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		Zigbee certified product availability surpasses 500 - 05/23/12 There are now more than 500 ZigBee Certified products available to the market, a 60 percent surge since August 2011.

		IEEE expands 802.11 - 05/08/12 IEEE 802.11-2012 supports devices and networks that are faster, more secure, while offering improved Quality of Service and improved cellular network hand-off.

		Digital and wireless solutions dominate market - 04/26/12 International Oil & Gas Engineer, April 2012 By Sean Ottewell Digital and wireless monitoring solutions are dominating today's oil and gas industry, driven by rapid advances in speed and durability.

		Spies, Hackers and Energy - Preventing a Digital Pearl Harbor - 04/26/12 OilPrice.com, April 2012 By Jen Alic The real threat to US energy infrastructure from the cyber theater is China and Russia, both of whom are believed to be developing cyber warfare methods capable of dealing a major blow to critical infrastructure.

		ZigBee Alliance announces wireless Light Link - 04/18/12 Light bulbs, LED fixtures, sensors, timers, remotes and switches built using ZigBee Light Link will easily connect into a single network, without special devices to coordinate the network.


		RF Monolithics to be acquired by Murata Electronics - 04/16/12 RFM builds RF modules, SAW based and RFIC short-range radios, stand-alone radio systems, and platforms for M2M applications

		EnOcean appoints Matthias Poppel COO - 04/11/12 Most recently, he was EMEA Director Embedded Processing Marketing and Applications at Texas Instruments.

		B&B Electronics Acquires Conel in Czech Republic - 03/29/12 Conel is a manufacturer of reliable and secure wireless communications routers, gateways and devices that connect cellular networks to Ethernet, serial and other data networks.

		Industrial Standards for Wireless are good and bad - 03/19/12 The wireless market is affected by competition between standards that leads customers to fear that wireless is emerging as the next platform for the automation fieldbus wars.

		Rohrback Cosasco Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute - 02/21/12 Rohrback Cosasco Systems (RCS), a supplier of corrosion monitoring and chemical injection systems, has joined ISA100 WCI as a supplier member.

		WINA Webinar Presents Wireless Survey Results - 02/05/12 WINA will present the results of its recent survey on the Application of Wireless Technology via a live webinar on February 9.

		Perpetuum Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute - 01/23/12 Perpetuum designs and manufactures vibration energy harvesters delivering life-long power for wireless technology.

		How China is Stealing Our Secrets - 01/22/12 PD&D, January 2012 By Michael P. Collins U.S. Intelligence agencies say that both Russia and China steal technology information over the internet as a matter of national policy. It is hard to say if China is still the red menace from the cold war, or if they have morphed into a new form of winner-take-all amoral version of capitalism.

		IEEE 802.22(WRAN) expected to help Internet of Things - 01/11/12 Control Engineering, December 2011 IEEE recently published the WRAN 802.22 Standard (Wireless Regional Area Networks), which could have deep impact within China, especially with Internet of Things (IOT) and Smart Grid.

		Kenesto Announces Beta Program - 01/04/12 Kenesto is seeking companies whose work processes can be completed successfully in the beta version of Kenesto, a cloud-based system that allows users to create processes and manage work easily.

		AirLive signs Maven as distributor in India - 12/07/11 Maven Systems will distribute AirLive's wireless transmission devices and IP surveillance solutions in India.

		McCrometer Acquires Automata - 11/10/11 Automata, based in Nevada City, CA, makes satellite and radio telemetry, software and sensors for agricultural and rural water.

		Wireless transformation in global industrial facilities - 11/05/11 Control Engineering Europe, November 2011 IMS Research reports that worldwide shipments of industrial products that are wireless-enabled are set to grow from an estimated 1.2 million in 2009 to more than 3 million in 2015, at an average annual growth rate of 18%.

		M2M Industry Working Group formed - 11/03/11 Sierra Wireless, IBM, Eurotech, and the Eclipse Foundation established an M2M Industry Working Group to ease the development, testing, and deployment of machine-to-machine solutions.

		Honeywell to re-sell Cisco wireless access point - 10/27/11 Cisco’s Aironet 1552S Access Point with its integrated ISA100.11a radio complements and extends Honeywell’s OneWireless network.

		Emerson reaches 580 million total hours of wireless operation - 10/20/11 Emerson says it's accumulated 580 million total hours of wireless operation across 6,100 networks.

		Paradox Engineering opens office in Kuala Lumpur - 10/18/11 The Malaysian office will initially employ 3-5 people, whose main task will be to provide customer support and leverage sales and marketing operations in the region.

		Common WirelessHART Gateway specified - 10/07/11 Fieldbus Foundation, the HART Communication Foundation (HCF) and PI have joined forces to create a common architecture for a WirelessHART gateway device

		EnOcean Appoints Laurent Giai-Miniet CEO - 10/02/11 Laurent Giai-Miniet spent 20 years with Texas Instruments (TI), where he held several management positions.

		Paradox Engineering signs distributor in Norway - 10/02/11 Tormatic AS will distribute end-to-end wireless sensor network and smart metering solutions.

		Fieldbus Foundation Issues Transducer Block Specification - 09/29/11 Specification defines transducer block for interfacing HART devices to FOUNDATION fieldbus.

		ZigBee Alliance ratifies Building Automation Standard - 09/28/11 The ZigBee Alliance completed development and ratified the ZigBee Building Automation standard.

		Fieldbus organisations get together to provide simplified wireless communication - 09/08/11 Control Engineering Europe, August 2011 In a bid to convince the process industry to make the best use of wireless communication technology, Profibus & Profinet International, Fieldbus Foundation and the HART Communication Foundation are working on the development of an architecture for a WirelessHART gateway.

		ZigBee Alliance certifies 341 ZigBee Products in 2011 - 09/01/11 This growth is more than 80 percent over last year’s 187 ZigBee Certified products.

		Honeywell acquires EMS Technologies - 08/23/11 EMS is a provider of connectivity solutions for mobile networking, rugged mobile computers and satellite communications.

		Siemens acquires Advanced Telemetry - 08/17/11 Advanced Telemetry is a San Diego-based company offering end-to-end wireless and cloud-based energy management solutions for retail and commercial businesses.

