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April 1, 2008 | Edited by Managing Editor: Wes Iversen |
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GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Ups Ante in Manufacturing Software Market
The company adds a Service Oriented Architecture platform to its Proficy product line, then integrates Microsoft Workflow to provide a business process management solution.
In a move to counter the software challenge laid out by competitors, GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms, a Charlottesville, Va.-based unit of GE Enterprise Solutions, on March 18 announced Proficy Workflow, powered by the new Proficy SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). Proficy Workflow is designed to provide an industrial Business Process Management (BPM) solution that digitizes and streamlines production processes—from work instructions and standard operating procedures to corrective action and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) monitoring.
By establishing an SOA platform, GE Fanuc moves its manufacturing software into the same realm as SOA-based manufacturing solutions such as Archestra, from Wonderware, a Lake Forest, Calif.-based unit of Invensys, and FactoryTalk, from Rockwell Automation Inc., Milwaukee. GE Fanuc is also upping the ante by adding one of the latest technologies from Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp.—the Workflow engine... Read more
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Improving the Handoff
Engineering services firms Ranal and Esys are jointly developing software links to better meet automotive customer needs...
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Laptops Lead Indian PC Gains
Automation is unlocking high-technology business potential in India. An accelerated automation drive in Indian companies augurs well for the personal computer (PC) and chip markets in India... Read more |
Microsoft Goes With Standards
No doubt about it. The Web's the thing, Microsoft tells developers at its MIX80 conference. Microsoft set the technology blogosphere buzzing March 5-7 in Las Vegas when it announced at its MIX08 developers conference that Internet Explorer 8 would be completely based on open standards... Read more
Wika Brazil Now Targets All of Latin America
A provider of pressure and temperature measurement devices, the Brazilian unit is given more autonomy by its German parent... Read more |
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SAE World Congress 2008
The Premier Automotive Technology Event.
Detroit, MI. April 14-18. |
HANNOVER MESSE: World Trade Fair for Industrial Technology
Connect with the entire world at one venue, launch new products, meet face-to-face with potential customers, establish distribution channels, generate brand awareness.
Hannover, Germany. April 21-25. |
SmartSignal '08 --
This highly informative conference focuses on maximizing equipment performance for power, refining, oil & gas, mining, and other process industries.
Chicago, IL. April 28-30. |
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