Gensym recognized as a "Cool Company"; Cambridge-based software provider profiled in Fortune magazine's annual feature.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1995--Gensym Corp., leading provider of software for creating intelligent real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. solutions, is one of the information technology organizations profiled in Fortune magazine's annual "25 Cool Companies" feature. The article appears in the July 10 issue. Gensym provides a family of advanced software products that help organizations run as if their most experienced personnel are always on the job. "We have an exciting and powerful suite of products that help our customers leverage the knowledge of their best people. I've always thought that was pretty `cool' in and of itself," said Lowell Hawkinson, Gensym chairman 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. . "Our friendly graphical interface See GUI. has made the underlying advanced expert system technology the choice of the mainstream market. In fact, the world's 25 largest industrial organizations are among our customers. Many Gensym customers are running real-time, mission-critical operations such as monitoring and controlling chemical plants, satellites and banking security networks. Although we take our technology very seriously, it was nice to see it presented in a lighter way that all readers can relate to," Hawkinson concluded. Gensym's family of software products is built around G2(R). G2 lets non-programmers create graphical models In probability theory, statistics, and machine learning, a graphical model (GM) is a graph that represents independencies among random variables by a graph in which each node is a random variable, and the missing edges between the nodes represent conditional independencies. of their operations using click and connect icons and sophisticated rules and procedures written in simple, if-then style English phrases. When software bridges link G2 applications to process control systems or other data gathering devices, G2 can monitor, control, diagnose diagnose /di·ag·nose/ (di´ag-nos) to identify or recognize a disease. di·ag·nose v. 1. To distinguish or identify a disease by diagnosis. 2. and schedule on-line operations in real time. It can also provide operators with expert advice to help them focus on critical situations and let them make more well-informed decisions quickly. 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 4,000 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 Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , environmental, power and aerospace. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Gensym has 25 offices worldwide. CONTACT: Gensym Corp. Betsy Gartner, 617/547-2500 x241 eag@gensym.com |
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