One would think that because the Fieldbus Foundation defines so many other parameters in its standards that the time for the Compel Data message used for the Publish/Subscribe messages on which control in the field is based would also be standardized. Not so. This sometimes makes it difficult for designers to properly estimate the macrocycle requirements, which is unfortunate since in many cases the bandwidth of the Fieldbus system is now the design constraint.

From 'The Great Kanduski: Best Practices in Industrial Networking'

There can be only one. Invensys, that is. There is no "Foxboro" booth, no "Wonderware" booth, or any of the other great brands that make up part of Invensys Operations Management, or IOM. And as you walk through the expo, you see that there are applications being talked about: operations, asset management, control, HMI, enterprise control, migration-- not products, really.

 

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

The biggest drag on Invensys before the Great Reorganization was the fact that they had a 27 year old DCS. Now there's no question that they tried to keep making new revisions, and producing new features, but it was the same vintage as ProVox, the TDC3000 and other systems that have been obsoleted and replaced by their vendors.

The truth is, that while the I/A system was in many ways at least a generation (25 years, eh?) ahead of its time, it has begun looking a little long in the tooth.

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PAS has a well-publicized relationship with both Honeywell and Invensys, the latter cemented by the new President of PAS, former Invensys official Chris Lyden. PAS as we have reported before, has an interesting take on workflow management and documentation called "The Automation Genome."

One of the first questions that came to me in yesterday's press conference was, what does this aquisition (of Skelta Software) do to the relationship that Invensys has with PAS.

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

During the just concluded high level press conference with Invensys Operations Management's Rashesh Mody and Rob McGreevy and Skelta's Sanjay Shah, McGreevy reminded me that even though I have been saying that it is Invensys' master strategy to become the world's largest system integrator, they expect to go to market through their "existing ecosystem partners" - by which I take him to mean the Wonderware distribution organization, not necessarily the Foxboro one.

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

In their quest to become the world's largest system integrator, Invensys Operations Management has purchased Skelta Software: http://iom.invensys.com/EN/Pages/IOM_NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=214

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

There is new hope for End Users that a uniform interface to the rich information such as diagnostics and related material in smart instruments may soon be available. This is because a number of supplier companies have joined the FDI cooperation project that initially consisted of the major technology trade organizations, FDT Group, Fieldbus Foundation, HART Communication Foundation, OPC Foundation and PROFIBUS Nutzerorganisation.From 'The Great Kanduski: Best Practices in Industrial Networking'

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'

Here's another announcement from Invensys at their North America Client Conference:

New Solutions from Invensys Operations Management Facilitate Compliance with NERC Cyber Security Standards

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009/PLANO, TEXAS - Invensys Operations Management, a global provider of technology systems, software solutions and consulting services to the process and manufacturing industries, has unveiled a comprehensive array of technology and services designed to help clients protect plant assets from cyber attacks.

From 'Unfettered Blog'

Here's another press release from the Invensys 2009 North America Client Conference:

Invensys Operations Management Continues to Expand Ecosystem

-- Offers New PAS Integrity Software to Manage Configuration of Control Systems --

From 'Sound Off! Editors' Blog'