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Mon, 01 March, 2010 16:47:00 -0500 Industry NewsA solution capable of analyzing the multiple sources of data required to run an entire facility, as well as a system capable of providing collaboration between visualization, alarm management, scheduling, reporting and analysis functions.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=100301%2Dautobldgs%2EhtmMon, 01 March 2010 16:45:00 -0500 Industry NewsPlants find efficiencies through dynamic or real-time measurement of equipment effectiveness.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090701%2D2%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:52:00 -0500 Industry NewsOverall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is a percentage calculation determined by three major components-availability, performance (or run time) and quality.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090701%2D1%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:50:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS announced the combination of several of its products into a GEO Productivity Portal that can provide multiple benefits to renewable energy industries such as wind power, solar, bio fuel, hydro and fuel cell.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090506%2DARC%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:49:00 -0500 Industry NewsDematic wanted an end-to-end visualisation system that could handle its complex warehouse management requirements. It found the solution in ICONICS GENESIS32-based technology.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090505%2DOnWindows%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:47:00 -0500 Industry NewsTailor-Fitted HMI: Operator Interface Hardware Can Accommodate the Needs of the User and Look Good Doing Ithttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090501%5FCtrl%2DDesign%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:46:00 -0500 Industry NewsVisualisation and manufacturing intelligence software provider ICONICS has entered into a working relationship with Kepware Technologies, a leader in communications for automation.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090501%2DOnWindows%2EhtmThu, 13 August 2009 11:45:00 -0500 Industry NewsNo longer just an operator interface, HMIs enhance plant performance, regulatory compliance and product quality.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090501-FoodEng.htmThu, 18 June 2009 14:55:00 -0500 Industry NewsTailor-Fitted HMI: Operator Interface Hardware Can Accommodate the Needs of the User and Look Good Doing Ithttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090506-ARC.htmThu, 18 June 2009 14:52:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS announced the combination of several of its products into a GEO Productivity Portal that can provide multiple benefits to renewable energy industries such as wind power, solar, bio fuel, hydro and fuel cell.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090506-ARC.htmFri, 08 May 2009 16:09:00 -0500 Industry NewsDematic wanted an end-to-end visualisation system that could handle its complex warehouse management requirements. It found the solution in ICONICS’ GENESIS32-based technology.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090505-OnWindows.htmFri, 08 May 2009 16:07:00 -0500 Industry NewsVisualisation and manufacturing intelligence software provider ICONICS has entered into a working relationship with Kepware Technologies, a leader in communications for automation. Through the partnership, the two companies will deliver Microsoft Windows CE communications solutions for use with ICONICS’ embedded SCADA and visualisation products for machine builders and panel original equipment builders (OEMs).http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090501-OnWindows.htmFri, 08 May 2009 16:04:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has developed four ICO-Stimulus Packages to provide real savings to customers in today's challenging economy.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090428-ChemPro.htmWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:22:00 -0500 Industry NewsKepware Technologies has announced a working relationship to deliver Windows CE communications solution for use with ICONICS embedded SCADA and visualization products for machine builders and Panel OEMs.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090427-readout.htmWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:21:00 -0500 Industry NewsKepware Technologies, a leader in Communications for Automation, announced a working relationship to deliver Windows CE communications solution for use with ICONICS embedded SCADA and visualization products for machine builders and Panel OEMs.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090427-ARC.htmWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:19:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS GENESIS64, the only HMI/SCADA software solution certified for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, incorporates new Microsoft Silverlight™ cloud services technologyhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-PTTC.htmWed, 29 Apr 2009 10:17:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has announced upgrades to some of its leading systems, as well as to its OPC-UA Server Library:http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090122_PharmaMan.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 13:23:00 -0500 Industry NewsAccording to manufacturing intelligence vendor ICONICS, a specialist tool-BizViz Productivity Analytics-uses data mining technology to track real-time key performance indicators such as throughput, OEE, yield, availability, and uptime.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090301_MBT.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 13:10:00 -0500 Industry NewsMit innovativen Technologien zu einfachen Applikationenhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090301-ITProduction.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 13:00:00 -0500 Industry NewsMit der Einfuhrung von Vista hat Microsoft das Framework Windows Presentation Foundation WPF fur Grafikausgaben auf Vektorbasis eingefuhrt, uber .net3 lasst sich auch das zunehmend in der Automation verbreitete Windows XP damit aufrustenhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090401-Elektro-Automation.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:50:00 -0500 Industry NewsTim Donaldson, director of marketing at ICONICS, attributes software's easy connectivity to OPC.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090401-ControlGlobal.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:45:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS, provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Windows operating systems, has announced several ICO-Stimulus Packages, created to provide savings to customers in today's challenging economy.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090413_CtrlEng.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:40:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS' new GENESIS32 V9.13 HMI/SCADA visualization product includes both a full installation of v9.13 and the ability to upgrade an earlier v9.x version to v9.13.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090127-Aut_World.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:30:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS Webcasts are designed for end users, systems integrators, strategic OEM partners and sales partners.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090406-Aut_dot_com.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:20:00 -0500 Industry NewsOPC ToolWorX is ICONICS' rapid OPC development toolkit, which supplies everything needed to quickly design OPC server products, including the infrastructure and software architecture required for designing an OPC server.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090414-ARC.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:10:00 -0500 Industry NewsGENESIS32 Control System Monitors Country-Wide Network of 400 Pumping Stations and 100 Tank Farms.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090301-OilIt.htmWed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has launched the latest version of its GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA suite, which incorporates Microsoft Silverlight technology browser plug-in technology to improve visualization functionality.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201_Prime.htmMon, 09 Feb 2009 12:16:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has released a visualization software module called FacilityWorX, which is designed for use with facility-based systems running on the Windows operating system in the manufacturing industry.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-2_Prime.htmMon, 09 Feb 2009 12:14:00 -0500 Industry NewsIn a 2008 study AMR Research conducted with 251 food and beverage companies, 63% of respondents increased their brand claims of health and safety and product performance over the past five years. Yet the average company had 178 recalls: 38 for product performance, 36 for allergen-free compliance, 31 for potential contamination, 30 for health and safety, 29 for marketing label issues and 14 for products that don't perform when aged. Sixty-seven percent of companies with more than $5 billion in revenue had write-offs related to recalls that exceeded $20 million.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090101-FoodEng.htmThu, 29 Dec 2008 14:30:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS, a 2008 Microsoft Gold Certified Partner of the Year and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announced for GENESIS32 V9, V8 Customers, an Upgrade for BizViz V9 Customers, and a New ICONICS OPC-UA Server Library.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=090120-ARC.htmThu, 29 Dec 2008 13:30:00 -0500 Industry NewsVersion 10.5 of the GENESIS64 64-bit-optimized, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite is designed from the ground up utilizing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms, and includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-2-CPECN.htmThu, 29 Dec 2008 11:05:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS Hyper Historian Version 10.5 is a 64-bit, robust, reliable, high-speed plant historian. Designed from the ground up for mission-critical applications demanding the highest level of availability, it delivers unparalleled performance while consuming only a small amount of resources.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-CPECN.htmThu, 29 Dec 2008 11:02:00 -0500 Industry NewsVersion 10.5 GENESIS64 64-bit, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA software suite simplifies connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-2-ControlGlobal.htmThu, 29 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0500 Industry NewsWhat's a distributed control system? We asked end users, systems integrators and vendors and got answers ranging from "a control system with two PLCs connected by a network," to "DCS doesn't exist any more. Modern systems are (insert DCS vendor's euphemism here)."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-ControlGlobal.htmWed, 28 Dec 2008 10:50:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has released version 10.5 of the GENESIS64 64-bit-optimzed, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite. Designed from the ground-up utilizing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms, the GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081201-Remote.htmTue, 27 Dec 2008 15:09:00 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has released a visualisation software module called FacilityWorX, which is designed for use with facility-based systems running on the Windows operating system in the manufacturing industry.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001-OnWindows.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 12:17:40 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS, which offers Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows, is extending its partnership with the OPC Training Institute (OPCTI).http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001_MBT.