Nivis Names Doug Johns Chief Executive Officer (12/01/2009)

Nivis, LLC, the world's leading developer and integrator of wireless network technologies, announces Doug Johns, Chairman of the Board of Directors, has assumed the position of Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Johns, commenting on the opportunity at Nivis, said “I have been fortunate in my career to see firsthand the rise of the personal computer and the internet. I believe Nivis is at the forefront of yet another significant technology revolution with the proliferation of embedded wireless software and devices. We are seeing great traction from the commercial sector through our SmartGRID customers, and are beginning to see the same in the industrial sector with the adoption of ISA100.11a and WirelessHART standards. I think the next 24 months are going to be very exciting in this market.”
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Nivis ISA100.11a Software Stack Supports Fully Operational Installation at Arkema (11/09/2009)

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute deployed an installation at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas. The system, which has been in place since September, has successfully demonstrated the interoperability between devices from multiple vendors using the ISA100.11a wireless communication technology.

Nivis provided the gateway and software device stack that supports this network. In order to show full interoperability several different types of sensors were used: a pressure sensor on a water tank, a tank level sensor, a temperature sensor, and a gas sensor.

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Nivis Releases World's First ISA100.11a Integration Kit
(07/16/2009)

Nivis LLC, the world's leading developer and integrator of wireless network technologies, is announcing the release of the world's first ISA100.11a Integration Kit. The ISA100.11a Integration Kit will start shipping immediately.

The ISA100.11a standard is designed to efficiently and effectively communicate to any legacy instrument or host system, including HART, FOUNDATION Fieldbus, Modbus, Profibus and others, making it truly the
4-20ma standard of the wireless world. It is also the one wireless standard with the built-in flexibility to address most wireless applications in a single, plant-wide industrial wireless system.
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IPSO Alliance Hosts International Demonstration of IP Enabled Smart Objects at NetWorld+Interop 2009 (05/20/09)

The Internet Protocol for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance, an organization of leading networking technology vendors and users, today announced a variety of demonstrations being showcased at NetWorld+Interop 2009, including a world-wide IP sensor connectivity display, running continuously over the course of the show. With applications ranging from home and commercial building automation, smart metering, factory monitoring, and data center energy management, these demonstrations underscore the flexibility, scalability and low power operation of IP-based smart object networking solutions – all available today.

The IPSO Alliance’s live interoperability demonstration links a multitude of sensors globally with an SAP database. A graphical application displayed at the IPSO Alliance booth (#2513) will allow Interop visitors to see the results of the demonstration as they come in from products developed by member companies Arch Rock, Atmel, Cisco, Dust Networks, Freescale, GainSpan, Jennic, Nivis, SAP, Sensinode, SICS, and Sigma Designs. The data will be drawn from devices located in cities throughout Europe, Asia and North America.

“This demonstration puts to rest the notion that IP is not practical for embedding intelligence into objects in the physical world,” stated Geoff Mulligan, IPSO Alliance Chairman. “Internet Protocol is destined to be the only logical choice to serve as a unifying communications standard for Smart Objects. IP’s acceptance around the world for Internet traffic makes its use both the logical and cost-effective choice over any proprietary or ad hoc protocol."
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Nivis LLC to Participate at ACHEMA 2009 in Frankfurt (04/30/2009)

Nivis LLC, a leading global wireless technology innovator, will participate in the 29th International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology (ACHEMA) May 11 – 15 in Frankfurt, Germany. ACHEMA is considered to be the worldwide leading event for chemical engineering and process industries.

Nivis will be participating in the Instrumentation, Control and Automation Techniques exhibition group in collaboration with HART Communication Foundation (HCF) in Hall 10.2, Stand F3-J6. A Platinum member of the HART Communication Foundation, Nivis is in the process of implementing a solution to provide reliable and secure wireless communication for the process industry in compliance with the WirelessHART standard specifications released in 2007. Three Nivis devices running the WirelessHART based software stack will be demonstrated.
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Large Process Automation Suppliers Committed to ISA100.11a Standard (04/22/2009)

From Fortune 50 to new start-ups, companies of all sizes are committing to or evaluating ISA100.11a standard-based solutions utilizing Nivis technologies. These companies include Access Wireless Solution, Apprion, Banner Engineering Corporation, Cameron, ConocoPhillips, Dresser Masoneilan, Freescale, Flowserve, Honeywell, Krohne, Machine Talker, Magnetrol, NASA, Nivis, ProSoft, Texas Instruments, Yokogawa, Western Research, Williamson plus others.

