Rockwell Automation technology was used to help Bausch & Lomb, one of the world’s largest suppliers of eye health products, create a framework for better enterprise-wide decision-making. We migrated Bausch & Lomb from a legacy DCS to the PlantPAx system. Using FactoryTalk Historian, we dramatically improved data storage, connected enterprise-level data with plant-level data and provided stakeholders with access to critical production and supply chain information. This automation technology has paid great dividends for Bausch & Lomb, and we will share how it can be successfully integrated.
Best practices in deploying IBM Operation Decision Manager Standard 8.8.0Pierre Feillet
This session was presented at Interconnect 2016 in session bdm-4361. It covers ODM 8.8.0 version. This deck explains the basics of ODM architecture and guides deployment for DevOps.
Interconnect session 1888: Rational Team Concert Process Customization: What ...Rosa Naranjo
Process customization, especially around work items, has always been a major hotspot in Rational Team Concert (RTC) adoption. Experience also shows that a lot of the requirements in process customization are driven by process problems and the desire to avoid having to fix the process by customizing the tools instead. This presentation shows the process customization capabilities available in RTC. It also shows examples for requirements that are hard or impossible to implement in RTC and it shows requirements that might indicate that you should consider fixing the process rather than the tool.
The highlights of this presentation featuring Postgres Enterprise Manager 4.0 include:
• Perfecting your Performance with advanced features such as performance home pages, SQL Profiler, Index Advisor, Postgres Expert, and Tuning Wizard.
• Capacity Planning and Forecasting by automating the collection of your key performance statistics, customizing metrics and reports to analyze historical trend analysis.
• How to Script Less and Monitor More with a really cool graphical interface that provides a fast and consistent method of working with database probes, alerts and various task managers simultaneously.
• Setting up your Customizable Dashboards that consolidate and display all your data with at-a-glance visualization tools in both a platform specific client or a web client.
Please visit http://www.Enterprisedb.com/pem for more information.
In the Postgres Enterprise Manager 5.0, DBAs and Developers can take advantage of more customizable metric gathering, richer alerting, better log analysis and easier configuration.
Postgres Enterprise Manager is the only solution available today that allows you to intelligently monitor, manage, and tune large numbers of Postgres database servers enterprise-wide from an integrated graphical console.
In this release of Postgres Enterprise Manager 5.0 EntepriseDB brings you even more features to manage your Postgres database.
* Custom Probes allow DBAs to add to the 225+ ready to use out-of-the-box probes by creating their own.
* Richer alerting control with low/medium/high thresholds and time-of-day based alerting.
* A Log Analyst Expert that reports on statistics like longest running queries, frequently run queries, unique queries and much more.
* Easier setup with auto-discovery of managed servers and remote monitoring capabilities using direct JDBC connections.
Target Audience: This presentation is intended for IT Decision-makers or any member of an IT team who purchases or deploys a database. If you are currently using a Postgres database, or are interested in adding Postgres to your data center, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more about EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Enterprise Manager.
For more details on Postgres Enterprise Manager please email sales@enterprisedb.com.
Best practices in deploying IBM Operation Decision Manager Standard 8.8.0Pierre Feillet
This session was presented at Interconnect 2016 in session bdm-4361. It covers ODM 8.8.0 version. This deck explains the basics of ODM architecture and guides deployment for DevOps.
Interconnect session 1888: Rational Team Concert Process Customization: What ...Rosa Naranjo
Process customization, especially around work items, has always been a major hotspot in Rational Team Concert (RTC) adoption. Experience also shows that a lot of the requirements in process customization are driven by process problems and the desire to avoid having to fix the process by customizing the tools instead. This presentation shows the process customization capabilities available in RTC. It also shows examples for requirements that are hard or impossible to implement in RTC and it shows requirements that might indicate that you should consider fixing the process rather than the tool.
The highlights of this presentation featuring Postgres Enterprise Manager 4.0 include:
• Perfecting your Performance with advanced features such as performance home pages, SQL Profiler, Index Advisor, Postgres Expert, and Tuning Wizard.
• Capacity Planning and Forecasting by automating the collection of your key performance statistics, customizing metrics and reports to analyze historical trend analysis.
• How to Script Less and Monitor More with a really cool graphical interface that provides a fast and consistent method of working with database probes, alerts and various task managers simultaneously.
• Setting up your Customizable Dashboards that consolidate and display all your data with at-a-glance visualization tools in both a platform specific client or a web client.
