IAONA To Take a Lead Role Globally for Advancing Ethernet On the Factory Floor.Business/Technology Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 1999 IAONA IAONA Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance Members at Second Organizational Meeting Commit to Working with European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and Asian Associations that Promote Ethernet Ethernet Telecommunications networking protocol introduced by Xerox Corp. in 1979. It was developed as an inexpensive way of sending information quickly between office machines connected together in a single room or building, but it rapidly became a standard computer for Industrial Automation The Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance (IAONA) held its second organizational meeting on December 8, 1999 at the Allen Bradley Automation Fair in Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. . IAONA Board of Directors member Michael Evensen, vice president of industrial automation at NETsilicon, Inc., presided over the meeting and led the core discussion on the importance of maintaining an international focus for IAONA. After recently attending a European Open Sporting events called the European Open include:
abbr. Her (or His) Majesty's Ship HMS (Brit) abbr (= His (or Her) Majesty's Ship) → Namensteil von Schiffen der Kriegsmarine Fieldbus Systems AB in Sweden, and Evensen reported on the limited role of similar organizations in Europe and Asia. It was decided that maintaining an international focus is crucial to the success of IAONA's mission of encouraging the growth of open networking on the factory floor. IAONA will embrace the activities of similar overseas organizations and maintain strong communication with such organizations regarding respective missions and future activities. "IAONA is committed to bringing open networking to factory floors on a global basis," said Evensen. "It is evident that we cannot rely on regional organizations to forward this cause sufficiently. It is crucial for IAONA to adopt an international focus and work with similar groups as a global network to ensure the acceptance of Ethernet in industrial automation." Additionally, web, survey, and marketing committee reports were presented at the meeting. IAONA members also decided to hold three general meetings in 2000. These meetings will be held at National Manufacturing Week in Chicago in March, ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. EXPO/2000 in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded in August, and at the Rockwell Allen-Bradley Automation Fair in Philadelphia in December. For further information on IAONA, please visit the IAONA website at www.iaona.com or contact Chip Stockton at cgstockton@aol.com or 858-673-1372. About IAONA The Industrial Automation Open Networking Alliance (IAONA) is a trade group chartered in 1999 for the purpose of encouraging the growth of open networking in industrial automation. IAONA joins Ethernet-Internet technologists and the leading developers of industrial automation applications to identify, discuss and resolve issues that stand in the way of manufacturers experiencing the many benefits of open networking across the entire factory. Located on the web at www.iaona.com, IAONA will encourage the adoption of open networking in industrial automation by identifying and resolving issues; hosting forums; organizing technical and marketing committees; sponsoring educational programs; publicizing pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Noun 1. publicizing - the business of drawing public attention to goods and services advertising issues and developments; and making recommendations to standards groups. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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