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 12:05:27 -0500 Industry NewsICONIS has added CB Automation, Inc., a Canadian automation and instrumentation products and service providers to the industrial marketplace, as one of its service partners.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001-MfgAut.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:07 -0500 Industry NewsGENESIS64 lasst sich einfach in vorhandene Netzwerke integrieren, die volle Kompatibilitat zu Genesis32-System ist sichergestellt.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081101-ITProduction.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:42:05 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS has announced the version of it Hyper Historian plant historian, Version 10.5.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081031-ECN_Asia.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:18:04 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS, a provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, has announced the addition of CB Automation, Inc. as a sales channel partner.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001_CPECN.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:09:24 -0500 Industry NewsGENESIS64 is ICONICS' 64-bit-optimized, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, designed and certified for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. GENESIS64 is comprised of GraphWorX64 vector-based design ...http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001-InTech.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 11:01:49 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS is collaborating with the OPC Training Institute (OPCTI), headquartered in Alberta, Canada, in its OPC Training courses.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001_ControlGlobal.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 10:55:23 -0500 Industry NewsICONICS announced its online list of compatible OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and Data Access (OPC-DA) Servers, making it the most comprehensive list in the marketplace.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081020-Aut_dot_com.htmFri, 19 Dec 2008 10:50:08 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Automation World - October 20, 2008 - Green Hills Software Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif., demonstrated a secure environment for hosting SCADA applications. Integrity Padded Cell secure virtualization technology hosted Microsoft Windows and Linux guest operating systems running on an Intel core 2 Duo processor. The ICONICS GENESIS32™ automation suite was hosted inside one of the secure Integrity Padded Cells. The company also announced a partnership with 3S, Smart Software Solutions, makers of CoDeSys IEC 61131 programming software for creating controller applications.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081020-Aut_World.htmTue, 09 Dec 2008 15:01:00 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - October 16, 2008 - ICONICS announced its Version 10.5 of the GENESIS64 64-bit-optimized, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite at the ISA Conference in Houston. Designed utilizing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms, the GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Certified for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX64, TrendWorX64, AlarmWorX64, EarthWorX and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081016%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:12:47 -0500 Industry Newsfrom www.onwindows.com - October 15, 2008 - Manufacturing execution systems vendor ICONICS has launched the latest version of its GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA suite, which incorporates Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in technology to improve visualisation functionality. Version 10.5 of GENESIS64 uses OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms. ICONICS says the suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Certified for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint technology, the company claims it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualisation dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX64, TrendWorX64, AlarmWorX64, EarthWorX and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081015%2DOnWindows%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:11:33 -0500 Industry Newsfrom ARC Advisory Group - October 14, 2008 - ICONICS made several product announcements at ISA EXPO 2008. - FacilityWorX Software for Building Automation - ICONICS announced its new FacilityWorX visualization software module for integration with facility-based systems. With OPC-To-The-Core technology from ICONICS, and built on the industry standard BACnet protocol, FacilityWorX is a secure integration platform for Building Automation Systems. With the high cost of energy, and companies implementing Green initiatives, ICONICS is able to deliver a solution to help cut energy costs with an intelligent, easy to use facility management software module. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081014%2DARC%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:10:33 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Start64! - October 2008 - Today, ICONICS, a 2008 Microsoft Gold Certified Partner of the Year and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, announced its Version 10.5 of the GENESIS64 64-bit-optimized, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite. Designed from the ground up utilizing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms, the GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Certified for Microsoft Windows® Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint® technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX64, TrendWorX64, AlarmWorX64, EarthWorX and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001%2DStart64%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:09:28 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Automation World - October 2008 - "Working through integrator Kontron Czech, the resulting system uses a range of applications from ICONICS Inc., a Foxboro, Mass., manufacturing software supplier, which are integrated into a single system. In part, the choice was the result of the capability of ICONICS software to reduce database duplication and to smooth out the plug-and-play aspects of bringing disparate equipment together. In addition to supplying infrastructure and systems software, ICONICS worked in tandem with Kontron and Mondi IT personnel to help bring all the pieces together."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=081001%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:08:28 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Machine Design Magazine - July 10, 2008 - ICONICS has an agreement with Kepware Technologies to create the world's first total end-to-end OPC-UA solution. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080710%5FMachine%2DDesign%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:07:19 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Sensors Magazine - July 1, 2008 - "ICONICS has taken the approach of implementing OPC-UA throughout their new Genesis 64 products. At the same time, ICONICS has partnered with Kepware as its primary communications provider and is using Kepware's new OPC-UA interface. By reselling Kepware under the ICONICS label, ICONICS can assure their customers that although OPC-UA is a new technology, through this partnership and ICONICS' ability to provide the end-to-end solution, the first release of a new technology will be completely proven and reliable."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080701%5FSensors%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:06:19 -0500 Industry Newsfrom microsoft.com - June 13, 2008 - ISV/Software Solutions Partner of the Year - Winner: ICONICS, United States - The ICONICS GENESIS64 suite includes several solutions that allow for connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems and leverages Microsoft technologies, including Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, .NET Framework 3.0, and Office SharePoint technology. ICONICS developers have promoted Microsoft technologies throughout the developer community, providing positive feedback through related sites and online forums. A Gold Certified Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partner, ICONICS is one of the first to have earned the Certified for Windows Vista and Certified for Windows Server 2008 designations and has consistently and actively engaged in numerous co-marketing and launch campaigns to drive a large customer base of more than 225,000 deployed solutions worldwide in a variety of industries. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080613%5FMicrosoft%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:05:09 -0500 Industry NewsIl Sole 24 Ore - Mercoledi 24 Settembre 2008 - L'hi-tech catanese guarda a Stati Uniti e India per ridare impulse all'Etna valley. E se Iconics, multinazionale di Boston che produce software per I sistemi di sicurezza, ha già previsto l'apertura di una sua sede, la prima in Italia, a Catania, le missioni all'estero puntano non solo a instaturare partnership tra imprese, ma anche ad offrire la possibilità di insediarsi nell'area catanese. È proprio questo l'obiettivo principale cui ha puntato la più recente missione che ha visto protagoniste a New Delhie Bangalore, nell'ambito del ‘Progetto Paese', otto imprese catanesi appartenenti at distretti Etna Valley e Meccatronica. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080924%5FIlSole%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:04:19 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - June 9, 2008 - The Future Factory Initiative (FFI) is a joint effort of SAP Research and external partner organizations, including ICONICS, and is active in key areas including a Living Lab, a Real-World Manufacturing Testbed and a Center of Excellence. ICONICS' GENESIS64 64-bit, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite is currently utilized by SAP Research at the Future Factory Initiative. GENESIS64 provides customers with a 360° view of their entire organization, providing users with the power to quickly and efficiently add 3D symbols and animation to graphic visualizations of business processes and bring them to life. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080609%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:03:20 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Prime - Summer 2008 - ICONICS has announced a partnership with Kepware technologies, a leader in OPC device communications for automation. The companies have signed an agreement to create the world's first end-to-end solution based on OPC Foundation's Unified Architecture standard. The KEPServer integrates HMI/SCADA technology and visualization with a rich library of device connectivity from Kepware. The 64-bit solution is certified for Microsoft Windows and Windows server 2008. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080601%5FPrime%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:02:19 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Control Design - June 2008 - ICONICS (iconics.com) partnered with Kepware Technologies (kepware.com) to create an end-to-end OPC-UA solution that integrates HMI/SCADA and visualization with a library of device connectivity.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080601%5FCtrl%2DDesign%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 10:00:05 -0500 Industry Newsfrom read-out.net - June 2008 - ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems announced its participation in SAP's Future Factory Initiative (FFI).http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080601%2Dreadout%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 09:59:08 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Industrial Maintenance & Plant Operation - June 2008 - ICONICS, provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announced an agreement with Kepware Technologies, a leader in OPC device communications for automation. ICONICS and Kepware have signed a partnership agreement to create the world's first total end-to-end OPC-UA solution. The ICONICS OPC-UA KEPServer integrates HMI/SCADA and visualization with a rich library of device connectivity from Kepware. