Eight Leading Controls Companies Join Coactive Partner Program; System Providers and Integrators Strengthen Offerings by Leveraging Coactive's Internet Connectivity Technology

Business Wire,  August 21, 2000  

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SAUSALITO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2000

Coactive Networks today announced eight new companies have joined its System Provider Partner (SPP) Program. New partners include Adept Systems, Inc., CSI Control Systems International Inc., Elpas Electro-Optic Systems Ltd., Lighthouse Communications Ltd., Maxon Corporation, MiLAB, Red Jacket Electronics, and Regin Technology AB. The SPP Program allows leaders in the controls industry to resell Coactive products as an integrated and pre-configured part of their system offerings, enabling their customers to reduce costs and gain new functionality through Internet and enterprise network connectivity.

"Our customers expect an easy-to-use, complete solution to their facility management and open systems needs," said Anto Budiardjo, CSI's director of products and technology. "The partnership with Coactive furthers our delivery of seamless building automation and environmental functions and allows us to offer a vast new dimension of flexibility."

Eamon O'Dea, managing director of Lighthouse Communications, Ltd. in Ireland, also commented enthusiastically on the benefits of the Coactive technology. "As we work with our customers to meet business and regulatory requirements for the monitoring and management of such dynamic elements as refrigeration temperatures, water flow, or utility meter output, integration of the Coactive Connector allows us to install the most flexible and cost effective systems," he said. "A single computer in any designated location can log the data from multiple entry sites as well as exercise the required control."

"These agreements reflect the growing trend within the building automation and industrial control industries to utilize the Internet as well as local- and wide-area networks for control systems access," said Coactive president David Gaw. "Our SPP program allows Coactive partners to offer their customers a network connectivity option as well as the assurance of support for the complete system offering."

Other Coactive SPP program member companies are: Alya International, Circon Systems Corporation, Electronic Systems USA, Siebe Environmental Controls, Silicon Energy Corporation, TAC AB, and US Filter Control Systems.

About Coactive Networks

Coactive Networks extends Internet access to every device, appliance, control system and computer -- Connecting Networks to the Real World(TM). By providing a central link from these devices to the Internet in homes and businesses, the Coactive Connector(R) and Coactive Router product families deliver a new class of telemetry e-services. The leader in Internet telemetry, Coactive Networks delivers affordable, scalable connectivity with a highly integrated third-generation residential gateway platform and the patent-pending distributed object technology of the IOConnect Architecture(TM). Coactive is a privately held corporation based in Sausalito, California. More information on Coactive can be found at http://www.coactive.com.

Note to Editors: Coactive, the Coactive Logo, Connecting Networks to the Real World, Coactive Connector, and IOConnect Architecture are trademarks or registered trademarks of Coactive Networks, Inc. in the US and other countries. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners.

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