Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) and ProSoft Technology(R) today announced negotiations toward an initiative to offer industrial automation and control solutions through ProSoft Technology's global sales channels consisting of more than 600 distributors.
Certified for use in hazardous environments, Sierra Wireless Mobile and M2M devices have been workhorses in the Utilities and Automation industries for over a decade. ALEOS(TM) embedded intelligence simplifies integration and enables the devices to maintain an always-on, always-aware network connection, critical for real-time remote monitoring, configuration and logging.
Comprehensive remote management, via the AceWare(TM) software suite, ultimately lowers total cost of ownership by enabling customers to minimize field service calls.
ProSoft Technology offers over 600 products supporting 60+ different industrial communication protocols, providing the expertise for customers looking to integrate and leverage cellular with their automation and control applications. Deployment-ready options and integrated industrial protocol support make it easy for end users to use RadioLinx Industrial Cellular products for remote process or OEM equipment monitoring, for non-time-critical control for municipal and oil/gas SCADA, and for M2M applications. The products are expected to be commercially available in the first quarter of 2009.
"We're looking forward to working with ProSoft Technology to provide a robust automation and control solution," remarked Justin Schmid, vice president of Marketing and Business Development for the Sierra Wireless Mobile and M2M group. "By coupling the intelligence of ALEOS with ProSoft Technology's expertise in serving the automation market, we believe we can create a very compelling product offering."
"Our customers are asking ProSoft Technology for easy to deploy cellular connectivity. Combining robust industrial cellular technology from Sierra Wireless, deployment ready options through our data service partners, and industrial protocol pre-configuration - ProSoft Technology simplifies industrial cellular" said Kevin Zamzow, strategic product marketing manager for ProSoft Technology. "ALEOS intelligence, rugged design and Class I Div 2 certification make these devices perfectly suited for the industrial automation market."
The RadioLinx industrial cellular products can be seen at the Rockwell Automation Fair in Nashville, TN, Nov 19 - 20. Visit ProSoft Technology at booth No.619 to learn more about the RadioLinx devices.
For more information about ProSoft Technology please visit http://www.prosoft-technology.com. To contact the ProSoft Technology sales desk please call +1 (661) 716-5100.
About ProSoft Technology
ProSoft Technology(R) designs communication solutions that bridge between automation products as seamlessly as if they were all from the same supplier. ProSoft Technology's offerings consist of four primary product families: Integrated protocol and network connectivity modules known as inRAx(R) for Rockwell Automation and ProTalk(R) for Schneider Electric, stand-alone and wireless gateways known as ProLinx(R), and industrial serial and Ethernet wireless solutions known as RadioLinx(R). ProSoft Technology has over 600 distributors in 72 countries, with Regional Area Offices in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. www.prosoft-technology.com
Sierra Wireless Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement of our services and products, statements about future market conditions, supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions, revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other expectations, intentions, and plans contained in this press release that are not historical fact. Our expectations regarding future revenues and earnings depend in part upon our ability to successfully develop, manufacture, and supply products that we do not produce today and that meet defined specifications. When used in this press release, the words "plan", "expect", "believe", and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology and changes in the wireless data communications market. In light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding the wireless data communications market, you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be realized.
Certified for use in hazardous environments, Sierra Wireless Mobile and M2M devices have been workhorses in the Utilities and Automation industries for over a decade. ALEOS(TM) embedded intelligence simplifies integration and enables the devices to maintain an always-on, always-aware network connection, critical for real-time remote monitoring, configuration and logging.
Comprehensive remote management, via the AceWare(TM) software suite, ultimately lowers total cost of ownership by enabling customers to minimize field service calls.
ProSoft Technology offers over 600 products supporting 60+ different industrial communication protocols, providing the expertise for customers looking to integrate and leverage cellular with their automation and control applications. Deployment-ready options and integrated industrial protocol support make it easy for end users to use RadioLinx Industrial Cellular products for remote process or OEM equipment monitoring, for non-time-critical control for municipal and oil/gas SCADA, and for M2M applications. The products are expected to be commercially available in the first quarter of 2009.
"We're looking forward to working with ProSoft Technology to provide a robust automation and control solution," remarked Justin Schmid, vice president of Marketing and Business Development for the Sierra Wireless Mobile and M2M group. "By coupling the intelligence of ALEOS with ProSoft Technology's expertise in serving the automation market, we believe we can create a very compelling product offering."
"Our customers are asking ProSoft Technology for easy to deploy cellular connectivity. Combining robust industrial cellular technology from Sierra Wireless, deployment ready options through our data service partners, and industrial protocol pre-configuration - ProSoft Technology simplifies industrial cellular" said Kevin Zamzow, strategic product marketing manager for ProSoft Technology. "ALEOS intelligence, rugged design and Class I Div 2 certification make these devices perfectly suited for the industrial automation market."
The RadioLinx industrial cellular products can be seen at the Rockwell Automation Fair in Nashville, TN, Nov 19 - 20. Visit ProSoft Technology at booth No.619 to learn more about the RadioLinx devices.
For more information about ProSoft Technology please visit http://www.prosoft-technology.com. To contact the ProSoft Technology sales desk please call +1 (661) 716-5100.
About ProSoft Technology
ProSoft Technology(R) designs communication solutions that bridge between automation products as seamlessly as if they were all from the same supplier. ProSoft Technology's offerings consist of four primary product families: Integrated protocol and network connectivity modules known as inRAx(R) for Rockwell Automation and ProTalk(R) for Schneider Electric, stand-alone and wireless gateways known as ProLinx(R), and industrial serial and Ethernet wireless solutions known as RadioLinx(R). ProSoft Technology has over 600 distributors in 72 countries, with Regional Area Offices in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. www.prosoft-technology.com
Sierra Wireless Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, plans and timing for the introduction or enhancement of our services and products, statements about future market conditions, supply conditions, channel and end customer demand conditions, revenues, gross margins, operating expenses, profits, and other expectations, intentions, and plans contained in this press release that are not historical fact. Our expectations regarding future revenues and earnings depend in part upon our ability to successfully develop, manufacture, and supply products that we do not produce today and that meet defined specifications. When used in this press release, the words "plan", "expect", "believe", and similar expressions generally identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current expectations. They are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, changes in technology and changes in the wireless data communications market. In light of the many risks and uncertainties surrounding the wireless data communications market, you should understand that we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements contained in this press release will be realized.