		Wireless Sensor Networks sales to Reach $2 Billion in 2021 - 08/10/11 According to IDTechEx, wireless mesh networks will grow rapidly from $0.45 billion in 2011 to $2 billion in 2021.

		ZigBee Alliance Announces Gateway standard - 07/28/11 ZigBee Gateway provides connectivity to Internet Protocol-based networks, plus access to a variety of cloud and smart phone services.

		ProSoft Technology promotes Janice Hungerford to CEO - 07/25/11 Hungerford, the first employee of ProSoft Technology, was promoted from Managing Director of North America.

		ZigBee opens Chinese Offices - 06/23/11 The ZigBee Alliance opened two offices in China to drive greater ZigBee adoption and address ZigBee standards to meet China’s specific needs for its rapidly expanding infrastructure and growing markets.

		EnOcean Alliance Grows to 200 Member Companies - 06/09/11 Collectively, Alliance members support 750 interoperable products deployed in over 200,000 buildings that use energy harvesting wireless technology designed for building automation systems.

		Perpetuum powers National Instruments - 05/31/11 The National Instruments NI WSN-3226 Wireless Measurement Node can be powered by Perpetuum’s vibration energy harvester technology.

		Modbus Joins the Wireless Cooperation Team - 05/31/11 Modbus joined with Fieldbus Foundation, PROFIBUS and the HART Communication Foundation to work on the development of wireless gateway specifications.

		National Instruments to Acquire AWR for $58 million - 05/24/11 WR is a supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) software for RF and high-frequency components and systems for the semiconductor, aerospace and defense, communications and test equipment industries.

		EnOcean interoperable with TCP/IP - 04/26/11 EnOcean Alliance announced that its wireless, battery-less energy harvesting sensors and associated control systems are now fully interoperable with TCP/IP.

		Nivis obtains FIPS-197 Security Certification - 04/21/11 Nivis wireless products passed a series of in-depth tests as specified by the Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program (CAVP), a program established by NIST and executed by third-party laboratories.

		Helicopter sensor flies into theatre role - 04/06/11 Sensor Technology in the UK is developing technology to ensure safety when excited performers and heavy machinery share the same stage.

		EnOcean Appoints Business Development Managers - 04/05/11 Keith Garris and Christina Jones have joined the company to cover the East and West coast regions, respectively.

		Siemens launches Plantville interactive game - 03/24/11 Online game simulates a Plant Manager’s experience and challenges players to increase productivity, sustainability and the overall health of an industrial plant.

		Flowserve uses Transpara's Visual KPI software for asset data - 03/15/11 Transpara Visual KPI extends visibility of equipment performance data by delivering KPI), scorecards, trends and alerts to more than 400 smartphones and PDAs.

		Online Development names Mark Knebusch VP of Operations - 03/07/11 In this expanded role, Knebusch will lead the company's business operations for all product development and will continue to focus on new business expansion.

		Semaphore Achieves IP68 Rating for Wireless RTUs - 12/15/10 Products with the approval include the T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor and T-BOX LP RTU.

		Emerson’s Wireless Gateway earns Achilles Certification - 12/06/10 Emerson Process Management has been awarded Achilles certification for its Smart Wireless Gateway.

		WIB Releases Comprehensive Cyber Security Standard - 11/10/10 The international standard outlines a set of specific requirements focusing on cyber security best practices for suppliers of industrial automation and control systems.

		Accutech Wireless Doubles Manufacturing Capacity - 10/18/10 Due to the success of the Accutech product offering in the marketplace, the manufacturing facility has doubled the size of its workforce and increased plant capacity.

		R3 Sensors Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute - 10/06/10 R3 Sensors joined the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) as a supplier member.

		Emerson's Smart Wireless technology enabling reliable control - 09/28/10 As technology evolves, users are now moving beyond mainstream monitoring applications to gain the benefits of wireless measurements for control in harsh and remote environments.

		Emerson wireless networks meet FIPS-197 security standard - 09/28/10 Emerson’s Smart Wireless solutions have been certified by NIST to meet government Federal Information Processing Standard-197 (FIPS-197) requirements.

		ZigBee Alliance opens European Headquarters - 09/21/10 Larry Taylor is director of European standards development and the head of the European office located in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

		HART Communication Foundation improves WirelessHART Test System - 09/19/10 Updates improve test performance, tool usability and technician productivity.

		ISA Announces ISA100.11a Product Certifications - 08/24/10 The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute announced certifications of six ISA100.11a wireless devices.

		ISA announces ISA-100.11a certification services - 07/26/10 The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) announced ISA-100.11a certification services.

		ISA100 selects NTS for Certification Laboratory - 06/22/10 The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) selected National Technical Systems (NTS) as its independent third-party lab to provide conformance testing for the ISA100.11a certifications.

		ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute releases Wireless Test Kits - 06/16/10 Kits verify the correct communication behavior of a wireless device as defined in the ISA100.11a standard and provide tools for troubleshooting, debugging, and regression testing.

		Yamatake Joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute - 06/15/10 Yamatake Corporation has joined the WCI Governing Board.

		ZigBee and Sunspec Alliance define Smart Grid standards - 06/09/10 The ZigBee Alliance and the SunSpec Alliance are defining standards for renewable energy and microgrid management using the ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 standard.

		Semaphore Wireless RTU Monitor Achieves IP67 Rating - 06/07/10 T-BOX WM Wireless Monitor has passed all third party criteria and testing for Ingress Protection level 67 (IP67) and for operation in Class I, Division 1 hazardous areas.

		RuggedCom and Itron provide Wireless Smart Grid Solutions - 05/25/10 Solution will provide long-range IP-based wireless communications backhaul for smart metering and distribution automation for electric power utility companies

		GE joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute Governing Board - 05/25/10 GE joins Apprion, BP, Chevron, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, ExxonMobil, Fuji Electric, Gastronics, Honeywell, Nivis, Procter & Gamble, R3 Sensors, Shell, Shengyang Institute of Automation, and Yokogawa.