Please visit http://www.Enterprisedb.com/pem for more information.
In the Postgres Enterprise Manager 5.0, DBAs and Developers can take advantage of more customizable metric gathering, richer alerting, better log analysis and easier configuration.
Postgres Enterprise Manager is the only solution available today that allows you to intelligently monitor, manage, and tune large numbers of Postgres database servers enterprise-wide from an integrated graphical console.
In this release of Postgres Enterprise Manager 5.0 EntepriseDB brings you even more features to manage your Postgres database.
* Custom Probes allow DBAs to add to the 225+ ready to use out-of-the-box probes by creating their own.
* Richer alerting control with low/medium/high thresholds and time-of-day based alerting.
* A Log Analyst Expert that reports on statistics like longest running queries, frequently run queries, unique queries and much more.
* Easier setup with auto-discovery of managed servers and remote monitoring capabilities using direct JDBC connections.
Target Audience: This presentation is intended for IT Decision-makers or any member of an IT team who purchases or deploys a database. If you are currently using a Postgres database, or are interested in adding Postgres to your data center, this is the perfect opportunity to learn more about EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Enterprise Manager.
For more details on Postgres Enterprise Manager please email sales@enterprisedb.com.
Big Data LDN 2018: DEUTSCHE BANK: THE PATH TO AUTOMATION IN A HIGHLY REGULATE...Matt Stubbs
Date: 13th November 2018
Location: Data-Driven Ldn Theatre
Time: 12:30 - 13:00
Speaker: Paul Wilkinson, Naveen Gupta
Organisation: Cloudera
About: Investment banks are faced with some of the toughest regulatory requirements in the world. In a market where data is increasing and changing at extraordinary rates the journey with data governance never ends.
In this session, Deutsche Bank will share their journey with big data and explain some of the processes and techniques they have employed to prepare the bank for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.
Brought to you by Naveen Gupta, VP Software Engineering, Deutsche Bank and Paul Wilkinson, Principal Solutions Architect, Cloudera.
Have you been looking for a simple way to produce reports from your live and historical data? Now you can with HMI Reports.
Webinar Content:
Introduction to the product
The benefits of using HMI Reports
Ways this can interact with other Wonderware products
How HMI Reports is licensed
Short Demo
Q & A
Where Historian fits in the production data flow
Key features of Historian - High speed data collection, data storage and compression, integration with MSSQL, high speed data retrieval, audit trails
Basic configuration of the Historian - practical demonstration showing ease of use
Active Factory - the power of point and click reporting via a practical demonstration of Active Factory Trend, Query and Workbook, example workbook reports
This Webinar will be hosted by our Historian expert Sue Bailey. Sue joined SolutionsPT in 1993. Previously she worked in the Water Treatment industry, then the Pharmaceutical Industry running a microbiological research lab, she moved into IT in 1987. After spending several years lecturing in Higher education Sue is now involved in providing high level support and consultancy and developing the training facility.
Sue is SolutionsPT's Senior Consultant for Historian and Database systems and is experienced in all versions of InTouch, Historian and Active Factory. She has worked with Historian since its release and has been involved in setting up systems in many different industries including Metals, Coal, Quarried Products, Utilities, Food and Beverages and Pharmaceuticals.
Providing SharePoint Solutions in an FDA Regulated EnvironmentDeb Walther
This talk explains to the IT Professional the reasons behind the FDA regulations and what must be considered when implementing SharePoint in a GxP environment.
Wonderware has joined forces with EmsPT to bring you a webinar that discusses how to make more of your Historian installation and DRIVE a Programme of Continuous Improvement.
Wonderware recently surveyed a select number of Historian customers and there were some common themes that emerged. It is apparent that users want to:
Understand their production process by using historical data to analyse process and production issues
DRIVE Continuous Improvement activities and obtain data for production KPI's
Expand their system to drive performance improvements
Together Wonderware and EmsPT have already worked with many Wonderware Historian customers to ensure their goals were fully understood and beneficial use was realised. We would like to share these advantages of optimising a Historian installation to DRIVE Continuous Improvements with you.
Webinar Content:
Summary of Wonderware Customer Research
The need for Manufacturing Information to enable Continuous Improvement
Expanding on your Wonderware Historian Investment
Who uses Manufacturing Information?