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080601%2DIMPO%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 09:55:04 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Prime, June 2008 - ICONICS has released GENESIS64, its new 64-bit-based, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite. It includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed to take the maximum advantage of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint technology, ICONICS says GENESIS64 allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080601%2D2%5FPrime%2EhtmWed, 05 Nov 2008 09:51:54 -0500 Industry Newsfrom start-IT - May 13, 2008 - ICONICS Inc., www.iconics.com, Foxborough, Mass., announced it will partner with Kepware Technologies Inc., www.kepware.com, Portland, Maine, to develop an end-to-end OPC-UA (OLE for process control-unified architecture) solution. The companies say they'll collaborate to create ICONICS OPC-UA for KEPServer, a solution that integrates ICONICS' visualization and HMI/SCADA (human-machine interface/supervisory control and data acquisition) capabilities with Kepware's device networking technologies. ICONICS' expertise lies in the industrial automation software sector, while Kepware specializes in automation communication software and embedded communication devices. Together, they plan to deliver a solution that makes it easier to leverage plant-floor visualization data with other IT (information technology) enterprise solutions. According to a press release, ICONICS OPC-UA for KEPServer is certified for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, has the ability to handle several different I/O (input/output) devices, and is based on Web Services technology.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080513%5FStartIt%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:49:36 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Manufacturing Business Technology - May 8, 2008 - ICONICS, a supplier of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announces an agreement with Kepware to deliver what is said to be the first end-to-end OPC-Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) solution, integrating HMI/SCADA and visualization with a library of device connectivity from Kepware. The 64-bit solution handles several different I/O devices, and is certified for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Web Services technology facilitates integration with plant-floor visualization, manufacturing intelligence, and enterprise solutions. According to Craig Resnick, a director with Dedham, Mass.-based ARC Advisory Group, "OPC-UA is intended to expand the framework for moving information between applications in the enterprise space by taking existing OPC specifications and integrating them, as well as leveraging Web Services as the key technology enabler for deploying applications such as asset management and true resource modeling that can utilize OPC-UA specifications to move data and information. This is why it is critical that any OPC-UA solution being implemented is sourced from partners with extensive experience in deploying existing OPC solutions, which is certainly the case for both ICONICS and Kepware."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080508%5FMBT%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:48:07 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Managing Automation - May 06, 2008 - Abstract: Partnership's standard-based software integrates visualization with device connectivity One of the first examples of an end-to-end solution based on the OPC Foundation's Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) specification is now available. The product is a result of a partnership between ICONICS, a purveyor of Web-enabled HMI/SCADA and manufacturing intelligence software, and Kepware Technologies, a specialist in OPC device communications for automation. Announced this week, the ICONICS OPC-UA KEPServer integrates visualization with a rich library of device connectivity. This OPC-UA, 64-bit solution handles several different I/O devices and is certified for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. OPC-UA takes existing OPC specifications and integrates them together leveraging Web services that are also used to deploy applications, such as visualization and manufacturing intelligence. OPC-UA is also used to move information between the plant and enterprise. "Both our companies were instrumental in helping create the OPC-UA standard and we are excited to be delivering products based on OPC-UA," said Russ Agrusa, president and CEO of ICONICS, in a statement.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080506%5FManaging%2DAutomation%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:46:20 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Global.com - May 6, 2008 - Foxborough, Mass., May 6 - Today, ICONICS has announced an agreement with Kepware Technologies. The two companies have signed a partnership agreement to create the world's first total end-to-end OPC-UA solution. The ICONICS OPC-UA KEPServer integrates HMI/SCADA and visualization with a library of device connectivity from Kepware. This OPC-UA, 64-bit solution handles several different I/O devices and is certified for Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. The solution is truly OPC-UA-To-The-Core and uses web services technology, making it simple to integrate plant floor visualization with manufacturing intelligence and enterprise solutions. "ICONICS and Kepware have been working together for more than 10 years and have recently signed a partnership agreement to provide the first end-to-end OPC-UA solution," said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. "Both our companies were instrumental in helping create the OPC-UA standard, and we are excited to be delivering products based on OPC-UA." Tom Burke, President of the OPC Foundation, said, "ICONICS and Kepware are both leading developers of OPC Unified Architecture solutions, Both companies are pioneers in bringing OPC-UA from the theoretical into the physical and practical. This partnership agreement now makes OPC-UA a reality."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080506%5FControlGlobal%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:44:05 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - May 2008 - OPC-UA is an important building block that enables users to build the next generation of software automation solutions. With complete backward compatibility ensured, vendors will have much to gain - and nothing to lose - by adopting the new OPC Unified Architecture. Over the past decade, software vendors have used Object Oriented Architectures and Service Oriented Architecture to design products that are both scalable and reliable. Surprisingly, these successful architectural models have rarely been used to exchange information throughout the factory floor. The delay in the adoption of these technologies is mostly because automatic applications were lagging behind, and were designed to process simple row information, rather than to consume and transform complex information. The information carried within an object is far richer than the information carried with simple row data. In a typical automation application, you rarely wish to analyze single, isolated row data. It's far more interesting to analyze the data in terms of its relationship with other data - and in terms of the operation that can be performed.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:42:05 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation World - May 2008 - The war between plant operations and IT is over. Here's a look at the major trends in information technology that are having a direct and growing impact on plant operations. Golf club and golf ball manufacturer Callaway Golf Co., in Carlsbad, Calif., wanted to develop the flexibility to introduce seven to eight new products annually. This meant tight coordination between design teams, marketing and plant engineering. This also meant sharing information with partners in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Mexico. The teams needed to share large files of computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software. To ensure that programs could be exchanged effectively, the company adopted Teamcenter Community Collaboration, a product lifecycle management (PLM) solution from Siemens PLM Software, a Plano, Texas-based unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division. The content management tools in the PLM solution, combined with Microsoft SharePoint collaboration tools, let Callaway control changes made to product content by providing document and version histories and e-mail alerts.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:40:44 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime Partner Guide - May 2008 - Windows Vista provided us everything that we could dream of for developing new visually-compelling applications that deliver unprecedented user experiences. The last couple of years have seen significant advances in technology: the development of 64-bit processors, the launch of Windows Vista, application platform .NET 3.0 and Windows Server 2008. Thanks to the work of Microsoft and its new 64-bit operating system, Windows Vista, software developers are releasing new applications, which can now take full advantage of the advancements made by Intel and AMD. 64-bit technology has several benefits and has become the mainstream processor, even amongst consumers. The support for vastly greater physical memory and virtual memory space enables scenarios that were not possible with 32-bit. New features in the 64-bit processors offer better security and protection and the unprecedented compatibility with existing 32-bit applications has allowed for a controlled transition to the superior processor.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%2D3%5FPrime%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:38:07 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime Partner Guide - 2008 - London's Heathrow Airport opened the doors to Terminal 5 (T5) in March 2008. Phase I added Terminals 5A and 5B. Phase 2, which adds Terminal 5C, is set to open in 2010. Built at a cost of £4.3bn, the new terminal has offered the airport operator BAA the opportunity to redefine the passenger experience with the first new gateway at Heathrow since Terminal 4 opened in 1986. T5 has the capacity for more than 30 million passengers a year and comprises a 4,000-space car park, transport links, and two satellite terminals. Passengers are transported to the satellite terminals via an underground tracked transit system. The terminal has a small footprint compared to the conventional modern terminal buildings, which poses particular architectural and structural challenges. It is constructed on a series of levels and will have the highest number of lifts of any building in the northern hemisphere, as well as one of Europe's longest escalator drops. ICONICS was invited by Ultra Electronic Airport Systems, a first tier supplier for the building systems integration (BSI) at T5, along with the BAA Systems Team, to participate in the process of product evaluation, resulting in the selection of GENESIS32 as the chosen product for this challenging project.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%2D2%5FPrime%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:35:40 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime - Spring 2008 - ICONICS has announced that GraphWorX64, a core component of the GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%2D1%5FPrime%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:34:21 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - May 2008 - Even if you overlook the cool factor of the 3-D plant floor imaging capabilities of the ICONICS GENESIS64 system, you still have the ability to connect your plant floor and enterprise systems in a seamless, Web-based package. When ICONICS president Russ Agrusa showed off GENESIS64 at the company's user group event in Boston in April, he provided both some gee-whiz visuals and some practical knowledge for what plant managers and manufacturing executives face in a receding economy. "There are big pressures on the plant floor,"said Agrusa. "Studies show 79% of manufacturers need to reduce operating costs. The future of industrial automation is in software."