology into the classroom, despite budget and resource restrictions. Levkoff’s presentation will include a discussion of what the Department of Education at SparkFun Electronics learned during its first year with early adopters, students, parents, educators and administrations, and how the company plans to increase the affordability and accessibility of technology for all students across multiple geographical areas.
“We’re leaders in the open source hardware movement,” continued Clark. “It applies to our products as much as our software and even applies to how we interface with our community.”
POSSCON is held at the Columbia Convention Center in downtown Columbia, S.C. from March 28-29, 2012. To learn more about Clark, Levkoff and their presentation topics at POSSCON 2012, please visit: (http://www.posscon.org/speaker/chris-clark/) and (http://www.posscon.org/speaker/lindsay-levkoff/).
If you would like to learn more about SparkFun Electronics, please visit: (http://www.sparkfun.com).
About SparkFun Electronics
Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. It helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects.
SparkFun currently offers more than 1,800 products, ranging from simple components, like capacitors and resistors, to GPS units and Bluetooth modules. The company employs 140 people and is based in Boulder, Colorado.
Find SparkFun on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/SparkFun), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SparkFun), Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/SparkFun), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/SparkFun), Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/SparkFun), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106084846822083498483/posts)
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Jeremy Douglas
Catapult PR-IR
303-581-7760
jdouglas@catapultpr-ir.com
March 22, 2012
TASKTOP CREATES OEM VERSION OF TASKTOP DEV FOR HP
VANCOUVER, BC, March 22, 2012 – Tasktop Technologies (www.tasktop.com), creators of Eclipse Mylyn and the leader in application lifecycle management (ALM) automation tools, today announced that a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) version of Tasktop Dev (http://tasktop.com/support/new/index-dev22) is now embedded in HP Application Lifecycle Intelligence.
With today’s announcement, developers can now accelerate delivery of new innovative applications to the business by automatically provisioning their development environments. The collaboration capabilities provide application delivery teams with visibility, predictability and intelligence that ensure business continuity and customer satisfaction. .
The enhanced offering enables end-to-end traceability across the application lifecycle. Developers can gain better visibility into data by breaking down information barriers with contextual reporting spanning the entire application lifecycle. The integration improves productivity with contextual information so that enables developers to view ALM artifacts in their IDE while coding tasks, requirements, defects and test results. This results in a clear understanding of the functionality needed by the code.
With this integration, developers can now reduce cycle times and increase collaboration with the ability to automatically connect to their IDE of choice with new out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse as well as a wide variety of development tools including Subversion, Concurrent Versions System (CVS), Hudson, and Jenkins. This also provides developers with access to ALM artifacts right from their IDE.
In addition, the new Tasktop Workspace Provisioning (tasktop.com/hp) technology enables developers to automatically provision development environments comprised of IDEs, SCM and build management systems to reduce time-consuming and administrative tasks that erode developer productivity.
“With the growing complexity and heterogeneous make up of today’s ALM stacks, it is imperative that developers have a single and integrated ‘pane of glass’ that keeps them connected to other stakeholders while staying focused on the flow of coding activity,” said Mik Kersten, CEO, Tasktop Technologies. “Working together with HP, we have created a seamless developer experience that brings all information connected by HP ALM into integrated development environments (IDE), from provisioning of source code for a new release to receiving a build notification from the continuous integration (CI) server of choice.”
“Application development teams need to work with their choice of tools and systems without being constrained by time-consuming, administrative development tasks,” said Matthew Morgan, senior director, Product and Solution Marketing, Software, HP. “This solution enables developers to automatically provision development environments, while enhancing context-driven collaboration across application delivery teams. This allows them to focus on what really matters – accelerating delivery of new, innovative applications.”
Both Tasktop Dev, a developer desktop ALM integration, and Tasktop Sync, (http://tasktop.com/support/new/index-sync20) an ALM middleware integration, are built on the industry-standard, open source Eclipse Mylyn ALM interoperability framework. The Tasktop Dev Enterprise Edition (http://tasktop.com/support/new/index-dev22) provides more than 80 additional integrations beyond what is available in the OEM version of Tasktop Dev for HP. With Tasktop Sync, users have real-time synchronization, automatic and configurable conflict resolution, and support for more than two dozen leading Agile and ALM change management tools. Building on and extending the developer-centric Tasktop Dev experience, Tasktop Sync’s integration with HP ALM furthers collaboration in the application lifecycle by unifying heterogeneous ALM stacks. This enables developers, testers, business analysts and managers to work within their best-of-breed tools of choice, while automatically maintaining traceability across ALM artifacts.
