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Industrial Wireless is the Key to Improved Operations A Word from Apprion's CEO: Mike Bradley 
Traditional hard-wired control and information systems have been instrumental in improving industrial productivity over the past 15 years. But these hard-wired systems are
limited by the assets they monitor and control as well as the people who view this information. These legacy systems need to reach out and touch plant data they can't get at economically.
On the other hand, intelligent industrial wireless has the ability to touch every asset and every worker in the plant ... no matter where they are located and even if they are mobile. Read More »  Coexistence of Devices and Systems in an ISA100 Network By Dr. Peter Fuhr Industrial Process Products & Technology Magazine – February 2008 
The Wireless Standard for Industrial Automation, ISA100, has a broad charter encompassing all things wireless in an industrial facility. With any such sweeping charter, there are a host of questions that arise in determining exactly how a single standard is supposed to achieve the peaceful and functional operation of devices that may be operated by vastly different business units within the plant.
We've entered into the true realm of coexistence, not simply if the wireless signals all get along, but coexistence of multiple industrial bus protocols and devices and systems that are owned/operated/maintained by different organizations within the plant. Read the Paper » ARC forum discussions reflect changing operations/IT paradigm Manufacturing Business Technology – March 2008  Industry veterans at the ARC conference were delighted to note that Mike Bradley, former president of operations software vendor Wonderware, has joined Apprion as CEO. Like Yokogowa's Johnson, Bradley's mandate, he says, is to grow the business, including the "applications, industries, and geographies" impacted by the new possibilities inherent in industrial wireless. Read the Article » 
Practical applications: Vendors unveil wireless solutions that manufacturers find useful Manufacturing Business Technology – December 2007 The possibilities for deploying wireless technology in production settings are growing as vendors are now developing specific, manufacturing-centric applications on top of wireless platforms. Read the Article » |
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