Engineering News, Published: 5/11/2012
Systems Integration Can Help Improve Industrial Operations
Invensys Fellows Peter Martin and Tim Sowell explain why consistent control and operation across different plants and systems can be accomplished by networking existing systems and controls into a single industrial operation control platform.
ISS Source, Published: 4/19/2012
Moving Forward by Collaborating
In order to unearth and address critical cyber security risks, automation vendors, their clients and other third-party groups, e.g., governmental agencies, must be open to wide-ranging collaboration. The biggest challenge is how quickly we can get there. Ernie Rakaczky, program director, control system cyber security for Invensys Operations Management, discusses the three major ingredients of true collaboration.
E&P, Published: 4/16/2012
Virtual Reality Simulation Improves Offshore Training, Safety
Putting people on offshore platforms, FPSOs and other remote locations solely to train them is not only expensive, it's risky. But advanced 3-D virtual reality and simulation technology now makes it possible for offshore operators to learn their craft in a safe, realistic setting without jeopardizing the safety of their colleagues, communities or the environment. John Gilmore, director of upstream oil & gas industry solutions for Invensys, explains why.
Oil Review Middle East, Published: 4/13/2012
Invensys Offers Unique Solutions to the Hydrocarbon Industry
The editors of Oil Review Middle East speak with Don Clark, vice president, global industry solutions, about Invensys solutions that not only provide great value, but also solve complex issues for the worldwide oil and gas industry.
Automation World, Published: 4/4/2012
Streaming Video into HMI/SCADA
Integrating video into your operations and HMI is easier than ever, and new applications keep cropping up. John Krajewski, director of HMI and supervisory systems for Invensys Operations Management, tells you what you need to know if you want to add live digital video feeds to operator control panels.
Automation World, Published: 3/30/2012
Bringing the Cloud Down to Earth
In this exclusive interview with Automation World immediately following the ARC World Industry Forum’s panel discussion on “Plant Software in the Cloud: Fact vs. Myth,” panelist Maryanne Steidinger, product marketing manager for Invensys Operations Management, helps “demystify” the topic of cloud computing.
Control, Published: 3/26/2012
The Control Room of the Future - Smarter Reality
The control room of the future will put a world of science-fiction tools at operators' fingertips, but they'll only be effective if designers, engineers and operators jointly plan ahead and use them to serve practical, functional needs. One of those tools-- simulation and virtualization-- from Invensys Operations Management is already helping clients manage and optimize process applications.
Control, Published: 3/26/2012
How to Build the Control Room of the Future
Designing and constructing a truly useful control room requires a lot more forethought and planning. Stan DeVries, solutions architecture director at Invensys Operations Management, says there are several basic steps engineers can take to create a facility that will allow operators to work at their best.