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Matrikon, Inc. News
| Matrikon’s Alarm Management Solution to be IndustrialIT Enabled |
Edmonton, AB & Wickliffe, OH, January 18, 2005--ABB Inc. and Matrikon announced today that Matrikon’s ProcessGuard™ alarm management solution will be an IndustrialIT Enabled product. IndustrialIT Enabled products set the standard for productivity and ensure compliance with ABB’s System 800xA’s automation and information architecture. IndustrialIT Enabled certification verifies plug and produce integration of value added 3rd party software and hardware with Extended Automation System 800xA. In addition to Matrikon’s ProcessGuard alarm management, certified integrations for SAP, IFS and MRO maintenance systems and Meriam Technologies device management system also enhance 800xA’s robust Asset Management capabilities Matrikon’s alarm management suite, ProcessGuard, is a recognized leader in industry for collecting and archiving real-time alarms and events from all control systems. ProcessGuard includes effective alarm analysis tools that provide significant payback by identifying and addressing alarm and operational issues that are linked to process and equipment problems. Further benefits associated with alarm management are safer operations, sustainability and improved environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance. “Matrikon’s ProcessGuard product provides the analysis tool that complements IndustrialIT System 800xA’s alarm management capabilities. The certification of Matrikon’s ProcessGuard will provide our mutual customers and new customers with an already proven, best in class alarm management solution,” said Bob Hausler, vice president IndustrialIT Systems Marketing. “ABB’s commitment is to provide our clients with the ability to do more with their automation systems than they could do in the past. This program with Matrikon is one more way we deliver the tools needed to achieve continuous productivity improvement.” The integration of ProcessGuard with System 800xA provides customers with a comprehensive tool to achieve significant efficiency gains in the following areas: Matrikon’s ProcessGuard will provide System 800xA users with the ability to identify and eliminate nuisance alarms, operate closer to optimum performance levels, proactively identify equipment problems, reveal root causes and areas for improvement and increase alarm integrity. “Our joint efforts with ABB are very exciting given the large mutual client base that we share, and we look forward to participating in ABB’s IndustrialIT Technology Partner program,” stated Jeff Gould, Manager of Matrikon’s Alarm Management Solutions. “What’s more exciting is that the benefits of alarm management will be greater, and easier to realize for mutual or prospective ABB System 800xA and Matrikon ProcessGuard users.” About ABB ABB’s award winning suite of integrated Industrial solutions addresses the challenges facing automation customers in today’s global marketplace. IndustrialIT provides seamless navigation, information integration and improved control throughout the whole process for exceptional productivity improvements for automation customers. ABB’s product strategy is for evolution through enhancement to protect customer investment. ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 103,000 people. About Matrikon Inc. Matrikon Inc. is a leading provider of industrial plant intelligence software and professional services that empower industrial facilities to produce their goods more efficiently and enable optimized performance, improved reliability and regulatory compliance. Matrikon (www.matrikon.com) is one of the largest industrial solution integrators in North America with offices in major cities across the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and the Middle East. |