Press Release Summary: Microsoft Silverlight Expands GENESIS64 Suite's Web, Graphics and Control Capabilities
Press Release Body: FOXBOROUGH, MA - October 15, 2008 - Today, ICONICS, a 2008 Microsoft Gold Certified Partner of the Year and provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows(r) operating systems, announced its Version 10.5 of the GENESIS64(tm) 64-bit-optimized, Web-enabled, OPC-integrated HMI/SCADA suite.
Designed from the ground up utilizing OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) and 64-bit multi-core hardware platforms, the GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Certified for Microsoft Windows(r) Vista(tm), Windows Server 2008, .NET and SharePoint(r) technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. The GENESIS64 suite is comprised of GraphWorX(tm)64, TrendWorX(tm)64, AlarmWorX(tm)64, EarthWorX(tm) and the Workbench Web-based development, deployment and operations products.
ICONICS GENESIS64 V10.5 incorporates new Microsoft Silverlight(tm) cloud services technology, providing "a cross-browser, cross-platform, and cross-device capability delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web." Silverlight is able to combine multimedia, graphics, animation and interactivity into a single runtime environment. It has the ability to work along with XAML code in presenting vector graphics and animation and can be used to create Windows Sidebar gadgets for Windows Vista. Such capabilities help dramatically bolster overall visualization capabilities of user applications.
"ICONICS works closely with Microsoft, and as a Gold Certified Partner, remains at the cutting edge of technology for the good of our industrial automation/building controls software customers," said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. "Silverlight expands GENESIS64's rich Web-friendly graphics, alarm management and trend charting functionality. Certification for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, .NET, SharePoint and other technologies assists ICONICS in helping customers to better visualize their business applications."
"ICONICS is well-known as a proponent of Microsoft and for integrating Microsoft technologies within its products such as GENESIS64", said Craig Resnick, Research Director at ARC Advisory Group. "ARC expects that ICONICS will fully leverage the capabilities of the latest Microsoft products such as Silverlight to address the trend, being deployed by many successful manufacturers, of using real-time visualization solutions to ensure that any problems are exposed as they occur on the plant floor. This is a welcome trend to workers on the plant floor, especially when they are empowered to stop the manufacturing process and fix the problems as they occur to get the product quality right the first time, which is one of the primary benefits of real-time industrial automation."
ICONICS solutions are widely recognized in the industrial automation software marketplace. Used in a wide variety of applications worldwide (including Automotive, Building Management, Food & Beverage, Oil/Gas/Petrochemical, Machine Builders, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Security, Water/Wastewater, Utilities, Government Infrastructures and more), ICONICS' GENESIS64, GENESIS32 and BizViz products are recognized for their graphical capabilities and seamless integration with Microsoft operating systems and applications, bridging information from "the shop floor to the top floor." ICONICS has provided award-winning industrial automation and Manufacturing Intelligence software for over 22 years, successfully deploying more than 225,000 solutions worldwide.
ICONICS Background Information Founded in 1986, ICONICS is a leader in the development of Web-enabled industrial automation and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft(r) Windows(r) operating systems. Offering the industry's only suite of fully-integrated OPC-based components and products, GENESIS32(tm) Enterprise Edition is available for Windows XP, XP Professional x64, Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64. Pocket GENESIS(tm) for Windows CE and Pocket PC was built from the ground up based on ICONICS' OPC-To-The-Core(tm) framework. BizViz(tm) is a suite of manufacturing and business intelligence products, which bridge the gap between manufacturing and corporate business information systems. BizViz is designed around Microsoft .NET technology and Microsoft SharePoint Services.. ICONICS also offers a complete set of Plug and Play automation components, including best-in-class OPC ActiveX(r) Controls, OPC Toolkit, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Microsoft SQL Server(r)-based data logging, Multimedia Alarming, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) products. ICONICS is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner represented in over 60 countries, and has more than 225,000 product installations worldwide.
(c) 2008 ICONICS, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. GENESIS64, GENESIS32, Pocket GENESIS, BizViz and their respective modules, OPC-To-The-Core, and Visualize Your Enterprise are trademarks of ICONICS Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Web Site: http://www.iconics.com/news/press_release_display.asp?Release=081015%5FGEN64%2Ehtm
Contact Details: Tim Donaldson Director of Marketing ICONICS 100 Foxborough Blvd. Foxborough, MA 02035 phone: 508-543-8600 fax: 508-543-1503 timd@iconics.com
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