Norsk Hydro Selects OpenSpirit(R) as Critical Cornerstone in Integration Strategy.SUGAR LAND, Texas -- As part of a two-phase two-phase adj. Electricity Relating to two alternating currents with phases differing by 90°. project to more effectively leverage key applications and data across multiple offices in several countries, Hydro - one of Europe's leading oil and energy companies - has selected OpenSpirit as its data and application integration provider. This OpenSpirit implementation comes after an extensive application portfolio review to identify all business-critical G&G applications within Hydro. OpenSpirit will be used to seamlessly integrate this select list of applications. Hydro's multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. teams rely on a number of petrotechnical products. During Hydro's portfolio review, applications and databases were selected that are critical to Hydro's workflows. OpenSpirit will assist Hydro's geoscientists and technicians in making these products work together. The OpenSpirit framework will provide Hydro with seamless data transfer between applications and data stores, a common interface to concurrently search, select and transfer data from multiple data stores, as well as QC tools and subsurface sub·sur·face adj. Of, relating to, or situated in an area beneath a surface, especially the surface of the earth or of a body of water. Adj. 1. environments. This streamlined approach will result in increased efficiency, better productivity and reduced IT and data management costs. "We are committed to Hydro's success and appreciate the opportunity to make a difference within their organization," said Dan Piette, President & 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. of OpenSpirit. "This is not only an investment in our technology, but in our people and future vision, as well." About OpenSpirit The OpenSpirit Corporation OpenSpirit Corporation, an oilfield service company, provides software services worldwide. The company provides middleware that specializes in geophysical data integration. , based in Sugar Land, Texas, began operations in July 2000 as an independent software company focused on providing integration solutions for upstream From the consumer to the provider. See downstream. (networking) upstream - Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger applications and data. The OpenSpirit application integration framework allows interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. between multiple vendors' applications and data. To date, more than 30 software vendors have licensed the OpenSpirit developer's kit. Additionally, there are now more than 1500 oil company end users in more than 50 countries taking advantage of the framework to speed up critical work flows and enhance analysis in the geotechnical space, with more adopting the solution every day. Additional information on OpenSpirit is available at www.openspirit.com, or via e-mail at info@openspirit.com. |
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