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WonderWorld 2008 - New Products, Key Industry Issues |
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 WonderWorld
2008 is rapidly approaching but there is still time to register and
reserve your room and your spot at the show.
But attending a conference takes time and money so how can you
justify leaving the office for this kind of event?
After all, this is Vegas and isn't Vegas only about fun?
This is not an uncommon set of concerns but the reality is that
no matter the location, this is the largest opportunity to learn about
the manufacturing/industrial world in North America.
Here are some reasons why we think WonderWorld is a good investment for
you and your company:
- Attending provides you a chance to discuss and address some of the
major issues that are impacting today's industrial environments
(energy, lean initiatives, workforce issues, industrial infrastructure concerns,
business system integration issues and much much more). These issues are
affecting you now so wouldn't learning about solutions from other customers and
experts be of value?
- If you are involved in plant floor systems, the show provides the
opportunity to learn about and see the latest in industrial automation solutions
(Plant Intelligence, Asset Management, IT Infrastructure Technologies and more).
Is staying abreast of industry technology important to you and your organization?
- The ability to network with the largest community of technology
experts, industry experts, end users, and engineering experts in North America.
Learn from them and bring this knowledge back to your own organization.
- The ability to take part in hands on training to learn new
techniques that could be brought back to your company and implemented.
Don't wait to register and reserve your hotel room while travel rates
are still low!
Why Attend? - New Products and Services Unveiled
See NEW products and features, strategies
and solutions from Wonderware and formulate your strategy to
improve your operations and interact with the largest gathering of
Wonderware expertise on the planet.
October 6th to October 10th
The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Phone: 702.414.1000 or 877.883.6423
Fax: 702.414.1100 |
- Performance Software 3.5 - System Platform Ready
- InBatch 9.0 - Native communication with System Platform along with new
Information Server Reports
- Information Server 3.1
- Water and Wastewater Industry Pack for System Platform
- Facilities Industry Pack for System Platform
- Consumer Products Industry Pack for System Platform
- Wonderware Condition Based Monitoring
- Newest versions of System Platform and InTouch
- Customer First Support Program
- Wonderware Developer Network and new ArchestrA Object Toolkit
- Wonderware Innovation Partner Network
Why Attend? - Forums Addressing Industry's Most Urgent Issues
Industrial infrastructure and manufacturing organizations will gain
new perspectives on today’s top issues and current trends. Subject
experts from around the globe will share their unique insights on
today’s complex challenges. With 14 management focused sessions
(non-Wonderware specific), this is a great opportunity to learn
and network with the experts to discuss topics such as:
- Energy and Environmental (Green) Initiatives
- Lean Manufacturing
- Workforce Management
- Enterprise-Wide Production Strategies
- Asset Management
- Business System Integration
- A review of current energy initiatives applied in facilities management in
industry and government
- Operations strategies that leverage energy and environmental Initiatives
- Business opportunities that exist across industrial, educational,
government, health science, and transportation segments for improved facilities
management
Why Attend? - Expo Partners, Training, Networking and More Chances
to Learn
Innovation Expo - A wide range of innovative
software, hardware and industry solutions providers will be on hand to
show you how to leverage your installed investments and increase your
effectiveness as you design, deploy, maintain and ex tend solutions using
Wonderware software - built on ArchestrA technology.
- Water & Wastewater solutions, including the Wonderware Industry Pack in
action
- Oil & Gas solutions, including asset management and condition monitoring
- Electrical Power solutions, including an asset management solution for power
- Facilities solutions, including an asset performance solution for facilities
- Packaging Line Industry Application from Wonderware
- Bottling line solution
- Food Industry Pre-weigh Application
- Metals manufacturing solution and OEE for mining solution
WonderWorld Technical Training Institute - Make the
most of your time and travel--attend a two-day training course following
the main conferences. Or, if you just need a deep-dive on a critical
subject, check out the two- and four-day training courses offered during WonderWorld Week by Wonderware and partners.
- Wonderware ArchestrA Object Toolkit Technical Workshop
- InTouch 10.0: Migration from 9.5 Plus Techniques for Creating Amazing
Graphics
- Improving the Performance of your System Platform Application Workshop
- Condition-Based Monitoring Solutions Training
- Reporting: Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services + Wonderware Reporting
- Wonderware Operations Software 3.4 Training
Don't wait to register to take advantage of early registration
discounts!
