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Aspen Technology Evolves Into Digital Marketplace Provider

by Steve McVey ... Aspen Technology should occupy a prominent role in enterprise software ... for process manufacturers that have already implemented SCADA (Supervisory Control And ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/11/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_11_27_00_1.asp - 18k - 2000-11-27 Summary: Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen’s growth has resulted in a wide variety of applications for management and execution-level process manufacturing. Fiscal 2000 marked Aspen’s entry into the collaborative digital marketplace business in hopes of cap

Aspen Technology Posts First-Quarter Loss but Beats Estimates

by Steve McVey ... Aspen Technology recently announced a shortfall in earnings for the period ... augment an existing DCS (Distributed Control System) or SCADA (Supervisory Control ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/10/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_10_26_99_1.asp - 5k - 1999-10-26 Summary: CAMBRIDGE, MA Aspen Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AZPN), the leading supplier of manufacturing enterprise optimization solutions for the process industries, today announced results for its first quarter ended September 30, 1999. Total revenues for the first quarter of fiscal 2000 increased 13.4% to $53.0 mi

Baan Resurrects Multi-Dimensionally Part 4: Challenges & User ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... t They?), Baan might be deprived of its crucial technology pillar some ... Invensys that also owns Wonderware and Foxboro, covering MES, SCADA (Supervisory Control ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_22_02_1.asp - 16k - 2002-02-22 Summary: Baan's viability is no longer an issue. Baan's rejuvenated management team has done a praiseworthy job of bringing the company back to health while concurrently unveiling a new product release that can compete with the other products in the market. Challenges however remain.

WAM Systems Offers Supply Chain Planning Packaged Solution For ...

by Steve McVey ... of PICASO to DCS (Distributed Control Systems) and SCADA (Supervisory Control ... 900-lb gorilla of the chemicals SCP software space, Aspen Technology, for which ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/01/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_01_08_01_1.asp - 18k - 2001-01-08 Summary: Not many people know of WAM Systems, a privately held supply chain management vendor situated in a Philadelphia suburb. Emboldened by growing interest and new venture capital, the company intends to make its presence known.

Reliability Driven Maintenance--Closing the CMMS 'Value Gap'? Part ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic and Olin Thompson ... of Ivara products into Siemens' Industrial Framework, an information technology (IT) architecture ... For example, SCADA systems are used to monitor and control a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2005/01/research_notes/TN_EA_PJ_01_18_05_1.asp - 25k - 2005-01-18 Summary: Reliability driven maintenance (RDM) focuses on understanding the 'asset health' to determine what maintenance work should occur and when something should be done. It enables preemptive intervention before failure occurs, whereby failure would mean that equipment is not delivering required performance re

The Challenges of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... components include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, which ... Industrial automation technology is evolving in response to Internet-based ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_28_08_1.asp - 16k - 2008-03-28 Summary: While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to enterprise planning application functionality, these systems will not likely converge anytime soon, because they use different technologies and have different user requirements.

The Challenges of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... components include supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, which ... Industrial automation technology is evolving in respond to Internet-based ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_11_28_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-11-28 Summary: While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to enterprise planning application functionality, these two will not likely converge anytime soon because they use different technologies and have different user requirements.

PeopleSoft Takes Aim at Foods Industry

by Steve McVey ... Ward's products are designed to collect data from SCADA (Supervisory Control And ... Framework (OIF) and other EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) technology. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/02/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_02_28_00_1.asp - 6k - 2000-02-28 Summary: PeopleSoft and Bradley Ward will integrate their products in an alliance aimed at the food processing industry. The completed solution will let companies' link real-time plant floor level data to ERP systems.

AspenTech Searching for Definition in FY2000

by Steve McVey ... Aspen Technology is third in terms of total revenue among vendors offering SCM (see Fig ... or semiconductor seeking to augment an existing DCS or SCADA system with ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/1999/08/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_8_99_3.asp - 10k - 1999-08-01 Summary: Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen's growth has resulted in a wide variety of applications for management and execution-level process manufacturing. Hit hard by flagging revenues, Aspen is distilling its product suite down to its most profitable elements

The Middle Kingdom - From Wired to Wireless

by Ann Grackin ... at integrating to most devices as well as process control (SCADA, MES, WMS ... manufacturer (OEM) network, where you can get its technology through partnerships. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/09/research_notes/TN_SC_XAG_09_06_05_1.asp - 28k - 2005-09-06 Summary: Confused about RFID middleware? RFID middleware has a critical role to play in cleaving together and clarifying the signals and intelligence, bidirectionally from the device layer to the business applications, or out to the communications infrastructure, to the web or satellites. This article explains