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Multi-Tech Boosts Competitiveness by Realigning its Supply Chain

Multi-Tech has always been very customer-centric in its approach to doing business. Recently, we were given accolades to this business philosophy in Minnesota Technology Magazine, a publication that highlights Minnesota technology advancements. Read the complete article here.

Multi-Tech CEO Named 2009 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by Minneapolis Law Firm

On May 6, Patricia J. Sharma, CEO of Multi-Tech Systems, Inc., was named 2009 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by the Minneapolis law firm of Mansfield Tanick & Cohen.  The award is presented each year to a woman business owner/manager who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and success in the management and operation of their business.

 

Multi-Tech, founded by Pat’s late husband, Dr. Raghu Sharma, is the world-wide leader in analog and cellular modem products and solutions. Since 1970, Multi-Tech Systems has established over 70 patents covering the more than 20 million devices deployed world-wide.

 

Pat succeeded Dr. Sharma as CEO after his death in 2007 and, according to Earl Cohen, CEO of the firm “Pat has spent the last two years, in the face of a changing economic and technology landscape, reshaping the company to meet the demands of the marketplace in the coming decades.  We can think of no one more deserving of this recognition than Pat.”

 

Multi-Tech is certified by the WBENC as a Women’s Business Enterprise.

Multi-Tech Systems Receives WBENC Certification

Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. has received national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).  The WBENC certification demonstrates Multi-Tech's commitment to building successful partnerships among vendors, corporations and government agencies by fostering diversity, and helping organizations to fulfill their corporate supplier objectives.  

 

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Product News

Multi-Tech Launches Next Generation Fax Server Offering Enhanced Storage and Increased Memory

Fax-to-email server delivers increased production and quick ROI

 

Multi-Tech Systems announces the next generation of its FaxFinder® V.34 fax server, enhanced to provide increased production and cost savings. Converting faxes to PDF or TIFF files to deliver via email is this fax product’s core function, eliminating the need for paper, toner, and even a fax machine. The higher level functionality of the new FaxFinder allows companies to use existing email software or a Web form to securely send, archive or automatically print faxes. Corporate offices can easily transmit faxes, over a WAN, to remote offices and field sales people. Administrators can view the

status and history of faxes.

 

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Multi-Tech Receives 2009 M2M Magazine Value Chain Award

M2M Magazine presented Multi-Tech® Systems a  Value Chain Award at the fifth annual M2M Connected World Awards Gala on June 11, 2009 in Chicago. The Value Chain Awards recognize the most successful adopters of M2M (machine-to-machine) technology and the teams of solution providers that made their successes possible. Multi-Tech’s team, which includes Eastside Management, KORE Telematics, and PureSense, received the award for a solution in agriculture.

 

 “The recipients of the 2009 Value Chain Awards have truly found a way to implement machine-to-machine technology to its fullest potential, using all parts of the value chain to achieve their goals,” said Mike Carrozzo, chief editor, M2M magazine.

 

The winners of the Value Chain Awards are determined by an independent panel of industry analysts and experts. Entries are judged on the overall strength of the deployment, especially the level of innovation and the business value obtained.

 

“It’s an honor to be part of a team that receives an M2M Value Chain Award,” said Jim Cairns, Director of Marketing Communications, who accepted the award on behalf of Multi-Tech.  “Multi-Tech is coming up on 40 years of designing and manufacturing modems and have more than 20 million devices deployed around the world, so we understand that the right partnerships are vital to making M2M possible.”

Mouser Electronics Expands Distribution of Multi-Tech Embedded Modem Line to Global Market

Multi-Tech® Systems cellular and analog embedded modems are now available worldwide through Mouser Electronics, Inc. Now Mouser Electronics’ international customers can easily bring M2M (machine-to-machine) communications solutions to market by connecting data over cellular networks from anywhere in the world. With complete global compliance, Multi-Tech's products are certified by more than 20 carriers in more than 40 countries, allowing companies to quickly and affordably bring embedded modem solutions to market. These modems enable real time communications for solutions such as remote monitoring, smart grid networking, home and mobile healthcare, and fleet management.

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Wireless Dealer Magazine Interviews Multi-Tech Director of Marketing

Wireless Dealer Magazine interviews Multi-Tech Director of Marketing at CTIA conference and discusses why Multi-Tech’s 40 years in modem industry provide deep insights into customer needs and a strong foundation for future endeavors. View Video – Please click on the Multi-Tech segment.

Machine-to-Machine Solutions Explored in CTIA Interview

Jim Cairns, Director of Marketing, discusses real success stories on how Multi-Tech modems are enabling machine-to-machine communications for vertical markets, such as healthcare, in a TMC interview at the CTIA conference for the wireless telecommunications industry. Watch the video.

Radio Interview Reveals How Multi-Tech Enables Winning Solutions for Customers

M2M Magazine's Peggy Smedley interviews Jim Cairns, Multi-Tech's Director of Marketing, and reveals some exciting solutions that are enabled through Multi-Tech products. Listen to audio.

Multi-Tech VP Speaks at CTIA

Listen to the audio - Bill Chesney, Multi-Tech VP of Sales and Marketing, speaks at CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) Leadership Round Table about the future of M2M (machine-to-machine) communications, its affordability and return on investment.

