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11.01.2004 |
ZigBee Starts to Buzz (pdf 32 KB)
This article reviews the current state of ZigBee.
— IEE Review, November 2004 |
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11.01.2004 |
Ember Lands Funding as ZigBee Nears Debut (pdf 24 KB)
"The ZigBee wireless control and monitoring technology market passed a significant milestone in September when one of the front-runners in the field, Ember, received US$25 million in funding in a round led by Vulcan Capital, the investment group of Paul Allen."
— Planet Wireless, Dawn Hayes, November 2004 |
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10.27.2004 |
ZigBee 'Could Eclipse Ethernet'
ZigBee chip shipments could exceed Ethernet within a year if certain obstacles including the ability to buy a complete ZigBee radio, microcontroller and networking software on a single chip are overcome quickly enough
— ElectronicsNEWS, October 27, 2004 |
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10.17.2004 |
Zigbee is buzzing, says Bob Metcalfe
- Robert Jaques, The Register, October 17, 2004 |
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10.15.2004 |
Better Grapes Through Technology
Vineyards aren't the typical proving grounds for cutting-edge technologies, but California's Pickberry Vineyard became just that when it installed a wireless sensor network to monitor its grapevines.
— Jeff Vance, CIO Magazine, October 15, 2004 |
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10.11.2004 |
Ethernet creator talks up potential of ZigBee
Some analysts fear that wireless standard ZigBee is under threat from vendors rushing out pre-standard products, but Bob Metcalfe is certain that it will play a massive role in IT.
— Graeme Wearden, ZDNet UK, October 11, 2004 |
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10.11.2004 |
Zigbee: the ultimate kit for control fanatics
Belfast Telegraph, October 11, 2004 |
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10.07.2004 |
Ember Gains Financing and New Chairman
Ember Corp., a Boston-based developer of wireless semiconductor solutions and promoter of the ZigBee Alliance, has closed an additional $25 million in funding, led by Vulcan Capital, the investment group of Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen.
— Gary Mintchell, AutomationWorld, October 7, 2004 |
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10.06.2004 |
Spectra adds Ember ZigBee expertise
Colin Holland, EETUK.com, October 6, 2004 |
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10.05.2004 |
Wireless sensors ready to go global?
Rob Poor is quoted in a CNET article that covers wireless sensor networks from this week's IEEE SECON conference
— Ed Frauenheim, CNET News.com, October 5, 2004 |
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10.05.2004 |
Conference Call with Bob Metcalfe (audio clip)
This short interview with Ember's new Chairman highlights the company's leadership in the embedded networking market.
— Dave Anthony, WBIX, October 5, 2004
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10.01.2004 |
Sensor-Network Update
Progress continues to come fast and furious in the sensor-networking arena, with recent announcements from three of the companies regarded as leaders in this emerging space.
— M2M Staff, M2M, October 2004 |
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09.30.2004 |
Coverage of Ember's Closing $25 Million in New Financing, and appointment of Bob M. Metcalfe as Chairman
— Yahoo!
Finance, CNN
Money, Forbes, Hoovers, Morningstar, Finance
Canada, ICMA, Dallas
News, DCD
Business, FaairSearch, Greater
Richmond Technology Council, Hiploid, ITtown, Optical
Keyhole, Recruiter.com, SearchtheWeb.com, SecuritySales, Startel, Telco
Exchange, WirelessAdvisor, WMSL-UK,
September 30, 2004 |
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09.30.2004 |
Ember adds $25M in funding, Metcalfe as new chairman
Mass High Tech, September 30, 2004 |
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09.30.2004 |
Ember inks $25M, names Metcalfe chairman
Boston Business Journal, September 30, 2004 |
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09.29.2004 |
Embedded Systems Conference - Boston 2004
Giovino writes "let me start by telling you about the company that most impressed me at the Conference, and that's a company called Ember."
— Bill Giovino, Microcontroller.com, September 29, 2004 |
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09.06.2004 |
Giving Voice to A Billion Things
Rob Poor, Ember's cofounder, is named in this sixth annual profile of tech trendsetters. The story also features video.
— Elizabeth Corcoran, Forbes Magazine, September 6, 2004 |
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08.23.2004 |
ZigBee Enables Wireless Embedded Nets
Zachary Smith, chief software architect at Ember, discusses the ZigBee standard.
— Zachary Smith, Network World, August 23, 2004 |
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08.13.2004 |
Wireless World: RFID to thwart terrorism
Gene J. Koprowski, United Press International, August 13, 2004 |
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08.11.2004 |
ZigBee will get more devices connected
Venkat Bahl explains what ZigBee is.
— Surajeet Das Gupta, Business Standard, August 11, 2004 |
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08.08.2004 |
A Fine Mesh We're in This Time
This article discusses wireless mesh networking for machine builders. It has many quotes from Ember's vice president of marketing, Venkat Bahl.
