Tridium Honors Niagara Community at 2012 Niagara Summit with Inaugural Niagara Spirit Award

Richmond, VA - May 15, 2012 - Tridium, Inc., the leading provider of open platforms, application software frameworks, automation infrastructure technology, energy management and device-to-enterprise integration solutions, announced the recipients of the 2012 Niagara Community Spirit Awards at the recent Niagara Summit held in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Selected by a group of their peers, the award winners are individuals embracing Niagara and are active within the Niagara Community. Individuals come from all parts of the global community....OEMs, integrators, contractors, consultants, end users, distributors, developers, etc. The first Niagara Community award winners include: John Leslie, MGM International Resorts; James Johnson, VYKON; Paul Quinn, Duke Realty; Dan Drury, HVAC Concepts; Noel Courtney, Airmaster; Terry Swope, Lynxspring; Dr. Gert-Ulrich Vack, Sysmik; Rodrigo Garcia, R&R Controls; and Paul Oswald, ESI. This award will be given at each future Niagara Summit.

In presenting the awards, Marc Petock, vice president, global marketing & communications for Tridium, congratulated the winners and thanked them for their outstanding contribution to the Niagara community.  "A community is important and cannot be created by one individual. It takes many to develop, nurture and grow a thriving community. Nowhere is this more evident than within the Niagara Community. We are delighted to recognize this group of individuals who constantly get involved and stay involved".

About the Niagara Summit
Niagara is the leading software solution for developing applications that connect smart devices to each other and to the enterprise. Today, there are over 300,000 instances of Niagara operating worldwide in applications that include: energy management, building automation, M2M, telecommunications, security, lighting control, medical, remote monitoring, convergence retailing, residential and total facilities management.

The mission of the Niagara Summit is to provide an open forum for the exchange of Niagara-based ideas, methods, techniques, and developments and those interested in interoperability, integration and connecting diverse systems and smart devices. The Niagara Summit advances the Niagara community and helps it expand by fueling new ideas, creating new applications and developing new business opportunities.

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Bringing together integrators, end-users, consultants, manufacturers, developers and resellers--- the Niagara Community- the Niagara Summit is the only conference focusing on the Niagara Framework, the leading technology for integration and Internet-based control applications. It is the only place where the entire global ecosystem gets together to share experiences, get in-depth education, see new applications and learn about the next generation of Niagara.

General Sessions, keynote speakers and comprehensive workshops focus on educating attendees on the latest developments in creating device-to-enterprise solutions and Internet-based automation systems. No other event assembles such an extensive array of practitioners using the Niagara Framework. End-users, integrators, manufacturers, consultants and developers have the quality networking time to discuss needs, real world applications and best practices.

About Tridium
Tridium is the global leader in open platforms, application software frameworks, automation infrastructure technology, energy management and device-to-enterprise integration solutions. The company's technology and applications have fundamentally changed the way devices and systems connect, integrate and interoperate with each other and the enterprise.

Tridium's configurable software frameworks extend connectivity, integration and interoperability to the millions of devices deployed in the market today and empowers manufacturers to develop intelligent equipment systems and smart devices that enable collaboration and communication between the enterprise and edge assets. Our platforms allow for building and managing complex monitoring, control, and automation solutions, including applications for energy management, telecommunications, M2M and smart services building control, facility management, industrial automation, medical equipment, and physical security.

The company is an independent business entity of Honeywell International Inc.

Additional information about Tridium is available at www.tridium.com.