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080501%2D1%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:33:15 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering Live - April 10, 2008 - But while in Boston... I spent some time at the ICONICS customer event, and company officials were agog with their data visualization software, GENESIS64. The 64-bit processing technology allows ICONICS software to mesh with the new Microsoft operating systems and provide 3-D visualization of plant floor operations, tying the enterprise and plant floor operations together seamlessly. Perhaps it meant without saying, but ICONICS president and CEO Russ Agrusa made a point of stating that ICONICS would continue to not just support its popular 32-bit technology, but continue R&D to enhance and develop it further. That's good news for those on legacy systems who want the technology without having to change operating systems. There's a huge cool factor to the 3-D imaging, though.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080410%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:12 -0400 Industry Newsfrom ARC Advisory Group - April 9, 2008 - ICONICS, a provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, hosted over 350 customers, integrators, OEMs and channel partners at its 2008 Worldwide Customer Summit at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, in Boston, Massachusetts, where it announced a series of new products. New GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA Suite - ICONICS released its new 64-bit-based, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX64, TrendWorX64, AlarmWorX64, EarthWorX and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080409%2DARC%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:29:33 -0400 Industry Newsfrom www.controlglobal.com - April 8, 2008 - ...our intrepid reporter, Paul Miller... takes a deep dive into the ICONICS/Microsoft partnership... Today's program began with a morning general session that focused on why ICONICS is embracing 64-bit technology, the goodness of Microsoft Vista, the depth of the ICONICS-Microsoft relationship and more details on the newly launched GENESIS64 platform. ICONICS is heralding GENESIS64 as the next generation of automation software technology, and as far as I can determine, this is probably not an overstatement. Founder, President and CEO Russ Agrusa, kicked off today's general session with a presentation entitled, Scalable Software for Real-Time Visual Intelligence. That scalable software, of course, is GENESIS64. Agrusa presented some the results of an ICONICS user survey that indicated that safety is the biggest driver for implementing applications for plant floor visibility, followed by improved asset reliability. The survey also indicated that plant operators and maintenance staffs are the two most influential organizations in a manufacturing plant, but the relative influence of plant IT departments is increasing. It's nice when some hard data becomes available to support our common sense assumptions.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080408%5FControlGlobal%2D2%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:28:06 -0400 Industry Newsfrom www.controlglobal.com - April 8, 2008 - Control contributing editor Paul Miller reports from the ICONICS Worldwide Customer Summit 2008 in Boston... It's finally a beautiful sunny, if cool and breezy day here in Boston, where at Walt's request, I'm mostly indoors covering the ICONICS Worldwide Customer Summit at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center, located right on Boston Harbor. And yes, we're not actually very far at all from the historic Boston Tea Party site... Back in the early 70s, when I was a college student here in Boston, this waterfront section of South Boston was mostly made up of run-down fish piers, with a few good seafood restaurants sprinkled here and there. Of these, the world-famous Anthony's Pier 4 still remains. What used to be the gritty Northern Avenue area has now been gentrified into Seaport Boulevard, the better to draw conventioneers and the odd tourist or so to a new convention center and associated hotels. Many of Control's readers should be familiar with ICONICS, a PC-based automation software company that has been around for quite a number of years. Russ Agrusa, ICONICS' personable president and CEO, founded the company way back in 1986, which by a minor coincidence, happens to be the same year that I became associated with the industrial automation industry.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080408%5FControlGlobal%2D1%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:26:08 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - April 7, 2008 - ICONICS released its 64-bit-based, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX64, TrendWorX64, AlarmWorX64, EarthWorX and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products. The largest cost of any automation project is in engineering the application. For an average project, this can be well over 60% of the total expenditure. Taking advantage of 64-bit computer can greatly reduce this effort, resulting in enormous savings and helping a company's bottom line.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080407%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:18:49 -0400 Industry Newsfrom The Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost - April 2008 - Next Generation in Automation Software - ICONICS has released its new 64-bit-based, OPC-integrated, Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. The suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint® technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080401%2Dreadout%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:15:19 -0400 Industry Newsfrom start-IT magazine - March 14, 2008 - Carol Stream, Ill. - March 14, 2008 - Today, START-IT magazine announced the companies named on the START-IT 125 for 2008. The START-IT 125 is a directory of the most influential technology providers in the manufacturing space. Companies are selected by the editors of START-IT and its editorial advisory board.As technology has evolved and become more prominent in the manufacturing space, the companies providing the best technologies have also changed. Some have disappeared, some have updated to a new identity, but most have been altered in the ever-more aggressive trend of M&A (mergers and acquisitions).While 800 companies were absorbed in 2006, the numbers for 2007 appear to be even higher, according to the Sand Hill Group. Solution providers are facing an unpredictable marketplace, making the START-IT Factbook a true snapshot of the manufacturing market today.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080314%5FStartIt%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:14:23 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automa - February 2008 - http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080201%2DAutoma%2Ehtmhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080201%2DAutoma%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:13:29 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Frost & Sullivan - January 9, 2008 - ICONICS is a provider of enterprise visualization and management intelligence software. The company continues to innovate in the growing market, and thus continues to show strong growth rates. Frost & Sullivan Program Manager and Sr. Analyst Laurel Donoho recently spoke with Tim Donaldson, ICONICS' Director of Marketing, about the company's progress in the market. Tim Donaldson is the Director of Marketing for ICONICS and has over 12 years experience in the Industrial Automation Software industry. He holds a B.S. in Business and has a software technical background with several certifications including being a Microsoft certified professional. Tim is married with 3 children and resides south of Boston. MA. Laurel Donoho: Thank you for speaking with us today, Tim. Can you please give us a brief overview of ICONICS. Tim Donaldson: ICONICS was established in 1986. Our main mission is to help companies visualize their operation. This includes a wide range of plant activities from operator stations to providing dashboards (providing data and information up from the plant floor into management offices), over the Web, and to mobile devices via Web service.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080107%5FFrost%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:12:14 -0400 Industry Newsfrom reach live.net - January 7, 2008 - ICONICS' GraphWorX64, a core component of the GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications. "Microsoft is proud to count ICONICS among the first companies worldwide to earn the Certified for Windows Server 2008 software logo for their automation solutions," said Tony de Freitas, director of Windows Server marketing at Microsoft. "By certifying early, ICONICS is helping our manufacturing customers fully leverage the security and solid foundation of Windows Server 2008, while enjoying a technically superior experience on the 64-bit platform."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080107%5FReachLive%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:08:13 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Maschinen Markt - January 7, 2008 - http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080107%2DMaschinenMarkt%2Ehtmhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080107%2DMaschinenMarkt%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:06:25 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Agenda, January 2008 - http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080103%2DAgenda%2Ehtmhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080103%2DAgenda%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:41 -0400 Industry Newsfrom InTech Magazine - January 2008 - The 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64, includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. GENESIS64 continues ICONICS' commitment to furthering OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) technology throughout its industrial automation software solutions. In addition, a solution that is based entirely on Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) integration and XAML helps to provide an enriched user experience. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2DInTech%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:04:28 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Food Engineering - January 2008 - Advanced control solutions enable processors to satisfy regulatory demands while gaining a competitive edge. Last year was full of all sorts of bad news from the FDA: product recalls due to E. coli, Salmonella and other nasty pathogens; problems with allergen contaminations; and labels that failed to list potential allergens, missed some ingredients altogether or promised certain levels of vitamins or minerals that simply weren't up to the level specified on the label. While these problems screamed for attention, consumers continued to demand more creative, tantalizing foods and drinks. Food engineers had to meet these challenges with fewer resources, while tracking the ingredients used, the processing steps taken and the customers who ordered the products. Meeting these demands by manually recording data from various "islands of automation" is becoming more and more difficult. As governing bodies increase the information they want and decrease the time allotted to procure it, manual methods will no longer cut it. It's time to start thinking about plant-wide advanced process control. