Advantech, Invensys to offer Wonderware Windows CE HMI

10/09/2009

CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Industrial Automation Group of Advantech and Invensys Operations Management have announced their partnership in developing the Wonderware InTouch HMI software in a compact edition form factor for Windows CE devices.
                                                         
“The Powered by Wonderware program, in conjunction with our partners, means that our customers can now order their HMI hardware with runtime software pre-installed, directly from their vendor of choice,” said Keith Jones, Invensys Operations Management marketing program manager, Wonderware HMI/SCADA products. “This offers a certified combination of InTouch Compact Edition software and vendor hardware, tested by Wonderware and ready to use out of the box. ”
 
Dan Fitzpatrick, global embedded program manager, says, “In addition, Wonderware customers are assured that InTouch Compact Edition software is certified to function properly on all certified hardware and that, together with our partners, we will support the complete solution in every corner of the globe,” Fitzpatrick said.
 
Gary Frederich, Western Regional Sales Manager for Advantech eAutomation, believes this partnership will “help Advantech and our channel partners increase Advantech’s solution offerings for the process end-user market and growing Windows CE based OEM HMI market.”