These companies collectively plan to offer a diverse portfolio of wireless devices including temperature and pressure transmitters, HART to ISA100.11a adaptors, valve positioners and indicators, discrete and analog input sensors, discrete and analog output devices, vibration sensors, flow sensors, level sensors and more.

“I’m excited to see such a diverse set of leading companies committed to delivering a broad portfolio of ISA100.11a standard devices,” said David Land, ConocoPhillips. “This will provide end-users with choices for devices that meet most of the initial ISA100.11a applications.”
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Nivis to Feature Latest Wireless Technology at Hannover Messe (04/07/2009)

Nivis will be an exhibitor at Hannover Messe, a major showcase for industrial technology. The tradeshow will be held April 20 – 24th, 2009 in Hannover, Germany.

Nivis will be participating in the Wireless Automation fair within the tradeshow in Hall 007, booth #A50. Nivis’ booth will focus on a pre-release of the WirelessHART system based on the WirelessHART standard, the NISA System based on the 2009 ISA100.11a draft standard, and the Nivis Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) integrated system.

“We are excited to participate in what is widely considered to be the world’s leading industrial technology show,” Ovidiu Ratiu, Vice President of Nivis for EMEA, announced, “It is a perfect fit since Nivis is one of the world’s leading innovators in wireless technology. We will be available at our booth to discuss and explain our significant contributions to the wireless world.”
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Nivis to Present at Google's Prestigious IPv6 Implementors Conference (03/19/2009)

Nivis LLC, a leading developer and integrator of wireless network technologies, has been selected to participate and present at Google's IPv6 Implementors Conference, held March 19th and 20th at the Google campus in Mountain View, CA. IPv6 is the emerging protocol that provides for tremendous scalability and security of Internet enabled systems.

Geoff Mulligan, the Chairman of the IPSO alliance, will speak on behalf of Nivis and will address "IPv6 Implementations and Applications: IPv6 over Low-power Wireless Sensor Networks." Mulligan will discuss how Nivis is developing 6LoWPAN technology to be used in many types of sensors and devices for remote monitoring and control capabilities, which will ultimately improve energy management, smart-grids and Internet systems through the interoperability of devices.
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ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute Conducts Demonstration at ISA EXPO 2008 (11/07/2008)

The ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute (WCI) successfully conducted a demonstration of the ISA100.11a wireless industrial automation network at ISA EXPO 2008, 14-16 October in Houston, TX.

The demonstration employed technology based on the latest draft of the ISA100.11a industrial wireless communications standard. It included protocol stacks from Atlanta-based Nivis, LLC, which coordinated the overall WCI demonstration and Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications (CQUPT) in China.

The demonstration highlighted the mesh and interoperability capabilities of the proposed ISA100.11a standard by showing ISA100.11a Field Routers from many different vendors formed into a self-healing and dynamically adaptive mesh network. Wired HART devices were included in the demonstration and used the wireless adaptors to communicate HART information like stranded diagnostics over the ISA100.11a network to a host system.

Companies participating in the technology demonstration booth at ISA Expo 2008 included Barton Cameron, CQUPT, Dresser Masonielan, Flowserve, Fuji Electric, GE MDS, Hach, Honeywell, ITT, Krohne, Metso, Nivis, Omron, Sensicast, Teledyne, Yamatake, Yokogawa, Williamson, and WIKA.
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Nivis and Freescale join forces on comprehensive wireless solution for industrial and commercial applications (10/16/2008)

Freescale Semiconductor and Nivis have announced plans to combine their respective technologies to provide a total wired-to-wireless platform for commercial and industrial sensor mesh networks. The combined hardware/software platform solution includes sensor interface, radio module, router/gateway, security manager and advanced network manager capabilities for emerging wireless standards in the industrial and commercial sector.