For more information please visit the Tasktop blog at: (http://tasktop.com/blog/news/hp-oem-announced)
About Tasktop Technologies
Tasktop Technologies is transforming the productivity of software delivery by unifying Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and empowering developers with task-focused tools. Tasktop invented the task-focused interface and created the popular Eclipse Mylyn project, which transformed the developer’s IDE experience to center around ALM tool-based collaboration. Building on top of Mylyn, Tasktop has been unifying the ALM landscape with its broad ecosystem of ALM partnerships that connect disparate tools from leading Agile, enterprise ALM and open source offerings. Tasktop’s Task Federation™ technology builds on this ecosystem to unify heterogeneous ALM stacks by allowing developers, testers and managers to work within their best-of-breed tools of choice, while automatically maintaining traceability and visibility across ALM artifacts. Its Tasktop Sync provides the only real-time bidirectional and fully automated synchronization between ALM servers. Tasktop Dev is the developer-centric ALM interface for the Eclipse and Visual Studio IDEs, making it dramatically easier for developers to work and collaborate, while keeping ALM tools up-to-date with development activity. For more information please visit: http://tasktop.com.
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March 21, 2012
JIM GARDNER OF FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES TO PRESENT AT THE NACE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SECTION DINNER MEETING
Industry leader to discuss the benefits of distributed hybrid technology
WHO: Jim Gardner
Oil and Gas Industry Manager
FreeWave Technologies, Inc.
(www.freewave.com)
Jim Gardner is a seasoned industry veteran in SCADA and data collection technologies and the oil and gas industry manager at FreeWave Technologies, Inc. Gardner has worked in the oil and gas industry since 1975 in various management positions, including as Regional Manager, AMF Tuboscope; as senior vice president and general manager at PRS; as senior vice president and general manager at Remote Operating Systems (ROS); and, as product manager at ABB Totalflow. He joined FreeWave in 2001 as an oil and gas sales manager responsible for launching the company’s products into the oil and gas industry. He currently is a member of ENTELEC, ASGMT and ISHM.
WHAT: Bringing It All Together – Hybrid Wireless Systems Can Be Leveraged to Your Advantage
Traditional systems have either been too large to manage or too costly on a monthly, per point basis. The implementation of high speed backbone networks, strategic backhaul devices/services and multiple master locations or “access points” make it possible to drive maintenance/monthly costs down, decrease polling cycle times and eliminate single points of failure. The days of large, unmanageable networks are behind us. Today, we have distributed technology that strengthens networks and allows us to better consider manageability, expandability, costs and speed. During his presentation, Jim Gardner will discuss the benefits of deploying hybrid systems that make use of multiple technologies.
WHERE: NACE Rocky Mountain Section Dinner Meeting
The Hickory House Restaurant
10335 S. Parker Road
Parker, CO 80134
WHEN: Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012 5:30 p.m. MDT
CONTACT: For more information on FreeWave, or to set up an interview with Mr. Gardner, please contact Christin Jeffers at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 19 or cjeffers@catapultpr-ir.com.
SparkFun Electronics to Host Continuing Education Class in Conjunction with the Colorado School of Mines
Introduction to Microcontrollers for K-12 Educators will cover the basics of embedded electronics
BOULDER, Colo. March 21, 2012 — On March 31 and April 1, 2012, SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, will host a new class called “Introduction to Microcontrollers for Educators.” This workshop, which will focus on covering the basics of embedded electronics and physical computing, is offered through a partnership with the Colorado School of Mines (http://www.mines.edu). Through this relationship, students in the class will have the option of receiving one unit of credit to the School of Mines.
The Introduction to Microcontrollers for Educators class is designed to not only familiarize teachers with embedded electronics, but to provide them with ways to help integrate physical computing into their lesson plans. The class will cover everything from conductive play dough and giant breadboards, to programming and learning how to solder.
“We’re really excited to have the opportunity to improve the accessibility of technology in the classroom by spending a weekend working with our local educators,” said SparkFun director of education Lindsay Levkoff. “Computer programming is a 21st century skill with endless STEAM curriculum tie-ins. During the two-day workshop, SparkFun will be training the educators on the skills necessary to understand and teach basic microcontroller programming as well as the circuits in the SparkFun Inventor’s Kit. We look forward to introducing various open source technologies to educators.”
The class will take place on March 31 and April 1, 2012 from 9 AM to 5 PM at SparkFun headquarters in Boulder, Colo. There are no prerequisites to attend the class and spots are still available.
If you would like to learn more about SparkFun Electronics’ class offering, please visit: (http://www.sparkfun.com/products/11127).
About SparkFun Electronics
Founded in 2003, SparkFun shares its passion by providing parts, knowledge, and innovation for those looking to explore the world of embedded electronics. It helps anyone discover their inner inventor and enables individuals to create their own electronics projects.
SparkFun currently offers more than 1,800 products, ranging from simple components, like capacitors and resistors, to GPS units and Bluetooth modules. The company employs 140 people and is based in Boulder, Colorado.
