Backgrounder Enfora Many companies own geographically dispersed assets that are disconnected from their IT systems.

. Yet an enterprises independently operating assets often generate real-time, mission-critical information. Connecting this information to the companys IT system can produce demonstrable advantages. New, fully integrated connectivity applications improve an organizations ability to manage its assets from managing vehicle fleets, to tracking resource consumption via intelligent utility meters, to monitoring patients with remote devices, to protecting people and property with advanced security systems. These applications, along with essential communication hardware, serve a market referred to as machine-to-machine, or M2M. This technology benefits organizations by converting standalone devices into intelligent, connected assets for critical decision making. M2M communications have been energized in recent years by public wireless data networks that are both decreasing in price and increasing in technological horsepower. Juniper Research asserts an estimated 60 billion assets globally could benefit from wireless connectivity. ABI Research predicts a growing market for M2M applications: from last years 17.97 million units shipped, to 95.40 million by 2013. It was similar research findings that alerted Encores Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Weinzierl about M2Ms global potential. During the 1990s, Weinzierl served as vice president of communication software solutions provider Inet Technologies Inc. (labor acquired by Tektronix Inc.). After helping lead Inet through its 1999 public offering, Weinzierl discovered research trumpeting M2Ms market potential. Keeping the M2M vision in mind, Weinzierl launched Enfora, acquiring Inets wireless data assets in September 1999. Weinzierl and his team have been making wireless waves ever since. Todays Enfora is a leading provider of wireless networking solutions that enable businesses to access, analyze and leverage information from their geographically distributed assets. The companys solutions, consisting of embedded wireless software, network edge wireless platforms embedded and integrated along with enterprise software, are based on its distributed intelligent architecture that provides a valuable link between an organization and its remote assets. Businesses deploy Encores solutions for location-based monitoring and control, and asset management applications. Since Encores launch, the privately held company has experienced year-over-year, double-digit growth. For Weinzierl and his team of wireless networking pioneers, the party is far from over. With wireless networking solutions that span from the network to the enterprise, theres no one that does exactly what we do, said Weinzierl. Were perfectly positioned to be the market leader.