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PRODUCT SCAN through a simple submit-and-publish workflow within a Web-based architecture. The software is designed to accelerate the resolution of service calls by enabling end users, field service technicians, and call center personnel to easily identify solutions to complex problems. When a request is made, a combination of search modes, capabilities, and problem-related photographs and sounds guides the user to the right solution. Service Knowledge Management is available now as part of the Servigistics after-market service portfolio, including service parts management, workforce management, and pricing management all operating together from a single data model. www.managingautomation.com/Servigistics DATALOGIC SCANNING, INC. RUGGED HANDHELDS anufacturers or distributors looking for rugged handheld scanners have a new option from Datalogic Scanning: the PowerScan 8000 series of bar code readers. The 8000 family includes three models: two versions of the 8300 laser scanner for 1D bar codes, which has read ranges of up to 10 meters, and the 8500, a 2D mega-pixel image scanner. The models come corded or cordless, and can withstand 50 drops from 6.6 feet to concrete, as well as hundreds of drops from 3.3 feet, according to the company. The 2D megapixel model can read 1D, stacked, or 2D bar codes with its 1,280 x 1,024 imaging sensor. www.managingautomation.com/Datalogic M BOSCH REXROTH AG PLC/PAC most popular BPI tools osch Rexroth has expanded its line of IndraLogic PLCs and PACs with the IndraControl L10 PLC featuring scalable hardware, pre-developed machine functions, reusable code, and unified programming software to reduce engineering time for B A look at the 10 most often compared Business Process Integration (BPI) tools in ManagingAutomation.com’s TechMATCH directory database (2/1/08 - 4/30/08): 1. BEA Systems’ AquaLogic BPM Suite, which contains specialized modeling and design tools used by companies to create, execute, and optimize end-to-end business processes (recently acquired by Oracle Corp.) 2. Software AG’s webMethods Business Process Management Suite, which includes rich, interactive interfaces that reveal the root cause of process problems, and built-in “Guided Process Improvement” and simulation capabilities to address both day-to-day operational problems and longer-term improvements 3. IBM WebSphere Application Server, a key building block of the IBM SOA reference architecture that provides a Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) offering for assembling, deploying, and managing applications 4. Seeburger’s Business Integration Server, a business integration platform that automates trading relationships throughout the supply chain 5. Oracle BPM, a set of standards-based Oracle Fusion middleware components for modeling, executing, managing, and optimizing business process applications 6. EXTOL’s Business Integrator suite, a platform-independent, J2EE-based integration broker featuring 100% pure Java implementation with no legacy code in a self-contained system 7. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks, which enables companies to expose existing systems as services, build new services, and orchestrate and assemble services into applications with little or no coding 8. IONA Artix Enterprise Service Bus, which deploys, manages, and secures a services-oriented architecture (SOA) without requiring a centralized hub, leveraging and modernizing existing middleware investments in Global 2000 companies 9. SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, a set of open integration technologies that support process-centric collaboration among SAP and non-SAP applications, both within and beyond enterprise boundaries 10. Sterling Commerce B2B Collaboration Suite, which handles business process orchestrations, high-volume electronic message exchange, complex routing, translation, and flexible interaction with multiple internal systems and external business partners machine builders. Designed for general automation, printing converting, packaging machine tool, and other industries, the OPC-compliant IndraControl L10 features a megabyte of program storage space along with an Ethernet port for remote access or SCADA functionality. The available memory allows machine builders to run larger and more complex programs or different applications without the need for multiple PLCs. To save engineering time, the IndraControl L10 comes with PLCopen machine functions that are pre-programmed according to IEC61131-3 standards. Rexroth also offers scalable hardware, allowing machine builders to re-use their programs on more powerful Rexroth PLCs without requiring different configurations or multiple versions. www.managingautomation.com/Bosch CIMTEK ON-DEMAND QUALITY TEST ANALYTICS IMTEK has introduced a Web-based, on-demand version of its Magellon QLM software that allows electronics man- C ma June 54 2008 http://www.managingautomation.com/Servigistics http://www.managingautomation.com/Datalogic http://ManagingAutomation.com http://www.managingautomation.com/Bosch

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