CygNet Software Signs Puffer-Sweiven As SCADA Software Distributor in Texas.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2004 CygNet cygnet a young swan. Software Inc. today announced the appointment of Puffer-Sweiven, based in suburban Houston, to distribute and support CygNet ETM (database) ETM - An active DBMS from the University of Karlsruhe. (TM) software for the oil and gas production, transportation and storage industry. CygNet ETM is the automation industry's first true supervisory control and data acquisition (application) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition - (SCADA) Systems are used in industry to monitor and control plant status and provide logging facilities. SCADA systems are highly configurable, and usually interface to the plant via PLCs. (SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) A process control application that collects data from sensors and machines on the shop floor or in remote locations and sends them to a central computer for management and control. ) system that offers users a cost-effective, high performance and infinitely scalable solution for enterprise-wide management and distribution of real-time production information. "This appointment is the first of several planned distributor additions we'll be making in 2004, to expand upon our own direct sales programs to reach a broader audience of independent oil, gas and petrochemical producers, refiners and pipeline companies," explained Gary Wilson, CygNet Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "We're delighted to have Puffer-Sweiven join us to distribute our CygNet ETM solutions because they have a proven record of outstanding sales and support to these industries and they already represent the leading process control and instrumentation companies in the business." "We're pleased to add the CygNet ETM software to our arsenal of outstanding product offerings because this SCADA platform outperforms other commercially available SCADA systems, delivering the high performance, unlimited scale and cost efficiency to reduce overall customer project costs," said Robert Elson Robert Edward Elson is professor of South-East Asian History at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, having previously taught at Griffith University. Elson is regarded as an authority on Indonesian history in particular, with his biography of former President , Puffer-Sweiven's Vice President of Systems. "CygNet ETM enables companies to manage their operations at an enterprise level and to link them with existing corporate business systems to facilitate enterprise-wide distribution and management of real-time information." The ETM Server product integrates a powerful set of host and client applications. The host services manage the acquisition, processing and distribution of real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. . They interact with field devices, user requests, corporate computers and enterprise applications. Host services include the Universal Interface Service, the historian and alarm service. ETM client applications typically reside on user workstations and interact with the host services over LANs, WANs, intranets and the Internet - whatever is most convenient for the user. Client applications include a human-machine interface (HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. ) developer/viewer, an alarm console and historical trending. Built-in system administration features are also provided by CygNet Explorer and all clients are automatically updated through CygNet's version management system. CygNet pricing for the ETM Server product is based on the number of hosts and number of clients purchased - with no additional fees for large point or device counts. The data historian is unlimited in size. All of the ETM client applications are included at no additional cost. About Puffer-Sweiven Founded in 1945, Puffer-Sweiven and its subsidiaries are a single-source supplier of a broad range of process control equipment and instrumentation. The company is recognized throughout the process and manufacturing industries for its product lines, application knowledge, project management and control system integration expertise. The company is headquartered in Stafford, Texas, and through its network of seven offices around the Texas Gulf Coast provides sales, service, local inventory, assembly and training. For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at: http://www.puffer puffer, common name for some tropical marine fish of the family Tetraodontidae. The puffers and their allies, the boxfish, the porcupinefish, and the ocean sunfish or headfish, form an odd group (order Tetraodontiformes). .com. About CygNet Software CygNet Software is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Visual Systems, Inc. (VSI VSI Vinyl Siding Institute VSI Voltage Source Inverter VSI Virtual Switch Interface VSI Vertical Speed Indicator VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive VSI Virtual Socket Interface VSI Vision Systems International VSI Vertical Shaft Impactor ), founded in 1994 in San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. , Calif. CygNet ETM - which stands for Enterprise Transaction Management - is unique in the SCADA software industry because its high level networking and data management capabilities open up a new dimension in management of real-time production resources and providing enterprise connectivity to them. CygNet ETM allows end users to serve unlimited numbers of users while providing extremely fast response times and enabling enterprise-wide system administration and navigation. The company already serves the top independent oil and gas producers in the United States. For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at: http://www.CygNetETM.com.
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