S A Instrumentation and Control features editor, Andrew Ashton, managed to tie down Uwe Küppers, Rockwell Software’s director of Software for the EMEA region on his recent whistle-stop visit to South Africa.
Uwe Küppers, director of Software EMEA, Rockwell Software
In a far reaching discussion Küppers spoke about the evolution of FactoryTalk VantagePoint, the value add that has resulted from Rockwell’s 2008 acquisition of Incuity and the business focus that is driving the product’s success in targeted vertical markets.
It is apparent that Rockwell has successfully merged Incuity’s EMI offerings with existing capability and the company’s strong distributed data model without losing the ability to interface to a broad range of third party hardware, business applications and LIMS.
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