The Freescale and Nivis development platform is designed to provide developers with a rapid, cost-effective way to evaluate ISA100.11a, WirelessHART and 6LoWPAN stacks on Freescale microcontrollers (MCUs) and embedded processors. It enables device developers to create wireless sensor mesh network solutions with minimal effort, expense and time-to-market. Nivis contributes the software, and Freescale provides the embedded hardware options. The platform is based on Freescale’s broad portfolios of ColdFire® microcontrollers, Power Architecture® processors and processors based on ARM® cores.
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Nivis and Apprion collaborate on products for the next generation of open industrial wireless networks
(10/16/2008)

Nivis, a global leader in the world of wireless industrial networks and communications, and Apprion, the leader in providing open, integrated industrial wireless systems for manufacturers, have announced today that the two companies will collaborate on providing industrial facilities with reliable, secure wireless networks, devices, applications and services.

“Our ingenious software coupled with Apprion’s ION System creates a remarkable synergism to benefit industrial customers,” Marius O. Chilom, CEO of Nivis, points out. “This enables manufacturing plants to cost-effectively and securely monitor just about every aspect of the physical plant.”

Plants that select an open, integrated wireless infrastructure benefit from being able to use many “best of breed” applications. This comprehensive and open wireless network delivers increased ROI and lower total investment costs, which can be sustained for many years.

Industrial wireless technology capitalizes on the extremely important invisible asset of every plant – the airwaves. It is over the airwaves that wireless technologies operate and yield greater monitoring capabilities, points of measurement, enhanced workforce mobility, improved safety and security, more efficient use of assets, raw materials and energy as well as lower costs of plant and process network communications.
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Nivis Wins AEA Honor (09/30/2008)

Nivis is the proud recipient of this year’s prestigious Emerging Business Award presented by the National AEA Organization.

Marius Chilom, Nivis' CEO and founder, accepted the award on behalf of Nivis while making a passionate speech about Nivis’ humble beginning and spirit of innovation. Nivis won the Spirit of Endeavor Emerging Business Award given by the AEA (formerly the American Electronics Association). The annual award recognizes an outstanding company in the high-tech community. The AEA is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry. Nivis was chosen from a field of 14 companies who were nominated. The AEA selection committee chose five finalists in the category and the eventual winner.

Nivis is the world's leading developer and integrator of wireless technologies for the design, development, deployment and management of large-scale wireless sensor and control networks for both industrial and commercial sectors. Nivis' embedded technology transforms any stand-alone product into a device that can be controlled or monitored over the Internet. Nivis technology supports more than one million meshed nodes operating in the field today.
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Nivis offers complimentary passes to ISA EXPO ’08 (08/22/08)

Nivis will be participating at the ISA EXPO, held October 14-16, 2008, at the Reliant Center in Houston, TX.

Nivis welcomes you at booth #1416 to experience the functioning ISA100.11a protocol. We will have the ISA100.11a pre-release NISA EVALUATION KITS for sale.

To obtain complimentary passes to the Exhibition, visit www.isa.org/isaexpo and type in the promotion code P12347 during registration.

This year’s event will focus on exchanges in six key areas of Automation and Control Technology and Technique: Security, Wireless & Networking, Process Automation, Safety, Environmental & Quality Control, and Enterprise Integration.

Cisco, Nivis Debut Embedded Wireless IP Technology (06/25/08)

Nivis, the world's leading developer and integrator of wireless network technologies, together with Cisco, the world's leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet, are debuting an embedded wireless IP mesh technology using a 6LoWPAN solution for integrated device management at the Cisco Live technology showcase in Orlando, FL through June 26.

