SIXNET and COI Software formed a partnership to bring together pieces of the industrial Ethernet puzzle. COI Software's iSNMP Suite works jointly with SIXNET's SNMP-enabled Ethernet Managed Switches to gather and deliver real-time data to existing HMI or SCADA software. Now, automation and control engineers can monitor and analyze their network communications using the software tools they already have and are familiar with.

COI Software products are designed to provide a virtual "dashboard" to help network users better manage, monitor and utilize their investments in Ethernet plant-floor technology. SIXNET industrial Ethernet products reside right on the factory floor and are the network interfaces to PLCs, computers, I/O or any Ethernet device.