iDigi Tank使儲油罐監控變得快捷和簡單易行

明尼蘇達州明尼通卡2009年6月12日電 /美通社亞洲/ — Digi International（納斯達克交易代碼：DGII）今天推出了iDigi Tank，一種專門用於儲油罐監控的無線M2M（機器對機器）解決方案。iDigi Tank是迪進國際推出的第二種iDigi解決方案組合，快速和簡便地為包括與遠程液體、固體及氣體儲油罐建立聯繫而必需的硬件、托管軟件和應用服務。全世界有數以千萬計的儲油罐，同時有成千上萬家企業需要將化學品和其他物資存放在儲油罐內以製造和運輸其產品。iDigi Tank是一款全面的儲油罐監控解決方案，它能大大縮短儲油罐監控和管理的應用產品上市時間，並且使幾家使用該解決方案的迪進國際的合作夥伴實現了兩位數的成本削減。

「iDigi Tank使我們的TankVista遠程監督和控制軟件能夠應用到儲油罐管理中。」New Boundary Technologies首席執行官Kim Pearson表示，「可以與一個能夠滿足我們所有通信需求的供應商合作，使我們能極其輕鬆地為客戶提供其所需要的應用方案和以發揮它們最大功效的儲油罐管理方案。iDigi Tank和TankVista使與客戶的遠程儲油罐建立聯繫的時間從幾個月降到了短短幾天。」

iDigi Tank的核心是iDigi平台，這個平台即服務(PaaS)能快速、便捷地將客戶的遠程資產與客戶的應用系統連接起來。iDigi平台在一個由迪進管理的服務器網絡系統上運行，完全支持Cloud-to-Cloud Interconnections。作為一個按需應用模式，客戶只需為他們所使用的服務付費，不需要投入資金，也不要建造任何基礎設施。客戶可以通過安全登錄方式登錄iDigi系統，即可立即與遠程儲油罐資產建立聯繫。iDigi還提供一個免費的在線開發環境，供軟件開發者在這裡建構和測試其儲油罐管理解決方案。

「iDigi Tank拓展了我們不斷壯大的無線M2M解決方案組合，從而能夠方便地建設和配置智能M2M應用系統，」迪進國際全球銷售和營銷高級副總裁Larry Kraft指出，「遠程儲油罐監控的需求非常大。鑒於全世界有數千萬隻儲油罐，我們開發iDigi Tank解決方案就是為了滿足這個巨大的市場需求。」

iDigi Tank包括了迪進全面的有線和無線通信產品系列中能方便與遠程儲油罐進行整合的那些產品，包括蜂窩網閘以及各種無線端點模塊和適配器。其另一大特點是安裝了就緒運行試樣程序，從而可以立即啟動應用系統。另外它還配備了裝置連接軟件，從而使經過各種網絡環境以及協議與遠程儲油罐資產建立的連接變得相當簡單。此外，iDigi Tank還可提供裝置設計服務以及無線實施服務，如網絡設計、現場查勘、規劃以及優化等。

iDigi開發工具包現在已經上市，售價為US$149。有關iDigi Tank的更多信息，請瀏覽http://www.idigi.com/solutions/tank.jsp 。有關iDigi的更多信息，請瀏覽http://www.idigi.com 。

關於Digi International

Digi International通過開發可靠的產品和技術，將當地或遠程電子設備連接到網絡，並通過該網絡進行設備的安全管理，從而使無線機器對機器(M2M)通訊變得簡捷。Digi International 有最出色的工作表現，最強的靈活性，並提供最高質量的產品，同時，它擁有一個遍及全球的產品營銷網，包括各地的營銷商、轉銷商、系統集成商和原始設備製造商。有關更多詳情，請瀏覽Digi網站http://www.digi.com　或致電 +852-2833-1008。

iDigi Tank Makes Creating Storage Tank Monitoring Applications Fast and Easy

MINNETONKA, Minn., June 12 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) today introduced iDigi Tank, a wireless M2M solutions bundle optimized for storage tank monitoring. iDigi Tank is the second iDigi solutions bundle available and includes the hardware, hosted software and services necessary to quickly and easily build applications for connecting remote tanks of liquids, solids and gases. There are tens of millions of tanks worldwide, and thousands of companies that rely on chemicals and other materials stored in tanks to build and deliver their products. iDigi Tank is a comprehensive tank monitoring solution that dramatically speeds time to market of tank monitoring and management applications and has demonstrated double digit savings for several Digi partners.

“iDigi Tank empowers our TankVista(TM) remote monitoring and control software for tank management applications,” said Kim Pearson, CEO of New Boundary Technologies, a Digi partner. “Working with one vendor for all of our communications needs makes it extremely easy to deliver the applications customers need to manage their tanks for maximum efficiency. iDigi Tank and TankVista help reduce the time it takes to connect customers’ remote tanks from months to days.”

At the heart of iDigi Tank is the iDigi platform, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) that quickly and easily connects remote assets to a customer’s applications. The iDigi platform runs on a grid of Digi-managed servers and fully supports Cloud-to-Cloud interconnections. As an on-demand model, customers pay only for services consumed, conserving capital and requiring no infrastructure. Customers access iDigi via secure login, providing instant access to remote tank assets. iDigi also provides a free online development environment where developers can build and test their tank management solutions.

“iDigi Tank expands our growing family of wireless M2M solution bundles that make it easy to build and deploy intelligent M2M applications,” said Larry Kraft, senior vice president of global sales and marketing, Digi International. “Interest in remote tank monitoring is very high. With tens of millions of tanks throughout the world, we developed iDigi Tank specifically to address this large market need.”

iDigi Tank includes Digi’s comprehensive family of wired and wireless communication products that integrate easily with remote tanks, including cellular gateways and a wide variety of wireless endpoint modules and adapters. It also features ready-to-run sample programs to jump start an application, and device connectivity software that simplifies connecting remote tank assets over a variety of network environments and protocols. Device design services and wireless implementation services such as network design, site surveys, planning and optimization are also available through iDigi Tank.

iDigi development kits are available now for US$149. For more information about iDigi Tank, visit http://www.idigi.com/solutions/tank.jsp . For more information about iDigi, visit http://www.idigi.com .

About Digi International

Digi International is making wireless M2M easy by developing reliable products and solutions to connect and securely manage local or remote electronic devices over the network or via the Web. Digi offers the highest levels of performance, flexibility and quality, and markets its products through a global network of distributors and resellers, systems integrators and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For more information, http://www.digi.com , or call +852-2833-1008.