		BICSI grants CECs for Phoenix Contact Wireless course - 05/13/10 BICSI is a professional association supporting the information transport systems (ITS) industry with information, education and knowledge assessment for individuals and companies.

		Automation.com celebrates 10 years of growth - 04/15/10 Since its inception in 2000, Automation.com has grown to become the leading online publisher of automation-related news, information and resources. Each month, the site attracts more than 115,000 automation professionals from around the world.

		Schneider Electric acquires SCADAgroup - 04/14/10 SCADAgroup is an Australian-based provider of telemetry products and solutions for the water and waste-water, oil & gas and electric power end-market segments.

		ZigBee Smart Energy specs available for public comment - 04/08/10 ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document (TRD) is available for public comment by the Smart Grid community at large, opening it beyond those who have been active in its creation.

		HALCON machine vision software runs on mobile phone - 03/14/10 HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system.

		ARC says prices are coming down on automation products - 03/07/10 One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

		Energy harvesting materials draw interest in industry - 02/16/10 Control Engineering Europe, February 2010 Frost & Sullivan research reports that new technical advances and rising energy prices are driving new research into energy scavenging solutions.

		EnOcean sponsors four-time Olympic speed skater - 02/14/10 EnOcean is sponsoring four-time Olympian, Catherine Raney-Norman. She competed in the Ladies' 3000m speed skating event on February 14th. and will be part of the Team Pursuit team event on February 26th and 27th.

		Daintree Networks names Danny Yu CEO - 02/10/10 Immediately prior to Daintree, Yu was Vice President of Segment and Strategic Marketing at Philips Lumileds

		EnOcean and BACnet to develop spec for wireless building systems - 01/25/10 BACnet International and the EnOcean Alliance will develop a vendor independent gateway specification for integrating wireless energy-harvesting nodes into BACnet for building automation and control.

		Sensors Expo to co-habit with Embedded Systems Conference - 12/21/09 2010 Sensors Expo & Conference and the Embedded Systems Conference Chicago will share space in Chicago, June 7-9, 2010.

		Nivis names Doug Johns Chief Executive Officer - 12/17/09 Johns, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer.

		ISA appoints Bill Lydon chief editor for InTech - 12/02/09 Automation.com's Bill Lydon was appointed editor of InTech, further strengthening ISA’s partnership with Automation.com to jointly publish several e-newsletters for InTech and Automation.com subscribers.

		NAMUR confirms WirelessHART for Process Applications - 11/17/09 NAMUR reports that WirelessHART technology meets the requirements for wireless sensor networks in process applications.

		ISA selects Automation.com as advertising sales partner In addition to daily and weekly digital and online content, ISA will publish 6 print issues of InTech magazine in 2010. ISA selected Automation.com as the advertising sales representative for InTech magazine’s print, digital, and online editions.

		ISA describes plans for ISA Automation Week 2010 - 10/25/09 ISA Automation Week will feature intensive educational and applications-based technical conference sessions delivered by subject matter experts. The event will have a focused exhibition area for a limited number of companies to showcase products and services.

		Wireless Compliance Institute tests ISA100 devices at chemical plant - 10/07/09 Within days of approval of the ISA100.11a standard, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute successfully deployed tested and approved ISA100.11a standard devices at Arkema's plant in Crosby, Texas.

		ISA selects Automation.com to provide E-Newsletters - 10/07/09 The co-branded e-newsletters will be distributed to Automation.com’s subscribers, InTech subscribers, and ISA members and customers, creating a combined total distribution of more than 90,000 world-wide automation professionals.

		Siemens merges four divisions into one - 10/01/09 Siemens Energy & Automation, Siemens Transportation Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, and Siemens VAI Services merged into a new company, Siemens Industry.

		Emerson announces winners of Smart Wireless Innovators Contest - 09/30/09 Judges selected CalPortland’s rotating cement kiln monitoring as "Most Innovative" and CHS Inc. and Severstal Wheeling as co-winners for "Best Business Results."

		Opto 22 to sell N-TRON products - 09/24/09 Opto 22 will sell N-TRON's line of industrial Ethernet network switches and wireless access points.

		RuggedCom acquires WiNetworks - 09/17/09 WiNetworks’ technology is used by large private networks and service providers to extend mobile broadband connectivity over metropolitan areas.

		eLynx opens office in Lander, Wyoming - 09/15/09 eLynx Technologies is a provider of web-based monitoring and field automation services to the oil and gas industry.

		ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute elects officers - 09/15/09 Dan Sheflin from Honeywell was selected as the Institute’s first Chairman and Dr. Penny Chen from Yokogawa was selected as the Institute’s first Vice-Chairman.

		ISA ratifies ISA-100.11a document - 09/10/09 The ISA Standards & Practices Board (S&P) has voted to approve the ISA-100.11a wireless standard "Wireless Systems for Industrial Automation."

		EnOcean emerges as lighting control wireless standard - 09/08/09 Today, more than 100,000 buildings worldwide are automated using EnOcean-based controls - more than any other wireless standard.

		ETSI starts Wireless Factory starter group - 08/27/09 The group's first meeting will take place from 20 to 21 October 2009 in ETSI's premises at Sophia Antipolis, southern France.

		Fluke Networks acquires AirMagnet - 08/26/09 AirMagnet supplies performance, security and compliance solutions for wireless LANs.

		Byres Security supplies Tofino to Honeywell - 08/26/09 Honeywell selected Tofino technology for its OneWireless Firewall. The product filters bi-directional network traffic, allowing only wireless I/O on both directions, while blocking other data types.

		Sixnet signs TESSCO as distributor - 08/26/09 TESSCO is a provider of of mobile and fixed-wireless network infrastructure products, mobile devices and accessories.

		Fluke Networks to acquire AirMagnet - 08/13/09 AirMagnet supplies security, performance and compliance solutions for wireless LANs.

		ABB Q2 revenues down - 07/23/09 Orders decreased across all divisions and regions compared to the second quarter of 2008 on a combination of lower volumes and price decreases resulting from both lower raw material costs and reduced demand.

		Comit to install GreenPeak wireless mesh networks - 07/23/09 Comit Systems will deliver turnkey engineering services for integration of GreenPeak's wireless technology.