Delivering Manufacturing Information for enhanced:
-Efficiency
-KPI's
-Quality
-Schedule Adherence
-Yield
-OEE
A proven Methodology for Success
Panduit Physical Infrastructure Manager™ (PIM™) Software Platform and PViQ Intelligent Hardware combine for a comprehensive data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution. This intelligent software and hardware provides data center professionals greater staff productivity and visibility of all data center assets along with their connectivity, locations, and relationships. PIM™ solutions allow you to discover, visualize, model, control, report, predict and manage all physical data center assets including the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan capacity for future growth. PIM™ solutions can also help control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency.
Central Process Utility Plant controls upgrade required 100% uptimeBrian Thomas
Implementation of a Central Process Utility Plant controls upgrade for Compressed Air systems; architecture consists of four standalone 300 HP air compressors, and a Refrigerated Water system composed of five chillers and six cooling towers. The major challenge for this upgrade was the requirement for 100% uptime on all utilities throughout the entire project. The upgraded control system was based on an Rockwell Automation process solution utilizing a PlantPAx for Life Sciences architecture along with a virtualized server infrastructure. Review of business drivers behind the investment and desired return is also reviewed.
Lift Your Legacy UNIX Applications & Databases into the Cloud Fadi Semaan
Unlock efficiency and innovation while reducing costs. In this presentation we will address:
1) Legacy pain overview
2) Dell application modernization services
3) UNIX to Linux migration
4) Case studies
Presented by Rich Cronheim
Executive Director , Dell Application Modernization
Services
Validating SharePoint for Regulated Life Sciences ApplicationsMontrium
Validating SharePoint for Regulated Life Sciences Applications
Presented by Paul Fenton, CEO & President, Montrium
For more information on Montrium please visit:
- www.montrium.com
- www.twitter.com/Montrium
- www.youtube.com/Montrium
or email info@montrium.com
BW Migration to HANA Part 3 - Post-processing on the Migrated SystemLinh Nguyen
This series of publication intends to provide an overview and explanation of major steps and considerations for BW on HANA migrations from anyDB (any database). The complex procedure involves:
1) Preparatory work in the BW system
2) SUM DMO Upgrade and Actual migration
3) Post processing on the migrated systems
This part focuses on post-processing, which includes standard tasks after upgrade and HANA-specific post-tasks.
Delivering digital transformation and business impact with io t, machine lear...Robert Sanders
A world-leading manufacturer was in search of an IoT solution that could ingest, integrate, and manage data being generated from various types of connected machinery located on factory floors around the globe. The company needed to manage the devices generating the data, integrate the flow of data into existing back-end systems, run advanced analytics on that data, and then deliver services to generate real-time decision making at the edge.
In this session, learn how Clairvoyant, a leading systems integrator and Red Hat partner, was able to accelerate digital transformation for their customer using Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning in a hybrid cloud environment. Specifically, Clairvoyant and Eurotech will discuss:
• The approach taken to optimize manufacturing processes to cut costs, minimize downtime, and increase efficiency.
• How a data processing pipeline for IoT data was built using an open, end-to-end architecture from Cloudera, Eurotech, and Red Hat.
• How analytics and machine learning inferencing powered at the IoT edge will allow predictions to be made and decisions to be executed in real time.
• The flexible and hybrid cloud environment designed to provide the key foundational elements to quickly and securely roll out IoT use cases.
Big Data LDN 2018: DEUTSCHE BANK: THE PATH TO AUTOMATION IN A HIGHLY REGULATE...Matt Stubbs
Date: 13th November 2018
Location: Data-Driven Ldn Theatre
Time: 12:30 - 13:00
Speaker: Paul Wilkinson, Naveen Gupta
Organisation: Cloudera
About: Investment banks are faced with some of the toughest regulatory requirements in the world. In a market where data is increasing and changing at extraordinary rates the journey with data governance never ends.
In this session, Deutsche Bank will share their journey with big data and explain some of the processes and techniques they have employed to prepare the bank for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.
Brought to you by Naveen Gupta, VP Software Engineering, Deutsche Bank and Paul Wilkinson, Principal Solutions Architect, Cloudera.
Have you been looking for a simple way to produce reports from your live and historical data? Now you can with HMI Reports.
