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Numerex Corp. (NASDAQ:NMRX), Atlanta, a leading single-source provider of secure wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) solutions, has announced the availability of the first Open Platform as a Service aimed at the M2M market. The platform utilizes virtualization of hardware resources and unlimited system scalability - a model often referred to as "cloud computing." A central element to this architecture, Numerex FAST(TM) (Foundation Application Software Technology), is delivered as a web-service and sold as a hosted service, and exploits the benefits of cloud computing and large scale, relational database technology to solve technical and cost barriers to deployment of advanced device management and smart services.
"Appliances, electric meters, thermostats, sensors of all types have become, or are becoming, smart devices capable of communicating valuable information. As these devices become IP (Internet Protocol) enabled and capable to serve data via standard web protocols, they open up attractive opportunities for value-added services and entirely new business models. The challenge is how to manage, and derive value from, the exploding amount of data available in these devices. Numerex is focused on overcoming that challenge through providing to its customers an advanced, highly scalable software platform designed specifically...