Reference Architecture Developed for Automotive Industry

By DE Editors

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, IBM, and ILS Technology LLC are delivering a service oriented architecture (SOA) solution designed for the automotive manufacturing industry. They have developed a reference architecture to help customers meet industry standards more quickly for device-to-IT connectivity. Each company brings key technology that significantly strengthens this alliance.

IBM's integration services, SOA Foundation extended for manufacturing and project management will be an integral part of this alliance. Mitsubishi Electric develops best-in-class factory automation systems with direct enterprise computing connectivity via the MX MES Interface IT and other factory devices used in the automation and industrial market segment. ILS Technology's deviceWISE embedded software is integrated into the Mitsubishi Electric e-Factory Portfolio and links IBM's and plant floor technologies together for those segments. These frameworks are used to connect the device tier to the enterprise-IT tier.

Under the terms of the agreement, each company will jointly market their respective products and services to industrial customers.

The agreement is the culmination of the companies' collaboration on reference architecture during the past year. ILS Technology's deviceWISE platform was recently recognized by IBM's SOA Specialty after successfully completing IBM's rigorous SOA technical and business requirements. Mitsubishi Electric and ILS Technology worked together to integrate deviceWISE into Mitsubishi Electric's e-Factory portfolio for factory automation.

For more information, go to IBM, Mitsubishi Electric, or ILS Technology, LLC.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.