Product category:
Plantwide control
News Release from: Verano | Subject: Performux
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 17 January 2003
Linux-based platform takes over plant
operations
Performux is the first Linux-based plant operations software offering secure, Internet-enabled management of critical industrial operations within transportation, energy and process industries.
Performux is the first Linux-based plant operations software offering secure, Internet-enabled management of critical industrial operations within utilities, transportation, energy and process industries Performux provides business managers, knowledge workers and operational personnel with "instant awareness" of essential operational metrics and key performance indicators, at a low total cost of ownership
For example, large process manufacturers can use Performux to monitor production status, asset usage and operational alerts.
Performux's real-time capabilities provide the company's plant managers and senior executives with up-to-the minute information across widely distributed assets.
Wireless capabilities also allow executives and managers to receive alerts at remote locations, allowing them to take immediate action in response to market drivers such as production outages or real-time pricing events.
Performux is built on the Red Hat Linux Advanced Server, the first Linux platform designed expressly for and certified by top enterprise software vendors.
Performux also has a strong lineage in Unix.
It is based on Verano's Scada platform (RTAP/i - real-time application platform) with a reputation for taming some of the largest, most demanding automation challenges in the world.
In the UK power industry, Innogy and Thales have been working together successfully for several years using Verano's RTAP software product.
"This technology has proved to be a powerful platform for our fully integrated plant control system (APMS), helping power plants to refurbish and stay ahead of market competitors", said Andrew Lichnowski, Manager, Process Control Systems Group, Innogy.
"We are very pleased to see Verano continue to stay at the forefront of technology with the release of Performux, a Linux-based product", added Allan Crewe, Technical Director for Thales Information Systems.
"Performux can enable the continued cost-effective and secure implementation of APMS, now on a wide-range of different sized systems, from high-end servers to low-end PCs".
"All of our customers using commercial Unix are seriously evaluating Linux as a new operating system platform because of its unsurpassed computing power, portability and scalability", said Brian Ahern, President and Chief Executive Officer, Verano.
"Combined with the security, high performance and reliability of Linux, Performux delivers the information customers need to make timely decisions, without the traditional barriers of time, media or location".
Performux features: real-time data management and visualisation engine with built in web services; sophisticated alarm and event management; dedicated thick-client HMI visualisation in addition to web-based display; the ability to link to the enterprise utilising Verano's Enterprise Link; interfaces to legacy plant devices; and a Java application interface and C/C++ API for developers.
Performux-based solutions are now available and being sold through Verano's industrial automation resellers and integrators.
• Verano: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Engineeringtalk email newsletter
• Engineeringtalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
