Winsted WELS software is top-notch

I may be a little late to the party on this one, but Winsted's WELS software is tremendous. Winsted, a manufacturer of modular furniture primarily used in Security Operations Centers, has a free software package available to consultants and designers. The software package, known as WELS, is an easy to use interface that allows the user to generate designs for custom configurations in a style similar to Microsoft's Visio.

The differentiating component of this software, is the ability to generate design specs and parts lists (complete with part numbers and commercial-level pricing invoices) for easy to deliver submital packages.

Kudos to Winsted, for delivering a package that is easy to use, creative, and highly functional.

Schneider Electric to buy Pelco...

Pelco was up for grabs and the speculation is over now that the French tech firm, Schneider Electric, has negotiated a deal with the video security giant for $1.54 Billion. Schneider will pair the profitable Pelco video line with their recent acquisitions of TAC, Andover Controls and Invensys Building Systems.

Schneider has been engineering high profits globally with specific focus on growth sectors within the Middle East market. Although the acquisition is viewed as a wash to investors (see Forbes article), the addition of Pelco's brand recognition should be a nice fit for the group. (Press release).