Apprion Press Release

Apprion's ION Wireless Security Application Receives
Control Engineering's 2008 "Engineer's Choice Award"

Mountain View, California – February 9, 2009 – Apprion, the leader in industrial wireless applications networks, has been awarded an Engineer's Choice Award by Control Engineering Magazine. Apprion's ION Wireless Security Application won the product choice award in the "Wireless" category.

The Apprion ION Wireless Security application works with any wireless device, network, or application that is integrated with the Apprion ION system providing industrial facilities with a layered security architecture to secure wireless networks, and proactive security scans to detect and deter system attacks that could lead to system downtime and the introduction of erroneous information. The ION Wireless Security application enables security policies at each layer for a truly secure wireless network: user authentication with secure role-based access, continuous proactive network monitoring for network vulnerabilities and rogue devices, and wireless network intrusion detection.

"In any manufacturing facility, comprehensive security is no longer an afterthought, it is as essential as any operational performance metric. Because it is critical, we designed our ION wireless application infrastructure with security as the highest priority", said Dr. Peter Fuhr, Apprion's chief technology officer. "Apprion is honored to receive this award from Control Engineering as it confirms our belief that wireless and security go hand-in-hand."

Control Engineering covers the proven solutions and game-changing technologies that are available to automation, instrumentation and controls professionals. Every year the "Engineer's Choice Award" competition highlights those products that engineers find most useful and desirable and have made the greatest impact on industry.

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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