		Emerson Joins ZigBee Alliance board of directors - 06/23/09 Emerson is now a Promoter level member and the newest member of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.

		68% growth forecast for ZigBee in smart metering applications - 06/22/09 The WTRS Wireless Sensor Network Technology Trends Report projects strong market growth in the smart metering market for ZigBee chipsets over the 2009 to 2014 period.

		Rival fieldbuses prepare for a wireless future Control, May 2009 By Andrew Bond, Industrial Automation Insider Rival fieldbus organizations the Fieldbus Foundation (FF) and Profibus & ProfiNet International (PI) are taking steps to ensure that they still have a role in any future Ethernet- and wireless-dominated world.

		ARC says process industries are weathering current economic storm - 05/21/09 Automation expenditures in the process industries reached $45.5 billion dollars in 2007 and are forecast to exceed $61 billion by 2012.

		Apprion completes OEM agreement with Motorola - 05/12/09 The OEM agreement enables the two companies to jointly develop and market integrated wireless application networks for industrial enterprises.

		ZigBee Alliance to integrate Internet protocol standards - 04/27/09 ZigBee will incorporate global IT standards from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) into its specification portfolio of low-power wireless networking standards.

		HANNOVER MESSE receives 210,000 visitors - 04/26/09 210,000 visitors came to Hannover to see 6,150 exhibitors from 61 countries. 70% of the visitors were from Europe, 25% came from abroad, but only 7% came from the Americas.

		ABB Q1 revenues steady despite economic challenges - 04/23/09 ABB’s first-quarter 2009 revenues rose 3 percent to $7.2 billion while orders decreased by 3 percent to $9.2 billion.

		NASA'S Dr. Kevin Grazier to deliver Keynote at Sensors Expo - 04/20/09 Grazier is Investigation Scientist & Science Planning Engineer for the Cassini/Huygens Mission to Saturn & Titan at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

		Beckhoff increases turnover to 278 Million Euros in 2008 - 04/16/09 Beckhoff Automation closed the 2008 business year successfully with robust turnover growth of 20 percent.

		Digi announces wireless Green Design Competition - 03/30/09 The contest will award more than $20,000 for using wireless to save energy in electrical, water or natural gas or fuel consumption, and eliminating or monitoring air pollution.

		MicroStrain adds DecaWave's ScenSor wireless radio chips - 03/24/09 ScenSor offers an ultra-low complexity coherent receiver, giving MicroStrain the benefits of superior range at ultra-low power consumption.

		ISA100 Factory Automation Working Group calls for papers - 03/24/09 The group is seeking presentations for new wireless technology and system architectures for the link between sensors/actuators and automation systems.

		Wireless devices in factory automation – An overview of adoption trends HazardEX, February 2009 Wireless devices are perceived as the next big technological wave in factory automation. However, the current adoption trends are moderate at best despite requirements for real time data, mobile workforce, remote access and flexibility in operation.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless market in factory automation to nearly double by 2012 - 03/03/09 The European market earned revenues of over $75.2 million in 2008 and this will reach $132.8 million in 2012.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless is next wave in powering electronic devices - 02/24/09 Induction-based wireless power could represent the next wave in powering portable electronics.

		Snapshot of EMEA Wireless Comes in Focus Industrial Networking, February 2009 By Mike Bacidore Unlike in the U.S., adoption of wireless technology is more common in discrete manufacturing industries than process in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to data from global research firm Frost & Sullivan.

		ABB orders decrease in Q4, but 2008 income up - 02/12/09 Orders decreased 19 percent in the fourth quarter but full-year EBIT nevertheless reached a record $4.6 billion.

		Frost & Sullivan says recession will slow wireless automation in automotive - 02/12/09 The impact of global recession on the industry is likely to restrain the extent of wireless investments in the short-term future.

		Consumers want safe, modern and sustainable U.S. manufacturing - 02/09/09 Survey shows most Americans believe highly automated factories are important to economic growth. The majority support a stimulus package to modernize U.S. factories.

		Wonderware IntelaTrac to add Microsoft's Enhanced Presentation Functionality - 02/09/09 Future releases of IntelaTrac will leverage new Microsoft technologies for improved presentation and reporting functionality for the mobile workforce.

		Emerson releases studies of wireless - 02/04/09 Emerson Process Management unveiled findings of two independent real-world greenfield projects that recommend wireless infrastructure be a key component of all new projects.

		GreenPeak opens office in Korea - 02/03/09 SY Youm will head the new office and drive business development.

		SIXNET names Hilton Nicholson President and CEO - 02/01/09 Nicholson succeeds former CEO Steve Schoenberg, who will continue to serve on the company’s board of directors.

		Siemens says wireless building automation is catching on - 02/01/09 Wireless popularity is progressing rapidly in various market segments, says Siemens.

		Food and Beverage Industries slowly accept wireless - 02/01/09 Frost & Sullivan says the wireless market in food and beverage industry is expected to grow at low levels over the next two years. The conservative nature of the industry is a major restraint for adoption.

		Hannover Fair covers optimizing energy efficiency in industry - 01/27/09 The INTERKAMA+ tradeshow at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 is gearing up to make a contribution of global significance in this area via its "Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes" display.

		Sagrad signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 01/21/09 Mouser will carry Sagrad's WiFi products, including evaluation kits and miniature 802.11 WiFi Modules for embedded, low-power and very small form factor mobile applications.

		DeLorme signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 01/12/09 Mouser will distribute DeLorme's mapping and GPS products.

		CalAmp signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 01/06/09 Mouser will stock CalAmp’s UHF and VHF transceiver modules, telemetry modules, and telemetry radios that work across different, unique frequency bands.

		Legal disputes among suppliers halts exiderdome U.S. tour - 12/21/08 Legal disputes have prevented exiderdome from being transferred from a barge to land for the second half of its U.S. tour.

		Frost & Sullivan says wireless not taking over factory automation yet - 12/10/08 Wireless devices are perceived as the next big technological wave in factory automation, but users are wary.