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2DFoodEng%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:57 -0400 Industry Newsfrom etz - January 2008 - http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2Detz%2Ehtmhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2Detz%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:02:12 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Computer & Automation - January 2008 - http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2DCompAuto%2Ehtmhttp://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2DCompAuto%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 15:01:08 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation World - January 2008 - Improved HMI visualization makes plant and enterprise data easy to share, and also easy to understand. The Cucamonga Valley Water District, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., manages 45,000 water connections and 35,000 sewer connections. The public corporation-long considered a regional leader in adopting innovative water technology-wanted to improve its human-machine interface/supervisory control and data acquisition (HMI/SCADA) system. Plant managers wanted to simultaneously bring Web-based functionality to the control system. They wanted a mobile component with comprehensive reporting abilities for employees in the field. They also wanted the solution to integrate with existing [...] The plant turned to the engineering firm Black and Veatch Corp., Overland Park, Kan., for a Web solution that wasn't processor-intensive. The company selected GENESIS32 from ICONICS Inc., in Foxborough, Mass., coupled with the vendor's WebHMI and the Pocket GENESIS mobile Pocket PC industrial software. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=080101%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 14:58:48 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Engineeringtalk.com - December 20, 2007 - ICONICS is among the first companies worldwide to earn the Certified for Windows Server 2008 software logo for its automation software GraphWorX64, a core component of the ICONICS GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the 'Certified for Windows Vista' designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications. "Microsoft is proud to count ICONICS among the first companies worldwide to earn the Certified for Windows Server 2008 software logo for their automation solutions," says Tony de Freitas, Director of Windows Server Marketing at Microsoft. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071220%2DEng%5Ftalk%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 14:57:10 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Industrial Embedded Systems - December 13, 2007 - ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, today announced that GraphWorX64, a core component of the GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the Certified for Windows Vista designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications. "Microsoft is proud to count ICONICS among the first companies worldwide to earn the Certified for Windows Server 2008 software logo for their automation solutions," said Tony de Freitas, director of Windows Server marketing at Microsoft. "By certifying early, ICONICS is helping our manufacturing customers fully leverage the security and solid foundation of Windows Server 2008, while enjoying a technically superior experience on the 64-bit platform."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071213%2DInd%5Femb%5Fsys%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 14:54:27 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Read-Out.net - The Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost - December 2007 - ICONICS has announced that GraphWorX64, a core component of the GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the "Certified for Windows Vista" designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071203%2Dreadout%2EhtmTue, 01 Jul 2008 14:50:57 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Managing Automation - December 2007 - ICONICS announced GENESIS64, a 64-bit Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite that leverages Microsoft?s Windows Vista, .NET, and SharePoint technologies, allowing plant operators and IT professionals to access integrated real-time manufacturing and business information from a common Web-enabled dashboard. The software, built on OPC Unified Architecture (UA) technology, provides a 3D graphical environment, allowing users to see how a plant or facility is performing. ICONICS has created applications that provide at-a-glance information via Vista tie-ins to real-time KPI Gadgets and Windows Vista Desktop Sidebar and Sideshow technology. GENESIS64 also integrates with Windows Presentation Foundation with 3D visualization, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows Vista Search and Organize technology. GENESIS64 takes advantage off Windows Vista User Account Control to increase security by prohibiting unauthorized system changes. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%5FManaging%2DAutomation%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 19:02:17 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Microsoft - December 2007 - ICONICS developed a new manufacturing visualization and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software solution that is built on many of the capabilities and features of the Windows Vista® operating system. Customers are using this solution, called GENESIS64, to monitor security systems, oversee building controls, drill oil using ocean rigs, manufacture cars, control manufacturing robots, and even run nuclear reactors. ICONICS team member Simone Massaro said Windows Vista enabled them to develop a more robust solution in less time. "Windows Vista has Windows Presentation Foundation that allows us to create 2D and 3D graphics using Microsoft .NET language, which is very powerful but also very easy to learn. It shortened the training for our people from three years to three months, which helped us achieve huge cost savings," says Massaro. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%2DVistaOdyssey%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 19:00:08 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Industrial Equipment News - December 2007 - IEN: What are the major power and energy concerns facing industry in the next few years? How can they be addressed? Donaldson: Traceability and reporting are major concerns facing the power industry in the coming year: knowing who made changes in system, what was changed, and when. IEN: What innovations in systems, equipment & components, software, and services can help reduce energy consumption and increase efficiency in plant operations? Donaldson: Real-time reporting and traceability are two things that will improve plant operations. Being able to react to real-time information from anywhere, anytime will improve plant operations.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%2DIEN%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:58:40 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Chem.Info - November/December 2007 - GENESIS64 is the company's latest version of its 64-bit based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite. The suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, .NET, and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. Features include Windows Vista tie-ins to Gadgets, Sidebars, Sideshow, Windows Presentation Foundation with 3D Visualization, Windows Workflow Foundation, and Windows Vista Search & Organize technology. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%2DChemInfo%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:57:17 -0500 Industry Newsfrom InTech - December 2007 - GENESIS64 is the new offering from ICONICS, and it takes visualization and SCADA to new levels. GENESIS64 takes advantage of the following Microsoft Windows Vista?s key features: Universal data connectivity using Windows Communication Foundation; real-time KPIs and Windows Vista desktop sidebar technology; enriched user experience with Windows Presentation Foundation; hardware accelerated graphics for 3D imaging; increased security via user account control integration; and Virtual Earth geographical information system integration.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%2D2%5FInTech%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:52:40 -0500 Industry Newsfrom InTech Magazine - December 2007 - Nine technology providers demonstrated the benefits of packaging line integration as part of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup (OPW) booth at PackExpo in Las Vegas in October. The demonstrators used the OPW Connect-and-Pack guidelines to integrate controller, HMI, and MES functionality with OPC over Ethernet. Demonstrators included Acumence, B&R, Beckhoff, Elau, GE Fanuc, ICONICS, Kepware, Siemens, and Wago. This year, OMAC put more emphasis on highlighting the business benefits of packaging line integration and how the OPW Connect-and-Pack guidelines facilitate this integration. The OMAC Packaging Workgroup believes packaging line integration is required to achieve world class packaging line performance. World class packaging lines are highly flexible, have high reliability (80-90%), high capacity utilization (70-80%), and high quality. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071201%2D1%5FInTech%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:51:14 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Control Engineering Europe - November/December 2007 - Last year about this time many of us were reading reviews about Microsoft's new Vista operating system, which was finally released to the public at the end of January, 2007. Many of the early reviewers were clearly not excited. The software was two years overdue, they said, and it consumed much more PC resources than Windows XP. Several major innovations, such as a new file system, were dropped because they were taking too much time to develop. There were some positive comments about the new visual style, called Windows Aero, but was this enough to go out and buy the new software? You'd probably need a new PC to run it, anyway. As we see now, Vista is really a technology-based release, with many improvements related to how the system functions and therefore more visible to software developers instead of end-users. For example, one of Microsoft's primary objectives was to improve the state of security in the operating system, and it appears to have achieved this very well. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071101%5FCtrlEngEur%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:50:05 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Manufacturing Automation - November/December 2007 - This is a very different column for me, because I really didn't test drive the software - I had it driven for me at an event in Utah. For those of you who were at the ISA show in Houston, you would have seen the introduction of this new breed of HMI/SCADA software. The formal launch date is set for sometime this month. This is a significant product; [...]. This is the first product that has been designed from the ground up to be used with Microsoft's Vista operating system. So who cares? Maybe not many right now, but the integration of ICONICS' GENESIS64 with Vista is remarkable. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071101%2DMfgAut%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:48:20 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - October 24, 2007 - At ISA Expo 2007, held at Reliant Center in Houston, Oct. 2-4, ICONICS announced the official introduction of GENESIS64, its 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite. Russ Agrusa, president and CEO of ICONICS, said that GENESIS64 is based on 64-bit computing and designed from the ground up to take advantage of Windows Vista, .NET and SharePoint technology. It allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071024%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:47:02 -0500 Industry Newsfrom ARC Advisory Group - October 15, 2007 - ICONICS, a provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announced its new BizViz Productivity Analytics product.BizViz Productivity Analytics users are able to gain insight into operations through real-time data aggregation and connectivity to multiple data sources, including OPC, SNMP and BACnet. BizViz Productivity Analytics helps to establish manufacturing context with KPIs and other business metrics, delivering manufacturing intelligence to an entire organization. Read More Online: http://www.arcweb.com/txtlstvw.aspx?LstID=bc809187-5163-427d-a059-6c9ecbbb18da http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071015%2DARC%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:13:10 -0500 Industry Newsfrom Rocky Mountain Voices - October 10, 2007 - Have you ever wondered if being an early adopter of development technologies really pays off? Microsoft ISV Architect Evangelist Jason De Lorme chats with Russ Agrusa, CEO and Founder of ICONICS. Agrusa and ICONICS have lived on the bleeding edge of software development. They have cracked the code for translating early adoption of technology into business success in the software industry. He also provides tips for ISVs seeking to have a more productive relationship with Microsoft.