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Wonderware Acquires SAT Corporation for Mobile Workforce Management
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recently announced that it has acquired Houston-based
SAT Corporation to offer mobile solutions that will help drive
operational excellence for its customers. With this acquisition,
Wonderware will form a new mobile solutions group that further expands
on SAT’s position as a leading global supplier of mobile workforce
management and decision support solutions, used to enhance manufacturing
visibility and task execution within industrial and manufacturing
markets.
SAT is the leading global supplier of mobile workforce management
solutions, improving mobile production workers' procedural efficiencies
within industrial and manufacturing markets. The SAT IntelaTrac product
includes configurable hardware and software solutions that enable
workflow, procedural and general task management capabilities typically
focused around maintenance management and compliance. They are uniquely
positioned to extend existing EAM / CMMS systems by empowering mobile
workers to address maintenance activities around both instrumented and
non-instrumented equipment
The acquired IntelaTrac® Enterprise Suite product includes configurable
software and ruggedized mobile hardware solutions that enable workflow,
procedural and general task management capabilities typically focused
around plant operations, maintenance management, production tracking and
compliance applications.
What does the IntelaTrac product offering provide?
- A mobile hardware and software solution for industrial task management
applications
- Workflow management to enable work process improvements for customers
- Work process enforcement for the asset management market
- A fully productized software & hardware offering – requiring minimal
configuration services to implement
- Mobile Client Interface, Auditing, Scheduling, Procedure Management
- Mobile data collection in instrumented and non-instrumented CMMS/EAM systems
- Best practices encapsulation, asset utilization and workflow management
- Rapid ROI, documented successes, domain expertise, mobile infrastructure
The IntelaTrac products and core technology further extends the
Wonderware System Platform with procedural capabilities that empower
mobile workers to address operations management and maintenance
procedures that involve instrumented and non- instrumented equipment.
These ‘stranded assets’ have traditionally been out of the reach of
information and automation applications. Now with IntelaTrac, this last
island of automation can be integrated as part of the Wonderware
Platform.
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Leveraging Microsoft Reporting Services Within Wonderware Information
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Wonderware Information Server offers a single web solution for
aggregating and presenting plant production and performance data over
the web or company intranet. This enables employees across the
enterprise to make better informed decisions, based on accurate,
real-time information from multiple Wonderware and non-Wonderware data
sources. The full spectrum of Wonderware generated
content, including process graphics, trends and reports, is made
available on a single web site.
Leveraging Microsoft SharePoint and Web Part technology, the Wonderware
Information Server is designed for non-programmers. Plant personnel with
a minimum of training can install, configure and implement a highly
effective plant information web site without the need for custom web
programming. Additionally, content from the Wonderware
Information Server can be incorporated into other web portals via web
parts, making your existing corporate portal more informative and
valuable.
Integration of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services and
advanced new data retrieval modes from the Wonderware Historian make the
Wonderware Information Server a particularly powerful production
reporting tool. Now, large amounts of process data can be
aggregated into highly informative production reports tailored to the
information needs of plant personnel. The entire report creation process
has been simplified and made less technical. This empowers plant workers
to create their own ad hoc reports and also helps plant IT personnel
tasked with building reports to be more efficient.
What are Microsoft SQL 2005 Reporting Services?
SQL Server Reporting Services is a comprehensive, server-based
solution that enables the creation, management, and delivery of both
traditional, paper-oriented reports and interactive, Web-based reports.
Imbedded in Microsoft SQL Server (part of the Wonderware Historian),
Reporting Services combines the data management capabilities of SQL
Server and Microsoft Windows Server with familiar and powerful Microsoft
Office System applications to deliver real-time information to support
daily operations and drive decisions.
SQL Server Reporting Services supports a wide range of common data
sources, such as OLE DB and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC), as well
as multiple output formats such as familiar Web browsers and Microsoft
Office System applications. Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the
Microsoft .NET Framework, developers can leverage the capabilities of
their existing information systems and connect to custom data sources,
produce additional output formats, and deliver to a variety of devices.
