The appointment of M2M Connectivity as the distributor of Opengear (News - Alert) ACM5004-G 3G device server and secure remote management appliances in Australia and New Zealand has been confirmed by Opengear.

Opengear is a premier provider of next generation console server and KVM over IP solutions.

"M2M Connectivity makes for the ideal go-to-market partner for Opengear as they have a great pedigree in a wide range of wireless communications technologies, devices, industry solutions and services" Tony Merenda, cofounder and CTO of Opengear, said.

"We are building similar specialist distribution partnerships in Asia and Europe," he added. "Our partners there, like M2M Connectivity, also supply Sierra Wireless mini-PCI (News - Alert) Express products for 3G/HSPA and CDMA markets and have each built great rapport with developers and integrators in their region."

To remote IT, network & power device management in industrial applications, utilities, telecommunications, solar metering, point of sale and gaming markets the Opengear ACM5004-G device server is well suited.

Having a wide range of inbuilt applications, the products enable them to work "out-of-the-box" for most monitoring, logging and remote control installations.

The ACM5004-G of Opengear includes a wide device connectivity that has an internal Sierra Wireless (News - Alert) MC8795v quad band 3G HSPA modem. Also, throughout Asia and Europe, it delivers flexible out-of-band access on most carrier networks.

In other countries, Opengear is working actively in order to seek specialist wireless distribution partners.

In related news, Opengear , a premier provider of next generation console server and KVM over IP solutions, has announced that for the second year in a row, it has been named to the Open Source (News - Alert) 50 and has been recognized as one of the top 25 open source companies in the channel by Nine Lives Media and IT channel site TheVARGuy.com.