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071010%2DRMV%2EhtmWed, 06 Feb 2008 18:06:29 -0500 Industry Newsfrom ARC Advisory Group - October 8, 2007: "ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announced the launch of its Hyper Historian application. ICONICS' new Hyper-Historian is a new, high-speed, reliable and robust plant historian product designed to data log up to 50,000 tags per second from multiple data sources including OPC UA Servers, OPC DA Servers, OPC XML DA Servers, BACnet, SNMP, ICONICS TrendWorX32 Server, TrendWorX64 Server and third-party database and plant historians. Hyper-Historian is available as either a stand-alone application or as part of the new GENESIS64 OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071008%2DARC%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:45:46 -0400 Industry Newsfrom The Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost - October 3, 2007: "ICONICS made several announcements. These were the launch of their new GENESIS64 64-bit-based HMI/SCADA suite, the introduction of our BizViz Productivity Analytics and Hyper-Historian products, and their ongoing commitment to OPC technology."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2Dreadout%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:44:34 -0400 Industry Newsfrom PDA-PPC - October 3, 2007: "BizViz Productivity Analytics empowers decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with real-time and accurate information to help them drive global operational efficiency and strengthen their competitive market advantage. Users are able to gain insight into operations through real-time data aggregation and connectivity to multiple data sources, including OPC, SNMP and BACnet. BizViz Productivity Analytics helps to establish manufacturing context with KPIs and other business metrics, delivering manufacturing intelligence to an entire organization."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2Dpda%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:42:48 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Next Generation Manufacturing - October 3, 2007: "The largest cost of any automation project is in engineering the application. For an average project this can be well over 60% of the total expenditure. Taking advantage of 64-bit computing can greatly reduce this effort, resulting in enormous savings and helping your bottom line. The GENESIS64 software suite from ICONICS, designed and certified for Microsoft Windows® Vista, takes advantage of true 64-bit technology from AMD and Intel, allowing for faster development of your automation solution."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DNGM%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:41:27 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Industrial Embedded Systems - October 3, 2007: "Houston, TX - ISA '07 - October 2, 2007 - Today, ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, announced the official introduction of its new 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. ICONICS was on-board early in Microsoft's development of the new Windows Vista operating system, integrating the OS's breakthrough features into its new HMI/SCADA and business visualization solutions and recently receiving the "Certified for Windows Vista" designation. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DInd%5Femb%5Fsys%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:40:16 -0400 Industry Newsfrom FIRST - October 3, 2007: "ICONICS' Hyper-Historian is a high-speed, reliable and robust plant historian product designed to data log up to 50,000 tags per second from multiple data sources including OPC UA Servers, OPC DA Servers, OPC XML DA Servers, BACnet, SNMP, ICONICS TrendWorX32 Server, TrendWorX64 Server and third-party database and plant historians. Hyper-Historian is available as either a stand-alone application or as part of the new GENESIS64 OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DFirst%2D2%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:39:24 -0400 Industry Newsfrom FIRST - October 3, 2007: "ICONICS announced its 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. GENESIS64 continues ICONICS' commitment to furthering OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) technology throughout its industrial automation software solutions."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DFirst%2D1%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:38:25 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - October 3, 2007: "Houston, TX - ISA ‘07 - October 3, 2007 - ICONICS announced its ongoing commitment to the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) standard. OPC-UA is a robust, secure and scalable expansion of the highly successful basic COM/DCOM-based OPC standard communication protocol. OPC-UA allows the interoperability of best-of-breed real-time, alarm management and historian systems. This allows for a standard model of plant floor integration with the enterprise. Any plant system that is currently using OPC communications can easily add OPC-UA applications to their existing system, giving them the added value of Web services that allow for more enterprise connectivity."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:37:23 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - October 3, 2007: "Houston, TX - ISA '07 - October 2, 2007 - BizViz Productivity Analytics empowers decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with real-time and accurate information to help them drive global operational efficiency and strengthen their competitive market advantage. Users are able to gain insight into operations through real-time data aggregation and connectivity to multiple data sources, including OPC, SNMP and BACnet. BizViz Productivity Analytics helps to establish manufacturing context with KPIs and other business metrics, delivering manufacturing intelligence to an entire organization."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2D3%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:36:23 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - October 3, 2007: "Houston, TX - ISA '07 - October 2, 2007 - ICONICS' Hyper-Historian is a high-speed, reliable and robust plant historian product designed to data log up to 50,000 tags per second from multiple data sources including OPC UA Servers, OPC DA Servers, OPC XML DA Servers, BACnet, SNMP, ICONICS TrendWorX32 Server, TrendWorX64 Server and third-party database and plant historians. Hyper-Historian is available as either a stand-alone application or as part of the new GENESIS64 OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2D2%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:35:26 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Engineering Asia - October 3, 2007: "ICONICS has officially introduced its new 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. It has also integrated several features of Windows Vista operating system into its new HMI/SCADA and business visualization solutions and recently receiving the "Certified for Windows Vista" designation. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2D2%5FCtrlEng%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:33:56 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Engineering - October 3, 2007: "Houston, TX-Cybersecurity and software were among many automation, controls, and instrumentation topics discussed during opening day here at ISA Expo 2007: ISA is finalizing a distribution agreement for what it touts as 'a critical infrastructure cyber-security tool;' Siemens joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute as a founding member; and ICONICS was among many companies making new product announcements, with products to enhance productivity, record-keeping, information integration."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2D1%5FCtrlEng%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:32:16 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Measurement Devices - October 2, 2007: "Houston TX, USA - ISA '07 - October 2, 2007 - Today, ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, announced its new BizViz Productivity Analytics product. BizViz Productivity Analytics empowers decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with real-time and accurate information to help them drive global operational efficiency and strengthen their competitive market advantage."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2DMeas%5Fdevices%2D1%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:31:07 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Global - October 2, 2007: "Houston, Texas, ISA ‘07 - October 2 - Today, ICONICS, a provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announced its ongoing commitment to the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) standard. OPC-UA is a robust, secure and scalable expansion of the highly successful basic COM/DCOM-based OPC standard communication protocol. OPC-UA allows the interoperability of best-of-breed real-time, alarm management and historian systems. This allows for a standard model of plant floor integration with the enterprise. Any plant system that is currently using OPC communications can easily add OPC-UA applications to their existing system, giving them the added value of Web services that allow for more enterprise connectivity."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071002%5FControlGlobal%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:30:02 -0400 Industry Newsfrom ISA InTech's EXPO Exchange - The Official Event Daily - October 3, 2007: " 'We're working on software to give you high visibility, high fidelity and 360-degree vision in your plant,' said ICONICS chief executive, Russ Agrusa. GENESIS64 is the new offering and it takes visualization and SCADA to new levels. Manufacturing, automation and IT technology is changing at a ever-accelerated rate. To stay competitive, companies need to adopt 64-bit technology."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2D3%5FInTech%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:28:08 -0400 Industry Newsfrom InTech Magazine - October 2007: "GENESIS64, designed and certified for Microsoft Windows Vista, takes advantage of true 64-bit technology for faster development of automation solutions. The software allows plant level workers and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, OPC-UA-compliant, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. GENESIS64 is truly '64-bit-to-the-Core'."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071003%2D1%5FInTech%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:26:44 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Start64! - October 2, 2007: "Houston, TX - ISA ‘07 - October 2, 2007 - Today, ICONICS, an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, announced the official introduction of its new 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64. ICONICS was on-board early in Microsoft's development of the new Windows Vista operating system, integrating the OS's breakthrough features into its new HMI/SCADA and business visualization solutions and recently receiving the "Certified for Windows Vista"designation. The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems." http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=071002%2DStart64%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:25:23 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Managing Automation - August 2007: "ICONICS is listed in the recent Managing Automation 2008 Tech Planner in the Manufacturing Intelligence (MI) section. Managing Automation specifically mentions ICONICS' BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence/Business Visualization suite as well as its Alarm Analytics component. The publication notes that ICONICS is able to provide Manufacturing Intelligence for the following verticals: Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Chemicals, Consumer Packaged Goods, Electrical Equipment, Electronics and Semiconductors, High Tech, Instruments & Controls, Industrial/Heavy Equipment & Machinery, Medical Devices, Metals, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics & Rubber Products, Pulp & Paper, Transportation and Textiles & Apparel."