Aspen Technology Enhances Aspen Process Explorer; Aspen Process Explorer Now Gives Users Access to Setcim,InfoPlus-X and InfoPlus.21 Databases Through Single Windows-Based Interface.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1998--Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AZPN), the leading provider of Smart Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management software and services for the process industries, today announced the release of version 2.1 of Aspen Process Explorer Process Explorer is a freeware computer program for Microsoft Windows created by Sysinternals, which was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. Process Explorer is a system monitoring and examination utility, similar to a souped-up version of Task Manager, and often can be used (tm). The Windows-based graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to gives users access to information stored in Setcim(R) and InfoPlus-X(tm) databases, as well as to information in the InfoPlus.21(tm) process information database. By providing unified access to AspenTech's Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (TM) and Open VMS-based databases, Aspen Process Explorer saves users time and helps preserve customers' investments in their systems. Aspen Process Explorer 2.1, part of the Plantelligence(tm) suite, offers AspenTech's large installed base of Setcim and InfoPlus-X customers the ease-of-use, advanced data display and fast report-generation capabilities currently available to InfoPlus.21 customers. In addition to integrating Aspen Process Explorer with InfoPlus-X and Setcim, AspenTech has added a number of new features to the interface and has localized it for French, German and Japanese. "Aspen Process Explorer 2.1 is an important release for AspenTech's InfoPlus-X and Setcim customers, as well as for customers with mixed computing environments," said Brian Harkins, vice president, information management products, Aspen Technology Aspen Technology (NASDAQ: AZPN) provides software and professional services to the manufacturing and process industries which allows companies to model, manage, and control their operations. AspenTech was founded in 1981 by MIT professor Dr. , Inc. "AspenTech is committed to serving not only new customers, but our existing customer base that has long experienced the benefits of our software." New features of Aspen Process Explorer 2.1 include: -- Web support--Aspen Process Explorer components can be securely distributed from a Web server using ActiveX technologies, allowing users to access process data through Web-enabled applications using the Aspen Process Explorer interface. -- New formats and displays--AspenTech added new reporting formats, including batch, event, multivariate and SPC/SQC, to the list of available charts through Aspen Process Explorer. Multiple formats enable users to display data in the form that is most useful to them. -- Embedded Graphic Console Systems (GCS GCS Glasgow Coma Scale GCS Guilford County Schools (North Carolina) GCS Ground Control Station GCS Grand Central Station GCS Ground Control System GCS Ground Combat Systems GCS Group Communication Systems ) Operator Console--Existing Setcim and InfoPlus-X users are able to embed the GCS Operator Console into Aspen Process Explorer as an ActiveX control A software module based on Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) architecture. It enables a program to add functionality by calling ready-made components that blend in and appear as normal parts of the program. . Operators and technicians can now search for process data from multiple servers through one interface rather than toggle To alternate back and forth between two states. toggle - To change a bit from whatever state it is in to the other state; to change from 1 to 0 or from 0 to 1. This comes from "toggle switches", such as standard light switches, though the word "toggle" actually refers to between separate displays. -- Localization--Aspen Process Explorer is now available in Japanese, French and German. AspenTech also plans to offer Aspen Process Explorer with Italian and Swedish language Swedish language, member of the North Germanic, or Scandinavian, group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. It is the official language of Sweden and one of the official languages of Finland, and it is spoken by about 9 million people: support. About AspenTech Aspen Technology, Inc. (www.aspentech.com) is a leading supplier of software and services for the design and automation of process manufacturing plants and the optimization of the supply chain in process industries including chemicals, petrochemicals, petroleum refining, pulp and paper, metals and minerals, electric power, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor, consumer packaged goods, and food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. . Process manufacturers use AspenTech's solutions to improve the way they design, operate and manage their plants and global supply chain. These solutions enable manufacturers to reduce their raw material, energy and capital expenses; meet environmental and safety regulations; improve customer service levels; reduce inventory requirements; improve product quality; and shorten the time required to get new production processes on stream. AspenTech employs more than 1,500 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., with offices in 22 countries worldwide. Plantelligence(tm), AspenTech's suite of products and services, is the process manufacturing industry's only complete solution for optimizing manufacturing enterprises from supply chain to plant execution. Deep process knowledge, combined with world-leading optimization expertise and integration with enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) and open control systems, brings AspenTech manufacturing customers' businesses closer to their true potential. This press release contains forward-looking statements, particularly the second and third paragraph and the fourth bullet, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements include the risks set forth under the caption "Risk Factors" in Aspen Technology's Current Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. AspenTech, Plantelligence, True Potential, InfoPlus.21, InfoPlus-X and the aspen leaf logo are trademarks of Aspen Technology, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. Setcim is a registered trademark of Aspen Technology, Inc. All other marks are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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