DataWorks Announces Free Incuity HDA(TM) Download For Users of ActiveFactory Version 8.5 & Earlier.MISSION VIEJO Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. , Calif. -- DataWorks Systems, a leading developer of real-time business intelligence software for manufacturing enterprises, today announced the availability of free download copies of its new Incuity HDA (Head Disk Assembly) The mechanical components of a disk drive (minus the electronics), which include the actuators, access arms, read/write heads and platters. HDA - Head Disk Assembly (TM) historical data access software for all users of the previous ActiveFactory(TM) plant data management system, versions 8.5 and earlier. Incuity HDA is the newest product offering from DataWorks Systems, creators of the ActiveFactory(TM) toolset for use with the IndustrialSQL Server(TM) historian from the Wonderware(R) unit of Invensys Systems. Incuity HDA is fully backward-compatible with ActiveFactory versions 8.5 and earlier, all of which are no longer sold by Wonderware. Wonderware now markets its own version of the product based on different software code - which means Incuity HDA is the only true upgrade available for ActiveFactory users, noted John Nichols People named John Nichols include:
The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Incuity HDA is unique because it not only integrates well with IndustrialSQL Server but it also can access data from other popular plant historians such as OSIsoft's PI System, General Electric's Proficy Historian, Rockwell Software's RSBizware Historian and any other OPC (1) (OpenGL Performance Characterization) A project group within GPC that manages OpenGL benchmarks. OPC endorses the Viewperf and GLperf benchmarks. Viewperf was created by IBM and OPC provides viewsets for it, which are combinations of tests using specific HDA-compatible historian," Nichols explained. "It interfaces to these databases using intelligent connectivity that automatically adjusts to the data content and formatting of each specific historian during product installation. "This free download - which is available from now through the end of November - connects automatically to IndustrialSQL Server, but users who wish to deploy Incuity HDA with other historians can purchase specific versions that connect to them," Nichols added. In addition, for any ActiveFactory user who is a customer of Wonderware's Comprehensive Support program, DataWorks will honor the balance of the current contract and will add another 12 months' extension to it at no additional charge, Nichols noted. "For users who aren't Wonderware Comprehensive Support customers, DataWorks will provide its own 12-month Comprehensive Support agreement at 50 percent off the normal price," he said. "In both cases, comprehensive support will include 'live' tech support and automatic software version upgrades during the term of the contract. "We're making these offers for two reasons: to thank loyal ActiveFactory users for their past support and to make it easier for them to make informed decisions as to which tools best meet their current and future manufacturing data analysis needs," he concluded. Incuity HDA offers a powerful combination of features that enable users to build virtually unlimited arrays of reporting and information management applications. This includes pre-configured and custom dashboards, within Incuity's open portal application; automated production reporting; key performance indicator (KPI KPI Key Performance Indicator KPI Kuwait Petroleum International KPI Kiev Polytechnic Institute (Ukraine) KPI Kernel Programming Interface KPI King Pin Inclination (vehicle steering geometry angle) ) monitoring; downtime and operating equipment efficiency analysis; and process verification and optimization. "No matter which historian is used, Incuity HDA exposes the full value of historical data using standard Internet browsers, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. applications and its own powerful data analysis tools," he said. "Its tight integration to the Office suite means that people who have no other computing skills than knowing how to use Word or Excel can create sophisticated reports and Web application content for sharing information with other people throughout a company." In addition to its compatibility with ActiveFactory's client applications, Incuity HDA adds new high-performance client applications such as "zero install" trending and X-Y plotting; a powerful Web application for data sharing The ability to share the same data resource with multiple applications or users. It implies that the data are stored in one or more servers in the network and that there is some software locking mechanism that prevents the same set of data from being changed by two people at the same time. throughout a plant; and an extensive reporting subsystem. It also provides an easy upgrade path to the Incuity EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. (TM) enterprise manufacturing intelligence Enterprise Manufacturing Intelligence (EMI), or simply Manufacturing Intelligence (MI), is a term which applies to software used to bring a corporation's manufacturing-related data together from many sources for the purposes of reporting, analysis, visual summaries, and passing system, the expanded version that is now in beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the . Incuity HDA users can easily migrate to a full EMI server, which allows them to connect to multiple classes of data sources - such as real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
Where to Download To download the free copy of Incuity HDA, ActiveFactory users simply have to click on http://www.incuity.com/ or paste the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. into their browser address bar and then follow the online instructions. To either activate an extension of an existing Comprehensive Support contract or to purchase a new one, users should click on DataWorks' value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. locator page and contact their nearest VAR to sign up. About DataWorks DataWorks Systems, an Incuity Software Inc. company based in Mission Viejo, is the creator of the ActiveFactory(TM) plant data management system for data reporting and analysis in manufacturing and process companies. More than 45,000 seats of ActiveFactory have been installed since 1998, in 13 languages and in more than 40 countries around the world. The ActiveFactory product was licensed to Wonderware and sold through its distribution network until July 6, 2005. Wonderware now markets its own version of the product based on different software code. Incuity HDA is the only true upgrade available for users of ActiveFactory 8.5 and earlier versions. In addition to its headquarters operations in California, the company has a regional sales office in Nevada and maintains an advanced solutions development group in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. For additional information about the company, please visit its Web site at http://www.incuity.com. |
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