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Turku, Finland. (August 15, 2006)
- Viola Systems, a leader in industrial-grade wireless M2M connectivity
solutions, has today announced the release of Series-5 software
for its Arctic products. The highlighted new features include: backup
routing, fault-tolerant M2M server and new VPN functionality.
The backup routing enables building a wireless
backup connection to existing systems. For example: a POS terminal,
which primarily relies on ADSL connection, can be equipped with
a wireless communications backup. This can be done without a need
to change anything in the existing network configuration. Furthermore,
the switching between primary and backup connections is automatic.
Customers benefit from the backup routing through improved availability
of their services and secured business continuity.
The fault-tolerant Viola M2M Gateway is a very
important feature for such larger Arctic system deployments where
high availability is critical. A cluster of two Viola M2M Gateways
can be deployed. If a failure occurs in the primary Viola M2M Gateway,
the secondary Viola M2M Gateway will take over and thus secures
the continuity of communications services.
The new VPN functionality includes the OpenVPN
functionality, which provides value-add as follows:
- Building a network with several Viola M2M
gateways is facilitated. This is good news for customers who want
to build larger and more distributed M2M solutions. The complexities
imposed by increased distribution are hidden from the user.
- It is now possible to establish a remote
connection to the Viola M2M gateway while still being in the same
subnet with all the Arctic units. This is a very handy feature
for system administrators, since they are no more restricted by
location while they perform maintenance operations for the Viola
M2M Solution.
“Series-5 release is a consolidation of
the needs and requirements gathered from our quickly expanding customer
base. We believe that the wireless backup opens up whole lot of
new avenues to our partners, as there now is a cost-effective way
to increase communications availability. Furthermore, as the average
size of Arctic implementations has grown tremendously during the
last year, the fault-tolerancy has actually become a critically
important feature,” says Terho Into, Director
of Sales and Marketing of Viola Systems.
For more information about Series-5 functionality
and availability dates, please visit at:
http://www.violasystems.com/products/series-5.explained.pdf
About Viola M2M Solution™
Unlike many competitors who sell boxes, 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.
Editor contact:
Mr. Jyrki Penttonen
Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +358 (0) 40 570 5775
E-mail: jyrki.penttonen@violasystems.com
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