— Joe Feeley, Control Design, August 8, 2004 |
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08.06.2004 |
ZigBee Pushes Further into Market
Members of the ZigBee Alliance this week reported progress toward their goal of allowing a variety of networked monitoring, sensing and control applications in home and industrial environments based on the wireless technology.
— Online staff, Electronic News, August 6, 2004 |
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08.05.2004 |
Is ZigBee ready for the big time?
ZigBee/802.15.4 promises much: simple-to-implement, inexpensive wireless networks for low-data-rate applications that can run for extended periods from battery power. Can it deliver?
— Graham Prophet, EDN Europe, August 5, 2004 |
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08.01.2004 |
Ember, a Silver Winner of Best of Sensors Expo Awards
— Sensors Online, August, 2004 |
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07.30.2004 |
Cutting the Cord
New technologies hold the promise of letting manufacturers network their sensors wirelessly. But you'll have to wait.
— Lauren Gibbons Paul, Managing Automation Magazine, July 30, 2004 |
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07.26.2004 |
Wireless Sensor Networks Spread to New Territory
This article discusses how communications technology has advanced to the point where sensors, machines and computers are beginning to talk to each other wirelessly in ways that could dwarf traffic between familiar devices like cell phones.
— Barnaby J. Feder, The New York Times, July 26, 2004 |
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07.22.2004 |
A sprinkle of 'smart dust' keeps problems away
This article discusses the uses of sensor networks or "smart dust".
— Grant Buckler, The Globe and Mail, July 22, 2004 |
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07.18.2004 |
Ember Chip Platform Passes NTS Standard for ZigBee Development
Spencer Chin, EE Times, July 18, 2004 |
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07.02.2004 |
Factory floor wrestles myriad communications protocols
Charles Murray, EE Times, July 2, 2004 |
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07.01.2004 |
High-Tech Container Security
Pressed to protect cargo from damage, theft, and terrorist threats, business and government turn to wireless sensors and RFID tags.
— Tom Kevan, Frontline Solutions, July 1, 2004 |
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06.17.2004 |
Sensors Expo Provides Cost-Saving Options
Wireless mesh networking products and a dual-function “combi-sensor” were among new industrial offerings rolled out at the Detroit show.
— Wes Iversen, Automation World, June 17, 2004 |
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06.01.2004 |
A Sure Thing for Homeland Security
This editorial talks about the future for wireless sensor technology in sea cargo containers.
— Barbara G. Goode, Sensors Magazine, June, 2004 |
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04.05.2004 |
Ember buys chip expertise, engineers
Rob Poor talks about Ember's market strategy and the recent acquisition of Cambridge Consultants Ltd.
— Jeff Miller, Mass High Tech, April 5, 2004 |
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04.05.2004 |
Wireless Technology (video clip)
This video clip describes how Ember is developing a wireless network of devices "promising better homeland security, safer food and a less energy dependent society."
— Mont Fennel, NECN Business Day, April 5, 2004
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04.01.2004 |
Mini measurements, major impact How microsensors will revolutionize the way you see your business
Executive Vice President Adrian Tuck discusses the new price point for networking sensing devices for cold chain management.
— Robert Ebisch, Teradata |
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04.01.2004 |
RFID adoption could boost homeland security
In this article, Rob Poor mentions how Ember is working with firms that make carbon dioxide sensors that could be used inside large containers to detect illegal stowaways.
— Brad Grimes, Washington Technology, April 1, 2004 |
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03.15.2004 |
Engine of Growth; those who pray for a tech-stock revival should look beyond the Google IPO, and search the X Internet
This article mentions Ember as one of the startups "immersed in developing the field" of extended Internet.
— George F. Colony, Newsweek International, March 15, 2004 |
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03.15.2004 |
Move Over, Bluetooth; ZigBee is here
New wireless standard could be lower-cost alternative for wireless sensing and control.
— Randy Frank, Design News, March 15, 2004 |
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02.01.2004 |
The Wireless I/O World
Rob Poor discusses using mesh networking to make RF wireless reliable.
— Jim Montague, Control Engineering, February 1, 2004 |
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01.30.2004 |
The Wireless Technology Revolution: What It Means For BAS
This article is a good overview of the current state of wireless technology
with quotes from Rob Poor about
the role of the ZigBee
Alliance and the sudden explosion of wireless.
— By Joanna Turpin, Engineered Systems, January 30, 2004 |
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01.01.2004 |
Wireless Networking Faces Tough Environments
This brief overview of Ember's products
emphasizes environment filled with RF interference from motors, steel
tanks, concrete walls, etc.
— Wireless Systems Design, January 1, 2004 |
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01.01.2004 |
Wireless Meshes With Industrial Automation
Ember's Adrian Tuck discusses a plant manager's dream world, where he runs his facility by watching a computer screen that displays every detail of the operation.
— Adrian Tuck, InTech, January 1, 2004 |
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