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Omnitrol Networks Selects NextHop’s Unified
Networking Software for Its Converged X-Internet Edge
Server Appliance
NextHop’s unified switching, routing and
wireless software delivers complete network integration
capabilities to the industry’s first converged
extended-Internet edge server appliance that delivers
real-time applications for inventory, asset and workflow
visibility and automation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California — December
13, 2006 — Omnitrol
Networks Inc., the market leader in X-Internet edge
server appliances, today announced NextHop Technologies
as its wireless and wired network technology partner.
The OMNITROL appliance is the industry’s first
real-time business process and workflow server appliance
that removes middleware complexity and delivers business
intelligence on the shop floor – at the network’s
edge. The OMNITROL’s powerful service creation
capabilities seamlessly converges collaboration between
diverse smart devices into a secure peer-to-peer intelligent
services network for workflow and process automation
in manufacturing, asset traceability, supply chain,
logistics and healthcare. The OMNITROL completely integrates
business services with X-Internet technologies including
– WiFi, mobile computing, RFID, Real-time Location
Services, PLC controllers, sensors, biometrics, GPS,
and video surveillance.
The X-Internet Revolution is Evolving the Edge
of the Network
The Internet is being transformed. Commercial pressures
and regulatory requirements are driving companies to
establish a real-time view and control of their operations.
The Extended Internet (“X-Internet”) is
a business-led innovation on the edge of today’s
enterprise infrastructure to reap the benefits from
sensor-based technologies for real-time tracking, monitoring,
traceability and control of their work-in-process, inventory,
assets, and physical workflow.
Convergence Solves Deployment for RFID and
the X-Internet
The OMNITROL is the first X-Internet appliance that
goes beyond RFID-specific solutions to deliver the real-time
business process optimization without the associated
expenses and complexity of traditional legacy middleware
and backend customization deployment approaches. The
intelligent-edge economics enabled via the plug-and-deploy
OMNITROL appliance dramatically reduces deployment
costs by as much as 80 percent over existing market
solutions.
”We are very excited about being selected for
the OMNITROL,” said PG Menon, vice president of
marketing for NextHop Technologies. “The OMNITROL
appliance’s network and business application convergence,
compounded by its dramatic economic value proposition,
is rapidly transforming the landscape of the real-time
enterprise network and appliance-based service delivery.”
“Using NextHop’s best-in-class Unified
Networking Software, we obtained all our switching,
routing and wireless control software in one package,”
said Raj Saksena, CEO of Omnitrol Networks. “Their
powerful turnkey network layer solution was integrated
in just three months, enabling us to deliver the industry’s
first truly integrated X-Internet service appliance
on time and on budget.”
About NextHop Technologies
NextHop Technologies is a leading developer of networking
software solutions, partnering with customers, vendors
and standards bodies, to enable and empower innovation
for the networking and telecommunications market. NextHop
enables turnkey solutions using merchant silicon and
off-the-shelf hardware for the wired and wireless LAN
communications market. NextHop's GateD® legacy provides
the most complete set of routing protocols in the industry
that is more reliable, more tested and more scalable
than any other vendor-neutral solution. NextHop offers
the unique combination of quick time to market and comprehensive
networking functionality for carrier, enterprise LAN
and WLAN equipment manufacturers. NextHop reaches these
customers through a direct sales model and is based
in Mountain View, California. For further information,
please visit www.nexthop.com.About
OMNITROL Networks
OMNITROL Networks Inc. is a leading provider of converged
service-oriented edge platform solutions for the emerging
extended-Internet (X-Internet) deployment market. The
company’s OMNITROL appliance and EASETM edge application
and services engine software have pioneered the market
for “Always On” real-time enterprise visibility
and automation solutions. The OMNITROL’s unique
edge-centric solution architecture enables the industry’s
most flexible and reliable means to deploy X-Internet
at the lowest total cost of ownership in the market.
OMNITROL Networks is a privately held company based
in Mountain View, California. Additional information
about OMNITROL Network’s products and services
are available at www.omnitrol.com.
OMNITROL is a trademark of OMNITROL
Networks Inc. NextHop Technologies and GateD are registered
trademarks and NextHop is a trademark of NextHop Technologies
Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
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