Gray Matter Systems Canada Becomes Registered Cisco Partner

April 5, 2012 - PRLog -- MISSISSAUGA, ON:  Gray Matter Systems Canada, a leading provider of hardware and software solutions for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing industry assets, announced today it has become a Register Cisco Partner. This achievement allows Gray Matter Systems Canada to add the Cisco Ethernet-to-the-Factory open-standard networking solution to its growing process automation product offering, which includes automation software and operations management solutions from GE Intelligent Platforms.
“We are honored to have the opportunity to offer this powerful solution as part of our product offering,” Gray Matter Systems Canada President Shaheen Yussuf said. “Gray Matter Systems Canada is committed to delivering the best data management, operations supervision, and process solutions, and this partnership with Cisco will help us make good on that promise.”
The Cisco Ethernet-to-the-Factory (EttF) open-standard networking solution helps enable flexible and efficient operations based on the integration of real-time data from the production floor and information from business applications.
Designed and validated by Cisco and GE Intelligent Platforms, industry leaders in networking and automation, EttF is building on an end-to-end networking architecture that provides connectivity, collaboration and integration from the device level to enterprise business systems.  
The Cisco Ethernet-to-the-Factory solution helps manufacturing companies to:
•   Globalize operations through IT integration with automation systems and a scalable architecture that helps enable secure plant-to-business convergence.
•   Improve operational costs and efficiency through familiar tools and secure remote access to plant floor systems.
•   Mitigate risks by improving network uptime and equipment availability with industry-leading security architecture.
This solution incorporates Cisco's industry-leading network-based security solutions to protect critical manufacturing systems while allowing secure access for authorized personnel, regardless of location.