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Christenson Takes the Helm at ATC

The Automation Technologies Council (ATC) has elected Joseph C. Christenson as its 2004 President. He succeeds Kevin Ostby, of Fanuc Robotics America, who served in 2002-2003.
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Driving Design Into Manufacturing

Automotive supplier Delphi is driving down costs and shortening the design-to-manufacturing cycle.
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Acquire Data Fast

The Model 4205 is a one-slot Fibre Channel VME board that is optimized for high performance embedded applications such as wideband data acquisition and software radio.
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Dueling Standards for Defining Devices On Fieldbus Networks

Apparently firing another round in the “fieldbus wars,” Emerson Process Management (www.emersonprocess.com) announced an initiative to enhance Device Description Language (DDL) technology to counter t
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A Dose of Commercial IT

Home and office remedies are good medicine for factories. Using commercial technologies for industrial automation is proving to be valuable.
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More Interfaces for Asset Optimization

New interfaces, more options and additional XML Web services are added in Version 6.2 of the vendor’s AMS Suite, an integrated family of applications for predictive maintenance, performance monitoring
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Collaboration Key in Design-to-Manufacturing Cycle

Automation World, www.automationworld.com, Online Survey Results
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Reliability Redux

Microsoft users group tackles key issues in applying commercial software to industrial applications.
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Monitor and Control Remotely

eCube is a remote equipment monitoring and control application package that runs on Stardom, the vendor’s network-based control system.
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ABB Invests $500M in New Integrated Information System

The story was integration as ABB (www.abb.com) recently rolled out its latest version of Industrial IT, System 800xA (extended Automation).
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