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ing and Embedding) for Process Control] as a standard so if you’re interfacing with a mixed environment, whether you have Rockwell, Siemens or other systems, your information- layer products can interface with a lot of these different, dis- parate systems because they all talk the same OPC protocol. It’s very typical for some of our large customers with large complex plants to have multiple systems from multiple vendors, because an OEM had a preference for a particular vendor. If you’re using our systems, there are native benefi ts provided by the integration within our architecture, but OPC- type common protocols allow some level of communication as well, so you don’t have to replace everything. ME: What are some developments from the recent Rock- well Automation Fair? Shah: At Automation Fair, we announced our new analytics for machines and analytics for cloud strategy. We have a branded product, FactoryTalk Analytics, that will allow OEMs to create an out-of-box solution. Using our control system, they will be able to collect data from ma-


chines and visualize their performance through a common corridor in the cloud, regardless of where the machines are deployed across the globe. It’s more of a solution for machine builders, using Micro-


soft Azure cloud. Equipment builders can use this when they deploy their machines, and it allows them to build in how they generate their data and how to use that data to look at the performance of those machines through their control pro- gram. It also lets them develop technology to enable users to transport that data up into the cloud and effi ciently store it. We have developed a portal from the cloud that allows them to look at this machine status via widgets. If you want to do side-by-side comparisons, or if you want to look at a world map showing where all the machines are deployed, there are a lot of different ways for you to interface with this system. The intent is that you are able to monitor machine performance in real time, so as you’re providing warranty support to your customers, as OEMs would, you’re able to monitor those sys- tems and reduce maintenance costs—you don’t have to send


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