New ICONICS Seminar: ‘Improving Operational Productivity’

New Seminars Present Real-Time Performance Management Solutions to Control Costs

[ClickPress, Wed Feb 25 2009] The new seminar series aims to help customers save time and money, a primary concern in today’s economy, by utilizing real-time performance management solutions. Attendees will learn how ICONICS automation software can help reduce costs and increase productivity. By quickly collecting data into real-time visualization dashboards and exposing it throughout the enterprise, ICONICS customers are able to make smart decisions fast. In addition, new .NET-based tools help to rapidly develop KPIs to provide a competitive advantage.

“Companies are looking for ways to reduce spending on business processes without sacrificing performance,” said Tim Donaldson, Director of Marketing at ICONICS, Inc. “Our new seminar provides recommendations on how to use automation software to achieve those goals, through real-time productivity analysis and role-based visualization dashboards.”

ICONICS industrial automation software integrates analytics, data historian, business portal and visualization/control features to provide real-time performance management that can help save time and money. Attendees will learn how to reduce expenses by operating at high efficiency, as well as how to fully optimize control systems to stay ahead of the competition. Plant engineers, manufacturing IT professionals, automation directors, IT/operation managers, system integrators and building automation professionals are all encouraged to join us to learn how to achieve higher productivity.

Attendees will also learn about the benefits of:

• Visual OEE, KPIs and Analysis for Operational Excellence
• Productivity Analytics to Identify Process Inefficiencies
• Using a 64-bit Optimized, High Performance Data Historian
• Data Collection from Any Data Source for Reporting/Analysis
• Integrating Disparate Data Using Visualization Dashboards
• Portal Integration with SharePoint and .NET Technology
• Integrating 3D into HMI/SCADA Applications

Scheduled dates and locations for ICONICS’ new seminar include:
• March 10, 2009 - Bloomington, MN
• March 10, 2009 - Milan, Italy
• March 17, 2009 - Iselin, NJ
• March 19, 2009 - Rochester, NY
• March 24, 2009 - Southfield, MI
• March 25, 2009 - Grand Rapids, MI
• April 15, 2009 - Mississauga, Canada
• April 21, 2009 - Nashville, TN
• April 23, 2009 - Atlanta, GA
• April 28, 2009 - Reston, VA
• April 29, 2009 - Richmond, VA
• May 12, 2009 - Cleveland, OH
• May 15, 2009 - Indianapolis, IN

To register, or for more information, visit www.iconics.com/seminarsor call 508-543-8600

ICONICS solutions are widely recognized in the industrial automation software marketplace. 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 22 years, successfully deploying more than 225,000 solutions worldwide.

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.

© 2008 ICONICS, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. GENESIS64, GENESIS32, Pocket GENESIS, BizViz and their respective modules, OPC-To-The-Core, and Visualize Your Enterprise are trademarks of ICONICS Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.