NEW PRODUCTS ■ HARDWARE ■ SOFTWARE ■ GADGETS ■ TOOLS
24 May 2015
CELLULAR REMOTE TEMP
MONITORING KIT
Anaren, Inc.’s, Wireless Group has announced the official launch of its Cellular Machines product line,
which sends real time sensor data over a cellular network
where it can be received on mobile devices, or reviewed
on desktops via a cloud server. Comprised of easy-to-install hardware and a monthly cellular access/monitoring
service (as low as $14.99/month), the first mass-market
Cellular Machines offering from Anaren is a standard
Temperature Monitoring Kit for monitoring refrigerated
assets in food service, health care, and walk-in/reach-in
applications such as warehouses and supermarkets.
Operated on the Verizon Wireless Network and
introduced in December 2014 in synch with Verizon’s
ongoing regional roll-out strategy, the Cellular Machines
product family is one of several initiatives Anaren has
embarked upon to leverage its formidable wireless
experience in the exploding Internet of Things (Io T) space.
Future iterations of the system will monitor other
environmental factors (e.g., light, moisture, vibration, pH,
power quality, among others).
According to Mark Bowyer, Anaren’s Director of
Wireless Business Development, the Cellular Machines
system has a battery backup and runs on the most reliable
communications infrastructure there is. “There’s a reason
first-responders, municipalities, and consumers use their
The Cellular Machines product line began as a private
company based in Austin, TX. Founded in 2010 by Gerry
Cullen, who continues to provide technical and R&D
expertise in support of the product line, Cellular Machines
-- the company -- was a user of Anaren’s recently
introduced Anaren Integrated Radio (AIR) modules.
For its part, Verizon Wireless likewise sees potential in
the Io T (a.k.a., machine-to-machine) space and particularly
Anaren’s Cellular Machines unique value proposition of
providing end-customers with a GOOBE (Great Out Of
the Box Experience) of a complete remote monitoring
solution.
In addition to marketing its Cellular Machines product
line through the Verizon Network, Anaren will also be
marketing the system directly to customers via its first-ever
online storefront; on a case-by-case basis, the company
will also be negotiating volume and/or enterprise orders
(via national accounts management arrangements), and
select OEM opportunities.
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For more information, contact:
Anaren, Inc.
Web: www.anaren.com/cellularmachines