The Nivis and Cisco collaboration has joined breakthrough technologies that can be used in myriad every day circumstances. Now industrial networks can be extended beyond the computer to include network-enabled devices such as parking meters, streetlights, traffic lights, utility transformers and utility meters.
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Nivis Expands in Response to Market Demand (06/19/08)

Nivis, the world’s leading developer and integrator of wireless network technologies, has opened a fifth corporate office. The Columbus, Ohio office joins Nivis’ home office in Atlanta, GA, as well as satellite offices in Chattanooga, TN, Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
The most recent Nivis expansion came in response to increased customer demand for Nivis engineered products. “The remarkable team we’ve assembled in Ohio is uniquely capable of taking the breakthrough research and development Nivis has become renown for and making a significant leap forward in the arena of integration into customer applications,” Nick Ashworth, Senior Engineering Director in charge of the Ohio office explains. “Nivis has been providing that all along, but the increased demand necessitated a larger response team. We are that team.”

The Nivis Columbus, Ohio office is ideally situated in the backyard of two major Nivis clients: Acuity and BPL Global. In addition, YSI is only 70 miles away in Dayton. Nivis has worked with all three companies in major ways and is ideally located to enhance those valued relationships over the long term.
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Nivis has launched the world’s first pre-release ISA100.11a Evaluation Kit at the Sensors & Expo Conference (06/12/08)

The breakthrough technology was demonstrated by Nivis at the Sensors Expo & Conference held June 9 – 11th, 2008 outside Chicago at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.

Technically known as the NISA100.11a Evaluation Kit, it is unique in the industry. No one other than Nivis has engineered and created an Evaluation Kit that allows users to assess a full ISA100.11a pre-compliant system. Nivis demonstrates how the NISA100.11a wireless network ties together devices from different vendors in a data acquisition and control ecosystem.

“Nivis has the only ISA100.11a based working system as well as a suite of evaluation tools that allow assessment of an ISA100.11a pre-compliant network,” explains Keith Sciulli, Nivis Executive Director of Business Development. “If a company aims for ISA100.11a compatibility, then this is the answer. There is high demand for this and we’re proud to meet that demand with an outstanding product.”
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Nivis at the 2008 International Industrial Wireless Conference, China (03/28/08)

Nivis will be participating at the 2008 International Industrial Wireless Conference in Chongqing, China, Mar 31 - Apr 4, 2008. The event, organized by the Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications in coordination with ISA and WINA, will provide a platform for setting out the latest industrial wireless techniques, solutions, and products.

Nivis will take the opportunity to introduce the first release of its NISA STACK 100, a fully functional implementation of the current ISA100.11a standard.

Retail Customer Experience magazine recognizes Nivis’
‘Remarkable’ e-Signage solution presented at NRF 2008 (02/04/08)

As reported in the article "NRF 08: emphasis on ‘green’ " in the January 22, 2008 online issue of Retail Customer Experience, "At the Fujitsu pavilion, a truly remarkable technology was on display, and the very thing that makes it so remarkable also made it inherently easy to overlook. Partner company Nivis demonstrated its electronic-ink-based signs, small black-and-white price displays that truly look like paper signs. The technology comes from Bridgestone, and uses mesh networking to disseminate information from one sign to another.

Here’s the remarkable bit: these signs are "stateless", meaning that once they display an image, they no longer require power to maintain that image. The result is a scalable network of digital pricing displays, all remotely managed, with a battery life of about five years."
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Nivis at NRF Expo ‘08, booth #1613 (12/27/07)

Nivis will be participating at the National Retail Federation 97th Annual Convention and Expo, January 14-15, 2008. Organized at the Javits Convention Center in New York City, this year’s Expo aims to go “Beyond the Walls of Retail”.
Nivis is ready to welcome you at our partner's booth, Fujitsu, booth #1613.
General information about the convention can be found on NRF’s 97th Annual Convention & Expo website at
http://www.nrf.com/annual08

Nivis and Gainspan announce alliance (10/01/07)

Gainspan’s much anticipated low-power 802.11 solution is rapidly becoming a building block in Nivis’ industrial and commercial wireless platforms. By merging an 802.11 transceiver and powerful processing into an unprecedented low-power SoC, the Gainspan solution opens new markets in which existing 802.11 infrastructures are leveraged. Applicability of the technology ranges from low-power sensor networks deployed in industrial environments to Electronic Price Signage in the commercial sector.