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070801%5FManaging%2DAutomation%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:23:45 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation World - August 2007: "The OPC Foundation (www.opcfoundation.org) has announced the establishment of an 18-member Technical Advisory Council (TAC) to guide, monitor and approve the technical deliverables of its OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) technology. As the newest version of the OPC open connectivity standard, OPC-UA is the platform- and operating system-independent, firewall-friendly, secure, reliable OPC solution for enterprise-wide connectivity, the organization said. With OPC-UA, end-users can easily exchange data among controller products and systems on the factory floor and in higher-level information technology (IT) systems. The Foundation vision for Unified Architecture is to deliver true enterprise-wide openness for data exchange in the manufacturing industries."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070801%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:21:44 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Pipeline & Gas Technology Magazine - July 2007: "ICONICS, provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, has announced its flagship software suites, GENESIS32 and the BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence suite, as ready for the new Microsoft Windows® Vista operating system. Windows Vista increases productivity and drives business success by improving security and compliance, optimizing desktop infrastructure, finding and making better use of information and enabling the mobile workforce. ICONICS software solutions work in unison with Microsoft technologies to provide further industrial automation benefits."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070701%5FPipe%2Dand%2DGas%2Dtech%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:20:30 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Pipeline & Gas Journal - July 2007: "ICONICS, Inc. offers its flagship industrial automation software suite, GENESIS32, providing Web-based HMI/SCADA visualization. It connects to real-time and historical data through firewalls and integrates with standard Internet browser technology. It has one development tool for multiple targets; a single-development tool for workstations, servers, Pocket PCs, mobile devices, Web and Terminal servers. GENESIS32 runs on any Microsoft® platform and has a modular suite of data tools and a family of modular products for visualization, HMI and SCADA."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070701%5FPipe%2Dand%2DGas%2DJournal%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:19:27 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Machine Design Magazine - June 21, 2007: "AWARDS: ICONICS, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, received the Microsoft ISV Trailblazer Partner of the Year Award." http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070621%5FMachine%2DDesign%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:17:54 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime - Summer 2007: "Shopfloor systems vendor ICONICS has opened a new office in China. The company, which develops Web-enabled, OPC-based HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, has appointed Kevin Tong to develop its business in the Greater China region."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070601%5FPrime%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:17:05 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Pipeline & Gas Technology Magazine - June 2007: "ICONICS, provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, has announced its flagship software suites, GENESIS32 and the BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence suite, as ready for the new Microsoft Vista operating system. Windows Vista increases productivity and drives business success by improving security and compliance, optimizing desktop infrastructure, finding and making better use of information and enabling the mobile workforce. ICONICS software solutions work in unison with Microsoft technologies to provide further industrial automation benefits."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070601%5FPipe%2Dand%2DGas%2Dtech%2EhtmMon, 22 Oct 2007 11:14:37 -0400 Industry Newsfrom the Microsoft Oil & Gas Solutions Directory 2007 - May 2007: "ICONICS is listed as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) in Microsoft's recent Oil & Gas Solutions Directory (2007), titled 'Peak Performance in Oil and Gas: Accelerating Insight and Innovation'. On pages 34 and 35 of the guide, ICONICS solutions are noted as being applicable within both the Pipeline and Refining/Petrochemical Sectors, as well as within the Business Analytics; Business Intelligence and Decision Support; Collaboration, Knowledge Mgmt, Portals; Mobility; Refinery Process Control; Refinery Visualization/SCADA; Terminal Operations; and Trading Operations/Risk Management Solution Areas."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070501%5FMicrosoft%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:48:43 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Design - May 2007: "Pocket GENESIS uses popular Pocket PCs for applications requiring wireless visualization, trending, alarming and reporting, NT security level protects critical information and set data point entry. Standard off-the-shelf wireless networks are supported, and OPC connectivity provides seamless integration between your Pocket PC or Windows CE device to real-time graphics, alarm and historical plant data."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070501%5FCtrl%2DDesign%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:47:46 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - May 2007: "With OPC gaining acceptance over the past 12 years, especially in the past five years, the industry wanted an XML-based version to enhance connectivity and make it available via the Internet. 'We've moved the OPC standard forward with OPC-UA,' says Russ Agrusa, founder and CEO of Foxborough, Mass.-based vendor ICONICS Inc. and an OPC board member. 'With OPC-UA, you can communicate from the factory floor to IT, and IT can reach down to the PLC (programmable logic controller) and pull data out. The key is the XML capabilities. That allows you to go over the internet in a frictionless way.' "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070501%2DAut%5FWorld%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:45:56 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - April 23, 2007: "3. Operational excellence. We've got an item on the site today on operational excellence through a presentation made by our friends at ICONICS earlier this year. One of the key issues is manufacturing right now is how to take advantage of all the data being created on the plant floor to measure operational excellence. Here's a look at a case study from ICONICS on how that's been done effectively: http://www.iconics.com/industries/pdfs/ss-pem-amerenue.pdf"http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070423%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:44:16 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering - April 23, 2007: "Plant-floor information systems connect data collected at the machine level with enterprise and corner-office software. The exact terminology used to describe such systems range from manufacturing execution systems (MES) to manufacturing intelligence. The latter term is preferred by Foxborough, MA software provider ICONICS, which is taking its message on the road this year in a series of sessions called Solutions for Operational Excellence. Whatever the system is called, said ICONICS Director of Marketing Tim Donaldson at a recent event, the goal is much the same in a changing manufacturing landscape."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070423%2D2%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:42:06 -0400 Industry Newsfrom WaterWorld - April 5, 2007: "ICONICS has recently appointed a new Managing Director of its China subsidiary, ICONICS China, Ltd. Mr. Kevin Tong has joined the company and will be responsible for developing ICONICS business in the Greater China Region, which includes all of the Republic of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan . Mr. Tong will establish ICONICS' China regional offices, recruit sales channels and systems integrators, develop and manage a Chinese technical support team and localize ICONICS products and marketing materials for the Chinese market."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070405%5FWaterWorld%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:40:25 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com - April 4, 2007: "ICONICS received the Microsoft ISV Trailblazer Partner of the Year Award. The award was presented to ICONICS President and CEO Russ Agrusa by Larry Gregory, Director of ISV Partners at Microsoft, during the recent Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Chief Technical Officer (CTO) Meeting held at the Microsoft world headquarters complex in Redmond, WA. The Trailblazer award is meant to highlight an ISV that has highly leveraged the Microsoft Partner Program to create a pioneering solution based on their participation in a Rhythm this past year."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%2DAut%5Fdot%5Fcom%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:38:45 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Food Engineering - April 2, 2007: "A small tomato producer implemented an ICONICS system to put an end to give-aways on overweight tomato packages. According to ICONICS CEO, Russ Agrusa, the producer was afraid of being a tad underweight and being fined by the FDA, so it overcompensated by adding too much product. To keep costs low, the hydroponic tomato producer installed a single TrendWorX32 package on a server and ran thin-client Web browsers on five other machines connected to the weighing system."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070402%2DFoodEng%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:37:32 -0400 Industry Newsfrom U.S. Water News - April 2007: "ICONICS GENESIS32 suite of OPC Web-enabled HMI and SCADA applications was selected by the CH2M HILL SCADA project team and Webb County Engineers due to its language switching capabilities. During the design development time, it was the only major HMI package that included this feature, providing operators with the ability to interface with the SCADA system in either language, English or Spanish. The developed software serves to gather WTP process data, as well as monitor, alarm, present, and trend the plant information."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FUSWater%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:33:15 -0400 Industry Newsfrom START-IT - Spring 2007 "ICONICS, Foxboro , Mass., www.iconics.com The newest version of GENESIS32 V9 integrates several new capabilities and product that tie information for building control and manufacturers into a common, Web-enabled dashboard. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FStart%2DIt%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:31:20 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime - Spring 2007: "ICONICS has announced that its flagship software suites, GENESIS32 and BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence, are ready for the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. Vista aims to increase productivity and drive business success by improving security and compliance, optimizing desktop infrastructure, finding and making better use of information, and enabling the mobile workforce. ICONICS software solutions work in unison with Microsoft technologies to provide enhanced industrial automation benefits."