		Cypress Envirosystems adds Honeywell wireless to Gauge Reader - 10/21/08 Cypress Envirosystems partnered with Honeywell to create a OneWireless version of its Wireless Gauge Reader.

		Arch Rock proposes framework for ZigBee Application Profiles - 10/21/08 Compact Application Protocol (CAP) expands ZigBee applications to any IP-enabled device, regardless of the type of network, wired or wireless. Arch Rock submitted the CAP spec to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

		AXSEM signs Mouser Electronics as distributor - 10/17/08 Mouser will stock AXSEM’s universal and long-range sub 1Ghz ISM RF transceivers, as well as the associated evaluation and development kits.

		Nivis and Apprion sign marketing agreement - 10/16/08 Nivis and Apprion will collaborate on providing industrial facilities with secure wireless networks, devices, applications and services.

		Fieldbus Foundation And ISA to work on wireless - 10/13/08 As part of the wireless backhaul network initiative, the Fieldbus Foundation and ISA will develop a standard to interface between different technologies.

		TUV Rheinland Group develops Zigbee test system - 10/09/08 TÜVRheinland is now able to provide ZigBee compliance testing for the ZigBee Smart Energy Public Application Profile, 50% faster than using the manual process.

		Frost & Sullivan says end users wary of wireless - 10/09/08 In a recent study, 83 percent of the end users across process and factory automation rated interoperability as a medium to high concern.

		GreenPeak signs network of reps and integrators in the USA - 10/01/08 Reps include Cain White, EG Holmes and Assoc., Theta-J, TL Marketing and WaveSpace. Itnegrators include AISD Inc, Digital AV, LS Research, Software Technologies Group and Talon Communications.

		Emerson announces winners of Smart Wireless contest - 10/01/08 End-user judges select Croda Inc’s moving railcar monitoring as “Most Creative” and CFE Lapem’s temporary power unit monitoring as “Most Significant Business Impact.”

		Emerson ships WirelessHART products - 10/01/08 Emerson has begun shipping WirelessHART products from its Smart Wireless range of pressure, flow, level, temperature, vibration, pH, and discrete transmitters and gateways.

		L-com signs Allied as distributor for HyperLink products - 09/29/08 Allied will offer the HyperLink product line, which includes antennas, surge and lightning protectors for WLANs, SCADA Systems, ISM, GSM and RFID design applications.

		WirelessHART specification approved by IEC - 09/28/08 HART 7.1 was approved by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as a Publicly Available Specification (IEC/PAS 62591Ed. 1).

		Emerson promotes John Berra to Chairman - 09/22/08 Emerson named Steven A. Sonnenberg executive VP and promoted John M. Berra to chairman of Emerson Process Management

		LONMARK International and EnOcean Alliance form partnership - 09/16/08 The partnership will provide a platform for cost-effective solutions will help deliver even more energy-efficient, intelligent building control systems.

		SIXNET announces Sprint approval for NewBT-6000 wireless modems - 09/14/08 Customers can now activate the BT-6000 series modems on the Sprint network to enable wireless data applications in the SCADA, business continuity, and landline replacement markets.

		ARC says wireless to grow to $780 million by 2012 - 09/14/08 The discrete wireless market for ISA SP50 levels 0 through 2 totaled $368.0 million in 2007 and is forecasted to grow to over $780 million in 2012.

		Transpara Visual KPI compatible with Motorola's MOTO Q9h - 09/02/08 Visual KPI is compatible with Motorola’s MOTO Q 9h Windows Mobile 6 Standard, a full-function smartphone.

		Siemens wireless access points receive PowerDsine certification - 08/20/08 HiPath Wireless 802.11n and Outdoor Access Points were certified at Microsemi's PowerDsine testing facility for Power over Ethernet applications requiring high power.

		Survey Says Users Demand Wireless Monitoring, Control Products Control Engineering, August 2008 By Jim Taylor, Venture Development 19% annual growth in wireless (radio frequency or microwave) monitoring and control products through 2012 demonstrates value for data acquisition systems, networking, operator interfaces, remote controls, and sensor applications, as well as user satisfaction.

		Invensys joins Motorola's PartnerSelect wireless program - 07/31/08 Invensys will offer Motorola's Enterprise Mobility solutions as well as wireless broadband and other technologies.

		InduSoft CEView HMI/SCADA certified by AT&T for Mobile Applications - 07/30/08 CEView HMI/SCADA software is certified to run on many popular mobile devices, including the AT&T 5700, MOTOQ Global, Pantech Duo, the Samsung BlackJack and BlackJack II.

		ABB Q2 Net Income up 34% - 07/24/08 ABB reported record orders, revenues and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the second quarter of 2008, with net income reaching $975 million.

		ProSoft Technology mourns loss of President/Founder, assigns successor - 07/22/08 Douglas Sharratt, lost his life in a plane crash in Sunriver, Oregon. ProSoft Technology names CFO, Gary Joke, his successor.

		ABB appoints Joseph Hogan CEO - 07/17/08 Hogan is currently CEO of GE Healthcare and is a member of the GE Senior Executive Council. He will join ABB on September 1, 2008.

		Dust Networks Joins IPSO as a founding member - 07/16/08 The IPSO Alliance is focused on the use of Internet Protocol networking in building automation, utility metering, and other wireless sensor networking applications.

		Smart Dust Inventor to Present Keynote at ISA EXPO 2008 - 06/16/08 Dr. Pister is the Co-Director of the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center, and Co-founder and CTO of Dust Networks.

		Keithley And Azimuth Systems to create wireless testing solutions - 06/16/08 Keithley and Azimuth Systems will deliver RF test solutions for next-generation LTE and WiMAX testing.

		Finding the Right Fit for Wireless Managing Automation, May 2008 By Emily-Sue Sloane, A group of industry leaders — including representatives from manufacturers such as Procter & Gamble, Ford, General Motors, and Boeing — is pushing for a version of ISA100.11a specifically for discrete and hybrid manufacturers. Their goal: to save money and improve plant floor data collection by using standard wireless networks rather than complex and expensive wired networks. (Registration required to read article).

