"The gathering and           
logical organization of information, and the      
coordination of the control of    
multiple diverse systems."
 

If you're tired of being held hostage by one control company for all of your building automation system upgrades and maintenance, your timing is perfect. BACnet and LONMARK standards set the stage by allowing multivendor interoperability of HVAC control devices. Similar standards on the process side open up dialogue with process controls. And now, based on Internet Technology, along comes Vykon from Tridium to tie it all together.