Octave Technology Announces Release of OCTAVEX Beta

Ellicott City, MD - September 21, 2005 - Octave Technology, Inc., a wireless sensor network solutions provider, announced today the release of OCTAVEX Beta available for a no cost evaluation. OCTAVEX is a middleware product designed to assist companies in the deployment and management of wireless sensor networks, and specifically addresses a growing need for the delivery and management of large amounts of data provided by wireless sensors.

“OCTAVEX will bridge the gap between sensor hardware and a company’s existing IT infrastructure” said Rick Morani, Founder and President of Octave. “Wireless sensors will be widely utilized across a broad spectrum of industrial, environmental and commercial markets. OCTAVEX allows for a more rapid adoption of wireless sensor technology by creating a common XML-based communication framework that allows easy integration into existing applications, something our customers will continue to rely upon.”

OCTAVEX utilizes the latest web service architectures to integrate distributed systems and diverse sensor hardware into one platform that is easily managed in real time via a user-friendly web interface. OCTAVEX allows organizations to reduce custom integration and development costs, while benefiting from new information about their assets or environment through mesh-networked sensor devices. Based on the Microsoft .NET Framework, OCTAVEX eliminates the need for expensive application server software and allows the product to scale from a single laptop for small pilots to multiple high-end servers for large enterprise deployments.

The management and consolidation of different hardware products is a growing concern for companies deploying sensor networks. OCTAVEX supports an unlimited number wireless sensor devices in enterprise deployments and uses a administrator web console allowing for:

• real-time dynamic data displays
• creation of custom views of sensor data
• easy sensor provisioning
• graphical displays of historical data

“We decided to offer free evaluation licenses because we wanted developers and end users to recognize the benefits of using our product, experience the ease of installation, and see the potential for integration.” Jeff Thorn, Director of Product Development, commented. “We’ve built a framework that is flexible and scalable. While the Beta version works with TinyOS based sensor networks, the first general release due out early 2006 will provide compatibility with a number of leading hardware providers.”

Parties interested in evaluating OCTAVEX can quickly begin using the product by downloading the evaluation version from the Octave Technology website: www.octavetech.com.
 

About Octave Technology
Founded in 2003, Octave Technology Inc. is a software product company whose middleware framework product, OCTAVEX, provides a cost-effective solution for the rapid and scalable deployment of wireless sensor networks (WSN). OCTAVEX utilizes the latest web service architectures to integrate distributed systems and diverse sensor hardware into one platform that is easily managed in real time via a user-friendly web interface.

Octave is a privately held company headquartered in Ellicott City, MD. Octave markets its products and services directly to a growing customer base, to value-added resellers, and through original equipment manufacturers. For more information on Octave Technology, please email or visit www.octavetech.com.