This week we attended DistribuTECH 2017 with several thousand of the leading minds in technology, education and innovation for utilities, Smart Grid and municipalities. We had many great conversations about the direction of Industrial IoT (IIoT) and the all-encompassing digital technology shift. At the FreeWave booth we led many demonstrations of our latest technology. We also shared how our fellow attendees can achieve smart data at the Edge. Here is a small snapshot of the excitement and action from the show:
Looking Forward to the Defending the Grid Track at #DTECH2017. https://t.co/hf0FfddqAb #CyberSecurity #Utilities pic.twitter.com/pXBDsdXVv7
— Tamara McCleary (@TamaraMcCleary) January 30, 2017
Another slice #DTECH2017 https://t.co/HmHQ4P6zqo
1.@tamaramccleary
2.@iotrecruiting
3.@iamorbz
4.@stracma
5.@andi_staub
6.@christianbuchel pic.twitter.com/GGjzg9v90o— Evgeny Hvastovich (@EHvastovich) January 26, 2017
Want to fast track #utilities #analytics project? See @SASsoftware demo Intel Booth 1323 #DTECH2017 @GridInsights https://t.co/41T9enfyV2 pic.twitter.com/xZGjzobejC
— iggy pintado (@iggypintado) January 21, 2017
Are you going to @DistribuTECH 2017? We'd love to connect with you! We've got lots of exciting news this year… https://t.co/yv2rMohj7e pic.twitter.com/wDV626XM3R
— FreeWave Technologies (@freewavetech) January 27, 2017
The calm before the storm…exhibit hall opens at 11 am. S/O to all of our awesome exhibitors at #DTECH2017 pic.twitter.com/4VKl2ZdGyz
— DISTRIBUTECH International (@DISTRIBUTECH) January 31, 2017
Stay classy, @DistribuTECH. #dtech2017 pic.twitter.com/urHP7LtYEJ
— Hitachi U.S.A. (@Hitachi_US) February 2, 2017
FreeWave at DistribuTECH
We had a lot to share at DistribuTECH this year. In addition to providing product demos at our booth, we just launched several important company, product and partnership announcements. Here’s the run-down on what we launched this week:
New IIoT Products & Two New Partnerships Introduced at DistribuTECH
Zumlink Z9-C and Z9-T Radios: FreeWave introduced the Zumlink-Z9-PE last Fall, but now it brings the next generation, high performance platform to market. ZumLink is the underpinning of the company’s go-forward IIoT strategy for IIoT and embedded radio applications. The Z9-C and Z9-T deliver high speed Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) functionality in a radio module that is half the size of a credit card.
FreeWave and Systech application partnership: Together with Systech, we announced an industrial Tank Level Control application that resides on and executes from FreeWave’s ZumLink IIoT Programmable Radio for edge networks. The new application features an easy-to-use “ITTT (If This Then That)” process control programming interface that will control analog, digital and RS485 sensors linked to the ZumLink programmable radio. The FreeWave ITTT App is designed for a user-friendly experience and requires no previous programming knowledge or practice.
Technology partnership with E2E Technologies: E2E is a comprehensive solutions provider specializing in communication architecture design, implementation and network management. E2E’s Stingray Network Management System (NMS), supports the full array of FreeWave’s industry-leading wireless communication solutions and is optimizable for IT professionals looking to manage individual components of a limited IIoT or M2M communications system within a larger IT network management framework.
The New FreeWave
We officially unveiled a new look and website that reflects our move to the next generation of the industrial IoT: The Programmable Edge and Fog Computing. The new FreeWave visually projects our future-focused mission to help organizations around the world connect and gain valuable intelligence from devices – even in the most challenging of locations and conditions – anytime, anywhere in a secure, reliable fashion.
This week has represented several major milestones for FreeWave, and launching it all at DistribuTECH was the perfect platform for sharing both our news and the future direction of FreeWave. What do you think about the new FreeWave website?