Webinar Content:
Introduction to the product
The benefits of using HMI Reports
Ways this can interact with other Wonderware products
How HMI Reports is licensed
Short Demo
Q & A
Where Historian fits in the production data flow
Key features of Historian - High speed data collection, data storage and compression, integration with MSSQL, high speed data retrieval, audit trails
Basic configuration of the Historian - practical demonstration showing ease of use
Active Factory - the power of point and click reporting via a practical demonstration of Active Factory Trend, Query and Workbook, example workbook reports
This Webinar will be hosted by our Historian expert Sue Bailey. Sue joined SolutionsPT in 1993. Previously she worked in the Water Treatment industry, then the Pharmaceutical Industry running a microbiological research lab, she moved into IT in 1987. After spending several years lecturing in Higher education Sue is now involved in providing high level support and consultancy and developing the training facility.
Sue is SolutionsPT's Senior Consultant for Historian and Database systems and is experienced in all versions of InTouch, Historian and Active Factory. She has worked with Historian since its release and has been involved in setting up systems in many different industries including Metals, Coal, Quarried Products, Utilities, Food and Beverages and Pharmaceuticals.
Providing SharePoint Solutions in an FDA Regulated EnvironmentDeb Walther
This talk explains to the IT Professional the reasons behind the FDA regulations and what must be considered when implementing SharePoint in a GxP environment.
Wonderware has joined forces with EmsPT to bring you a webinar that discusses how to make more of your Historian installation and DRIVE a Programme of Continuous Improvement.
Wonderware recently surveyed a select number of Historian customers and there were some common themes that emerged. It is apparent that users want to:
Understand their production process by using historical data to analyse process and production issues
DRIVE Continuous Improvement activities and obtain data for production KPI's
Expand their system to drive performance improvements
Together Wonderware and EmsPT have already worked with many Wonderware Historian customers to ensure their goals were fully understood and beneficial use was realised. We would like to share these advantages of optimising a Historian installation to DRIVE Continuous Improvements with you.
Webinar Content:
Summary of Wonderware Customer Research
The need for Manufacturing Information to enable Continuous Improvement
Expanding on your Wonderware Historian Investment
Who uses Manufacturing Information?
Delivering Manufacturing Information for enhanced:
-Efficiency
-KPI's
-Quality
-Schedule Adherence
-Yield
-OEE
A proven Methodology for Success
Panduit Physical Infrastructure Manager™ (PIM™) Software Platform and PViQ Intelligent Hardware combine for a comprehensive data center infrastructure management (DCIM) solution. This intelligent software and hardware provides data center professionals greater staff productivity and visibility of all data center assets along with their connectivity, locations, and relationships. PIM™ solutions allow you to discover, visualize, model, control, report, predict and manage all physical data center assets including the ability to simply deploy new assets and plan capacity for future growth. PIM™ solutions can also help control energy costs, reduce risks and increase operational efficiency.
Central Process Utility Plant controls upgrade required 100% uptimeBrian Thomas
Implementation of a Central Process Utility Plant controls upgrade for Compressed Air systems; architecture consists of four standalone 300 HP air compressors, and a Refrigerated Water system composed of five chillers and six cooling towers. The major challenge for this upgrade was the requirement for 100% uptime on all utilities throughout the entire project. The upgraded control system was based on an Rockwell Automation process solution utilizing a PlantPAx for Life Sciences architecture along with a virtualized server infrastructure. Review of business drivers behind the investment and desired return is also reviewed.
Lift Your Legacy UNIX Applications & Databases into the Cloud Fadi Semaan
Unlock efficiency and innovation while reducing costs. In this presentation we will address:
1) Legacy pain overview
2) Dell application modernization services
3) UNIX to Linux migration
4) Case studies
Presented by Rich Cronheim
Executive Director , Dell Application Modernization
Services
Validating SharePoint for Regulated Life Sciences ApplicationsMontrium
Validating SharePoint for Regulated Life Sciences Applications
Presented by Paul Fenton, CEO & President, Montrium
For more information on Montrium please visit:
- www.montrium.com
- www.twitter.com/Montrium
- www.youtube.com/Montrium
or email info@montrium.com
BW Migration to HANA Part 3 - Post-processing on the Migrated SystemLinh Nguyen
This series of publication intends to provide an overview and explanation of major steps and considerations for BW on HANA migrations from anyDB (any database). The complex procedure involves:
1) Preparatory work in the BW system
2) SUM DMO Upgrade and Actual migration
3) Post processing on the migrated systems
This part focuses on post-processing, which includes standard tasks after upgrade and HANA-specific post-tasks.