SQL Server Reporting Services supports the full reporting life cycle,
including:
- Report authoring - Report developers can create
reports to be published to a report server by using Microsoft or other design
tools that use Report Definition Language (RDL), an XML-based industry standard
used to define reports.
- Report management - Report definitions, folders,
and resources are published and managed as a Web service. Managed reports can be
executed either on demand or on a specified schedule, and are cached for
consistency and performance. New in SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services,
administrators can use SQL Server Management Studio to organize reports and data
sources, schedule report execution and delivery, and track reporting history.
- Report delivery - SQL Server Reporting Services
supports both on-demand (pull) and event-based (push) delivery of reports. Users
can view reports in a Web-based format or in e-mail.
- Report security - SQL Server Reporting Services
implements a flexible, role-based security model to protect reports and
reporting resources. The product includes extensible interfaces for integrating
other security models as well.
When combined with the power and flexibility of the Wonderware
Information Server, SQL Server Reporting Services makes a powerful and
easy to use reporting tool to generate reports that can be pushed out to
users via the Wonderware Information Server Web Portal. To learn more about Reporting
Services, consider our Reporting Services Class this fall (November 5th to November 7th in Horsham, PA
- Call 215-675-5800 to learn more).
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Mounting Solutions for the Panel PC or Panel Mount Display |
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 Stop
mounting that industrial panel PC or panel mount display in a flat,
static enclosure and introduce ergonomics into your manufacturing
environment with the STRONGARM Vertica Arm and Enclosure solution for
painted and stainless steel applications.
Our enclosures are always designed to your exact specifications; including the cut-out, cable space, drive access and
cooling requirements. Specify pushbutton cut-outs and other extras to
complete the ideal, hassle-free enclosure to complement your STRONGARM
mounting. Enclosures are specially reinforced for pendant arm
mounting to assure solid, wobble-free operation.
Features of the Vertica Arm and Enclosure Solution:
- Operator "friendly" interface
- Compact and repositionable including three levels of vertical travel (13",
23", 30")
- Internal, local, or remote PC (Internal MicroBox PCs available from
STRONGARM)
- Multiple keyboard and pointer selections (including STRONGARM's
revolutionary Stainless Steel Mouse)
- Feature panel for easy pushbutton additions
- Post Mount, Machine Top Mount, Wall Mount and Ceiling Mount available
- Horizontal and vertical extension capabilities
Mounting Options:
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A Wall Mount Vertica Arm attaches to a vertical surface with a thru-hole pattern
(4) 0.53 ∅. Cables enter through the
center of mounting surface or female 2½" NPT access cap opening. Rotational
stops at 180° (±90°) are standard; alternate stops can be specified.
- A Post Mount Vertica Arm attaches to a plain end 3½" OD tube or 3" pipe.
Collar slides over post and is leveled with setscrews. A pilot hole in the
collar for drilling through the post and installing a 5/16" bolt is provided.
Cables enter through post (optional posts have 1½" NPT female coupling).
Rotational Stops at 330º (±165º) are standard; alternate stops can be specified.
Mount from the floor or from the ceiling.
- A Machine Top mount Vertica Arm attaches to a horizontal surface with
thru-hole pattern (4) 0.38. Cables enter through center of mounting surface.
Rotational stops at 330º (±165º) are standard; alternate stops can be specified.
Features to Consider:
- Pushbutton cutouts for your specific needs
- Keyboard and pointing options
- Clip on keyboard trays with external PS2 or USB connections (with covers for
washdown applications)
- Integrated KVM extenders
- Scanner brackets
- Cooling options
- Much much more...
Remember that STRONGARM specializes in customized solutions so if you
don's see something above that meets your exact needs, simply give us a
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Thin Clients Support Green Initiatives |
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 ACP
recently released version 3.2 of its ThinManager product and two of the
coolest features that appear in the latest ThinManager version are
Session Tiling and Terminal to Terminal shadowing.
ACP's Session Tiling feature allows multiple sessions running anywhere
on the ThinManager network to be viewed through one Thin Client.