Find SparkFun on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/SparkFun), Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/SparkFun), Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/SparkFun), YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/SparkFun), Vimeo (http://www.vimeo.com/SparkFun), and Google+ (https://plus.google.com/106084846822083498483/posts)
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March 20, 2012
INOVONICS PRESIDENT MARK JARMAN TO PARTICIPATE IN PSIA PANEL AT ISC WEST 2012
Security industry leader to discuss the importance of standards in product development and implementation
WHO: Mark Jarman
President
Inovonics
Inovonics is a leader in high-performance wireless sensor networks for commercial and life safety applications.
For more than two decades, Jarman has served as an industry executive in the security and wireless industries. He has a deep technical background combined with sharp business acumen from his years of management and business development experience. He has an undergraduate from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from DePaul University in Chicago.
WHAT: “Implementing PSIA Standards: Perspectives from Industry Leaders”
Whether in product development or service delivery, it is important to develop industry standards in an open and collaborative manner to benefit the security industry as a whole. At ISC West 2012, Geoff Kohl of SecurityInfoWatch will moderate the Physical Security Interoperability Alliance’s (PSIA) panel of security industry leaders discussing standards, why we need them and their experience in implementing them into products. This panel presentation will demonstrate the importance, value and positive ROI effects of a collaborative standards development process.
Jarman will draw on his experience in the security and wireless industries to provide insight on how standards development activities in the security industry compare to other industries, and how companies can become part of the standards development process. Other panelists include, Gary Myers, vice president of engineering at ObjectVideo, Deon Chatterton of Cisco STS, Mike Regelski, vice president of engineering at UTC Automation Control Systems and Frank Gasztonyi, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Mercury Security Corp.
WHERE: ISC West 2012
Bellini Room 2012
Venetian Hotel/Sands Expo Center
3355 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
WHEN: Thurs., Mar. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. PDT
CONTACT: For more information or to set up an interview with Mark Jarman, president of Inovonics, please contact Christie Denniston at Catapult PR-IR 303-581-7760, ext. 13 or (cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com).
March 19, 2012
FREEWAVE TECHNOLOGIES EXTENDS WARRANTY ON ALL FGR2, FGR2-CP AND FGR2-IO WIRELESS DATA RADIOS TO THREE YEARS
The warranty extension for products further emphasizes FreeWave’s commitment to quality and customer service
BOULDER, Colo., March 19, 2012 — FreeWave Technologies, (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced that its entire FGR2, FGR2-CP and FGR2-IO family of wireless data radios as well as IO Expansion solutions now are under warranty for a period of three years from the date of purchase, beginning March 19, 2012. Previously, all of FreeWave’s wireless data radios were warrantied for only two years. The FGR2-based radio solutions, the company’s most recently introduced and highly popular product line, are a cost effective solution that enable customers to incorporate wireless communications into a wide variety of industrial applications. Its IO Expansion modules offer users a scalable solution to meet the growing demands of their automation requirements.
“The extension of our product warranty from two to three years signifies FreeWave’s never-ending commitment to its customers, partners and our engineering excellence programs,” explained Ashish Sharma, CMO at FreeWave Technologies. “While other industry players are maintaining (or even decreasing) their warranties, FreeWave is increasing its guarantees to continue providing the best possible service to its customers around the world.”
FreeWave’s FGR2 wireless data radios are fully backwards-compatible with the earlier FGR Series of radios and are capable of accurately transmitting and receiving data up to 60 miles with a clear line of sight. FGR2 provides tremendous flexibility for use in applications around the world ranging from smart grid to oil and gas to golf carts, water systems and more. The FGR2 models offer the lowest power consumption in the industry.
FreeWave’s IO Expansion products help customers achieve optimal performance, faster ROI and customization for communication networks. FreeWave’s IO Expansion modules increase the degree of monitoring, control and optimization, and offer the most flexible and easily expandable wired and wireless IO available in the market today. The extended warranty applies to the entire IO Expansion family, including its Serial Models.
To learn more about FreeWave’s FGR2 family of wireless data radios, please visit: (http://www.freewave.com/PRODUCTS/ALLPRODUCTS/FGR2.aspx).
To learn more about FreeWave’s suite of IO Expansion modules, please visit: (http://www.freewave.com/PRODUCTS/ALLPRODUCTS/IOEXPANSION.aspx).
About FreeWave Technologies
Founded in 1993, FreeWave Technologies manufactures the most reliable, high performing, lowest power consumption, spread spectrum and licensed radios for mission-critical data transmission. Through engineering excellence and a relentless commitment to best-in-class manufacturing, FreeWave customers enjoy superior radio up-time, range and the lowest cost of ownership available. Based in Boulder, Colorado, FreeWave designs and manufactures radios that are the leading choice for oil and gas, utility, military and numerous other industrial applications. Organizations that count on radio data communications for operational success – where failure and down-time are not an option – trust FreeWave for custom network design, system engineering and customer support that are unparalleled in the market. For additional information, contact FreeWave directly at 866.399.4930 or at newsinfo@freewave.com. Visit the company’s website at www.freewave.com or connect with the company via Twitter: @freewavetech.
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