ArchestrA System Platform 2012 Improves Security, Data Integrity and Throughput

OCTOBER 14, 2012/Dubai UAE - Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries, introduced its ArchestrA® System Platform 2012 R2 software, with expanded supervisory control, information reporting, analysis and big-data capabilities at its Wonderware® and Avantis® User Group 2012.

Gathering customers, system integrators and partners, the meeting was held last week in Anaheim, Calif. Focusing on the future of industrial operations, highlights at the event included new capabilities that modernize underlying technologies, IT platforms and software systems.

Ravi Gopinath, president of Invensys Operations Management's Software business, said: "Manufacturing and industry has changed, requiring a fundamental rethinking of how companies will attain real-time operational excellence. Executives, managers and operators need to envision the future of their business. Organizations can take advantage of new underlying technologies, IT platforms and software to create and sustain a flexible, successful business, one that is built for today and the future, through better planning, empowering workforce and improving overall asset reliability."

Adding to the capabilities of its Wonderware line of products, ArchestrA System Platform R2 software includes extended plant-to-plant communication, a 300 percent increase in historian data capacity, redundant historians, support for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 and greatly improved data throughput as well as higher security and data reliability. The updated software further improves upon its reputation for tight integration, compatibility, ease of upgrade, high availability and the ability to analyze data quickly and easily, which translates to bottom line dollars, especially for those running 24/7 operations.

Rob McGreevy, vice president of platform and operations software, Invensys Operations Management, added: "The new ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 helps customers achieve operational excellence with improved capacity, more flexibility and system expansion. The updated software enables companies to easily and seamlessly connect the complete set of control systems with one common, tightly integrated infrastructure and common security, regardless of the number of operations and geographical dispersion."

ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 software maintains complete data integrity and high availability with optimal performance under a single, easily managed and maintained engineering environment. This can be applied to large global enterprises and medium-sized companies seeking to separate different parts of the business for operations or reporting purposes. This is not only extremely cost effective, but configuration of even the most sophisticated systems is as simple as checking a box.

McGreevy added: "Customers with remote sites such as oil and gas production, power plants, facilities management, water and wastewater plants or any SCADA-specific use, typically have issues in properly handling intermittent, uncurrent or out-of-sequence data. When off-line remote sites suddenly connect, they require a burst of cached information to be handled quickly, efficiently and accurately. ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2 and Wonderware Historian 2012 R2 software, with significantly higher storage and retrieval throughput, can process intermittent and 'late' data with total integrity. In addition, the communication channel for data from the ArchestrA System Platform to the Wonderware Historian can be encrypted, greatly improving security of data across communications channels.

"When it comes to envisioning and enabling real-time operational excellence, Invensys are the experts. Our software solutions help modernize plant operations, from the executive office to the plant floor. They help minimize downtime, reduce costs, cut total cost of ownership, improve safety and quality, and most importantly, empower our clients' most valuable resource - their people. In short, innovative Wonderware and Avantis software and solutions can help our customers become more flexible and compete in today's increasingly competitive market."

To learn more about the new ArchestrA System Platform 2012 R2, please visit http://iom.invensys.com/EN/Pages/ArchestrASystemPlatform.aspx.

About Invensys Operations Management
Invensys Operations Management, a division of Invensys, is a leading provider of automation and information technology, systems, software solutions, services and consulting to the global manufacturing and infrastructure industries. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, its solutions are used by more than 40,000 clients around the world in more than 200,000 plants and facilities.

Invensys Operations Management's offerings are delivered under several prominent industry brands, including Avantis, Eurotherm, Foxboro, IMServ, InFusion, SimSci-Esscor, Skelta, Triconex and Wonderware. The company's approximately 9,000 employees and its global partner ecosystem integrate these products and services to help clients collaborate across systems and enterprises in real time, extracting critical data to make faster, better decisions and synchronize their operations from the plant floor to the executive offices, aligning production goals with business objectives. To learn more about Invensys Operations Management, visit iom.invensys.com.

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