Integration Objects releases intelligent platform based on next generation KPI and knowledge management technology

January 20, 2010 - Integration Objects announced that they have released their new intelligent application framework: KnowledgeNet (KNet). This platform pairs advanced integration capabilities with newly developed knowledge management technology for companies striving to achieve and maintain operation excellence.

KNet´s features allow users to have a global view of the enterprise, visualize processes, implement an enterprise-level decision support system and use a KPI expert function to monitor plant-wide performance, diagnose any deviations from operational objectives and suggest corrective actions for plant process and safety improvements. This can help managers and operators to make more effective business and operational decisions and identify areas for profitability improvement.

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Free OPC Server Simulators testing tool announced by Integration Objects

Integration Objects announced that it has released a free, plug and play solution for testing OPC Client applications: OPC Server Simulators. This tool allows users to test any third party OPC Client application using simulated data and messages.

OPC Server Simulators includes both an OPC DA⁄HDA (Data Access⁄Historical Data Access) server and an OPC A&E (Alarms&Events) server simulator, giving end-users, developers and integrators the ability to conduct tests on simulated real-time data, alarms and events, as well as on simulated historical raw and processed data. To access the rest of the article, please follow this link: OPC Server Simulators Release.

Integration Objects exhibiting at EURA OpsManage´09 Collaboration Expo

The EURA OpsManage ´09 Collaboration Expo is an event that spans many disciplines in the Manufacturing & Infrastructure Operations industries but has a single focus for 2009: empowering sustainable success. Integration Objects is happy to be exhibiting at this event and will be showcasing its integrated solutions that allow its clients to reach operation excellence and turn knowledge into operational intelligence. For more information on the Expo, visit the OpsManage ´09 website

Integration Objects´ products pass OPC Foundation Compliance Testing

Integration Objects is pleased to announce that five of their OPC software products have passed the OPC Foundation's Self-Tested Compliance test. The following products are now OPC Foundation Compliance certified: OPC HDA Server Enterprise, OPC HDA Server for InSQL, OPC HDA Server for MS Access, OPC HDA Server for Oracle and the OPC HDA Server for SQL Server. The "Self Tested" level of testing provides a process where OPC vendors can verify the correct operation of their products with a series of tests developed by the OPC Foundation. These tests determine what features of OPC specifications the product supports and verifies that these features are correctly implemented. You can find our product listing on the OPC Foundation website at the following address: http://www.opcfoundation.org/Products/CompanyDetails.aspx?CM=1&RI=149&CU=5 .

New White Paper Published

Open Architectures to Improve Plant Visibility and Performance This paper discusses some of the options available for integrating automation islands and for distributing information at any level in the organization. Real world examples will be presented to show benefits provided by open architectures. To access the rest of the article, please follow this link: New White Paper

Upgraded version of OPCNet Broker released: Now DA and HDA compliant!

Upgraded version of OPCNet Broker released

OPCNet Broker™ DA HDA for industrial network security and connectivity ensures fast, reliable, and secure OPC remote communication by bypassing DCOM bottlenecks and by tunnelling data through multiple firewalls and domains.
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New release of the OPC Data Transfer

OPC Data Transfer

Manufacturers now have a simple and secure solution to enable their different control systems to exchange data.
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EURA OpsManage ´09 Collaboration Expo

Visit Integration Objects at booth #13 in the 2009 EURA OpsManage Collaboration Expo in Paris, France on December 1 & 2‚ 2009. Meet Wonderware partners from the Manufacturing & Infrastructure Operations industries and talk one­on­one with experts from Integration Objects to learn how we can help you reach operation excellence. For more information on attending the Expo‚ visit opsmanage.wonderware.com.

Webinar: OPC Training Institute‚ on February 26th‚ 2009. Register at http://www.opcti.com/webinars.aspx

Integration Objects will co-host a webinar with their partner, the OPC Training Institute, on February 26th, 2009. The webinar is entitled "Upgrading or Expanding Control Systems: What every integrator needs to know". Visit http://www.opcti.com/webinars.aspx to register and please find below further information regarding this informative webinar. The majority of plant upgrades or expansion projects go overtime and over-budget. This is due in part to retrofitting new systems within existing infrastructure. Join the OPC Training Institute and Integration Objects for an online webinar to see how some integrators are cutting costs and time using standards-based technology. Automation personnel, integrators, process control engineers, IT architects and others involved in plant and manufacturing operations are invited to attend the live, online presentation to learn the tools and techniques used to share industrial data among multiple systems and applications. Find out how to:

• Consolidate plant information in a single console
• Deploy a console-replacement solution
• Connect two DCSs together
• Gather data from disparate control systems