Entergy Selects SmartSignal Predictive Technology to Advance Operational Excellence Goals.Business Editors POWER-GEN International Booth 9313 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003 SmartSignal Corporation, the leader in predictive technology for equipment condition monitoring Condition monitoring is the process of monitoring a parameter of condition in machinery, such that a significant change is indicative of a developing failure. It is a major component of predictive maintenance. , today announced that Entergy Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ETR ETR Estimated Time of Return/Repair ETR Early to Rise (health e-zine) ETR Effective Tax Rate Etr Etruscan (linguistics) ETR Eastern Test Range ETR Express Toll Route ) has selected SmartSignal's early warning Equipment Condition Monitoring (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) software to maximize performance at over thirty of Entergy's power generation plants and its industry leading Performance, Monitoring and Diagnostics (PM&D) center. SmartSignal ECM enables power companies to utilize a proactive maintenance Proactive maintenance is a maintenance strategy for stabilizing the reliability of machines or equipment using Proactive maintenance services. Its central theme involves directing corrective actions aimed at failure root causes, not active failure symptoms, faults, or machine wear strategy for critical plant equipment including steam turbines, boiler feedwater pumps and electrical generators. ECM's scalability across entire equipment fleets regardless of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) type enables companies to experience significant economies of scale at multiple plants and PM&D centers. This epitomizes the strategy laid out by Ms. Jill Feblowitz and Ms. Fenella Scott of AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Research in their 'Energy Insider IT: Spending Report 2003-2004', which stated that, "From a business perspective, AMR Research believes that a back-to-basics attitude--reliability, reliability, reliability--will lead energy companies to focus inward on decision support in areas such as predictive maintenance Predictive maintenance (PdM) techniques help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to predict when maintenance should be performed. This approach offers cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance because tasks are performed only when , using condition-based monitoring to predict potential failures or to push equipment (feeders, turbines) beyond capacity within the restraints of safety." Advanced early warning of pending equipment failures will shift unplanned maintenance to planned maintenance and ensure avoidance of costly outages and catastrophic equipment failures. Additionally, SmartSignal ECM allows power companies to experience: -- Increase system reliability -- Improve operating productivity, management and effectiveness -- Experience significant economies of scale -- Increase shareholder value "We are proud to have been chosen by Entergy, one of the industry's leading energy and power companies," said Gary Conkright, SmartSignal President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Through continued partnerships in the power industry, SmartSignal provides greater management of asset productivity and performance, so that our customers can drive significant cost savings directly to the bottom line." About Entergy Corporation Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production, retail distribution operations, energy marketing and trading, and gas transportation. Entergy owns and operates power plants with about 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States. Entergy delivers electricity to 2.6 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Through Entergy-Koch, LP, it is also a leading provider of wholesale energy marketing and trading services, as well as an operator of natural gas pipeline and storage facilities. Entergy has annual revenues of over $8 billion and more than 15,000 employees. About SmartSignal SmartSignal Corporation is the leader in Predictive Technology. The technology, available as an enterprise software solution--Equipment Condition Monitoring (ECM(TM))--or as a predictive platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), helps companies gain unprecedented insight into the health of critical business assets. Through real-time monitoring and prediction, companies are able to avoid catastrophic failures, increase capacity and improve overall return-on assets. SmartSignal's clients include industry leaders such as Arizona Public Service Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the principal subsidiary of publicly-traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE: PNW), which in turn had been formerly named AZP Group , Dynegy, Delta Air Lines and General Motors Electro-Motive Division. SmartSignal was named one of the top 50 emerging technology companies in Chicago by I-Street magazine. In addition, the company was recently listed as one of The FocalPoint Group's Top 40 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month Innovators and has won the Business Ledger's "Annual Award for Business Excellence", Control Engineering Magazine's "Editor's Choice" new product award and a "Best of Sensors Expo new product" Gold Award. In October 2003, SmartSignal received the prestigious Chicago Sun-Times Innovation Award. For more information visit http://www.smartsignal.com. |
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