Wawa Food Markets Selects Tridium's Niagara Convergence Retail Application as its Enterprise Automation Platform.Niagara to be Deployed in 550+ Convenience Stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. to Lower Energy Costs, Reduce Maintenance Costs, and Maximize Operating Efficiencies RICHMOND, Va. -- Tridium, Inc., the leading provider of device to enterprise automation, today announced that its Niagara Convergence Retail Application has been selected by Wawa Food Markets Wawa is a chain of convenience store/gas stations located in the eastern United States; specifically New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The stores are mostly in the Delaware Valley region of the Northeast United States, although the chain has now expanded , a chain of more than 550 convenience stores located throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey Delaware, New Jersey could refer to:
"In keeping up with the demands of our organization and our philosophy of using technology to enable our operational and financial objectives, the Niagara Convergence Retail Application from Tridium has demonstrated through an extensive pilot that it contains the features and functionality, that we require," said John McAllister, Director of Facility Operations at Wawa Inc. Built using the highly successful Niagara(AX) Framework, Tridium, in partnership with Wawa and HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free Concepts, a systems integrator out of Gaithersburg, Maryland, designed the Niagara Convergence Retail Application to be a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. consisting of hardware and software that connects each individual store's operational devices and systems together to the company's wide area network. The application is helping to monitor, control and archive data from a variety of systems including: a Fuel Management (pumps, tank leak detection, inventory and delivery tracking) a Mechanical Systems (HVAC) a Lighting a Refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. a Food Service Equipment (ovens, deli scales, grease traps) a Irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. "The Niagara Framework was a perfect match for delivering to Wawa a solution that could integrate all of its diverse systems into a robust, user-friendly, and cost-effective solution," said Kevin Perdue Perdue may refer to:
"Wawa's commitment to using technology throughout every phase of its operations to maximize efficiency, control costs and enhance the customer experience is underscored by its decision to deploy Niagara," said Steve Fey, president for Tridium. "The Niagara Convergence Retail Application underscores the power and flexibility of the Niagara(AX) Framework to deliver comprehensive and affordable solutions to the market." About Wawa Wawa, Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , began in 1803 as an iron foundry in New Jersey. Toward the end of the 19th Century, owner George Wood George Wood may refer to:
About HVAC Concepts HVAC Concepts has been in business over 21 years -- concentrating on controlling and monitoring facilities throughout the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. HVAC Concepts identified the change in the control industry from proprietary to interoperable systems and has made substantial investments in understanding, integrating and supporting open systems. The company maintains and supports all of its installed systems and operates a 24-Hour Monitoring and Service Center to handle alarm functions and customer service needs. Over 99% of all systems ever installed in the company's 21 year history are still running at 100% capacity. HVAC Concepts is an Authorized Tridium System Integrator and is experienced in presenting LonWorks, BacNet, Modbus, and several proprietary control networks via the web with Tridium JACE JACE Java Application Control Engine (Tridium building automation control) JACE Joint Assessment of Catastrophic Events (simulation tool) JACE Joint Alternate Command Element Controllers. Additional information can be found at www.hvacc.net. About Tridium Inc. Tridium, a global software and technology company, is the inventor of the Niagara Framework([R]), a software framework that integrates diverse systems and devices - regardless of manufacturer, or communication protocol - into a unified platform that can be easily managed and controlled in real time over the Internet using a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Niagara is an extensible platform that supports the rapid development of a wide range of Internet-enabled products and device-to-enterprise applications. Manufacturers adopt the Niagara Framework technology to move their products to the web, reduce development time, migrate legacy systems, develop new service offerings, and open up new markets. System integrators use Niagara products to provide true open solutions without regard for specific protocols, products or technologies. Today, there are over 50,000 instances of Niagara operating in over 6,000 installations worldwide in applications that include: energy management, building automation, M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month , telecommunications, security automation, lighting control, maintenance repair operations (MRO MRO In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), service bureaus, convergence retailing and total facilities management - all realizing improved operational efficiencies, reduced costs and greater returns. Tridium markets its products to value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers and a network of Tridium Systems Integrators. The company is an independent business entity of Honeywell International Inc. Additional information about Tridium is available at www.tridium.com. |
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