Rexel and Prosoft will be running a webinar in March on how manufacturers can remotely access their control systems platforms, from any vendor, from anywhere in the world, through encrypted cloud services.The webinar will be conducted by Kuan Chee Choun, Asia Pacific regional director of sales and marketing for ProSoft Technology, who has over 20 years of industrial automation experience, along with Matt Tomlins, team leader automation, drives and software for Rexel Industrial Automation.Smart manufacturing requires access to information from all parts of the manufacturing system. This includes outdated systems, standalone systems and systems that run independently from the main control system.The benefits of utilising secure cloud services are:Users can gather data from multiple vendors into a single, unified view, enabling smarter decision-making and optimisation.Users can monitor, manage and control systems that are remotely located anywhere in the world, through ProSoft's encrypted cloud services.Companies can save on travel time and cost, and providing customers a higher level of service with easily accessed information.The presenters say that this is an opportunity to discuss some of your challenges and get practical advice on connecting different automation system platforms, over local networks or over the Industrial Internet of Things.Date: Tuesday 14 March 2017Time: 1.30 pm AEDT (NSW), 12.30 pm AEST (Qld)Duration: Approximately 60 minutesRegister here to ensure you get a recording after the webinar.