Delivering digital transformation and business impact with io t, machine lear...Robert Sanders
A world-leading manufacturer was in search of an IoT solution that could ingest, integrate, and manage data being generated from various types of connected machinery located on factory floors around the globe. The company needed to manage the devices generating the data, integrate the flow of data into existing back-end systems, run advanced analytics on that data, and then deliver services to generate real-time decision making at the edge.
In this session, learn how Clairvoyant, a leading systems integrator and Red Hat partner, was able to accelerate digital transformation for their customer using Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning in a hybrid cloud environment. Specifically, Clairvoyant and Eurotech will discuss:
• The approach taken to optimize manufacturing processes to cut costs, minimize downtime, and increase efficiency.
• How a data processing pipeline for IoT data was built using an open, end-to-end architecture from Cloudera, Eurotech, and Red Hat.
• How analytics and machine learning inferencing powered at the IoT edge will allow predictions to be made and decisions to be executed in real time.
• The flexible and hybrid cloud environment designed to provide the key foundational elements to quickly and securely roll out IoT use cases.
Presentación sobre el lifecycle management, y cómo desde la consola de Enterprise Cloud Control podemos ser capaces de gestionar una base de datos de principio a fin.
VMworld 2013: Architecting the Software-Defined Data Center VMworld
VMworld 2013
Aidan Dalgleish, VMware
David Hill, VMware
Kamau Wanguhu, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
There is a huge amount of data out there and a great deal of power and insight that we can gain from it — if we can just bring it all into focus and make it more manageable. Many industrial organizations are accomplishing this by building sophisticated HMI, SCADA, and MES projects with the Ignition Perspective Module.
Traditional vs. SoC FPGA Design Flow A Video Pipeline Case StudyAltera Corporation
This presentation compares the impact of traditional FPGA engineering design flow to one employed with an SoC FPGA. The two approaches will be contrasted in terms of their impacts on system architecture design, debugging, risk mitigation, system integration, bring-up, feature enhancements, design obsolescence, and engineering effort. A case study is presented that explores these impacts within a video pipeline development effort.
It is no longer efficient, nor even possible, to properly manage your infrastructure with manual processes performed in an ad hoc, incident-based manner. You must be able to continuously monitor, assess, adjust and restructure every part of your multiplatform, distributed, interconnected and internet-dependent cyber-multiverse to respond to constantly changing business requirements.
Elevate Capacity Management (formerly Athene) provides leading companies with the cross-platform capacity management solution they need to meet their capacity management challenges. The new release of Elevate Capacity Management adds new features to ensure data integrity, improve data filtering, and provide more flexibility in customizing the most important thresholds in your IT environment.
View this webinar on-demand and learn about these new features including:
• Performance enhancement for large scale data ingestion and reporting
• The ability to use virtually any metric as a threshold for monitoring and alerting
• A faster and more scalable multi-threaded data management architecture
Radisys' CTO, Andrew Alleman, was one of the featured speakers at the OCP Telco Engineering Workshop during the 2017 Big Communications Event. Andrew discussed carrier-grade open rack architecture (CG-OpenRack-19), the future of open hardware standards and commercial products in the OCP pipeline during his presentation.
Managing and Deploying High Performance Computing Clusters using Windows HPC ...Saptak Sen
The new management features built into Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 are the foundation for deploying and managing HPC clusters of scale up to 1000 nodes. Join us for a deep dive in monitoring and diagnostic tools, a review of the updated heat-map and template-based deployment. We also cover the new PowerShell-based scripting capabilities: the basics of management shell, as well as the underlying design and key concepts, new Reporting Capabilities, and a discussion on network boot.
Justifying Migration of legacy process control systemsBrian Thomas
Why migrate your control system now?
Legacy Systems are hard to maintain…
• They have limited spare parts (and failures increase…)
• The run on old PC hardware and operating systems
• They provide limited communications and diagnostics
• And the people who know them are retiring!
A migration to a modern, sustainable control system will provide new tools to connect to new systems that provide benefits in addition to reliability and parts availability. Their open communications architecture allows for easier connectivity to Historians, Advanced Control, MES for PlantPAx.
This presentation covers the questions asked, migration strategies and risks, and steps that are needed for a control system migration. Two case studies with different approaches are described and the results summarized.
