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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:36:18 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | The data center specialist moves into the manufacturing arena with a product that offers remote management of control system and SCADA security. |
| Keywords: | Control systems access, industrial Ethernet |
ComBrio Inc., a provider of remote product services software geared toward data center applications, has entered the manufacturing automation arena with an offering devoted to remote industrial automation network access and security.
A new version of the company’s Virtual Service Infrastructure (VSI) suite, released this week, adds features that address the needs of the automation market. VSI Automation and Control gives remotely located service personnel the ability to securely access discrete and process control devices on an industrial Ethernet network behind a company’s firewall.
The product, consisting of a hardware appliance and administrative software, can be used by global manufacturers that rely on a central IT department to manage multiple sites, or by equipment providers — including control automation vendors — that are adding remote diagnostics and management to their service offerings.
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