Background

Background

Today’s world is increasingly populated with smart devices. They manage, monitor and control the equipment systems that are the foundation of our modern lifestyle. Connecting to and communicating with all aspects of these systems is critical in today’s dynamic business environment. The challenge is to communicate with a highly diverse range of devices that speak many different languages (protocols) and to derive actionable intelligence from the information they contain. Doing so enables businesses to drive decisions that result in greater returns -- improved performance, greater efficiency and reduce operational costs. This field is known as "Device-to-Enterprise" or more recently "M2M" for Man to Machine/Machine to Machine.

Tridium is a pioneer in developing software and technology for M2M applications across a wide range of applications and markets. Tridium’s core technology, the patented Niagara Framework^® (or "Niagara"), provides a software infrastructure targeted at solving the unique challenges associated with managing and controlling smart devices. It makes it possible to integrate diverse systems and devices - regardless of manufacturer or communication protocol - into a unified platform so that they can be connected to each other, to enterprise systems and to the Internet in real time. Niagara is the foundation that makes it easier to build Internet-enabled automation products and Device-to-Enterprise applications.

The Niagara Framework merges automation, Internet and IT technology into a single software platform. Whether the systems are based on BACnet®, LonWorks®, MODBUS®, SNMP, OPC, or a host of supported legacy protocols, Niagara connects almost any device imaginable, regardless of manufacturer or communication protocol into a seamless unified system. Supporting both wired and wireless technology, Niagara provides the solution to connect all types of systems.

As a complement to Niagara, Tridium offers a suite of products and enterprise applications under the Vykon^® brand. Vykon products, which are powered by the Niagara Framework, target specific application needs in key markets served by Tridium. Customers, including OEM and reseller partners, have a choice of developing their own applications utilizing the Niagara infrastructure or implementing off-the-shelf Vykon applications. Vykon Building, Vykon Energy and soon to be released Vykon Security enable facilities managers, building owners, energy service companies, and systems integrators to integrate proprietary and otherwise incompatible products into a unified enterprise solution, allowing anyone using a standard web browser to measure, manage, and control a wide variety of facilities and energy applications from anywhere in the world.

Today, Niagara is being successfully applied in building automation, energy management, M2M, telecommunications, security automation, lighting control, industrial automation, maintenance repair operations (MRO), service bureaus, convergence retailing and total facilities management.

Tridium, a global software and technology company, is the inventor of the Niagara Framework®, a software framework that integrates diverse systems and devices - regardless of manufacturer, or communication protocol - into a unified platform that can be easily managed and controlled in real time over the Internet using a standard web browser. Niagara is an extensible platform that supports the rapid development of a wide range of Internet-enabled products and device-to-enterprise applications.

Manufacturers adopt the Niagara Framework technology to move their products to the web, reduce development time, migrate legacy systems, develop new service offerings, and open up new markets. System integrators use Niagara products to provide true open solutions without regard for specific protocols, products or technologies. Today, there are over 50,000 instances of Niagara operating in over 6,000 installations worldwide in applications that include: energy management, building automation, M2M, telecommunications, security automation, lighting control, maintenance repair operations (MRO), service bureaus, industrial automation, convergence retailing and total facilities management – all realizing improved operational efficiencies, reduced costs and greater returns. The company is an independent business entity of Honeywell International, Inc. Additional information about Tridium is available at www.tridium.com.

Channels to Market

Tridium markets its products to value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers and a network of Tridium Systems Integrators.