Irvine, CA – Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), global provider of secure, network-enabling technologies, today announced a design contest based on its recently launched XPort Pro. About the size of two sugar cubes, XPort Pro is the newest addition to Lantronix’ popular XPort® family of embedded Ethernet networking and compute modules used in millions of devices worldwide. XPort Pro is available running Linux and IPv6, offering developers a powerful compute platform with an industry-standard development environment. Lantronix will award prizes of $6,000 and $3,000 to the two top entries for Best Linux Design, and a separate prize of $3,000 for the Best Student Linux Design.

The contest is open to all individuals with interest in network technology, including businesses, university faculty, students, research labs, engineers and design contractors. There is no limit to the number of entries per person or organization. XPort Pro’s leading-edge architecture, 32-bit processing power and ample memory allows resource-intensive applications to be deployed on a single platform. It effortlessly handles demanding applications, allowing virtually unlimited flexibility and customization.

Entries must be submitted by August 6, 2010, and the winners will be announced at ESC Boston September 20-23 at the Hynes Convention Center. Final prize winners will be selected by a panel comprised of industry experts, including Bill Wong, technology editor for Electronic Design magazine and Margery Conner, technical editor for EDN.
Please visit http://www.lantronix.com/designcontest for details on how to enter the contest and receive your discounted $99.00 (USD) XPort Pro and evaluation kit. In addition to the top three prizes, all entrants will receive a Lantronix t-shirt.

In 2009, Lantronix shipped its 2 millionth XPort®  module. The company enhanced this product with the release of XPort®  Pro™, an embedded Ethernet networking module with new support for Linux family. XPort Pro has received record-breaking interest by customers looking to leverage its powerful engine for deploying advanced applications at the network edge, such as intelligent power inverters used in converting solar energy to electricity. The DeviceLinx family also welcomed MatchPort® b/g Pro and MatchPort® AR with Linux. Offering enhanced embedded wireless networking features, MatchPort b/g Pro leverages Lantronix’ SmartRoam™ technology, which enables intelligent switching between wireless access points to ensure uninterrupted connectivity. The company also launched SpiderDuo® and ManageLinx 2.0, new solutions in the SecureLinx and ManageLinx family.

Further enhancing its product suite, Lantronix added ManageLinx’ Virtual IP (VIP) Access™ technology as a feature available on each of its newly released products. Using the company’s patent-pending Virtual Device Network (VDN) technology, ManageLinx enables users to create secure VIP connections between any two points via the Internet without compromising integrity, changing the network configuration or the application software.

Attracting interest in the security and industrial markets, Lantronix announced relationships with Secura Key, Spectrum CNC, Information Controls and Mitsubishi Electric in 2009. The company also experienced increased demand from the healthcare industry, partnering with LeHigh Valley Health Network. More hospitals look to transition to electronic health records and gain greater access to real-time patient information. LeHigh Valley’s partnership with Lantronix will enable the health group to securely network-connect medical equipment.

To support its expanding customer base in its key markets, Lantronix added to its executive team by appointing Jeff Kost as SVP of worldwide sales, and Paul Pishal as VP of marketing. These appointments will intensify the company’s focus on business development to drive customer growth.

Using Lantronix’ patent-pending Virtual Device Network (VDN) technology, ManageLinx enables users to create Virtual IP (VIP) connections between any two points on the Internet without changing the network configuration or application software. VDN allows administrators to restrict access to specific IP addresses. This ensures access to only predetermined devices, an important feature for service personnel who need to securely monitor, manage and control remote devices.

The new version includes customer driven, enterprise class enhancements in flexibility, performance and manageability. Administrators can configure multiple devices with the new command line interface (CLI), greatly improving ease of use and efficiency. Automated backup and recovery operations help reduce staffing hours and cost. The new auditing capability facilitates collection and reporting of significant events on the system, aiding in security compliance.

ManageLinx is easy to deploy and enables service organizations, such as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and managed service providers (MSPs), to extend their own remote product service offerings to customers. ManageLinx 2.0 incorporates security features ideal for hosted environments, allowing MSPs to target multiple organizations without incurring additional capital equipment costs.

