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Echelon is Providing Webcast of New Platform Launch


Published on 2010-09-08 19:21:20 - Market Wire
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SAN JOSE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Echelon Corporation:

What:

Webcast

Who:

Echelon CEO and President, Ron Sege, discusses Echelona™s new smart grid platform, followed by brief partner and customer presentations and a question & answer session.

When:

Wednesday, September 8, 2:30 PDT

Where:

Listen and watch via the Internet:

[ http://www.echelon.com/smartgrid/ecos_launch.htm ]

RSVP:

No RSVP is needed.

Echelon Corporation ([ NASDAQ ]:[ ELON ]) is providing a recast of todaya™s special event in New York City, where it announced the [ new Echelon Control System (ECoS ]), a new open software platform for intelligent distributed control of the smart grid, and the [ new Edge Control Node (ECN) 7000 series ] of open and extensible hardware solutions.

Echelon also announced at the event that [ Duke Energy will be the first customer for the ECoS ]. Other [ partners, customers and analysts ] also attended the event in support of Echelona™s new applications platform for distributed control at the edge of the grid.

Additional information:

[ Press releases from the event ]

[ Announcement FAQ ]

About Echelon Corporation

Echelon Corporation ([ NASDAQ ]: [ ELON ]) is leading the worldwide transformation of the electricity grid into a smart, communicating energy network, connecting utilities to their customers, enabling networking of everyday devices, and providing customers with energy aware homes and businesses that react to conditions on the grid.

Echelon's NES System a" the control networking infrastructure for the smart grid a" enables intelligent distributed control applications and devices that deliver maximum reliability, survivability and responsiveness. Through the ECoS platform, the NES system enables any device, speaking any protocol, connected over any network to be integrated into local decision making and connected securely to enterprise IT systems through virtually any IP network. The NES System helps utilities compete more effectively, reduce operating costs, provide expanded services and help energy users manage and reduce overall energy use.

Echelon's LonWorks® Infrastructure products extend the smart grid in to smart buildings factories, homes and other systems, powering tens of millions of energy aware, everyday devices made by thousands of companies a" connecting them to each other, to the electricity grid and to the Internet. LonWorks based products work together to monitor and save energy; lower costs; improve productivity; and enhance service, quality, safety, and convenience in utility, municipal, building, industrial, transportation, and home area networks.

More information about Echelon can be found at [ http://www.echelon.com ].

Echelon, LonWorks, and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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