Foxboro becomes Gensym Systems Integrator; Foxboro to embed Gensym's G2 Within I/A Series Applications.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 4, 1994--Gensym Corp., the leading provider of software for creating intelligent real-time systems Real-time systems Computer systems in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting. , announced today that Gensym and The Foxboro Co. have signed a systems integrator agreement that enables Foxboro to embed Gensym's G2 real-time expert system within selected Foxboro I/A I/A Interactive I/A Instrument Air I/A Innovative/Alternative (Technology) Series industry application solutions. "We are pleased that Foxboro has been so successful in utilizing G2's powerful capabilities," said Dr. Robert Moore Robert Moore may refer to
"Gensym's G2 software offers a proven on-line expert system environment that runs directly on the I/A Series System and enhances our own capabilities to create an intelligent monitoring and control system," said Peter Lovelace, Foxboro president of U.S. operations. "Our customers are finding that the combination of G2's object-oriented graphical environment and the I/A Series system's object-based communications saves them a lot of time, since object-oriented architectures allow for reusability between plants." G2 resides directly on Foxboro's latest family of RISC/SPARC application processors. This eliminates the cost and complexity associated with using an external computer. Foxboro-developed bridge software to the I/A Series Object Manager allows G2's decision making capabilities to be tightly integrated with I/A Series Applications. Process knowledge and control information are displayed on RISC/SPARC-based I/A Series workstations. Recently, Gensym and Foxboro France annouced a major order from Total, the second largest oil and gas company in France. Total will be running Gensym's G2 on I/A Series systems at a number of their plants for operator advisory functions and intelligent alarm handling. The combined integrated systems order is valued at over $2 million. The Foxboro Co., headquartered in Foxboro, Mass., is a worldwide supplier of instruments, systems, and services for industrial process automation. Foxboro is part of the Siebe Control Systems division of SIEBE plc of Windsor, U.K. Founded in 1986, Gensym Corp. is the leading supplier of software products for developing and deploying intelligent real-time solutions for industrial, scientific, commercial and government applications. With over 3,000 product licenses sold worldwide, Gensym serves 30 industrial sectors including the process industries, discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , telecommunications, environmental, power and aerospace. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Gensym has regional offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Dortmund, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Houston, Leiden, London, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Munich, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Paris, Philadelphia, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , Seoul, Toronto, Uppsala, and Washington, D.C. CONTACT: Gensym Corp. Betsy Gartner, 617/547-2500, ext.241 |
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