With ManageLinx, service providers can monitor equipment, diagnose problems, and perform service repairs from a remote location.  Virtually every function that once required the physical presence of a technician behind a firewall can be done with ManageLinx.  In addition, ManageLinx now provides seamless integration with the DeviceLinx™ and SecureLinx™ network enablement products. This includes the recently released XPort Pro™ device server and the SpiderDuo™ KVM (keyboard video mouse) over-IP solution. With DeviceLinx, virtually any piece of existing or legacy electronic equipment can be managed over a network. When used in conjunction, DeviceLinx and ManageLinx 2.0 comprise a holistic, remote device management and control solution, resulting in a reduced number of physical service calls.

In a recent survey commissioned by Lantronix, 31 percent of US businesses reported plans to cut energy costs and lower carbon footprint by reducing truck rolls in 2009 (1). ManageLinx is an ideal solution for these organizations.

ManageLinx is gaining traction with global customers in diverse industries such as solar energy management, industrial automation and process management.

1. http://www.lewiswire.com/us/lewiswire/Lantronix/31-of-US-Businesses-Planning-to-Reduce-Carbon-Footprint-Cut-Energy-Costs-by-Reducing-Service-Calls-in-2009/c/458/n/4301

In addition to having the identical form factor as the original XPort, the XPort Pro’s leading-edge architecture, 32-bit processing power and ample memory allow resource-intensive applications to be deployed on a single platform. Advanced networking and security features enable machine-to-machine (M2M) edge computing with unlimited customization and application hosting, providing developers with faster time-to-market and unprecedented application development options.

XPort Pro is available running Linux and IPv6, bringing the product to a global community and providing Linux developers with a tiny, powerful compute platform, along with an industry standard development environment. XPort Pro is also available with the feature rich, Evolution OS™ turnkey operating system and software development kit. This product also includes Lantronix’ patent-pending VIP (Virtual IP) Access™ technology, which allows seamless integration with the company’s ManageLinx™ remote services enablement platform.

XPort Pro provides over five times the processing power, and 32 times the memory of its predecessor. It also features SSH and SSL security and encryption, and supports a variety of protocol conversions.

Ideal for industrial-grade usage, Secura Key’s new SK-ACP Advanced Control Panel provides entry and exit management capabilities to office buildings, parking lots and hospitals. By using Lantronix technology, the Secura Key SK-ACP gives customers the additional advantage of either wired or wireless network connectivity that is both affordable and secure.

Working with long-time Lantronix partner Symmetry Electronics Corp., Secura Key selected the XPort and the WiPort because they could easily be integrated into the new panel system and provided the advanced network security features Secura Key required.

Lantronix’ XPort web-enables any device with serial capability in one integrated, compact solution that includes all the required hardware and software components. The WiPort is the wireless networking equivalent, offering secure, end-to-end communications with Advanced Encryption Standards (AES). In addition, Lantronix SmartRoam™ technology provides seamless mobile connectivity and improved reliability for the wireless connection.

Lantronix’ DeviceLinx solutions enable manufacturers to easily bring full Ethernet and/or wireless connectivity to virtually any electronic device. To learn more about Lantronix’ solutions, please visit www.lantronix.com/devicelinx.

Spectrum CNC’s Multi-DNC is a software-based machine tool communications system, and the first product to enable simultaneous uploads, downloads and dripfeeding of data into multiple computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines. Following its launch, customers began demanding a wireless solution that would simplify installations, reduce costs and increase flexibility for machine movement.

Spectrum CNC chose Lantronix to assist in engineering the product because of its expertise in wireless network connectivity. Lantronix’ engineers paired its embedded wireless device server, MatchPort b/g, with Spectrum CNC’s software. The combined product allows wireless connections between CNC machines using IEEE 802.11b/g networks. Spectrum CNC can now offer its customers the flexibility to locate equipment practically anywhere on the shop floor while monitoring it via a centralized operations console.

To read a case study on Spectrum CNC, please visit
http://www.lantronix.com/solutions/industrial-case-spectrum.html