Wednesday March 10, 9:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
ALYA and Raytheon Enter Into Agreement to Promote Tamper-Proof Fiber Optic Building Access and Security Systems
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1999-- ALYA International, Inc. (OTC BB:ALYA) announced today that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with Raytheon Company to provide tamper-proof fiber optic access control and security products for building management systems and other commercial and military applications worldwide.
This will provide building operators and managers with the ability to create highly intelligent, efficiently-operated buildings with an advanced security management system that can easily link to lighting, heating and other automated building processes.
The partnership of these two companies will promote sales of Raytheon's fiber optic technology solutions in combination with ALYA's Open Platform for Essential Networks (O.P.E.N.) centrix advanced Security Management software and hardware.
ALYA provides one of the only platforms that can bridge Echelon's LONWorks®, the standard protocol in building automation and process control, to other networking technologies such as Microsoft Windows NT.
Raytheon has developed the industry's only complete fiber-based solution for Echelon's LONWorks® distributed sensing and control technology that lets a single fiber optic cable communicate in two directions.
The benefits of Raytheon's patented bi-directional, distributed sensing technology is a more cost effective networking solution that uses fewer cables and connections, cutting the cost of a fiber-based LONWorks® building automation network in half. In addition, Raytheon's fiber optic network is 100-percent tamper-proof, Y2K compatible, immune to electromagnetic interference such as lightning or high voltages and can be easily connected to non-fiber optic links and sub networks, making it the ideal choice for securing buildings and outside perimeters.
''Raytheon's world-wide presence and global technology leadership can lead to a lot of opportunities for ALYA, especially where high speed, highly secure communications are required,'' said Doug Corbett, Vice President of Marketing and Sales for ALYA. ''Raytheon is a leader in innovative technology solutions. Their decision to work closely with ALYA to increase market penetration of its fiber optic technology demonstrates the confidence the industry has in ALYA's products and technology.''
ALYA International, a leader in the development of software and hardware for intelligent building control and security systems, is listed on the OTC bulletin board under the symbol ALYA.
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Contact:
ALYA International
Dale Paruk, 888/595-6444
Email inquiries: stock@alya.com
Website: www.alya.com
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