IGear Joins the Industrial Internet Consortium
Company Joins Technology Leaders to Innovate and Accelerate the Growth of Smart, Connected Industrial Machines and Processes.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IGear, a proven leader in the delivery of connectivity, process control, and visual analysis software platforms for the global manufacturing industry, today announced that it has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC), the open membership organization founded in March of this year by AT&T, Cisco, GE, IBM, and Intel to create an ecosystem of industry, academia, and government to accelerate the adoption of the Internet of Things for industrial applications.
IGear is joining the IIC to collaborate with its members and to contribute its knowledge to accelerate the adoption of smart, connected industrial machines and processes. For more than 25 years, IGear has been connecting talents and technologies for leading global manufacturing companies and industrial equipment OEMs. From these roots, the company has evolved its ALWAYS ON® platform, a complete, versatile, reliable, and easy to use software foundation to connect, control, and analyze real-time industrial process and machine data.
"We are pleased to be joining forces with the Industrial Internet Consortium membership to assist all of us in realizing our shared business goals." says Don Korfhage, President and CEO of IGear. "Since day one, we have been innovating connected manufacturing business applications for our industrial clients and we are enthusiastic about bringing our relevant experience and contribution to the work of the IIC."
"We're at the precipice of a major technological shift, where smart machines will communicate and connect in ways that will lead to transformational business outcomes," said Dr. Richard Soley, Executive Director, Industrial Internet Consortium. "IGear is joining a group of industry visionaries that will lead the charge for adoption of the Industrial Internet. We look forward to working with them."
IGear will be attending IIC quarterly meetings beginning with the December 9th – 11th, 2014 meeting scheduled in Long Beach, CA and also plan to be a very active participant in the working committees of the IIC.
About the Industrial Internet Consortium
The Industrial Internet Consortium is an open membership organization formed to accelerate the development, adoption and wide-spread use of interconnected machines and devices, intelligent analytics and people at work. Founded by AT&T, Cisco, General Electric, IBM and Intel in March 2014, the IIC catalyzes and coordinates the priorities and enabling technologies of the Industrial Internet. For more information, please visit www.iiconsortium.org.
About IGear Online
IGear, headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is a leading provider of connectivity, process control, and visual analysis software platforms for the global manufacturing industry. The company's ALWAYS ON® platform provides a complete, versatile, reliable, and easy to use software foundation to connect, control, and analyze real-time industrial process and machine data. Leading global manufacturers and industrial OEMs leverage ALWAYS ON® as the technology foundation for innovative connected manufacturing and Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) business applications. For more information about IGear Online visit the Company's website at www.igearonline.com.
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IGear Online, LLC
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