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News Release from: Wonderware United Kingdom | Subject: V8 IndustrialSQL Server historian
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 March 2003
Wonderware new IndustrialSQL Server
historian
IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 represents a significant enhancement to Wonderware solutions, including a rich client toolset, desktop reporting and data mining tools, SPC analysis and web visualisation
It also represents a milestone in delivering on the Wonderware continued drive toward lowering engineering costs and simplifying maintenance of industrial applications IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 is an affordable and powerful off-the-shelf historian that delivers enhanced performance and scalability for industrial automation users
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 14 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The application captures detailed plant data in real time, providing companies with a better understanding of their manufacturing processes and enabling them to make improvements in product consistency and productivity.
Combined with Wonderware analytical client applications, IndustrialSQL sets the foundation for companies trying to improve their industrial intelligence capabilities.
"IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 builds on the Wonderware reputation for rock-solid solutions," said Nancy Venable, IndustrialSQL Server product manager.
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"Whether it is a simple installation with a single IndustrialSQL server or a complex, networked system of multiple IndustrialSQL and I/O servers, the enhanced historian is well-suited for even the most demanding applications.
The product functionality also enables users to more easily develop FDA-compliant applications".
An important objective for companies working in FDA-regulated environments is maximising project lifecycles.
With IndustrialSQL Server product enhancements, companies can effectively manage the implementation and maintenance costs of implementing FDA- regulated applications.
Upon its introduction in 1998, IndustrialSQL Server introduced the first cost-effective solution enabling manufacturing facilities of all sizes to take advantage of the benefits offered by plant historian technology.
IndustrialSQL Server is an extension of MicrosoftR SQL Server 2000.
It is designed to acquire production data at dramatically increased speeds; reduce data storage volume; and integrate production, event, summary and configuration data, as well as enterprise application information.
As the first historian available on the Microsoft Windows NTT platform, IndustrialSQL Server offers users quick access to their history data, as well as immediate access to real-time data.
To date, more than 10,000 licenses have been sold worldwide.
"IndustrialSQL 8.0 has been three years in the making and is the storage cornerstone of the overall Wonderware Industrial Intelligence platform," says Tim Sowell, vice president of product management.
"IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 is also the plant historian compliant with the new Invensys ArchestrA platform.
It will enable customers to build solutions for the demanding environments of today and tomorrow, not only through its flexible architecture, but also through its ease of use in configuration and deployment".
IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 delivers enhanced performance, scalability and robustness for industrial automation users, offering quality and production analysis, and tracking capabilities.
New benefits include: Ultra-high availability and fault tolerance, including the ability to protect against server or network hardware failure; Lower cost of maintenance and administration for both single and multi-node systems; Improved performance and support of larger and more complex applications; Data samples may be acquired and stored at up to 60,000 samples per second for one-second durations; Enhanced scalability with the flexibility to meet applications as small as 100 tags to large system users with more than 100,000 tags; Support for completely localised applications, including single and multi-byte characters in tag names, tag descriptions and string tags; Enhanced support for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 application development, with added capabilities for audit trails, configuration change logs, securing manual data and record updates.
"This high level of overall performance allows the new version to be deployed at two different tiers of application need," says Venable.
"We still meet all the needs of the plant floor historian, which is our traditional market.
Plus, we now offer the high performance required for the effective use of IndustrialSQL Server in the enterprise application marketplace.
This will be very important going forward, as IndustrialSQL Server becomes the historian for use with the new ArchestrA platform developed by Invensys Systems for the automation development needs of tomorrow".
The new IndustrialSQL Server 8.0 is now shipping and is available through Wonderware distributors worldwide.
Wonderware is an operating unit of the production management division of Invensys plc and is a world leading supplier of industrial automation software.
Founded in 1987, Wonderware pioneered the use of Microsoft Windows in human machine-interface (HMI) automation software for manufacturing operation systems.
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