Sixnet Partners with Power and Energy Market Leaders
New Partners Combine Industry Expertise with Sixnet Products
to Build Customized Solutions for Power and Energy Customers
Ballston Lake, N.Y. – April 6, 2010 – Sixnet, a global market leader of machine-to-machine (M2M)
connectivity solutions for industrial and commercial markets, today announced the addition of five new
partners to its U.S. channel partner program. These new partners have specific expertise and industry
knowledge of the power and energy market, and will customize solutions for customers based on Sixnet’s
connectivity solutions.
The new partners and their respective service areas include:
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Avcom is headquartered near Boston and provides a wide range of products for utility customers
in New England. The company is a member of the Electrical Equipment Representatives Association
(EERA) and the Northeast Public Power Association (NEPPA).
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D’Ewart is a manufacturer’s representative that supplies communications and automation control
solutions to power and municipal utilities in Idaho, Montana and western Wyoming.
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Equal Electric has worked with the Colorado and eastern Wyoming utilities markets for more than
25 years. They offer product lines from Siemens Energy and Morgan Shaffer to complement Sixnet
solutions for utility customers.
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Wrathall and Krusi focuses on power generation, transmission and distribution for customers in
northern California and Nevada, with complementary product lines from Areva and Hyundai transformers.
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Young Power has been serving Arizona and New Mexico utilities since 1948 and offers
complementary product lines from RFL, Basler, Travis and Alcad.
“The broad range of economical and ruggedized Ethernet switches and wireless modems from Sixnet
enables utilities to justify even more applications for substation and distribution automation to expand
their Smart Grid initiatives,” said Dave Osvog, president of Equal Electric, Inc.
With over three decades of experience working with utility customers, Sixnet offers solutions certified for
use in power and energy environments. Recently, Sixnet earned KEMA approval for its EL228 industrial
Ethernet switch platform. KEMA tests products to ensure that they meet stringent environmental and
redundancy standards specific to the power and energy industry, including IEC61850 and IEEE1613. In
February 2010, Sixnet also earned ABB Industrial IT certification for its Gigabit and Fast Ethernet
industrial switches.
“Power and energy is a complex and specialized market that requires both a high level of industry
knowledge and the right solutions to meet customer needs,” said Michael Oliveri, vice president of sales,
North America at Sixnet. “As projects like the Smart Grid continue to expand, we realize the importance of
complementing Sixnet’s industry-certified connectivity products with dedicated partners that are experts in
the power and energy field.”
For more information on Sixnet’s connectivity solutions, visit www.sixnet.com, call +1 518 877 5173 or
email sales@sixnet.com.
About Sixnet
For more than three decades, Sixnet has been providing leading industrial and commercial machine-tomachine (M2M) connectivity to customers and markets worldwide. Sixnet’s flexible solutions enable
organizations to cost-effectively increase business productivity. By integrating powerful enterprise-class
networking with rugged reliability, Sixnet meets the standards of the most demanding industrial and
commercial applications in industries such as power & energy, banking & retail, transportation, video &
security, utilities, military, mobile data, maritime and more. Based in Ballston Lake, NY, the company has
offices across North America, Asia and Europe. For more information, visit www.sixnet.com.