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FPrime%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:29:11 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Prime - Spring 2007: "The release of Microsoft Windows Vista coinciding with the recent launch of ICONICS' GENESIS32 V9 HMI/SCADA suite puts hundreds of state-of-the-art computing tools in the hands of our customers," says Tim Donaldson, Director of Marketing at ICONICS. The company's software GENESIS32 and the BizViz manufacturing suite have been tested as ready for Vista.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FPrime%2D1%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:27:40 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Pipeline and Gas Journal - April 2007: "The SCADA Master software for control is called RealFlex from Datac, and it runs on a QNX operating system. The SCADA Master software for measurement is ICONICS GENESIS [...] Additional information is collected by the gas measurement SCADA master running ICONICS GENESIS software for display in the local gas measurement Human Machine Interface (HMI), and with PGas running as the measurement software."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FPGJ%2EhtmThu, 30 Aug 2007 11:15:33 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Manufacturing Business Technology - April 2007 : "ICONICS, too, has a new perspective. According to CEO Russ Agrusa, Microsoft has spent five years and $20 billion developing Vista - not to mention its SharePoint portal technology, and its role developing the XAML graphical file format for the Windows Presentation Foundation. That means it's simply a matter of getting the information out of the device layer and letting ordinary tools like Microsoft Excel Server running under Vista handle the chore of delivering the manufacturing intelligence."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070401%5FMBT%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:12:57 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Axendia Life-Science Panorama, March 28, 2007 : "Last week, I was invited to a seminar on 'Strategies for Operational Excellence' hosted by ICONICS. There, I heard Mark Hepburn present the purest form of 'Good, Cheap or Fast'. It is 'Perfect, Free and Now (PFN)'. Let's face it, as consumers we love PFN and, as we can hear from Capitol Hill, we want our healthcare PFN."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070328%5FAxendia%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:18:04 -0400 Industry Newsfrom WaterWorld, March 2007 : "The Webb County Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Rio Bravo, TX, is situated near the Rio Grande River, south of San Antonio . In order to meet population growth and to respond to rising water quality requirements, the county constructed a new water treatment plant that included a modern SCADA system. Spanish is the native language for most of the plant personnel and several of them were not fluent in technical English."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070301%5FWaterWorld%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:20:17 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering, March 1, 2007 : " 'Traditionally, inventory management has been offered in the form of a CMMS or an EAM system,' said Melissa Morgan, a product marketing manager for ICONICS, Inc., an automation software company based in Foxborough, MA. 'These software packages encapsulated all of the basic functions of inventory management such as inventory tracking, inventory optimization, stock counting, material availability and work-order tracking.' "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070301%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:25:03 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Plant Engineering, February 22, 2007 : "ICONICS, a Microsoft gold certified partner provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA visualization and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announces its 2007 free seminar series 'Strategies for Operational Excellence,' held in major cities worldwide. Plant engineers, operations managers, IT managers and automation directors are invited to learn how to stay ahead of the competition and leverage existing IT and automation infrastructures for real-time decision making." http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070222%5FPlantEngineering%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:26:45 -0400 Industry Newsfrom The Wall Street Journal, February 21-23, 2007 : "For example, ICONICS, Inc., in Foxborough provides business intelligence software for manufacturers. It worked closely with Microsoft's Windows Vista developers to create a new generation of 'visualization software' that shows what's happening on the factory floor in real time - and connects manufacturing with other internal business processes. 'For us, visuals are everything,' says ICONICS President and CEO Russell L. Agrusa. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070221%5FWSJ%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:32:00 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Manufacturing Business Technology, February 2007 : "At industrial automation vendor ICONICS, President and CEO Russ Agrusa says his company is 'ready for 64-bit computing and integration with Microsoft's Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2007.' No one has ever doubted ICONICS' commitment to the Microsoft technology stack or its being a leader in adopting the latest Microsoft technology for industrial automation."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%5FMBT%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:34:03 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Engineering, February 1, 2007 - "Notes Tim Donaldson, director of marketing at ICONICS, 'Alarm distribution, tag frequency/chattering, cross-correlations, operator response time and operator changes by interval are among reporting metrics that are part of EEMUA and provide valuable information to improve plant operations.' In addition, end-users and vendors alike are supporting such standards development as ISA's SP-18.02, Management of Alarm Systems for the Process Industries. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%5FCtrlEng%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:35:40 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Control Design, February 2007 : "More than 500 features have been added to GENESIS32 V9, a scalable suite of OPC, SNMP, Web-enabled HMI and SCADA applications over the range of Microsoft Windows operating systems. With V9, users connect to core sources of data storage including IT infrastructures communicating over OPC and enterprise databases thorugh real-time, intelligent data-mining. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%5FCtrl%2DDesign%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:37:17 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Canadian Process Equipment & Control News, February 2007 : "ICONICS' Alarm Analytics is designed to help users utilize industry standards-based alarm management, reporting and analysis within a familiar Microsoft Excel environment. The solution comes complete with ICONICS ReportWorX and AlarmWorX Logger software for greater functionality. Alarm Analytics provides 15 industry standard reports for quick presentation of KPIs such as alarm distribution, tag frequency/chattering, cross-correlations, operator response time and operator changes by interval."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%5FCPECN%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:38:55 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com, February 2007 : "ICONICS, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announces our participation in Microsoft's Ready for a New Day Launch Tour 2007 held in major cities across the United States. ICONICS is exhibiting in the Partner Pavilion during Microsoft's promotion of its latest operating system, Windows Vista, and office suite, the 2007 Microsoft Office System." http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%2DAut%5FWorld%2D2%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:41:00 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com, February 2007 : "ICONICS announces its 2007 free seminar series 'Strategies for Operational Excellence' held in major cities worldwide. ICONICS' new Seminar Series taking place at Microsoft sponsored locations worldwide is in full operation. Plant engineers, operations managers, IT managers and automation directors are invited to learn how to stay ahead of the competition and leverage existing IT and automation infrastructures for real-time decision making."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070201%2DAut%5FWorld%2D1%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:42:21 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Water & Wastes Digest Online, January 5, 2007 : "ICONICS, a provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems has announced that its flagship software suites, GENESIS32 and the BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence software suite, are ready for the new Microsoft Vista operating system. 'Aided by such exciting new software technology as Microsoft Windows Vista, a whole new set of applications will take maximum advantage of the new boost in raw computing power,' said Russ Agrusa, president and CEO of ICONICS.http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070101%2Dwwd%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:45:09 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Pipeline and Gas Technology, January 2007 - "ICONICS, celebrating 20 years of providing Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems, announces the availability of its Alarm Analytics solution. Alarm Analytics helps customers utilize industry standards-based alarm management, reporting and analysis within a familiar Microsoft Excel environment."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070101%5FPGT%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:46:54 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Manufacturing Business Technology, January 2007 : "Approach: The BizViz Suite bridges the gap between manufacturing and business information systems by means of data-mining and Web portal technologies. Written from the ground up on Microsoft .NET and SharePoint technology integration, BizViz Suite bridges virtually any industrial or corporate database to integrate information from different sources, including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, SAP, OPC HAD, AE and real-time information. "http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070101%5FMBT%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:48:14 -0400 Industry Newsfrom ControlGlobal.com, January 2007 : "IT HAS BEEN getting harder and harder to produce a Process Automation Top Fifty for North America . In the first place, the lines are blurring between process, batch and discrete automation, and in the second place, the automation business, along with all manufacturing, has become increasingly global in scope. For this edition of the Top Fifty, we've rewritten the rules."http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070101%5FCtrlMag%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:49:33 -0400 Industry Newsfrom Automation.com, January 2007 : "ICONICS announces its flagship software suites, GENESIS32 and the BizViz Manufacturing Intelligence software suite as ready for the new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. 'Aided by such exciting new software technology as Microsoft Windows Vista, a whole new set of applications will take maximum advantage of the new boost in raw computing power,' said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. 'This will change everything we do at work, in manufacturing, and how we collaborate.' " http://www.iconics.com/news/article_display.asp?Article=070101%2DAut%5FWorld%2D1%2EhtmWed, 18 Apr 2007 10:51:33 -0400