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Digi International Celebrates 30 years

By Ken Briodagh November 04, 2015

Happy Birthday to Digi International. The company is celebrating its 30th year in business with the launch of a new brand identity and a new logo.

In addition to the facelift, the company is also making a big deal about how its wireless products are super-rugged. Since its founding in 1985, the company has been a leader in IoT technology, even though the term wasn’t even in the zeitgeist yet.

“Over the course of three decades, Digi has become known for delivering relentless reliability, scalability, security and bulletproof performance, providing companies with mission-critical machine connectivity,” said Jeff Liebl, VP and CMO, Digi International. “Our new brand identity and logo convey our passion and commitment to addressing new markets and opportunities in what we're calling the Internet of Getting Things Done. Our branding provides a crisper illustration of the new energy and innovation we're bringing to the marketplace.”

Digi holds 111 patents, and in 2015, Digi was part of a NASA mission that explored the application of wireless solutions in sub-orbital space. In that same vein, the company is making a big deal about how its solutions have been selected for implementation in some of the world's most extreme environments.

In addition to the NASA/Exo-Brake program, NASA works with Digi to provide wireless connectivity enabling its second-generation Robonaut 2 (R2), to move freely throughout the International Space Station (ISS). R2 will be used to conduct mundane, yet important, repeatable tasks such as air quality testing. The wireless link also transmits views from four cameras on the Robonaut to allow astronauts and NASA control team members to see what the robot is seeing in real-time and to control its actions.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are in the process of deploying Digi wireless routers as backup communications on more than 70 of its remote Doppler radars.

Over in Spain, Libelium delivers sensor platforms for the implementation of reliable M2M solutions with minimum time to market. Using Digi technologies, Libelium has deployed the Waspmote: a low-power wireless sensor capture, geo-localization and communication device with high transmission power designed to operate in harsh environments. Waspmote detects parameters such as humidity, temperature, CO2 emissions and vibrations.

Finally, Firebreak USA, a wildfire detection, forecasting and suppression provider, uses Digi modules and gateways in remote areas where wired data communication is unavailable. Digi wireless products connect to fire detection sensors and broadcast information to the network in real time via cellular or satellite. Alerts are set for notifying authorities, first-responders, land owners and other individuals, notifying them within a within a matter of seconds. In addition to alerts, the solution provides fire mapping and data visualization in real time.

“In terms of industrial-strength M2M and IoT solutions, no wireless vendor has more real-life experience than Digi,” said Liebl. “Our products operate in some of the most volatile conditions on earth and our customers know that when it comes to reliability, Digi aims to sets the standard.”

You might be 30 now, Digi, but we think you’re still young at heart. 




Edited by Kyle Piscioniere
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