Apprion Press Release

Apprion Named As A Top 'Machine-To-Machine' Provider
By M2M For Its Industrial-Strength Wireless Solutions

Apprion's ION Platform and Services are Recognized for
Driving Wireless Adoption in Leading Process Manufacturing Companies

Moffett Field, California - December 14, 2006 - Apprion, the pioneer of managed industrial-strength wireless solutions for manufacturers, has been recognized as a top provider of "machine-to-machine technologies" in the marketplace by M2M magazine. As an "M2M 100" company this year, Apprion joins a number of distinguished world-class, private and public companies, such as General Electric, BT Group PLC, IBM, Accenture, Motorola, Texas Instruments, SAP, Siemens, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Motorola, Qualcomm, and Savi Technology, among others.

"This year's M2M 100 directory provides a snapshot of an emerging market and identifies the companies with the greatest impact on its direction," says Michael Jarosik, editor of M2M magazine. "Companies are delivering solutions that make it easier to adopt machine-to-machine communications and realize the technology's enormous business value."

"With the help of its advisory board, M2M magazine has selected the companies that are taking a commanding role in leading the M2M charge in a host of industries by delivering best of class technology solutions," says Peggy Smedley, editorial director and founder of M2M magazine.

"It takes specialized expertise and technology to successfully integrate, manage and secure all types of wireless systems in manufacturing environments," said Stephen Lambright, Apprion's co-founder and chief executive officer. "Apprion's technical and domain experts in wireless technologies, including RFID, data security and industrial networking, architected the unique ION System, which enables manufacturers to leverage wireless with greater reliability, security and affordability. Apprion is gratified to be named to the M2M 100 because it recognizes that our customers in chemical, oil and gas, power production, and other sectors have realized real and dramatic improvements in operational efficiency and security."

Through its team of industrial wireless experts, a unique networking platform and applications, Apprion delivers a wide spectrum of benefits for process manufacturers wanting to fully implement new wireless systems or better manage existing wireless systems. These benefits include:

Improved management and reliability of heterogeneous wireless systems.
Reduction or elimination of redundant system costs through cost-effective, full lifecycle management of wireless systems.
Unified device, network, policy and security management of the entire wireless infrastructure.
Ensured scalability for future growth and flexibility.
Reduced cost of operation and ownership for industrial wireless with expert managed services.

The M2M 100 is a directory of the most important and influential machine-to-machine technology providers as determined by the editors of M2M magazine and its editorial advisory board. Companies are selected through an exhaustive selection process based on criteria including: strength and number of customer references; strength of product/service portfolio; strength of business model; establishment and active involvement in the M2M market; and growth potential. This year, more than 300 companies were considered.

About Apprion
Apprion delivers wireless application networks and services for the process manufacturing industry. These wireless application networks are based on Apprion's ION System – the first and only open, scalable, and extensible foundation for managing and integrating multi-vendor wireless devices and applications.

Whether it is the need to address safety or security concerns, reduce maintenance or material costs, or improve productivity or asset utilization, a wireless application network from Apprion will assure that any wireless application is easier to deploy and manage while delivering value faster, more efficiently. For more information, visit www.apprion.com.

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