Latest American Business Award for the xPrintServer Follows Two Marketing Awards Received Earlier in the Year

Irvine, Calif. – September 19, 2012 – Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), a leading global provider of smart M2M connectivity solutions, was honored with a Gold Stevie® Award for Product of the Year in the Peripheral category for its xPrintServer – Network Edition.  The trophies were presented to winners during a gala banquet on September 17 in San Francisco.  More than 200 nominees and their guests attended.

Now in its 10th year, The American Business AwardsSM is the nation’s premier business awards program.  More than 3,000 nominations from organizations of all sizes and industries were submitted for consideration in a wide range of categories.  Stevie Award winners were selected by 270 executives nationwide who participated in the judging process.

This year, for the first time, The American Business Awards were presented at two awards events: the traditional awards banquet in New York in June, and at a new tech and product awards event in San Francisco in September.  At the June event, Lantronix was awarded two marketing awards for the launch of its xPrintServer – Network Edition, one award for Best B2B Marketing Campaign of the Year, the other for Best Small-Budget Marketing Campaign of the Year.

“In June, our marketing team was honored for their efforts in the successful rollout of the xPrintServer,” said Kurt Busch, president and CEO of Lantronix.  “This Product of the Year Award is a testament to the entire team at Lantronix, from the engineers to the product managers to the executive staff who believed in the innovation of this product.  We are pleased to be recognized with such a prestigious award.”

xPrintServer: Open it. Plug it in. Print!
The xPrintServer, roughly the size of an iPhone, is an easy-to-use hardware solution that utilizes the iOS native print menu and requires no additional applications, software downloads, or printer driver installations. With automatic printer discovery and no configuration, printing is easy and hassle-free. Simply open the box, plug in the xPrintServer, and print wirelessly from any iOS device running iOS version 4.2 or later, to virtually any USB or network-connected printer. The xPrintServer – Network Edition is available for order now at www.Lantronix.com for $149.95, and is also available on Amazon, Best Buy Online, Buy.com, and additional leading e-tail sites.  The recently-announced xPrintServer – Home Edition is available for order now at www.Lantronix.com for $99.95.

Details about The American Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners who were announced on September 17 are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide.  Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

About Lantronix
Lantronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRX) is a global leader of secure M2M communication technologies that simplify access and communication with and between virtually any electronic device. Our smart M2M connectivity solutions enable sharing data between devices and applications to empower businesses to make better decisions based on real-time information, and gain a competitive advantage by generating new revenue streams, improving productivity and increasing efficiency and profitability. Easy to integrate and deploy, Lantronix products remotely and securely connect electronic equipment via networks and the Internet.  Founded in 1989, Lantronix serves some of the largest medical, security, industrial and building automation, transportation, retail/POS, financial, government, consumer electronics/appliances, IT/data center and pro-AV/signage entities in the world. The company’s headquarters are located in Irvine, Calif.  For more information, visit www.lantronix.com.

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