When PTC acquired Kepware Technologies early this year, it was a key link between industrial devices and the Internet of Things (IoT)—the aim being to make KEPServerEX a strategic component of PTC’s ThingWorx IoT technology platform. By August, Kepware had launchedKepserverex版本5.21使用完全集成的WorkWorx本机客户端界面，可提供与这些工业设备的快速连接。
Now KEPServerEX Version 6—the first major upgrade of Kepware’s flagship industrial connectivity platform since Version 5’s launch in 2009—has taken several steps forward in Industrial IoT (IIoT). It builds on more recent technology developments, such as defense in depth, REST API capabilities and OPC UA to improve operational scalability, security and support.
自对甘蔗术的最后一次主要释放以来，对工业连接的需求显着增加。“随着事物互联网继续影响工业架构，公司需要一个全面的解决方案，可以将数据沟通和分析到更广泛的，更多样化的客户端应用程序的更大，各种和速度，”副总裁John Harrington表示KEPWARE的产品管理。“我们已纳入了重要的可用性和架构增强功能，支持这些不断发展的行业标准进入Kepserverex版本6. Enterprise-Ready，IT友好和安全，版本6是对客户的扩大和不断发展需求的直接响应。”
IIOT友好的连接平台包括多种增强功能：
- 一个新的基于REST的APIenables off-site users to remotely apply programmatic changes to the configuration via third-party client applications. Customers can easily configure multiple KEPServerEX instances from their enterprise software, enabling improved security and collaboration between operations and IT.
- 日本和德国市场的本地化为日本和德国客户以及全球跨国公司提供可访问性，生产力和安全性。
- Native development of core OPC UA technology为持续的OPC UA功能增强提供了改进的性能，增强诊断和稳固基础。
- 对Kepserverex，许可证实用程序和我的Kepware更新简化许可for users.
- An增强的用户界面streamlines project setup and deployment, enabling more effective and efficient interactions with KEPServerEX. The updates also promote a safe user experience, enable increased productivity and improve accessibility.
- 现在包含作为免费核心服务器组件，Security Policies advanced plug-incomplements an industrial defense-in-depth strategy by enabling customers to assign security access permissions on individual objects based on user role.
