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Turku, Finland. (May 31, 2006)
- Viola Systems, a leader in industrial-grade wireless M2M connectivity
solutions, has today formally announced strategic partners for the
Indian market.
“We proudly welcome our new, distinguished
business partners in India: Process and Machinery Automation (PMAS)
in Jaipur, North India and Protocol Automation in Bangalore, Central
India. PMAS and Protocol Automation both have unique expertise across
various industry verticals. More importantly, both are actively
involved in various modernization projects in the utility sector,”
says Rajiv Oberoi, Country Manager for India at
Viola Systems.
“Viola enters India at the right time
with unique set of products. For utilities, especially Viola’s
Arctic IEC-104 and Modbus Gateways look very interesting,”
begins Sachin Bhargava, CEO of PMAS. He explains:
“India is now developing a countrywide network for vital infrastructure,
like telecom, power and highways. Viola’s products offer unique
possibilities for our customers to access real-time information
in remote previously inaccessible field devices through a field-proven,
reliable and always-on communication solution.” He stresses,
that for Indian conditions it is important that the Viola M2M Solution™
is operator-independent, that means it allows the end-customer to
choose the best and cheapest telecom provider in a particular area
by eliminating the need to obtain costly private Access Point Name
(APN) from a mobile operator.
Private APN is usually needed in order to arrange
fixed, static IP addresses for field devices but the Viola M2M Solution™
can do this without the private APN.
Mihir Gangoly, CEO of Protocol
Automation, is optimistic of the new partnership and describes:
“This partnership with Viola allows us to offer our customers
field-proven, robust and secure wireless M2M connectivity solutions
that are based on new wireless technologies such as GPRS / EDGE.
For our customers this means improved productivity and savings in
maintenance and operation costs.”
PMAS and Protocol Automation have set up a test
system in their premises and welcome warmly interested companies
to contact them for demonstration purposes.
About Viola M2M Solution™
Unlike many competitors who sellboxes, Viola delivers a
total secure end-to-end connectivity solution that seamlessly integrates
remote devices and sites to centralized management systems such
as SCADA or HP OpenView. No changes to existing systems are needed.
Viola M2M Solution™ is an install-and-forget-it, hassle-free
approach. In addition, Viola M2M Solution™ is operator-independent;
it allows customers to implement two-way data communications in
a similar manner all around the world.
About Viola Systems
Viola is specialized in advanced, industrial-grade M2M
(machine-to-machine) wireless connectivity solutions that seamlessly
link remote devices and sites together. Reliable remote access to
device information leads to increased productivity and enables new
maintenance business. Viola’s solutions are used in a wide
variety of applications from substations and distribution transformers
in electricity networks to base stations in telecommunications networks
to the transfer of video feed from remote surveillance cameras.
Viola’s solutions are sold through a global network of sales
partners. Viola’s customers include ABB, RFI – a division
of the Italian State Railways, Vattenfall, Freescale Semiconductor,
EBV Elektronik, Digita, and Finnish Road Administration. Viola’s
headquarters are located in Turku, Finland. For more information,
please visit www.violasystems.com.
About Process and Machinery Automation
(PMAS)
PMAS is part of the Jaipur based Johns Electric Co. Pvt. Ltd. -
leaders in automation and electrical solutions. PMAS is an efficiently
managed small scale enterprise with a group of dedicated professionals
who always strive for the best. PMAS is focused on new technologies
and automation solutions. As a SIEMENS systems house, they have
the required setup and know-how to execute large scale automation
projects. PMAS has the experience and expertise to develop integrated
PLC and PC based industrial solutions. For more information, please
visit www.johnselectric.net.
About Protocol Automation
Protocol Automation is based in Bangalore. They offer diverse solutions
ranging from mobile alarming systems, IO servers, OPC servers to
linking of work floor to the front office using customized ERP solutions.
For more information, please visit www.protocolindia.com.
Editor contacts:
Viola Systems Ltd. / World Wide Contact
Mr. Jyrki Penttonen
Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +358 (0) 40 570 5775
E-mail: jyrki.penttonen@violasystems.com
Viola Systems Ltd. / India Contact
Mr. Rajiv Oberoi
Tel. +46 73 216 9501
E-mail: rajiv.oberoi@violasystems.com
Process and Machinery Automation (PMAS) / India
Mr. Sachin Bhargava
Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +91 98 2901 2029
Protocol Automation / India
Mr. Mihir Gangoly
Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +91 93 4123 5828
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