Q: Do you have all the equipment data you need, when you need it, to do your job?
A: Our research is a unanimous NO to this question

Q: Are you spending most of your IT dollars on system integration?
A: 85% Systems Integration, 15% packaged software…the SI expense is out of line

Q: Can you deploy ad hoc data queries to equipment when you need them, whether or not production is running?
A: Very difficult in a host/slave world

Ask the Equipment Manufacturer...

Q: Can you easily integrate new devices into your tool, such as RGA's and particle monitors?
A: The tool manufacturers have responded with a consistent NO to this question.

Q: Can you monitor the health and/or perform remote diagnostics of your tools at remote sites, real-time, and on-line?
A: No. Even in those cases where tools have modems, the end users don't like the lack of access security once the connection is made

Q: How about On-Site?
A: No

Why do these limitations exist?

Existing equipment application software products use architectures and technologies derived from mainframe computing and client-server architectures, not Web-application architectures. Simply put, existing applications do not meet the requirements for the next generation of equipment applications.