		ISA forms WirelessHART Convergence Subcommittee - 05/22/08 The subcommittee will compare the technology within the ISA100.11a and WirelessHART standards, with an ultimate goal of merging the best of both standards.

		ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute reports progress - 05/16/08 The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute is working to develop supporting compliance programs for the universal family of ISA100 standards.

		ISA takes first step toward wireless standard approval - 05/15/08 The ISA100.11a Working Group sent its first letter ballot on its draft standard, the first step in getting approval for the ISA100 standard.

		Belimo and Tridium to jointly develop wireless VAV controller - 05/15/08 Using Tridium’s Sedona Framework, Belimo will build a Variable Air Volume controller that is BACnet compliant and wireless over a 802.15.4 mesh network.

		GreenPeak Technologies opens U.S. office - 05/11/08 GreenPeak opened its U.S. sales office in Austin, Texas. Barry Blount, Director of Business Development, has been named to head this new office.

		RFM to sell Dust Networks systems - 05/08/08 RFM and Dust will integrate Dust SmartMesh-XD embedded systems into OEM modules, gateways and other products which RFM will configure and sell.

		Moore Industries Seeks Oldest Products Still in Service - 05/07/08 Moore Industries is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and is trying to find the oldest of its products that are still in service.

		ABB Automation World held in Houston with record attendance - 05/05/08 A record 3,300+ customers, distributors, channel partners, original equipment manufacturers and ABB employees attended the three-day trade show and conference that ran from April 29 through May 1 in Houston, Texas.

		Moore Industries Celebrates 40 Years of Success - 04/30/08 Still privately-held by founder and CEO Leonard W. Moore, the company has come a long way from humble garage beginnings when Moore designed and built the company's first electronic signal converters. Today, the company builds signal conditioners, temperature transmitters, fieldbus interface devices and much more.

		HART companies push WirelessHART - 04/28/08 Sean Keeping of ABB, Mark Schumacher of Emerson, Frank Hils of Endress+Hauser amd Hans-Georg Kumpfmueller of Siemens offer their views of WirelessHART.

		SCADAgroup acquires Adaptive Instruments - 04/16/08 Adaptive Instruments markets Accutech wireless instrumentation products. In 2006 SCADAgroup acquired Control Microsystems, and earlier this year acquired Trio Datacom.

		ARC says Wireless sales in Process to Reach $1.1B in 2012 - 04/13/08 The market for wireless devices and equipment in process manufacturing will grow to over $1.1B in 2012, a growth rate of 32% per year, according to ARC Advisory Group.

		AirSprite joins ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute - 04/10/08 AirSprite Technologies joined as a founding member.

		Bluetooth seeks integration with 802.11-based wireless hardware Industrial Ethernet Book, April 2008 The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has said that it wants to leverage IEEE802.11 wireless Ethernet protocols in a bid to gain speed advantage by riding piggyback on 802.11 hardware. This architecture, called ‘Alternate MAC/PHY’ by Bluetooth SIG members working on the specification, is taking a two-phased approach as SIG member companies drive the specification forward.

		Daintree software works on Tritech’s TriBee ZigBee Gateway - 04/01/08 Daintree’s commissioning, management and analysis software will be available as a plug-in for Tritech’s TriBee ZigBee Network Coordinator Gateway.

		Engineers Turning to Portals to find Product Information - 03/13/08 Control Design, March 2008 By Joe Feeley A study by Control Design magazine says engineers are getting tired of using Google and Yahoo because “too many of the results have nothing to do with what they’re actually looking for.” Instead, the use of portals, such as www.automation.com/portals, to find information is increasing.

		ISA100.11a Draft Standard up for first vote - 03/05/08 At the April working group meeting in Chongqing, China, the ISA100.11a draft standard is scheduled for initial work group balloting, the first step in the approval process for the standard.

		IDENTEC adds Edgeware RFID software for Web-Based Asset Management - 03/05/08 IDENTEC will add InSync’s Edgeware web-based development platform for RFID, GPS and other location-aware applications.

		Control Microsystems appoints J.L. Betts SCADAWave Manager - 02/13/08 Betts will be responsible for the product introduction and the development of sales channels across the North America for SCADAWave data radios.

		Jasper Wireless signs partners in 45 countries - 02/11/08 Jasper Wireless has signed operator partnership agreements in over 45 European, American and African countries.

		Apprion Names Mike Bradley CEO - 02/05/08 Bradley was Wonderware's president for five years from November 2002 to November 2007.

		ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute offers open membership - 02/04/08 Industry leaders who join can help define how products and systems will become compliant and contribute to test specifications.

		ISA100 Wireless Committee forms discrete automation group - 02/01/08 ISA100 Wireless Automation standards committee formed an interest group for wireless networks in factory and discrete automation.

		WINA elects Board of Directors - 01/29/08 Members include Ian McPherson, Apprion; Dave Kaufman, Honeywell; Steve Toteda, Dust Networks; John Jacobs, 3eTI; and Randy Klassen, OMINEX

		ABI Research says Wi-Fi moving into sensor networking - 01/15/08 Rarely is Wi-Fi used for wireless sensor networking or industrial process control. In many cases, Wi-Fi can transmit farther than sensor network technologies

		Test and Measurement trends include software instrumentation, wireless and multicore - 01/14/08 National Instruments identified five trends it anticipates will significantly influence the test and measurement industry over the next three years.

		WirelessHART Communication Supported by Leading Process Automation Companies By HART Communications Foundation In a display of unified commitment to the new technology, representatives from ABB, Emerson, Endress+Hauser, and Siemens spoke of the positive impact WirelessHART technology will have on the process industry and their expectation for the quick adoption of the technology by end users.

		Will WiMAX Deliver on Its Royalty Promises? By ABI Research One of the major advantages claimed by the WiMAX community over their cellular cousins is that WiMAX will come with a far lower average royalty rate than either LTE or UMB. A favorite phrase among the WiMAX OEM community is that WiMAX has effectively “democratized” the 4G space. it could be argued that this democratization of IP will result in more, not fewer, IP royalties.

