MANHASSET, N.Y. In a deal that will accelerate deployment of ZigBee-based wireless mesh networks, Ember Corp. and Arcom have partnered to link ZigBee networks to IBM's WebSphere MQ Integrator.
In speeding deployment across corporate, industrial and field applications, the partners aim to help companies save money be leveraging ZigBee-based, low-power wireless mesh networks. The nets could be used to monitor pipelines, control automation equipment or track perishable cargo. Networks could then feed remote data directly into their IBM back-office applications.
According to Arcom President Arlen Nipper, the partnership solves one of the thorniest issues slowing adoption of new wireless mesh technology in industrial applications: making data from remote sensors and controllers easy to integrate and useful for business applications.
To do so, Arcom integrated Ember's wireless semiconductors and software into its XScale-based industrial network gateways to provide communications between ZigBee networks and the WebSphere MQ Integrator.
"Bringing information from the field back to the enterprise through ZigBee networks will transform the way many industries do business," Nipper predicted.
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