FOXBOROUGH, MA — December 17, 2007 — ICONICS announced that GraphWorX64, a core component of the GENESIS64 suite, is the first industrial automation solution to earn certification for Windows Server 2008. ICONICS had previously earned the “Certified for Windows Vista” designation, making it one of the first companies worldwide to receive both certifications. “Microsoft is proud to count ICONICS among the first companies worldwide to earn the Certified for Windows Server 2008 software logo for their automation solutions,” said Tony de Freitas, director of Windows Server marketing at Microsoft.
“By certifying early, ICONICS is helping our manufacturing customers fully leverage the security and solid foundation of Windows Server 2008, while enjoying a technically superior experience on the 64-bit platform.” “Windows Server 2008 is the culmination of breakthroughs in Web, virtualization, security and business application technology in a server operating system,” said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. “ICONICS automation software solutions extend the value of these improvements to provide customers with enhanced visualization, captivating graphics within intuitive machine interfaces and a true 360-degree view of their enterprise.”
GENESIS64 allows users across the enterprise to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, OPC-UA-compliant, Web-enabled visualization dashboard. GraphWorX64 is a fully compliant OPC client featuring ActiveX and OLE Automation technologies to help create dazzling animated graphics for process control. Windows Server 2008 software certification comprises approximately 100 test cases that independently confirm an application's compliance with best practices for compatibility, security, reliability, and availability on the new platform. The certification identifies top-performing technologies that are ready to deploy in mission-critical environments.
As a participant in the Microsoft Early Access Program (EAP) for Windows Server 2008 Software Certification, ICONICS’ GraphWorX64 is one of more than 300 applications that are eligible for certification on a pre-release version of the new platform. ”Engineering is typically 60 percent of the cost of automation projects,” said Simone Massaro, Lead Program Manager at ICONICS. “GENESIS64 takes advantage of advances in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, as well as of new 64-bit technology, to reduce costs, speed up development time and ensure state-of-the-art graphical visualization.” ICONICS solutions are widely recognized in the industrial automation software marketplace.
Used in a wide variety of applications worldwide, 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 20 years, successfully deploying more than 225,000 solutions worldwide. ICONICS solutions meet diverse customer needs 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.
ICONICS was recently named a Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist for the fourth time within three years.
ICONICS Background Information
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.