Enea Launches Machine to Machine (M2M) Competence Center Proven Expertise and Extensive Project Success Uniquely Position Company to Deliver Development, Training and Support to Customers STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 6 October, 2010 - Enea (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) today announced that in order to take full advantage of the opportunity presented by the rapid growth in the machine to machine (M2M) communications market, it has launched the Enea M2M Competence Center (www.enea.com/m2m (http://www.enea.com/m2m)) in Linköping, Sweden. With several design wins already in the M2M segment, the Enea decision to launch a development center was a natural extension of the company's strategy. Enea's M2M Competence Center will offer a full range of hardware and software development consulting solutions, training and support. In addition, Enea provides a flexible M2M development platform that can be customized to meet application requirements. M2M communication is a rapidly emerging application segment in which device nodes capture data or information from sensors, meters or other components, which is then transmitted over fixed or wireless networks to a computer system. The computer system may review and respond to the information itself or translate and forward the information on to other nodes or system operators for further action. M2M communication streamlines and accelerates business processes, lowers costs and improves organizational efficiencies. While M2M is applicable to many markets it has seen the widest adoption in building and industrial automation, supply chain management, monitoring and security and remote payment systems. “M2M is a great fit for Enea since we are able build on our deep experience in realtime systems, mobile devices and communications technology. Indeed, our proven success with existing customers has demonstrated that we have the right skill set, the correct engagement models for successful projects and the quality required by the market,” said Per Johannesson, Vice President at Enea Services Linköping. “The formation of the M2M Competence Center will help us focus our effort, gain access to additional resources and continue to deliver customer projects on time and on budget.” The Enea M2M Competence Center has extensive experience in all aspects of the M2M topology including edge devices, communications technology and protocols, as well as IT-centric management systems. In addition, Enea's background in realtime and highly reliable embedded devices uniquely positions the company to tackle the development of complex M2M systems. Enea experts can design and build entire M2M systems, discrete parts of a system, perform system integration or execute testing and quality programs. In order jump start projects, Enea offers an extensible M2M development platform which can be adapted to particular customer requirements. By utilizing the robust, fault tolerant Enea M2M platform projects can be completed faster, at lower costs and with a high quality than starting from scratch. Finally, for customers who want to enhance their own knowledge of M2M, Enea offers a number of training solutions from full courses to targeted seminars. Example projects executed by the Enea M2M Competence Center: Industrial applications: Enea designed and built a fluid tank control system with communication capabilities. The control system uses the Enea M2M platform for retrieving tank information, event logs, to perform software upgrades over the air and for SMS-based alarm-event notification. Network equipment applications: Enea executed an M2M solution to supervise network equipment and present its status in a web interface. Through the web interface, the customer can remotely access their equipment and perform restarts and configuration. Vehicle applications: Enea was contracted to design and build an M2M telematic platform used by the customer for several products. The platform contains services for voice calls, SMS, GPRS and GPS among other features and has been used by third party developers to develop dozens of applications including emergency call, break-down call, theft notification, stolen vehicle tracking, remote door unlock and many other services. For more information on Enea M2M solution and competence center please contact: Mattias Nilsson, phone +46 13 465 58 94, mattias.nilsson@enea.com (mattias.nilsson@enea.com) Malcolm Sundberg, phone +46 13 465 59 55 malcolm.sundberg@enea.com (malcolm.sundberg@enea.com) Per-Anders Jacobsson, phone +46 13 465 59 00, per-anders.jacobsson@enea.com (per-anders.jacobsson@enea.com) or visit: www.enea.com/m2m For more information Nordic Catharina Paulcén, VP Corporate Communications Phone: 46 8 50 71 40 00 Email: catharina.paulcen@enea.com (catharina.paulcen@enea.com)
Enea Launches Machine to Machine (M2M) Competence Center
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