ThinManager "tiles" these screen views based on your settings. You can
dictate which tile shows which session. You can set it to run in
screensaver mode so that certain "tiles" are constantly updated with
different sessions. Now you can view displays from incompatible
applications on the same screen
Terminal to terminal shadowing allows one Thin Client session to be
viewed from another Thin Client terminal. This feature can be combined
with Screen Tiling to monitor several clients simultaneously.
These are just some of the amazing features available to users of
ThinManger software. But beyond just the amazing features of the
product, how does a migration to a thin client architecture save money
and support many of the green initiatives that companies are
investigating today?
How do Thin Clients Save Money and Support Green Initiatives?
As energy prices rise, reducing consumption becomes an important way to
cut costs. Increasingly companies are turning to Thin Clients as part of
the solution. A side benefit? The lifespan of a Thin Clients is two or
three TIMES the lifespan of a PC, and when it finally is replaced there
are far fewer parts to dispose of.
Energy Savings
Consider that most blade servers consume roughly the same energy as a
PC, and then realize that with Thin Client technology one of these
servers can host from 15 to 100 Thin Clients. That means that for every
one server you add you can replace up to 100 PCs with Thin Clients,
consuming, by some estimates, 90 percent less energy. All without having
to change any of your existing applications!
If you could replace 1,000 PCs, in a year you could probably save over
$10,000 in energy cost alone. This does not even take into account the
reduced cooling requirements - you do your own
calculations for CO2 emissions savings...
Waste Not...
Another important part of "Green Computing" is not throwing away
computers. Most IT departments consider it a success when they can keep
a PC for 3 years, but ACP has customers who are still running the same
Thin Client hardware they installed in 1999 - almost 10 years ago! The
increased lifespan not only saves replacement costs but also greatly reduces
the amount of hardware that has to be decommissioned.
The reason for the increased lifespan is a byproduct of the technology.
All a Thin Client has to do is display the screens generated on the
server and receive the user input. The hardware required to do this is
essentially the same whether it is showing an old application running on
Windows NT 4.0 or the latest HMI programs running on Windows 2008. So
while the servers may have been upgraded 3 times in the past 10 years
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WonderWorld and Water |
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WonderWorld will cover many issues across both manufacturing and
Industrial Infrastructure but we thought that we would highlight some of
the features of the show that will benefit those interested in the water
and wastewater industry. For the first time ever, Wonderware has a
pre-configured set of application templates and graphics specifically
built for use by water and wastewater companies and municipalities in
the form of our Industry Pack for Water and Wastewater. We think
WonderWorld 2008 is a great opportunity to really showcase the scope
and effectiveness of Wonderware-based solutions in this space.
Below are specific theater presentations, EXPO participants, and
breakout session content focused on specifically on this important
industry for Wonderware. In addition, there are numerous product
sessions and management sessions that are applicable to water
customers.
Innovation Expo:
One way we are bringing content to attendees is through the new
Innovation EXPO. It will feature three solution zones, two for
industrial infrastructure applications, and one for manufacturing. One of
the industrial infrastructure zones will primarily highlight water
solutions with partners who focus on water and wastewater located in
that zone. The zone w ill also have a theater for presentations, and will
feature several water sessions. We hope to foster more collaboration
with our attendees, not just PowerPoint—our motto is “solutions, not
slides”. We will be encouraging them to spend time in the Zone, and to
have meaningful one-on-one discussions with both Wonderware experts like
Eduardo Ballina and our expert partners as well.
Theater sessions -
These should be of specific interest for water customers:
- Wonderware Industry Pack for Water and Wastewater Operations
- This session will give you a high-level review of the new Industry Pack for
Water and Wastewater which is designed to provide you a library of industry
content that will accelerate your development of an application, plus provide a
working example.
- Improving Wastewater Operations for Increased Efficiency and
Traceability with New Technology - This session discusses the design
and implementation of a SCADA system for a water treatment plant just
constructed in Southern California. At 100 million gallons per day, it is the
world’s largest treatment plant using Membrane technology. Initially, four
separate Galaxies were created to support design and start-up. Topics cover how ArchestrA was used to integrate these separate galaxies developed by different
companies into a single plant Galaxy.