OnTrack CIP Validation application focuses on ensuring that clean-in-place systems operate effectively and as required to ensure that process equipment and piping are cleaned according to previously specified requirements for flow, temperature, chemical concentration, time and required transitions such as valve pulsing for each CIP step. Review the advantages of having an electronic record indicating that each circuit has been cleaned effectively, and how notifications can be sent to production, maintenance, and quality the moment an issue arises, not after the wash has completed, only to be re-washed again. Therefore, reducing water, chemical, utilities usage, and maximizing production time.
Produced Water Handling System UpgradeBrian Thomas
General description of the application is discussed, along with IES performance of all engineering, design, programming, control panel fabrication, electrical construction, and construction of an electrical equipment building for this produced water handling system upgrade. Project consisted of the addition of a water separation and induced static flotation vessels, and eight 450 HP, 4,000 gpm water transfer pumps controlled by VFDs. Electrical and control system consisted of dual 12 kV services, a 12 kV Automatic Transfer Switch, 12 kV transformers, 480 V switch gear with manual transfer scheme, ControlLogix PAC’s and RIO control panels communicating using Ethernet/IP over a fiber DLR network, a Wonderware/ArchestrA SCADA system.
Production Line OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness)Brian Thomas
This webinar session reviews utilizing a proven, lean manufacturing technique, called Overall Equipment Effectiveness, or OEE for short. DST Controls discusses what OEE is and why it is so important for modern manufactures to incorporate it in their operations. Barry Callebaut, a major chocolate producer, had no visibility into their process to determine if the proper amount of ingredients were used in their batch process. An OEE solution by Rockwell Automation was implemented to automatically track material loss, and company estimates they have achieved a $500k net annual gain through resultant ingredient optimization and product consistency.
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulatory requirements by FDABrian Thomas
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is placing new regulatory demands on food manufacturers and suppliers in the US market. For the first time, FDA has a legislative mandate to require comprehensive, prevention-based controls across the food supply. As key implementation deadlines approach, food manufacturers are shifting from a reactionary to a preventive footing, with stricter controls, documentation, and supplier verification requirements. This means there is a new regulatory world for food producers, including regulations for food-borne illness prevention and traceability. Presentation provides a summary of the new regulations, the risks and challenges faced by food producers, and the opportunities to take action through applications of modern control and information technology.
Sequencing solution with Logix Batch and Sequence Module (LBSM) & steam table...Brian Thomas
Specialty chemical PlantPAx project utilizing Logix Batch & Sequence Module (LBSM) to increase system efficiency. In addition, project team developed unique simulation methods to reduce the startup and commissioning schedule saving time and money. Additionally discussM Moore APACS conversion to Plant PAX.
DCS replacement in a 24/7 Critical District Energy Facility. Pepco Energy Services (customer) partnered with Thermo Systems, a Rockwell Automation Solution Partner, to design, build, deploy and commission a turnkey replacement of its aging DCS system serving the district energy system in Midtown Atlantic City. The successful migration included zero customer downtime, ease of service, increased operational efficiency, billing accuracy, and expansion possibilities moving forward.
Zero downtime upgrate for dcs migration Thermo SystemsBrian Thomas
Review and discuss DCS replacement in a 24/7 Critical District Energy Facility. Pepco Energy Services (customer) partnered with Thermo Systems, a Rockwell Automation Solution Partner, to design, build, deploy and commission a turnkey replacement of its aging DCS system serving the district energy system in Midtown Atlantic City. The successful migration included zero customer downtime, ease of service, increased operational efficiency, billing accuracy, and expansion possibilities moving forward.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
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4. WHO IS BAUSCH + LOMB?
• Founded in 1853 in Rochester, NY
• Three Core Business Units:
• Vision Care: Contact Lenses and Eye-Care products
• Pharmaceuticals: Rx and OTC Medicines for various Eye Diseases and Irritations
• Surgical: Medical Devices, Instruments
• Global company with key US Manufacturing sites:
• Rochester, NY
• Clearwater and Tampa, FL
• St. Louis, MO
• Greenville, SC
• Acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals Aug. 2013 (VRX)
5. B+L LENS CARE SOLUTIONS FACILITY – GREENVILLE, SC
• Aseptic Lens Care Solutions Manufacturing Facility
• Pharmacy, Compounding, Mixing, Filling, Packaging and
Palletizing
• Plant and Process Utilities
• Warehouse / DC off-site
• Originally built early 1980’s
• Volume growth of approx. 9.5% per year
• Products: Biotrue, Renu, PeroxiClear, Sensitive Eyes….