Multi-Tech Systems Announces New Distribution Partner in India

 

 

One Network is now an official Multi-Tech Systems distributor. The partnership was launched at Convergence India, the country’s largest telecom and electronic tradeshow held in mid-March. One Netw

ork showcased Multi-Tech device networking and unified communications products, which attracted a great deal of attention from IT and telecom government officials, as well as large Indian corporations. One Network was carefully selected for distributing Multi-Tech products because it provides comprehensive IT support services, resources and solutions to organizations.

 

The partnership aims to enhance Multi-Tech System’s presence in India, which is experiencing exponential growth in IT and data communications. “Cellular subscriber numbers in India have increased 1000% over the past 2.5 years, with 10 million new users every month,” said Matt Sharma, Multi-Tech Systems Executive Vice President. “India is investing heavily in its infrastructure and the massive growth in cellular provides the perfect foundation for Multi-Tech’s M2M strategy.”

 

One Network is headquartered in Mumbai and has five satellite offices throughout India. Sanjay Makhija, Chairman of One Network, has been selling Multi-Tech products in India since 1988.

MultiVOIP® GSM Now Available

Award-winning cellular gateway product makes the whole world a local call

 

Multi-Tech Systems’ new SIP-to-cellular gateway makes the whole world a local call.  By adding the capability to route voice calls between cellular GSM and SIP-based Voice over IP networks, organizations realize substantial savings on a worldwide basis for long distance calls. As an additional benefit, the MultiVOIP GSM also provides a backup connection to remote VoIP sites in case of external Internet failure. 

 

Multi-Tech’s MultiVOIP GSM SIP-to-cellular gateway maximizes an organization’s investment in current telephony equipment and infrastructure.  The new gateway, Model MVPGSM-2, comes with two ports for communicating over a SIP-to-cellular connection, and Ethernet interface for connecting to an IP network. The MultiVOIP GSM is now shipping.

 

The Multi-Tech MultiVOIP GSM received the 2008 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award from Internet Telephony Magazine for outstanding achievement in VoIP/IP communications.

 

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Industry Expert Reviews SMSFinder

Turnkey SMS server proves to be easy to use and cost-effective

 

Telecom industry veteran, Biju Oommen, a telecommunications and network consultant, test drives the Multi-Tech SMSFinder® and discovers the true benefits of SMS messaging, including its cost-effectiveness and simplicity.

 

Please read the complete article.

 

As the recession forces companies to tighten their budgets, Multi-Tech’s SMSFinder becomes an increasingly attractive low-cost option for improving productivity and saving on expenses. Distributing text messages with a push of a button to clients, subscribers and members, frees staff to perform other vital tasks and it also saves on costs associated with printing and postage. In addition, advertising through Multi-Tech’s SMSFinder allows for a richer interaction with customers via a direct response feature and a clear-cut means to measure the success of a marketing campaign.

Multi-Tech Announces M2M Cellular IP Modem

MultiModem® iCell, the Answer to Remote Monitoring and Reporting for Mission Critical Applications

 

Multi-Tech is now shipping its new MultiModem® iCell intelligent wireless modems designed for mission-critical M2M remote monitoring and control applications.  The external modem features Multi-Tech’s Universal IP stack (UIP) and a five-port GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) interface providing remote signal monitoring for a wide range of control systems.  The applications programming interface (API) for the IP stack means designers need only program IP functionality once for multiple applications and the GPIO interface enables the modem to capture and analyze data from remote sensors such as tank levels, cargo door access and temperature.

 

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Multi-Tech Voted Best Channel Vendor

Multi-Tech has been voted as a Best Channel Vendor by Business Solutions Magazine's VAR subscribers. The survey of almost 18,000 VARs ranked vendors on product innovation, features, reliability, service and support, and channel/VAR programs and margins. This award is the most recent testament to Multi-Tech's commitment to providing best in class products, VAR programs, and service.

 

"We are particularly pleased with this award because it comes from one of the most important links in the business technology supply chain," states Bill Chesney, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. "VARs have always been a critical path between the end user and the technology supplier. And to be selected by them as a Best Channel Vendor is very significant."

 

To help ensure continuing high-level support, Multi-Tech developed and implemented its multi-tiered Optimum Reseller Program. It has been in place for over ten years and provides the means for VARs to work directly with Multi-Tech in the areas of exclusive promotions, ongoing communications, pre-sales support, online access to sales tools and marketing resources, free sales training, seminar development assistance, competitive pricing and demo equipment.

 

Multi-Tech Selected to the 2009 M2M 100 by Editors of M2M Magazine

M2M Magazine’s 2009 M2M 100 is a directory of the most influential providers of technology solutions within the global marketplace for machine-to-machine solutions. Now in its fifth year and published annually in the M2M Sourcebook, the M2M 100 is widely regarded as the definitive record of companies comprising the rapidly emerging machine-to-machine technology market.

"M2M Magazine, along with our advisory board, has selected the top 100 companies in the M2M space. These companies deliver leading-edge solutions to their customers by striving to bring the most up-to-date, innovative technology available," said Peggy Smedley, Editorial Director & President of M2M Magazine. "The M2M 100 gives readers a look at the best providers that the machine-to-machine marketplace has to offer."

Technology providers named to the M2M 100 are chosen from a compilation of over 325 companies gathered from various sources. Examples of the criteria used to compare companies are strength of business model and execution, customer references, product/service portfolio, and market leadership. 

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