Bangalore December 23 2011 – Analysts Frost & Sullivan have honored the India team of US-based virtual instrumentation leader Nation Instruments, with  the  2011 Technology Innovation of the Year Award in Electronic Test & Measurement.
NI India was cited for its contributions to the the company’s PXI product line -- based on the industry Leading, PC-Based Platform for Test, Measurement, and Control.
Frost & Sullivan based its award on five criteria: uniqueness in technology, impact on new products and applications, impact on functionality, impact on customer value and relevance of innovation to industry.
NI pioneered the PXI platform in 1997 and today offers more than 450 PXI products to help engineers meet complex test challenges at a fraction of the size, cost and time of traditional solutions. In 2011, NI introduced more than 40 other PXI products to further extend the possibilities of PXI across diverse industries. Engineers and scientists can mix and match a variety of NI PXI products and control their entire systems with NI LabVIEW software to address virtually any challenge.
National Instruments India was established in 1998 to further graphical system design technology in the country.

Frost & Sullivan Partner and Global V.P. of Research, Shekar Gopalan said “NI India has played a critical role in establishing the concept of graphical system design and software defined modular instrumentation in India and has enabled affordable and efficient testing with their PXI platform.” NI India caters to the challenges and issues facing Indian engineers and scientists and introduces various India-specific initiatives to enrich the lives of Indian engineers.
See our previous story on NI MyDAQ http://www.indiatechonline.com/mydaq-launch-in-india-347.php