ALYA International, Inc. Signs Joint Development Agreement With
Motorola's Indala Corporation
PALO ALTO, Calif.--Jan. 6, 1998--ALYA International, Inc. (''ALYA'' or
the ''Company'') announces that the Company has entered into
a joint development agreement with Indala Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. to develop two proximity card readers
incorporating LonWorks(R) technology.
These card readers are to be fully compliant with ALYA's Advanced
Security Management System and the International LonMark
Interoperability Association's standards. This Association sets the
standards for LonWorks based control products and includes companies
such as Motorola, Honeywell, Johnson Controls and Landis & Stefa. ALYA
is also a member of this Association.
The advantage of these new readers is their level of interoperability
with other building automation control systems. For example, when a
person enters their building's parking facility, the proximity reader
in conjunction with ALYA's security system can initiate the opening of
a gate, and then send a message to the environmental control system to
set the temperature in a single office, thus conserving energy.
Lighting systems, Heating, Ventilation and Cooling Systems, Fire
Systems and Security Systems based upon LonWorks technology can
inter-operate creating highly efficient buildings.
Indala showed their intelligent LonWorks Remote Electronics (LRE-300)
(ALYA/INDALA Joint Development Product) product at recent
international trade events, including the American Society for
Industrial Security and LonUsers Europe.
Frost and Sullivan estimate that the US market for building access and
security systems will be $2.18 billion by 2001 with a growth rate of
13%. Approximately 47% of this is Card Readers and Cards with the
balance of 53% being software and control hardware. ALYA's projections
for sales of OPENcentrix (the security system) target capturing 5% of
this market by 2001 which would provide the Company with revenues of
US $63,800,000.
Motorola's Indala Corporation manufactures radio frequency (RF)
proximity cards, tags and readers for a variety of applications in
business and industry. Indala's unique RF products can be used to
identify people, vehicles or objects in applications such as access
control, time-and-attendance, factory automation, inventory and asset
management.
ALYA International, Inc. (NASDAQ/OTC Symbol: ALYA - news) is a leader
in providing systems based upon 'Open Systems Technology' (allowing
systems or devices of different manufacturers to work in harmony).
ALYA's first product, OPENcortex is a development platform based upon
de-facto standards such as Microsoft's(R) Windows NT(R), Echelon's(R)
LonWorks (R) technology and standard LAN and WAN protocols.
OPENcortex(TM) is aimed at companies that are embracing these new
standards and want to quickly implement them in new process control or
building control systems to retain or grow market share. Based on this
new platform ALYA has designed and produced its second product
OPENcentrix(TM), an Advanced Security Management System. OPENcentrix
features interoperability with building automation systems.
LonWorks(R) technology is a de-facto standard in the building
automation and process control industries providing a new standard for
open architecture and interoperable control systems. LonWorks(R) is
endorsed by the LonMark(R) Association, supported by Motorola(R),
Honeywell Inc [NYSE:HON - news].(R), Johnson Controls, Inc.(R),
Olivetti(R), BTE(R) and Toshiba Corporation(R). ALYA is one of the
first companies to develop ''plug and play'' open architecture
(ALYA'OPEN(TM) ''Open Platform for Essential Networks'') hardware and
software for the security and control industries.
Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts,
including any statements about expectations for fiscal year 1998 and
beyond are forward-looking statements, involving certain risks and
uncertainties. Factors that could cause the company's actual results
to differ materially from management's projections, estimates and
expectations include, but are not limited to, delays in the receipt of
orders or in the shipment of products, any delay in execution of the
company's divestiture plan, and other factors referred to in the
company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Contact:
ALYA International, Inc.
Investor Relations, 888/595-6444
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