BACnet International welcomes Kepware® Technologies to the BACnet community as its newest silver member. Kepware, a PTC business developing industrial connectivity software, helps engineers bridge the communications gap between diverse hardware and software applications. Kepware’s flagship KEPServerEX® connectivity software communicates with industrial devices and applications using a library of more than 150 protocols to provide enterprise applications with reliable real-time data through a single platform.
“Technological advancements in both building automation hardware and the Internet of Things (IoT) have exposed new opportunities to combine environmental data with production data to increase productivity and reduce costs in industrial environments,” said Glen Marquis, Product Manager, Kepware. “Kepware’s KEPServerEX software provides unified access and management of building automation and industrial production information. We are very excited to join BACnet International and hope to contribute to and leverage its extensive membership as we continue to develop products that meet evolving market needs.”
Kepware joins more than 125 of the leading building automation vendors and integrators in the world advocating BACnet as a communication protocol.
“We are happy to have Kepware join the growing membership of BACnet International and are excited to welcome a technology provider that complements our other members well,” stated Andy McMillan, president and managing director of BACnet International. “There is a great environment of networking and sharing amongst our members and I’m sure Kepware will contribute greatly to that as well as benefit from the interactions.”