		Wi-Fi Industry to Ship 300 Million Chipsets in 2007 - 01/06/08 By Wi-Fi Alliance Wi-Fi chipset sales are poised to reach 300 million units this year, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance and In-Stat. Driven by ongoing strength in the PC networking market and new growth in consumer electronics and handsets, this milestone represents a 41% growth rate from 2006.

		Are Browsers Dead? - 01/06/08 WirelessWeek - January 01, 2008 By Brad Smith Ignoring the question of who is winning the phone browser war, the fact is that most cell phone owners don’t use their handsets to access the Internet. JupiterResearch’s study says the biggest reason people don’t turn on their phone browser is the high cost of data plans.

		Podcast discusses challenges in manufacturing environments - 01/06/08 Podcast covers challenges manufacturing environments face in providing real-time, actionable information from plant systems to both mobile and non-mobile employees.

		Cooper acquires Sure Power, OMNEX and Roam Secure - 12/27/07 Combined sales for the three companies in 2007 will be approximately $62 million and the combined purchase price is approximately $100 million.

		Keithley joins WiMAX Forum - 12/13/07 The WiMAX Forum is an industry-led, non-profit organization responsible for promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX products, such as laptops and other mobile devices over much longer distances than Wi-Fi.

		Westermo Teleindustri AB opens subsidiary in Singapore - 12/12/07 The subsidiary will be led by Earnest PHUA, 28, who formerly worked for Phoenix Contact as Business Development Engineer after being employed by Vector Infotech, the Singapore distributor for Westermo.

		General Monitors and ELPRO partner to deliver wireless gas and flame detectors - 12/11/07 General Monitors announces its partnership with ELPRO Technologies in offering wireless technology and communications for its advanced gas and flame detector product lines, which provide critical protection to people, equipment, and plants engaged in hazardous industries worldwide.

		One RF Technology and Daintree Networks announce Zigbee partnership - 12/10/07 One RF Technology is effectively out-sourcing development of ZigBee test tools by including Daintree’s SNA software with their new ZigBee Demo Case.

		GreenPeak Technologies opens Tokyo sales office - 11/24/07 Yoshinori Furuno will head the new office as Director of Business Development for Japan.

		WINA Announces Asia Pacific Chapter - 11/12/07 The chapter, based in Singapore, will serve the Asia Pacific region and is the first chapter outside of North America for the organization.

		Procter and Gamble wins 2007 Mobile Campus Award - 11/08/07 Procter and Gamble used Intech Studios' PUMA software to implement a wireless VoIP telephone system that provides real-time information on issues occurring on the manufacturing plant floor.

		SIXNET acquires BlueTree Wireless Data - 11/07/07 SIXNET acquired BlueTree Wireless Data, Inc., a supplier of Machine to Machine (M2M) Cellular Data Products.

		Dust Networks wins chemical engineering award - 11/01/07 Dust Networks won the Amec Award for Innovation and Excellence from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE).

		ISA to integrate WirelessHART with ISA100 - 10/24/07 The ISA100 standards committee outlined an approach to accommodate and eventually integrate the WirelessHART standard and the ISA100 standard.

		Fieldbus Foundation, HART and PROFIBUS cooperate on wireless - 09/28/07 The three organizations will develop a spec for a common interface to a wireless gateway. They will base their work on WirelessHART and the ISA SP100.11a standard.

		AirSprite Technologies to build wireless HART products - 09/26/07 Based on WirelessHART and ISA100, the wireless infrastructure will connect directly to HART devices and require no changes.

		KMA to Establish RFID development center - 09/25/07 The RFID center will be located in KMA's Mississauga, Ontario, Canada facility

		WINA conducts Wireless Technology Tours at ISA EXPO - 09/20/07 WINA will also host three conference sessions as part of the event's Wireless and Networking Exchange.

		ChipSensors puts wireless sensors on chips - 09/18/07 New technology enables sensors, signal conditioning circuits, A/D converters, wireless, microcontroller and memory to be integrated on a single chip.

		Wurldtech appoints Eric Dysthe Chairman of the Board - 09/14/07 Wurldtech also appointed Jade Bourelle and Dr. Ralph Winter to the board as directors.

		Emerson and Cisco collaborate on wireless solutions - 09/11/07 Emerson and Cisco will offer open-standard solutions for wireless process and plant management applications that install easily and operate reliably.

		ISA standards groups approve ISA 100 Principals of Operation - 09/04/07 At a recent meeting in Vancouver, the ISA100.11a Principles of Operation were affirmed by all of the task groups for release to the committee for review and comment.

		SIXNET acquires BlueTree Wireless Data - 08/28/07 SIXNET will acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of BlueTree Wireless Data, a supplier of machine to machine cellular data products.

		Belden adds RFID and asset tracking from AeroScout - 08/03/07 Via an agreement with AeroScout, a provider of Wi-Fi- based Active RFID solutions, Belden now provides asset tracking and RFID.

		Lantronix Announces Third Annual Wireless Design Contest - 08/02/07 Lantronix will award $20,000 to the best M2M wireless applications using the new MatchPort b/g device server module

		Emerson announces contest for Wireless Innovators - 07/19/07 Awards will be given for the most creative use of wireless technologies and most significant business impact achieved.

		WiMAX in Europe Facing a Brighter Future Where Technology-Neutral Spectrum Is Available ABI Research, June 2007 Spectrum at 3.5 GHz has been allocated across Europe for fixed wireless services using WiMAX. In the next few months we will see new spectrum being licensed for mobile WiMAX services at 2.6 GHz. If the European Commission gets its way, this may become a pan-European trend. Mobile WiMAX will then be able to compete against 3G as well as cable and DSL. But for the moment, the future remains uncertain.

		3G Cellular to Capture 30% of M2M Market ABI Research, May 2007 ABI Research forecasts that 3G modules will achieve only a 30% penetration of the M2M market by 2012, and will become the technology of choice only where bandwidth demands and economics dictate; "future-proofing" will play a smaller role in 3G M2M market development over the next five years.

		Venture Development Predicts Growth in Industrial Wireless Networking According to VDC’s recent market study on wireless and wireline network infrastructure products, the global market for wireless infrastructure networking products is growing. VDC forecasts shipments will increase from $261.9 million in 2006 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34%, reaching $1,130.8 million in 2011.

