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Module Marketplace is a product of Inductive Automation. It is an online store, similar in concept to: the iTunes Store or Google Play for the SCADA industry. It opened on March 4th, 2013[1]. The Module Marketplace is designed to bring together the community of Ignition users and developers. Some modules are free while others are paid. All are developed using the Ignition SDK.

Media Response

  • Automation, Manufacturing and Leadership columnist Gary Mintchell called the Module Marketplace, "a platform and business model worth watching" and described the company as "developing something disruptive that is going to revolutionize the industry[2]".
  • Dave Greenfield of Automation world explains the significance as "Consumer technology driving Automation" with a comparison to the iTunes store[3].
  • Dale Peterson of Digital Bond picked up the story as "An Apple-type store for ICS applications?"

[4]

  1. ^ "Inductive Automation to Launch First Community-Based Industrial Automation Software Module Store". Inductive Automation. Retrieved 10 Mar 2013.
  2. ^ Gary Mintchell (18 Feb 2013). "ARC Forum 2013: First Community-Based Industrial Automation Software Module Store". Gary Mintchell Feed Forward. Retrieved 10 Mar 2013.
  3. ^ Dave Greenfield (14 Feb 2013). "Consumer Technology Drives Automation". Automation World. Retrieved 10 Mar 2013.
  4. ^ Dale Peterson (22 Feb 2013). "Digital Bond Friday News & Notes". Retrieved 10 Mar 2013.