(Rockwell Automation: Milwaukee) — Rockwell Automation has added 10 VMware Ready software products to its PlantPAx Process Automation System to help manufacturers leverage the benefits of virtualization. The VMware Ready software products from Rockwell Automation now include Rockwell Software RSLogix 5000, FactoryTalk View Site Edition, FactoryTalk Historian Site Edition, FactoryTalk VantagePoint, FactoryTalk AssetCentre, FactoryTalk Batch, RSLinx Classic, RSLinx Enterprise, FactoryTalk View Studio, and FactoryTalk Gateway.

“Our plan to test Rockwell Automation products for a virtual environment was well received by attendees at last year’s Process Solutions User Group,” says Steve Pulsifer, director of process market development at Rockwell Automation. “So we anticipate significant support for our expansion of VMware Ready products and for our plans moving forward to include new software products as they are launched.”

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