information technology founded 1976 headquarters nashville tn united states key people joseph e. perle ceo john feeney coo derrick barnett cfo products serial to ethernet fiber to ethernet and device networking equipment website www.perle.com perle systems is a technology company that develops and manufactures serial to ethernet fiber to ethernet i o connectivity and device networking equipment . these type of products are commonly used to establish network connectivity across multiple locations ; securely transmit critical and sensitive information across a lan ; and remotely monitor and control networked devices via out of band management . perle has offices and representative offices in north america europe and asia and sells its products through distribution and oem ode channels worldwide . on august 31 2016 phoenix contact gmbh & co. kg blomberg germany concluded a contract for the acquisition of perle systems limited toronto . thus perle systems becomes an international subsidiary of the phoenix contact group . 1 contents 1 products 2 history 3 references 4 external links products edit terminal servers used to connect any device with serial ports over ethernet for access to network server applications . examples of devices with serial ports include cisco console ports pos terminals servers modems card readers and a wide range of industrial equipment . device servers used to web or network enable existing equipment with rs 232 rs 422 or rs 485 serial interfaces . console servers used to provide data center managers with secure remote management of cisco routers switches and firewalls solaris windows unix and linux servers pbxs or any device with a serial console port . also referred to as out of band management of it assets . ethernet i o device servers used for access and control of remote digital i o analog i o pulse i o relays and temperature sensors on any ip network . monitor environmental alarms intrusion detection relay contact closures and equipment failure . remote power switches used to remotely power on off cycle data center equipment . serial cards used to add rs 232 rs 422 rs 485 serial ports to pcs or servers via pci pci x or pci express bus slots . parallel cards used to add ieee 1284 parallel ports to pcs or servers via pci pci x or pci express bus slots . multimodem cards used to add v. 92 56k modems to pcs or servers via pci or pci x bus slots . ethernet to fiber media converters used to extend copper to fiber multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber ethernet extenders used to transparently extend 10 100 1000 ethernet connections across copper wiring industrial ethernet network switches small form factor pluggable transceivers and xfp transceivers history edit 1976 perle systems is founded . 2 1977 establishes manufacturing capabilities . 1983 launches a new family of atm controllers . 1985 stock goes public . 1987 introduces standardized ibm midrange and as 400 products . 1998 acquires specialix . 3 specialix designed developed manufactured and marketed a broad range of serial connectivity and remote access solutions that provided connectivity between pcs servers and peripheral devices . 1999 acquires zeta communication limited for its ip routing technology . 4 2000 acquires chase research . 5 chase research designed developed manufactured and marketed serial to ethernet and remote access products . 2003 stock goes private . 2004 incorporates rs 232 rs 422 and rs 485 interfaces on a single pci serial card and provide the ability to individually configure each interface type using software commands . 6 2005 incorporates ipv6 support into iolan terminal servers. ; 7 launches serial card line that supports the pci express bus standard . 8 2006 launches iolan terminal server that connect remote serial devices that operate in extreme temperatures 40f to 165f to an enterprise ip network. ; 9 launches a line of i o device servers with the ability to monitor environmental alarms intrusion detection relay contact closures and equipment failure over ethernet . 10 2007 launches redundant path technology and remote power switches . 11 2008 releases a line of speed le parallel pci card ; 12 launches spanish 13 and italian 14 websites ; launches the iolan scs48c dc console server for remote management of telecommunications equipment . 15 2009 launches iolan terminal server specifically designed for medical data collection applications and certified for iec 60601 1 ; 16 launches terminal servers for electrical utility substation market that meet nerc cip and epcip requirements ; 17 launches terminal server certified as class 1 div2 ; 18 launches terminal server with http tunneling 19 2010 launches ethernet to fiber media converters ; 20 launches nebs level 3 compliant console servers ; 21 achieves iso 9001 2008 certification . 22 2011 extends fiber optic cabling support to 160 km ; 23 launches fips 140 2 validated iolan terminal servers . 24 2012 launches industrial temperature media converters ; 25 launches ethernet copper extenders 26 2013 launches 10g media converters 27 2014 launches industrial ethernet switches 28 2015 launches wireless serial device servers 29 references edit acquisition of perle systems limited canada . phoenix contact . retrieved 6 september 2016 . perle systems linkedin n.d. retrieved march 25 2015 perle acquires specialix international telecompaper 4 february 1999 retrieved march 25 2015 ip telephony news wrap up for sep 06 1999 perle to acquire zeta s voip technology ip telephony.org 6 september 1999 retrieved march 25 2015 perle acquires linux specialist v3.co.uk 18 february 2000 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems unveils world s first software configurable multi interface multi port serial pci cards businesswire 9 september 2004 retrieved march 25 2015 first to deliver extensive encryption with ipv6 support press release . february 21 2015 . the first complete line of pci express compatible multi port serial cards has been released by perle systems press release . november 24 2005 . perle systems expands iolan sds line to include extreme temperature device server press release . july 19 2006 . perle systems introduces new iolan i o device servers process engineering 6 december 2006 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems launches a comprehensive suite of new console server features and integrated hardware ; unique console server features and a line of remote power switches create an integrated and complete data center management solution highbeam business 6 march 2007 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems announces new parallel pci cards press release . july 22 2008 . perle systems launches spanish language website press release . february 14 2008 . perle systems launches italian language website press release . september 11 2008 . the new 48v dc iolan scs is ideal to remotely manage telecommunications equipment the ipv6 portal 31 october 2008 retrieved march 25 2015 iolan mdc terminal server introduced by perle systems pc district n.d. retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems releases more rugged terminal servers for electrical utility substation market computers & programming 12 may 2009 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems releases hazardous location device servers press release . may 25 2009 . terminal server for firewall safe serial connections just 4 business gmbh 9 november 2009 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems introduces ethernet to fiber media converters automation.com 10 march 2010 retrieved march 25 2015 perle iolan sdsc ldc console servers awarded nebs certification press release . april 9 2010 . perle achieves iso 9001 2008 certification farlex 28 april 2010 retrieved march 25 2015 ethernet to fiber media converter from perle extends data transmission distance to 160 km over fiber optic cabling cabling installation & maintenance 4 april 2011 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems announces fips 140 2 validated iolan terminal servers prlog 10 march 2011 retrieved march 25 2015 perle launches industrial temperature media converters . farlex 8 june 2012 retrieved march 25 2015 ethernet extenders transmit data up to 10 000 ft. thomasnet.com 21 february 2013 retrieved march 25 2015 perle releases 10gbase t copper to fiber media converters automation.com 31 july 2013 retrieved march 25 2015 perle ids 105f industrial ethernet switch obtains fcc class b certification cloud computing magazine 5 may 2014 retrieved march 25 2015 perle systems launches new wireless serial device servers for secured serial data transmission cio review 11 august 2015 retrieved october 13 2015 external links edit official english website official spanish website official german website official french website official italian website official chinese website official japanese website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perle systems & oldid 738057594 categories computer peripheral companiesnetworking hardware navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 6 september 2016 at 17 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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