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Welcome to the inaugural issue of
PROFINET News, the Ethernet source for Industrial Automation and
Integration.
 PROFINET
is the Industrial Ethernet that covers all the functions needed in a
plant, including discrete IO, motion control, safety, process, wireless,
asset management, peer-to-peer integration, and more.
Each
quarterly issue of PROFINET News will bring you technology updates,
application stories, training opportunities, and news and opinion from
the PROFIblog. This Automation World newsletter, which is sponsored by
PTO, will keep you up-to-date on exciting Ethernet developments,
including how to leverage PROFINET in your organization to drive
productivity, efficiency and integration. PTO is the non-profit trade
organization that supports PROFINET in North America.
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to PROFINET News.
PROFINET Provides Vertical Integration
The PROFINET
and MES Maintenance Operations guideline defines an open integration
path between MES and PROFINET based automation systems.
Integration of automation systems into Manufacturing Execution
Systems (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is becoming an
increasingly important feature of corporate-wide information technology
strategies. As companies strive to achieve greater flexibility, enhance
delivery performance, and improve quality, they have continued to push
the integration of IT and production systems... Read more
2008 Seminar Season Concludes Successfully
 More
than 2,000 Attend Classes on PROFIBUS and PROFINET Technology.
North American one-day training classes for 2008 concluded with a
PROFIBUS event in Indianapolis and a PROFINET event in Chicago. This year saw over 2,100 registrants from 900 companies attend 24 separate
classes in 23 cities (we came to Chicago twice). There were six PROFIBUS
in the Process Industries classes; eight PROFIBUS classes; and 10
classes on PROFINET... Read more
Tips and Tricks from the PROFINET 2008 Training
Events
 Carl Henning, deputy director of PTO North
America, blogs about PROFIBUS and PROFINET developments in his popular
PROFIblog. Here are excerpted highlights taken from recent postings on
the 2008 training events.
Our one-day training classes have
concluded for 2008 and we are already planning for 2009. Watch the website to see next year's
schedule. But let's finish 2008 first. I was in Chicago (Oak Brook,
actually) for the final PROFINET one-day training event of 2008 as I
blogged last time. Now let me respond to some of the topics brought up
in the course evaluations... Read more
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