• ~ 25 Package formats and ~8 Package sizes
• 2012 Master Plan – identified DCS replacement for Risk
Mitigation – controls Process Utilities and Bulk
Manufacturing
6. WHO IS MALISKO ENGINEERING?
• Experts in manufacturing automation and validation
• Founded in 1994
• Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri USA
• Regional Offices in Denver, Colorado USA and
Eau Claire, Wisconsin USA
• Rockwell Automation® Solution Partner for Control, Process,
Information, Industrial IT and Power Quality & Energy Management.
• CSIA Certified Member
Historic Laclede’s Landing
St. Louis, MO
Malisko Western Regional Office
Denver, CO
Phoenix Park Area
Eau Claire, WI
Control | Process | Information
Industrial IT | Power Quality &
Energy Management
9. PROJECT GOALS
• Legacy DCS Migration / Risk Mitigation
– Main goal of new Process Control System (PCS) was to provide functionality similar to the existing DCS system
– Two Fisher Porter System Six DCS systems - Utilities and Mixing
– System cut-over done on a tank-by-tank, system-by-system basis – not ‘rip and replace’
• Provide an interface in the new PCS for future plant-level MES system
– Production Schedule Interface
– Electronic Batch Records
• Expose process (continuous) and batch data outside of the process network
– Existing DCS was an ‘island of automation’ – No direct ties to the corporate network
– All existing reports and historian data had to be printed out
– No visibility of the process outside of the DCS network
11. “TRADITIONAL” DCS VS. PLANTPAX
Criteria Traditional DCS
Local Support
Single Local Solutions
Provider
Local Eco-System consisting
of dozens of local
Integrators and Solution
Partners
Scalability
Hardware + Additional
License required for
additional I/O
No additional licensing
required
Topology
Dedicated Servers.
Software and Hardware
Upgrades Expensive
Virtualization Fully
Supported – Decoupling
Hardware from Software
12. BASIS OF DESIGN PHASE
• Basis of Design (BOD) was performed to provide enough technical and financial detail to
determine the best course toward implementation.
• BOD deliverables included:
– Proposed System Architecture and Bill of Material with options for redundancy
– Preliminary Design Drawings, including preliminary CAD drawings for Network, I/O and Power Distribution
– Detailed Analysis against current URS
– Initial design engineering (FRS 30% – 50% complete, initial DDS draft)
– Technical options or considerations (i.e. Simulation System, FactoryTalk® AssetCentre)
– Preliminary schedule
– Validation Strategy
– Cost Estimate
14. DOCUMENT EXISTING SYSTEM FUNCTIONALITY
• No formal Functional Requirement Specification (FRS) or Detailed Design Specification (DDS)
existed for the Fisher Porter DCS.
• Malisko Engineers generated the FRS and DDS using DCS code exports and interviews with
B&L production and engineering groups.
• S-88 Modeling - Define Control Modules, Equipment Modules, Phases and Units.
• Optimized Existing Sterilization Procedure. DCS had multiple phases. PCS has a single
Sterilization phase with multiple steps.
• Several review meetings with key B&L production and engineering resources to finalize
system design.
15. PLAN FOR STAGED CUT-OVER
• Production scheduling eliminated the idea of ‘rip and replace’
• Malisko had to devise a plan to stage cut over of tanks and Utilities systems
• IFM modules were placed over the DCS termination boards, prior to tank cutover. This
allowed for a tank-by-tank cutover when a tank came available, thus minimizing the downtime
occurred by the tank.
• Tank cutover time – 2.5 days.
18. SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
• Three Physical Servers with eight virtualized images
– FactoryTalk® View Servers (Primary and Secondary)
– ACP ThinManager Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Servers (Primary and Secondary)
– FactoryTalk® Batch Servers (Primary and Warm Backup)
– FactoryTalk® Historian
– Microsoft SQL Server
– Seven FactoryTalk® View SE Thin Clients
• Two Engineering Workstations
• Cisco Stackwise Switches between Data Center and DCS I/O Room
• Device-level Ethernet Ring
– Utilized for all I/O Chassis
• Separate network cards for connection to B&L business network for domain authentication.
– Controlled by access rules on B&L corporate switches
• VPN Connection into system for Remote Support
19.
