Distrix 2.2 Release: Data Segregation and Enhanced Security Features Introduced to Developers

April 29, 2011 - PRLog -- Vancouver, BC - April 27, 2011 - Spark Integration Technologies, Inc. (Spark) announces the latest release of Distrix®, the industry-leading software tool for distributed information exchange and systems integration in mixed-environment systems. Distrix 2.2 introduces fine-grained control over information exchange, improved data segregation and security, more control over information logging, and automatic code generation for customers with user-defined protocols.

Distrix 2.2 simplifies sensor data collection and remote device management by enabling logical segregation of data within multi-tenant networks. This avoids the need for point-to-point VPN setup and management between each device and the cloud. Combined with the pluggable encryption API in Distrix, developers can implement their own custom, or off-the-shelf endpoint encryption, without any impact on their applications.

Distrix now provides dynamic control over scope management in system information models. Information flows can be restricted to subdomains within systems of systems as needed. This allows developers to simply and effectively implement automated throttling of information exchange in bandwidth-constrained environments. Dynamically configurable information flows enable developers to build highly adaptable systems without operator intervention.

Distrix 2.2 saves development effort and costs by providing easy-to-use tools to control information flows and introduce segregation and security into their applications quickly and easily. It also reduces the strain on operational resources by interpreting and segregating data.

System logging has been improved by adding more options to simplify testing and debug tasks. The Distrix logging system can be configured to deliver highly detailed debug information or critical error detection into a wide variety of logging and log management tools.

Distrix System Builder 2.2 now provides automatic code generation support for user-defined protocol modules, saving time in creating network communication logic, and allowing system developers to focus on value-added features.

Spark has also added out-of-the-box support for UDP over Ethernet. With new support for secure, low-bandwidth, high-latency connections, such as multi-hop satcom links, developers can add encrypted UDP support to their systems without re-engineering.

"Distrix 2.2 is packed with new features that benefit system integrators and product designers," says Chad Trytten, CEO of Spark Integration Technologies, Inc. "It is built to enable simple, fast, and flexible implementation for all data segregation and security needs in mixed-environment network-based systems."

A free, fully-functional, 60-day trial of Distrix can be downloaded directly from Spark's website at www.sparkintegration.com. Full documentation including tutorials, design guides, and developer API is also available from the website.

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About Spark Integration Technologies

Spark Integration Technologies provides award-winning system software, graphical development tools, and technologies for developers and integrators of electronic systems.

Distrix® is a platform-independent, information exchange software framework that substantially simplifies the development, integration, and deployment of complex, dynamic, real-time systems. This has allowed Spark's customers, who include the US Department of Defense and manufacturers of electronic products, to deal with complex interoperability problems and rapidly create and enhance capabilities in areas of cutting edge technology such as unmanned systems, communication systems and smart, sensor-based systems.

For more information, visit www.sparkintegration.com.