- January 05, 2007
ICONICS HMI/SCADA and Manufacturing Intelligence/Business Visualization Suites Optimized for Newest Microsoft Operating System FOXBOROUGH, MA – January 5, 2007 – ICONICS announces its flagship software suites, GENESIS32™ and the BizViz™ Manufacturing Intelligence software suite as ready for the new Microsoft Vista™ operating system. “Aided by such exciting new software technology as Microsoft Windows Vista, a whole new set of applications will take maximum advantage of the new boost in raw computing power,” said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. “This will change everything we do at work, in manufacturing, and how we collaborate.” Windows Vista increases productivity and drives business success by improving security and compliance, optimizing desktop infrastructure, finding and making better use of information and enabling the mobile workforce. ICONICS software solutions work in unison with Microsoft technologies to provide enhanced industrial automation benefits. “The release of Microsoft Windows Vista coinciding with the recent launch of ICONICS GENESIS32 V9 HMI/SCADA suite puts hundreds of state-of-the-art computing tools in the hands of our customers,” said Tim Donaldson, Director of Marketing at ICONICS. “GENESIS32 takes advantage of the entire range of Microsoft Windows operating systems to integrate real-time manufacturing and business information into a common, Web-enabled visualization dashboard for the industrial automation marketplace.” “The BizViz suite coupled with Windows Vista and Office 2007 will enable our customers to take advantage of key features such as Visualization, Gadgets, Security, Search & Organize and Workflow integration,” said Melissa Morgan, BizViz Product Marketing Manager with ICONICS. “Microsoft and ICONICS continue to have a great working relationship,” Agrusa said. “The Vista launch is another exciting opportunity to meet the needs of shared customers and partners. GENESIS32 and BizViz are ready for Vista and ready to help ‘Visualize Your Enterprise.'” “ICONICS continues to stay on the cutting edge of technology and is committed to offering the best possible Microsoft technology to their customers,” states Stephen Chmielewski, Microsoft Partner Manager, “ICONICS is a Gold Certified Microsoft Partner and will be joining Microsoft on several Vista and Office 2007 product launches throughout 2007.” ICONICS has been providing award-winning, industrial automation and Manufacturing Intelligence software for over 20 years and has successfully deployed more than 200,000 solutions worldwide. ICONICS, a Microsoft Gold Partner, was recently awarded as a Microsoft Partner of the Year finalist in the ISV/Software Solutions category. 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 200,000 product installations worldwide.