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DUST NETWORKS RECOGNIZED IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY AWARDS
SmartMesh Products Cited as Breakthrough Technology for
Wireless Sensor Networking
Hayward, Calif., – September 14, 2006 – Dust Networks,
(www.dustnetworks.com), the leading provider of highly
reliable, ultra low-power embedded wireless sensor networks (WSN), was announced as one of the
recipients of The Wall Street Journal's 2006 Global Technology Innovation Awards. The winners
of the competition were announced on September 11, 2006. Dust Networks was named a runner-up in
the wireless category. More than 600 entries from around the world were considered for the prestigious
awards. These awards recognize technological breakthroughs by individuals, companies and organizations
around the world in a wide range of areas, including medicine and medical devices, wireless, security,
consumer electronics, semiconductors and others.
“In selecting winners and runners-up, the judges considered whether the technology truly
represents a breakthrough from conventional methods rather than just an incremental
improvement,” said The Wall Street Journal News Editor John Leger.
Sensors are commonly used to detect a wealth of information about the physical world, but
the challenge has been to collect that information cost-effectively and put it to actionable use.
Wired sensor networks are deployed today, but they are expensive to install and maintain and in
many cases, simply impractical to deploy in remote locations. Until now, wireless has been too
unreliable and expensive for widespread use in commercial and industrial environments, where
thousands of sensors are often deployed on a site.
Dust Networks' innovative SmartMesh wireless mesh networking products, based on the Time
Synchronized Mesh Protocol (TSMP), can now cost-effectively bridge the information gap from
the physical world to IT systems, providing unprecedented reliability even in harsh RF
environments. SmartMesh products dramatically reduce the cost of installation and maintenance
for sensor networks, enabling larger networks and richer, more productive data collection in
a wide variety of applications including in-plant monitoring, energy consumption reduction,
wireless security systems and beyond.
“As a pioneer in wireless sensor networking, we are honored to be acknowledged by this
prestigious award from The Wall Street Journal for technology innovation,” said Joy
Weiss, President and CEO of Dust Networks. “The market momentum for WSN is building as
customers gain the tangible benefits of this technology. Over the next decade, the pervasive
deployment of wireless sensor networks will transform the use of physical asset information,
starting a new chapter in the Information Age.”
In addition to The Wall Street Journal Innovation Award, Dust Networks was recently the recipient
of the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Award for Business Development Strategy Leadership and has received
several other industry awards including the AlwaysOn 100 “Top Private Company Award,”
M2M Magazine's “M2M 100 List,” “Best of Sensors Expo,” Red Herring Magazine's
“Top 100 Private Companies in North America,” and Gartner's
“Cool Vendors in Emerging Trends and Technologies.”
About Dust Networks
Dust Networks, a leader in the wireless sensor networking market, provides embedded wireless sensor
networking products to OEMs in the industrial automation, building automation and defense markets.
The Dust Networks SmartMesh® family of wireless products combines time-synchronized mesh networking
technology and standards-based motes to provide networks with unmatched reliability and extremely
low-power consumption. Dust Networks enables its OEM customers to offer monitoring and control
solutions that provide unprecedented access to information, resulting in improved operations, safer
work environments, and competitive advantage. Dust Networks partners with industry and standards
groups such as ISA, the HART Foundation, and WINA to ensure that wireless sensor networking technology
is easy to implement and interoperable. For more information, please visit www.dustnetworks.com.
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