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<<Echelon Corporation Takes Leadership Role in
Microsoft's Universal Plug and Play Forum Echelon
Appointed to Steering Committee
Business Wire - November 02, 1999 10:01
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999--Echelon Corporation (Nasdaq:ELON)
today announced that it has accepted Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq:MSFT) invitation to serve on the
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Forum's Steering Committee.
The Steering Committee acts as the leadership body within the forum, setting the agenda,
technology focus, and guiding principles for the organization. The UPnP Forum was established in
June 1999 to drive the emergence of a new generation of easily networked devices built on open
Internet-based standards and protocols. Other members of the Steering Committee include UPnP
Forum founder Microsoft along with Axis Communications, Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard,
IBM, Intel, Mitsubishi, Panja, Siemens, Thomson, and Philips.
Echelon brings to the UPnP Forum thousands of device and system manufacturers that are
deploying a rapidly growing installed base of smart, networked devices based on Echelon's
LONWORKS(R) system -- everyday devices such as refrigerators, washing machines, electric
meters, light switches, electrical outlets, motion sensors, thermostats, and security alarms, to name
a few. As demonstrated this past April at Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering
Conference, all of these everyday devices can effortlessly connect and provide their services to
other UPnP enabled products using Echelon's LNS(TM) network operating system and Echelon's
LNS Universal Plug and Play proxy.
"When it comes to simply connecting everyday devices in homes, buildings and other systems to
the Internet, Echelon is clearly a leader in providing solutions today," said Shawn Sanford, Group
Product Manager of the Consumer Windows Division, Microsoft Corp. "We are very pleased that
Echelon has joined us on the UPnP Steering Committee. It brings a wealth of real-world
experience that will help the Forum achieve its goals."
"Echelon shares the UPnP Forum's vision of a networked world where all types of computers and
everyday devices work together as peers, in easily configurable networks, to provide enhanced
services and new applications," said Reza Raji, Echelon's director of business development and
designated representative to the UPnP Steering Committee. "Echelon is eager to join with other
industry leaders to accelerate the move to a world where everything is connected."
First introduced by Microsoft in early 1999, UPnP is a cross-industry effort to define a set of
common interfaces that describe devices and services, allow automatic discovery when a device
is plugged into a network, and allow other devices and people to use them without complicated
setup or configuration. UPnP is a key element in Microsoft's standards-based vision of simple
networking, where easy-to-configure intelligent appliances, networked peripherals, PCs and the
services they provide become peers on networks in homes and businesses. UPnP allows a broad
range of intelligent consumer appliances and PCs to easily connect as peers and share resources
within the home.
The next meeting of the UPnP Forum will take place on November 2 and 3 in Redmond,
Washington.
About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation is the developer of LONWORKS networks, recognized internationally as a
standard for open, interoperable control networks. With thousands of application developers and
millions of devices installed worldwide, LONWORKS is a leading open, networked solution for
networking everyday devices in buildings, homes, factories, transportation systems, utilities, and
other applications. Echelon offers a full range of off-the-shelf hardware and software products to
support the development, installation and management of intelligent, open and interoperable control
networks.
Products that have been verified to conform to Echelon's LONMARK(R) interoperability
guidelines are eligible to carry the LONMARK logo, an indicator that a product has been
designed to interoperate over a LonWorks network.
Echelon is based in Palo Alto, California, with international offices in China, France, Germany,
Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Further information about Echelon can
be found at echelon.com. Further information about the LONMARK Interoperability
Association can be found at lonmark.org.
Echelon, LONWORKS, LONMARK, the LONMARK logo, and the Echelon logo are registered
trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the U.S. and other countries. LNS is a
trademark of Echelon Corporation. Other marks belong to their respective holders.
CONTACT: Echelon Corp.
Jane Wang, 650/855-7414
jwang@echelon.com
or
Copithorne & Bellows Public Relations
John Satterfield, 408/571-2304
john.satterfield@cbpr.com>>
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