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Clary Corporation Frees MIBs
One of the world’s leading uninterruptable power supply providers, joins the #FREEtheMIBs campaign and on the same day, releases its own MIBs!
June 15, 2021
Clary Corporation, a leading innovator in the design and production of digital uninterruptable power supply (UPS) solutions has freed its MIBs, officially becoming the newest advocate for the #FREEtheMIBs Campaign.
Campaign founder and Q-Free Executive Vice President, Tom Stiles made the announcement, expressing excitement about the potential for advancing the message. “Clary is a power player in every sense,” he said. “They are well respected in transportation and because of their history and prestige, they have tremendous influence within our industry.”
Dating back to the 1930’s, Clary has been involved in advancing military and civilian UPS applications for decades. Clary National Sales Manager Erik Knecht says the days of isolated, independent systems are numbered. “Customers increasingly want to see the status of all ITS devices in their central traffic management system,” he said. “Freeing our MIBs is about customer convenience and working smarter. Cities need technology to integrate and interact to deliver the best possible experience for the communities they serve.”
The #FREEtheMIBs campaign was founded less than 18 months ago to advocate that traffic controller manufacturers and other ITS device vendors open their Management Information Bases or MIBs, to allow greater competition while reducing costs for agencies and ultimately taxpayers. MIBs have traditionally been locked up as proprietary by individual manufacturers. By restricting access to their MIBs, vendors could lock agencies into long-term and costly contracts by limiting interoperability with competitors’ products.
While the campaign has garnered a lot of attention, it has also raised the ire of some traditional vendors. Addressing criticism that opponents have often used to discredit #FREEtheMIBs, Knecht says opening MIBs should have no impact on system or component security. “All MIBs reside on the communication card and if you have all the latest security protocols and a firewall, I don’t see that freeing the MIBs puts you in jeopardy,” he said.
A link to find Clary’s MIBs can be found at: www.freethemibs.org/find-mibs.
About FREEtheMIBS
#FREEtheMIBS is a collaborative campaign to encourage traffic signal controller and ITS device manufacturers, and public sector agencies to unite behind opening and sharing device NTCIP protocols – specifically, management information bases (MIBs). To learn more about the freeing the MIBs or to join the movement, visit FREEtheMIBS.org.