Coactive Networks Announces Formation of Technical Advisory Board; Internationally Recognized Technology Leaders to Provide Expertise on Control Network Connectivity.SAUSALITO Sausalito (sô'səlē`tō), residential city (1990 pop. 7,152), Marin co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1893. It is the northern terminus of the Golden Gate Bridge. The artists' colony there is a tourist attraction. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1998--Coactive Networks, a leading provider of open solutions for connecting control systems to enterprise networks and the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , today announced the formation of a Technical Advisory Board. The Technical Advisory Board consists of external technical experts and senior executives who provide Coactive's executive management with key advice on deployment Installing, setting up, testing and running. This military term, which means the placement of troops and equipment in the field, is widely used with computers as an alternate to the word "implementation. strategies, and challenges and new opportunities for control network connectivity A generic term for connecting devices to each other in order to transfer data back and forth. It often refers to network connections, which embraces bridges, routers, switches and gateways as well as backbone networks. . The charter of the Coactive co·ac·tion n. 1. An impelling or restraining force; a compulsion. 2. Joint action. 3. Ecology Any of the reciprocal actions or effects, such as symbiosis, that can occur in a community. Technical Advisory Board is to assist and enhance Coactive's senior management in making decisions which will shape the future of connectivity between control and IP networks through the exchange of ideas, analysis of technology and insight from various business segments. The board also serves to provide Coactive with external perspectives to aid the management team in developing innovative strategies to expand Coactive's technology into new applications and capabilities. "The networking environment is fundamentally changing with advances in control and data networking technology that make a host of new applications affordable and practical for the first time," said David Gaw, president of Coactive. "Coactive's Technical Advisory Board is chartered with helping us define the direction of these new applications and outlining the technology innovation that will be required to support them," added Gaw. The board provides a diversity of technical expertise and perspective from various business segments which parallel the focus and future direction of Coactive. Coactive Technical Advisory Board members include: -0-
-- Stephen Dukes, vice president, digital technology, MediaOne
Group. MediaOne is the second largest cable operator in the U.S.
Dukes was formerly with TCI as VP of network technology, where he
was instrumental in the development of TCI's Next Generation Set
Top Box specifications.
-- Harsha Dabholkar, fellow and manager of communications systems,
Honeywell Home & Building. Dabholkar has over 20 years of
experience in commercial building automation systems. He has been
very active with LonWorks, including leading standardization
activities in LonMark.
-- Pradip Madan, vice president, marketing, Adaptec. Madan was VP of
marketing for Echelon for over six years. He was instrumental in
gaining acceptance for LonWorks as a standard in many industry
segments and helped make LonWorks the worldwide standard it is
today.
-- Jay Warrior, laboratory scientist and program manager,
Distributed Measurement & Control Program, Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories. Warrior also chairs the Institution of Electrical
and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) standards working group,
developing a U.S. standard for network independent interfaces for
smart sensors to enable easy support of multiple communication
protocols within products.
-0- "The changing nature of networking technology, specifically the connection of control systems to IP networks, is leading the development of diverse applications that can add efficiencies and reduce costs across industries," said Coactive Technical Advisory Board member Stephen Stephen, 1097?–1154, king of England (1135–54). The son of Stephen, count of Blois and Chartres, and Adela, daughter of William I of England, he was brought up by his uncle, Henry I of England, who presented him with estates in England and France and Dukes. About Coactive Networks Coactive Networks is a leading provider of open solutions for connecting control systems to enterprise networks and the Internet. The company offers a full line of routers, servers, and gateways for creating powerful next-generation applications, and is the market leader in providing connectivity solutions for LonWorks A control network from Echelon Corporation, San Jose, CA (www.echelon.com) that is used in myriad applications, including factory automation, process control, building networks and vehicle networks. , the leading control network. Coactive is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation based in Sausalito, Calif. Detailed information on Coactive products, news announcements, seminars, training, and support is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.coactive.com. Note to Editors: Coactive, the Coactive Logo, WebIO, Router-LE, Router-LL, and IOConnect are trademarks or registered trademarks of Coactive Networks, Inc. in the US and other countries. LonWorks, LonTalk LonTalk is a protocol optimized for control created by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, powerlines, fiber optics, and RF. It is popular for the automation of various functions in industrial control, home automation, transportation, and , and LonMaker are trademarks of Echelon Corporation Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) designs control networks to connect machines and other electronic devices, for the purposes of sensing, monitoring and control. . All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. |
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