- Proven Approach to Water Treatment SCADA System in
preparing for future growth - In today's market people are planning for
future growth, this session will take you through a proven approach of building
a SCADA application for Water Treatment. Going through the architecture, use of
Wonderware tools, building libraries, and doing control.
- Condition Based Monitoring Solution for Water and Wastewater
Operations - Understand how a new level of asset utilization
effectiveness can be achieved by adding real-time plant condition input into
your existing Enterprise Asset Management system, turning maintenance into a
proactive system. This presentation will be around Condition Based Monitoring
applied in Water and Wastewater.
- Easy Integration of Wonderware Software for Wireless GSM/GPRS/3G
Automation GSM/GPRS/3G-Control software with plug-in PC GSM-modems
integrates Wonderware software with mobile phones and automation devices
(controllers, meters etc.) for wireless automation over standard mobile operator
services. In less than 30 minutes, you make your Wonderware application to
communicate over mobile network for alarms, metering, controls and many other
functions in water, energy, building and industrial applications.
My Wonderware:
Our My Wonderware sessions are focused on specific Wonderware products
and solutions. Here are some highlights of content that has been
specially created for our water customers.
- Overcoming Industry Challenges in Water and Wastewater -
How Wonderware Enables a Better Solution Water is the most important liquid on
our planet. Efficient Water and Wastewater Operations Management is critical to
managing this valuable resource. Come learn about the top 5 issues facing the
Water and Wastewater Industry today, and how Wonderware is helping address these
issues. Includes an overview of the new Wonderware Water and Wastewater Industry
Pack.
- Water & Wastewater Industry Pack Deep Dive - An in-depth
review of the content of Wonderware's Water & Wastewater Industry Pack. Come
learn how it can help you get your application up and running, and how the
stunning graphics make a splash for your application.
Real-Time Operations Management Forum:
Our RTOM Forum sessions are focused on operations issues that impact
organizations that depend on real-time information. Here are some
highlights of content that has been specifically created for our water
customers.
 Collaborative Operations Strategies for Utilities - What
are some of the key issues and strategies for managing people collaboration in
order to improve industrial operations - using a Water Operations example.
New Success Story Highlights to be shown at the Conference:
- Puerto Rico Water and Sewage Authority - Will highlight one
of the largest Wonderware System Platform implementations in the world, as they
move from a manual system to a fully automated one with state-of-the-art
security system, high-speed historical data collection and centralized system
management of 100% of the critical facilities.
- Ontario Clean Water Agency - This video will highlight a
how OCWA provides cost-effective solutions to municipal, private sector, and
First Nation water client's solutions for highly complex wide-area SCADA
implementations. Based on Wonderware System Platform, in one of the most
thoroughly modeled and tested systems ever developed, customers will see how
Wonderware has provided OCWA with the ability to create standardized
applications that can be deployed at a hub or customer sites in a fraction of
the time that was required previously – weeks instead of months.
Along with the above sessions and demonstrations, there are also
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engineering and technology groups with expertise in water and
wastewater. So as you can see, if you are involved in the water or
wastewater industry,
WonderWorld 2008 is the perfect venue to learn about and see some of
the latest offerings in this important industry.
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Wonderware Patchfixes, Device Integration Releases & Tech Notes |
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Registered Wonderware Customer Support subscribers can download the
following Wonderware device integration releases:
(www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):
Registered users can now download the following Wonderware software
patchfix releases (www.wonderware.com/Support/MMI):
- Application Server 3.0 Service Pack 1
- InTouch 10.0 Service Pack 1
- InTouch 10.0 Terminal Services Edition Service Pack 1
The following Tech Notes and Tech Alerts are now available:
- Tech Alert 111: New Values for Some Items are not Sent to the Client After
Installing DASABCIP 4.0 (DAServer/DI Objects) or DAServer Runtime Components v.
2.0 SP1113
- Tech Alert 112: Omron FINS Ethernet and Serial DAServer Version 1.5 can
potentially write incorrect I/O Real Values to the PLC
- Tech Note 546: Rebuilding a Corrupted InTouch Managed Application
- Tech Note 547: Configuring the Factelligence Service for Consistent
Middleware Communication
Registered users can view and download these and other Tech Notes
from the
Wonderware Technical Support website. |
