Thursday, July 20, 2006

News I was in meetings all day yesterday as the entire Automation World staff gathered for some brainstorming and planning. Meanwhile not a lot of news coming in on a slow mid-summer week. GE Fanuc Automation announced a new OEM program. I'm fishing for more details (hard to interview people while you're supposed to be listening to a meeting), but it consists of two "solutions" called InsideEdge and EdgeEnabled along with a tool set called EdgeTools. There was no definition of what the two "solutions" were, but the EdgeTools consist of Proficy iFix HMI/SCADA software, Profice Cimplicity HMI/SCADA software, Proficy Machine Edition and Proficy Historian. OEMs who sign up for the program are eligible for both product and marketing support. Register here for the latest MESA Webcast "MES Drives Product Quality Through Process Consistency." It's July 26 at 11 am EDT. 9:21:53 AM    comment []