GarrettCom to Participate in Lemnos Interoperability Demo at ISA Expo

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ — GarrettCom, Inc., will participate in the Lemnos Interoperable Security Program’s demonstration in the Security X-Pod at ISA Expo this week in Houston, Texas. The event will demonstrate the interoperability of a new security framework for the power utility industry, and will take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Security and interoperability will be critical components of the Smart Grid.

GarrettCom will supply Magnum DX Industrial Routers, which are used in power utility substations for local networking and secure remote access. GarrettCom is a leading supplier of networking solutions for challenging industrial environments, and provides the CrossBow Secure Access Manager for NERC CIP security compliance in Smart Grid substations.

EnerNex Corporation, an electric power research and consulting firm, was awarded a 2-year grant from the DoE to develop the consortium comprising Sandia National Labs, Schweitzer Engineering Labs (SEL), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and EnerNex. A part of the National SCADA Testbed, the Lemnos objective is to build an open-source, IP based interoperability framework. GarrettCom is one of four outside vendors that participated in Phase III, which was conducted at TVA Labs in July, and successfully demonstrated interoperability using the protocols IPSec and Syslog.

“Security is a hallmark of the Smart Grid project, and is essential to success, but secure solutions that cannot interoperate will defeat the project,” said Frank Madren, GarrettCom President. “We are participating because networking security and interoperability are things in which we believe.”

“Lemnos requires a collaboration of government and industry to be successful,” said Brian Smith, Utility Communications Systems Engineer, EnerNex. “GarrettCom’s participation helped us prove the concept and move the project forward.”

About GarrettCom

GarrettCom, Inc., Fremont, Calif., is an industry leader in providing networking solutions for challenging industrial environments, including video surveillance, traffic control, power utility substations, manufacturing, telecommunications, and oil and gas facilities. The company’s products provide a comprehensive industrial network architecture encompassing a switched Ethernet core, distributed edge devices for both Ethernet and Serial protocols, and secured connections to various WAN services. This year GarrettCom celebrates 20 years of providing quality products, and superior service that is recognized as “Industrial Networking at its Best”.

Visit www.garrettcom.com for more information on GarrettCom and its products.

GarrettCom is a registered trademark and Magnum is a trademark of GarrettCom, Inc. Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corp.

    Barbara Kline, Breakthru Communications
    650-868-5804
    bkline@breakthrucom.com

    Jim Krachenfels, GarrettCom, Inc.
    510-580-2767
    jkrachenfels@garrettcom.com

SOURCE GarrettCom, Inc.