Industry Expert joins Daintree Networks

Company affirms standing as an industry leader in wireless sensor and control networking 

Brings considerable expertise to the company through appointment as Chief Technology Officer.

San Jose – September 7, 2006 – Daintree Networks, Inc. announced today that industry expert Zachary Smith has joined the company as its Chief Technology Officer.

"I'm extremely pleased that Zachary has joined our talented and growing team," said Bill Wood, Daintree Networks President. "Zachary is a highly respected industry expert in the field of wireless sensor and control networking. He will contribute significantly to our ongoing leadership as an independent provider of design verification and operational support tools for this dynamic industry sector."

Wireless sensing and control networks hold enormous promise in helping realize the "Internet of Things." However these systems present new and unique challenges: hundreds or thousands of devices coming together in an ad-hoc manner and forming complex and dynamic meshed networks, with a diverse range of performance and functional requirements. Daintree Networks untangles the complexity with highly innovative tools for visualizing, analyzing and deploying such networks.

Zachary Smith, who has been a longstanding and indefatigable contributor to the ZigBee specification, says, "I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining Daintree. They have a great set of products and a super team—assets which they've already parlayed into a position of undisputed leadership in this product space, one that's going to be absolutely crucial to the success of ZigBee, and of wireless embedded networking in general. I'm looking forward to contributing to their ongoing success and the continued evolution of their product line."

Zachary will continue in his roles as technical editor for the ZigBee Alliance's Network Layer Working Group and the ZigBee specification, and active member of numerous ZigBee Alliance working groups including Technical Architecture Working Group and the Commissioning Tools Task Group.

ZigBee: Wireless Control That Simply Works

The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. The ZigBee Alliance membership comprises technology providers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide. Membership is open to all. Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org.

About Daintree Networks, Inc.

Based in San Jose, California, Daintree Networks is a leading provider of design verification and operational support tools for wireless sensor and control networks. In a rapidly evolving industry, accelerated development and deployment cycles are key to market success. Daintree's professional tools help OEMs, system integrators and installers of wireless sensor and control networks speed their time to market. As an active member of the ZigBee Alliance, the company is playing a vital role in bringing the first wave of interoperable standards-based sensing and control products to market. For more information, visit www.daintree.net.

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