20. LIBRARY OF PROCESS OBJECTS
• V3.0 process objects
• “Out of the Box” PlantPAx AOIs
• “Enhanced” Global Objects (Valves, Pumps, etc)
21. HMI SCREEN SAMPLE (EXISTING DCS)
• 19” 4:3 Monitors
• 1024 x 768 resolution
• Ability to move main process screens
utilizing Windows pop-up functionality
22. HMI SCREEN LAYOUT (PLANTPAX)
• 24” 16:9 Monitors
• 1920 x 1080 resolution
• Ability to move main
process screens
utilizing Windows
pop-up functionality
23. FACTORYTALK BATCH
• Primary and Warm Backup Servers
• 30 Unit License – 19 units used
• 33 Phases across two processors
• Validated default recipes
• Using ‘off the shelf’ Rockwell Batch Overview
screen for viewing and controlling batches
• Developed custom screen for starting orders read in
from future B&L MES system
24. REPORTING
• Reporting done through SQL Server
Reporting Services allowing Web-based
access to reports
• Data taken from SQL tables and
FactoryTalk® Historian SE
Confidential
25. DATA HISTORIAN AND SQL SERVER
• 1,000 tag FactoryTalk® Historian SE server with
redundant FactoryTalk® Live Data interface nodes
• Historian data gathered from both PCS
ControlLogix® processors and stand-alone skids
• Ability to import Historian data into Excel using
DataLink add-in
• SQL database used to store FactoryTalk® Batch
data, FactoryTalk® Alarms and Events, and
FactoryTalk® Diagnostics data utilized for reporting
• Future connectivity of SQL and FactoryTalk®
Historian to upcoming FactoryTalk® VantagePoint®
installation
26. BIOMETRICS FOR USER AUTHENTICATION
• DigitalPersona U.are.U 4500 Readers
• Utilizes U.are.U Software Development Kit
• VB .Net application used to detect and log-in users into FactoryTalk View SE
• Users can enroll up to two fingerprints
• Challenge of getting reader to work with ACP ThinManger Thin Clients
VB.Net App
Interprets data
from Reader and
sends FT Login
Credentials
Fingerprint Read
from Reader
FT User is
Logged into
System
28. IMMEDIATE RESULTS
• Robust, redundant system including servers, PLCs, application software, and networking (I/O
Ring and Server to Client utilizing Stackwise switches)
• Local Rockwell support and readily available replacement parts
• Remote access for troubleshooting support if needed
• Built on a standardized set of process objects (PlantPAx)
• Easier for maintenance and engineering to learn and troubleshoot the system
29. LONG TERM BENEFITS
• PCS system provides the framework to get data exposed to the corporate level
• Roll-out of VantagePoint to display and analyze data on the desktop (process users or engineers)
• Provide standardized programming environment following site standards
• S-88 model utilizing Phase Manager opens up options for further automation of the Mixing
System
• Ability to interface with future B+L MES system to pass production orders down to the batching
system, and feed critical production data for Electronic Batch Records
31. LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• DCS replacements require planning and communications if not ‘rip and replace’
• At the mercy of Production, so scheduling needs to be flexible
• During initial design, factor-in framework for new enhancements, even if replacing with
similar functionality.
• While laying your framework for the Connected Enterprise, have early and often
conversations with plant IT groups. Make them part of the design process.
• Spend time with operators on the existing system. Don’t just ‘reverse engineer’ the old DCS
code.
32. B&L LESSONS LEARNED AND RECOMMENDATIONS
• Create a comprehensive URS – approved by key stakeholders; incorporate inputs from SME’s
• Include and fund a BOD phase if appropriate
• Follow a formal vendor selection process; evaluate proposals against critical criteria
• Align vendor capabilities with business needs
• Create and follow a detailed Project Plan in partnership with your vendor(s)
• Include SME’s in Design Reviews
• Understand Change Order process
• Include Contingency Plans
33. NEXT STEPS
• Work towards bringing other isolated systems into the new Process Control Network
• Determine data to be collected via Historian (continuous) and SQL (events)
• Roll-out ‘Data to the Desktop’ initiative. Utilize FactoryTalk® VantagePoint and Historian
DataLink.
• Look for ways to automate existing manual processes
Tom Presents
Three Core Business Units – Focused on Vision and Eye Health
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Global / Sister site in Milan, Italy
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Key constraint was implementing in a 24x365 operation at near capacity.
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Talk about Tribal knowledge of operators.
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Steve Schneebeli Presents – Emphasize importance to Characterization so that the system not only meets PlantPAx requirements but also performs optimally.
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Operators have tacit knowledge and experience you can’t simply extract from code reviews.