Houston, TX - ISA ‘07 — October 2, 2007 — ICONICS announced its 64-bit-based OPC Web-enabled HMI/SCADA suite, GENESIS64.
The GENESIS64 suite includes several modular solutions that simplify connectivity from the plant floor to corporate business systems. Designed from the ground up to take maximum advantage of Windows Vista, .NET and SharePoint technology, it allows plant operators and IT professionals to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. GENESIS64 continues ICONICS’ commitment to furthering OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) technology throughout its industrial automation software solutions. In addition, a solution that is based entirely on Microsoft’s Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) integration and XAML helps to provide an enriched user experience.
“GENESIS64 is the first product for manufacturing and automation to take full advantage of the growing popularity of 64-bit computing technology,” said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. “Coupled with the innovative capabilities found in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, the GENESIS64 suite’s next generation features provide customers with a 360-degree view of their entire organization”.
Customers benefit from Windows Vista tie-ins to Gadgets, Sidebars, Sideshow, Windows Presentation Foundation with 3D Visualization, Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Vista Search & Organize technology. GENESIS64 also utilizes other key features from Windows Vista, Virtual Earth and other Microsoft technologies.
“GENESIS64 provides customers with a graphically compelling 3D visualization environment,” said Simone Massaro, GENESIS64 Lead Program Manager at ICONICS. “In addition, the suite is completely Web-configurable and utilizes a unique Workbench framework.”
“One of the primary factors driving growth in the HMI/SCADA software market has been the increased enterprise and business-level visualization real-time requirements of manufacturers worldwide” said Craig Resnick, Research Director at ARC Advisory Group. “Collaborative event-driven manufacturing environments are demanding factory and plant visibility and intelligence products that offer state-of-the-art visualization capabilities along with open standards such as OPC for interoperability with a myriad of automation and operations management solutions. The integration of the GENESIS64 HMI/SCADA suite, along with leveraging the capabilities of Microsoft Windows Vista, should fulfill these market requirements.”
ICONICS Background Information
ICONICS has deployed more than 225,000 solutions worldwide in a variety of industries including Automotive, Building Management, Food & Beverage, Oil/Gas/Petrochemical, Machine Builders, Pharmaceutical/Biotech, Security, Water/Wastewater, Utilities, Government Infrastructures and more.
Founded in 1986, ICONICS is a leader in the development of Web-enabled industrial automation and manufacturing intelligence software for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Offering the industry's only suite of fully-integrated OPC-based components and products, GENESIS32 Enterprise Edition is available for Windows XP, XP Professional x64, Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64. Pocket GENESIS for Windows CE and Pocket PC was built from the ground up based on ICONICS' OPC-To-The-Core framework. BizViz 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 Controls, OPC Toolkit, Human Machine Interface (HMI), Microsoft SQL Server-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.
