Looks like WiMax broadband may become a reality with today's news about Sprint and Clearwire joint venture.
For those of you who are knowledgeable about brand names in this market--GE Fanuc makes a play on words with its new product QuickPanel View. These operator displays, or HMIs, have been updated for better communication with Kepware's technology.
Speaking of Kepware. They've announced an agreement to supply technology for OPC-UA to manufacturing software supplier Iconics.
Congratulations to Moore Industries on achieving 40 years in business.
For you wireless junkies who can't get enough meetings, the 5th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON) will be held June 16 to 20 at the San Francisco Airport Crown Plaza Hotel.
Keeping the wireless network theme, there is another standard known as IEEE 802.11, WiFi. AirMagnet has announced upgrades to its WLAN management, analysis and troubleshooting products, Laptop Analyzer Pro 8.0 and Survey Pro 6.0. The company says that this is the "first comprehensive set of mobile tools specifically designed for pre-deployment planing and ongoing management of 802.11 networks."
Here is a new marketing twist, Axeda, the remote services supplier, now calls itself "the 'OnStar' of the manufacturing industry." It has a new customer, Xeronics, that has embedded Axeda's ServiceLink technology as the gateway to information on equipment in labs across Europe.
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