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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 8:00:00 AM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Rockwell Automation updates its outlook with a new suite of service-oriented plant information systems; partners with OSIsoft for control product update. |
| Keywords: | Rockwell Automation, Logix, control systems, FactoryTalk, plant information systems, Web-services, data management, MES, OSIsoft, Rockwell Automation Fair |
When you look at Keith Nosbusch, Rockwell Automation's chairman and CEO, you'll notice that his appearance hasn't changed much since he took the helm in February 2004. But when you look behind him, at the company he leads, there's a lot that's different. Rockwell is no longer just a products company. Now, Rockwell is a service-oriented automation company that builds around its customers' needs, not product features and specifications. "We are trying to change our image," said Nosbusch in an interview at the company's annual Automation Fair in Baltimore in late October. "But the product remains important." The product Nosbusch is referring to is Logix, the company's control system, and FactoryTalk, the brand under which Rockwell is marketing its new suite of service-oriented plant information systems. [Click to continue] |
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