Fat Spaniel Technologies Signs Engenuity Systems as Manufacturing Partner

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - July 15, 2009 – Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc., a provider of intelligent management services for the solar PV industry, announced a strategic partnership with Engenuity Systems, Inc. a leading value-added integrator and distributor of networked automation solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, Engenuity will license Fat Spaniel’s renewable energy hardware designs and assume responsibility for developing and delivering monitoring system hardware that integrates with Fat Spaniel’s Internet-based software services. The partnership expands the Fat Spaniel renewable energy management ecosystem and provides customers with advanced, standards-based hardware products that are enabled by Fat Spaniel’s industry-leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform.

“As part of our efforts to drive open, innovative solutions for renewable energy management, we have continued to expand relationships with other solution providers that can help us evolve the technology and broaden market appeal,” said Matthew Powell, chief executive officer of Fat Spaniel Technologies. “Engenuity has established its expertise in the renewable energy industry and our companies work together very effectively. It is a natural step for us to complement each other’s strengths so that we can each do what we do best.”

“The Engenuity-Fat Spaniel partnership brings more resources to the renewable energy management challenge and will ultimately result in a broader range of choices for the industry,” said Tracy Markie, president of Engenuity Systems. “In the short term, we can help each take advantage of the growing global market for energy management solutions, and in the long term we can contribute to an expanded ecosystem that ultimately improves the overall health of the industry.”

Engenuity and Fat Spaniel will collaboratively sell and support solutions based on Engenuity hardware and Fat Spaniel software and services. Fat Spaniel firmware will be licensed to Engenuity and embedded in the Engenuity platforms to facilitate integration with the Fat Spaniel services platform. Under the terms of the agreement, Engenuity will eventually offer Fat Spaniel compatible monitoring and communications equipment including communications gateways or data loggers, revenue-grade power meters, current transducers (CTs), environmental sensors, and a broad range of network communications hardware.

[an error occurred while processing this directive] About Engenuity Systems
Engenuity Systems, Inc. is the world’s largest distributor of networked control products and related peripherals. The company has been supplying products to the industrial control market and building automation industry since 1994 and currently offers more than 20,000 products from over 100 manufacturers. More information about the company’s complete line of products can be found at www.engenuity.com , or by email at info@engenuity.com.

About Fat Spaniel Technologies
Fat Spaniel Technologies, Inc. is the leading independent provider of management and information services to the renewable energy industry. Solar power producers, financiers, system integrators, and OEMs take advantage of Fat Spaniel’s Internet-based software service to increase energy output, reduce operations and maintenance costs, contain risk, and increase the return on investment of renewable energy projects. Fat Spaniel is a trusted third-party monitoring service provider that enables remote plant diagnostics and maintenance; revenue-grade data for billing, REC trading, and performance-based incentive collection; and a compelling platform for energy visualization. Fat Spaniel solutions are deployed in 20 countries and over 2,500 locations across the globe. With our partners and customers, we share the vision of a world where renewable energy is the first and best energy source. For more information about our company, please visit our website at www.fatspaniel.com.

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