Systech Corporation

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| type = Private Limited

| industry = Industrial Automation

| founded = 1981

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| key_people = D. Mark Fowler (CEO), L. Vaughn Watts, Jr.

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Systech Corporation (Systech) is a California corporation founded in 1981 and headquartered in San Diego, California.{{Cite web|url=https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/frmDetail.asp?CorpID=01092522|title=Results Detail|website=businessfilings.sos.ca.gov|access-date=2016-03-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://parallelcapitalpartners.com/news/2013/2013/02/06/systech-corporation-leases-at-one-technology-place|title=SYSTECH CORPORATION LEASES AT ONE TECHNOLOGY PLACE|website=parallelcapitalpartners.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

Product lines

Systech Corporation designs and manufactures a variety of network conversion gateways,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/prnewswire/press_releases/California/2013/05/20/CG16878|title=Systech Launches adds a new member to the SysLink family of M2M Modular Gateways - San Francisco Business Times|website=San Francisco Business Times|access-date=2016-03-14}} device servers and switch products for Internet Protocol (IP) communications and in existing non-IP based systems and networks. The product lines also include payment gateways, dial to IP converters, cellular gateways, remote access and management software, remote access software and control automation software.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=91477|title=Systech Corporation: Private Company Information - Businessweek|website=Businessweek.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

The SysLINK M2Mgateway was awarded M2M Evolution Magazine's 2014 Evolution Product of the Year, issued to Industry Innovators.Systech M2M Gateway Awarded Product of the Year – August 8, 2014 The SysLINK Gateway is able to communicate and bridge a wide variety of protocols and standards while providing local intelligence to analyze, filter and take action.{{Cite web|url=http://www.retailresellernews.com/May_28_2012.html|title=Retail Reseller News|website=www.retailresellernews.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

SysSCRIPT enables customers to interconnect Industrial IoT devices without the need for software development teams.{{Cite web|url=http://iotbusinessnews.com/2015/01/27/34573-systech-sysscript-reduces-iot-development-time-by-an-order-of-magnitude/|title=Systech SysSCRIPT Reduces IoT Development Time by an Order of Magnitude|website=IoT Business News|date=27 January 2015 |access-date=2016-03-14}} SysSCRIPT enabled Systech to win the Best Gateway Strategy Award in IoT Evolution's Eighth “Battle of the Platforms” on August 17, 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://itexpo.tmcnet.com/west/shownews/articles/416900-best-iot-solutions-awarded-battle-the-platforms.htm|title=Best IoT Solutions Awarded at Battle of the Platforms|website=itexpo.tmcnet.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

Markets

The product lines serve the Internet of Things (IoT) market with particular emphasis on the Machine to Machine (M2M) submarket and the larger Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) submarket.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rti.com/industries/iot-faq.html|title=RTI - FAQ: Industrial Internet of Things|website=www.rti.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.iotevolutionmagazine.com/magazine/features/articles/379324-systech-reduces-costs-enhances-services-with-m2m.htm|title=Systech Reduces Costs, Enhances Services with M2M|website=www.iotevolutionmagazine.com|access-date=2016-03-14}} Over 350,000 Systech devices are installed worldwide.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thingworx.com/Partners/Edge-Communication-and-Embedded-Devices/Systech-Corporation|title=Systech Corporation, ThingWorx|website=www.thingworx.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

Interoperability

Systech is a member of the Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF){{Cite web|url=http://openconnectivity.org/about/membership-list|title=OIC Membership List|website=Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF)|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-14}} whose objective is connecting the 25+ billion{{Cite web|url=http://openconnectivity.org/about|title=OIC - About|website=Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF)|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-14}} Internet of Things (IoT) devices across multiple platforms and Operating Systems using a common, interoperable approach that includes security. A recent World Economic Forum report notes the Lack of Interoperability or Standards is the greatest barrier inhibiting business from adopting the Industrial Internet (of Things) along with Security.{{Cite web|url=http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEFUSA_IndustrialInternet_Report2015.pdf|title=WEFUSA_IndustrialInternet_Report2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}

Systech was an early adopter when it completed certification of the SysLINK M2M Gateway as ThingWorx Ready{{Cite web|url=http://connectedworld.com/systech-syslink-m2m-gateway-certified-as-thingworx-ready/|title=Systech SysLINK M2M Gateway Certified as ThingWorx Ready|website=Connected World|access-date=2016-03-14}} as part of the ThingWorx Partner Program{{Cite web|url=http://www.thingworx.com/partners|title=ThingWorx IoT Partner Ecosystem|website=www.thingworx.com|access-date=2016-03-14}} before PTC acquired ThingWorx.{{Cite web|url=http://www.engineering.com/PLMERP/ArticleID/6908/Why-PTC-acquired-ThingWorx.aspx|title=Why PTC acquired ThingWorx > ENGINEERING.com|website=www.engineering.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

Notable people

  • D. Mark Fowler is President and CEO of Systech.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/Research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=158616&privcapId=91477|title=D. Mark Fowler: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|website=Businessweek.com|access-date=2016-03-14}} Previously Fowler was a Board Member of Amistar,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/741559/000101968706000835/amistar_pre14c041406.htm|title=Amistar Corporation Pre-14c 04/14/06|website=www.sec.gov|access-date=2016-03-14}} President and General Manager of ITT’s Business Systems Group and Vice President of ITT's Information Systems Division.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVHbRM6mU9gC|title=Computerworld|last=Enterprise|first=I. D. G.|date=1986-08-25|publisher=IDG Enterprise|language=en}} In 1983, he co-founded, as Chairman and President, Zaisan{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=msSKK7cn2K4C|title=PC Mag|date=1984-10-16|publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc.|language=en}} a Venture Capital funded manufacturer of integrated voice / personal computer workstations. Fowler started his technical career at Texas Instruments (TI), leaving after 12-years. Fowler supervised the 1981 program wherein the original LCD-based notebook computer{{Cite web|url=http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/texas/t_305.htm|title=The Chip Collection - TI Computer Terminal - Smithsonian Institution|website=smithsonianchips.si.edu|access-date=2016-03-14}} was conceived and developed into a working prototype (T.O.P.S.) which became the forerunner for the TI Pro-Lite portable computer. TI's portable / notebook computer line was sold to Acer in 1997.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ti.com/corp/docs/investor/compinfo/PRarchive/acer.shtml|title=TI IR - CI - AD - Acer Acquires Texas Instruments Mobile Computing Assets|website=www.ti.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}
  • L. Vaughn Watts, Jr., former Technical Fellow at both Texas Instruments (TI){{Cite web|url=http://www.naymz.com/lavaughnwatts2466672|title=Mr. La Vaughn F. Watts Jr. - Owner, Watts Resources - Austin, Texas - United States|website=www.naymz.com|access-date=2016-03-14}} and Dell{{Cite web|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1229905|title=HiperLAN 2 touted for broadband wireless nets|website=EETimes|access-date=2016-03-14}} has developed a deep relationship with Systech and is author or co-author of a number of patent applications on Systech's behalf. Watts is author or co-author of over 15 patents for TI and Dell.{{Cite web|url=http://www.patentbuddy.com/Inventor/Watts-Jr-La-Vaughn-F/244688|title=La Vaughn F Watts Jr, Inventor, Austin, TX|website=www.patentbuddy.com|access-date=2016-03-14}}

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