		Wireless Data in Vertical Markets: Passing the Blue Line InStat, February 2007 This report looks at the usage patterns and plans of the leading vertical markets for wireless data and reports about their use of industry-specific applications, horizontal applications, and use of devices. This report is valuable for any part of the wireless industry that plans to market to data users.

		Phoenix Contact names Mercier wireless business development manager - 05/24/07 Paul Mercier previously served as the national wireless specialist for Phoenix Contact USA. In his new role, Mercier will focus on the continuing growth of wireless and Foundation Fieldbus technologies.

		MTL acquires Elpro International for £12m - 05/21/07 MTL Instruments Group plc acquired Elpro International Pty Ltd, an Australian based developer and supplier of wireless solutions.

		ZigBee Goes Green - 05/14/07 The ZigBee Alliance says its members are joining forces and leveraging their global wireless and utility expertise to fight the predicted global energy crisis.

		InTech and CITGO start Cyber Security Blog - 05/03/07 InTech magazine and CITGO are starting a blog that will cover CITGO's design and implementation of a secure process control network.

		Moore Industries Promotes Tina Lockhart to Director of Engineering - 05/02/07 Lockhart has more than 20 years of R&D experience and more than 10 years in management. Previously, Lockhart was a Program Manager at BAE Systems, where she was responsible for projects based on MEMS technology with real time embedded systems.

		ABB Announces income up 163% in Q1 - 04/27/07 ABB's first-quarter net income rose 163 percent to $537 million from $204 million in the same period of 2006, driven primarily by continued strong market demand and further operational improvements.

		Lantronix awards $20,000 in wireless design contest - 04/12/07 At the Embedded Systems Conference, Lantronix announced the winners of its annual Wireless Design Contest. First Place for $6,000 was awarded to Damien Hubaux and his engineering team from CETIC in Belgium. Their SAND (Smart Adaptable Network Device) System acquires data about driver behavior to train workers and decrease fuel consumption.

		SIXNET names GE Supply Company as distributor - 03/19/07 GE Supply Company is now a stocking distributor for SIXNET industrial connectivity products and Ethernet I/O products. Based in Shelton, CT, GE Supply is comprised of more than 150 locations across the U.S., Puerto Rico and internationally.

		ARC says Asian DCS Market thrives on massive investments in manufacturing - 03/15/07 Strong economic activity in Asia is spurring the growth of manufacturing, which in turn is propelling the growth of the automation market in the region. The Asian market for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0% over the next five years, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

		Nick Moore promoted to Director of Strategic Planning at Moore Industries - 03/08/07 Nick will work with all vice presidents, corporate officers, directors and department heads to ensure that operations are in line with Moore Industries’ corporate goals and initiatives. Moore Industries is a leader in the design and manufacture of interface instruments and fieldbus equipment.

		Invensys to resell Transpara Visual KPI software - 03/07/07 Invensys Process Systems becomes a global reseller and certified implementer for Transpara's Visual KPI operations intelligence software. Visual KPI technology helps customer plant personnel remotely monitor process variables and KPIs from their existing mobile communications devices.

		Data-Linc hires Sales & Marketing Manager - 02/23/07 Hal Williams was appointed Global Sales & Marketing Manager in the Bellevue, WA corporate office.

		Moore Industries signs Arjay Automation as Manufacturer’s Rep in Upper Midwest - 02/22/07 Moore Industries signed Arjay Automation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a manufacturer’s representative for all Moore Industries product lines, including MooreHawke. Arjay will be responsible for covering Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and western Wisconsin for Moore Industries.

		Wireless innovation wins BP DCT Helios awards - 02/07/07 BP presented its Digital & Communications Technology (DCT) Helios awards to BP teams that collaborated with Emerson to develop innovative wireless technology.

		Tendril, Atmel ease deployment of wireless sensor and control networks From ControlGlobal.com Tendril, provider of network operations platform software for customizing and deploying wireless sensor and control networks (WSCN), is cooperating with Atmel Corporation to accelerate and simplify customer deployments of WSCN applications. Atmel and Tendril will integrate and bundle Atmel’s AVR Z-Link 802.15.4/ZigBee hardware solution and Tendril’s network operations platform software for WSCN – enabling customers to integrate and deploy the Atmel wireless networking platform with IP networks, PC/PDA-based applications and other aspects of enterprise computing systems.

		Motorola to cut 3,500 jobs to improve margins From Reuters Motorola plans to cut 3,500 jobs in the first half of 2007 to reduce costs and help it return operating margins to the double-digit percentage range. The world's second-biggest maker of mobile phones outlined the plan to cut 5 percent of its 70,000-strong work force after reporting that fourth-quarter profit fell by 50 percent, hurt by a sharp drop in phone prices amid stiff competition.

		In-Building Wireless Systems Deployments to grow 20% Customers' dependence on wireless communications and their adoption of high-bandwidth 3G cellular services are the primary drivers of the global growth of in-building wireless systems that extend and create wireless coverage indoors. According to a new study from ABI Research, deployments of these systems are expected to result in revenues in excess of $3.6 billion by 2011.

		Wi-Fi Sales to Exceed 200 Million Units for 2006 The prevalence of Wi-Fi technology in everything from notebook computers to cell phones to gaming devices has propelled worldwide sales forward again this year. Continued proliferation into phones and consumer electronics is expected to lead Wi-Fi unit sales growth to the half-billion mark by 2009.

		In-Stat says Wi-Fi Meshing Shipments To Double By 2010 Wi-Fi meshing, which allows wireless access nodes to achieve a longer range by using each other as repeaters, is becoming increasingly common in several markets. More than 50,000 Wi-Fi mesh AP unit shipments are expected in 2006, with almost 100,000 unit shipments expected in 2010.

		GE Industrial to acquire Microwave Data Systems - 01/08/07 GE Industrial will acquire the assets of Rochester, NY-based Microwave Data Systems (MDS), a subsidiary of Moseley Associates and a world leader in industrial, wireless, and networking solutions. The transaction is subject to customary government approvals and is expected to close in January 2007.

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