inmation Software GmbH, located near Cologne, Germany, is a specialized software vendor in the area of system integration and industrial IT. inmation offers a software platform - system:inmation - which is a horizontally scalable, distributed information management system for production data, or any time-related information, entirely based on recent software technologies. In addition, inmation and its international partner network act as a competent team to help manufacturing industries embarking on 360° system integration and complete Enterprise Control to achieve their goals in an efficient and sustained manner.

1. PRESENTATION

2. Who we are
• Industrial system integration experts with combined 100+ years of
experience in software development, integration and large project
execution
• Background of Matrikon & Honeywell (among others)
• 20+ years of highly successful industrial information management
projects with leading clients
• Objective: to create, establish and support a technologically new
industrial system integration solution for the next decades
• Today: team of 15 specialized developers in Germany, backed by strategic
integration companies with 1000+ personnel
• Technology partnerships with MongoDB Inc. and Transpara; corporate
member of the OPC Foundation

3. One Solution for Global Real-Time Data Integration
Level 1 FIELD
Level 2 CONTROL
Level 3 MES
Level 4 OFFICE / ERP
Level 5 CLOUD / WEB
Interfaces Infrastructure
Interfaces Infrastructure
Interfaces Analysis Applications
Actionable KPI
Advanced
Automation
APC / SPC
Global Accessibility
Interfaces Infrastructure IIoT

4. Necessary
Connectivity
Software
The Past

5. Necessary
Connectivity
Software
The Past
TUNNELING
FUNNELING SECURITY
BUFFERING
REDUNDANCY
BRIDGING
BUFFERING
SECURITY
Individual
• Licensing
• Configuration
• Maintenance
Multi-Vendor
• Quality Diff.
• Chain Problems
Application
Silos
High Effort System Integration

6. The Future
Connectivity
Remote
Central Storage
Cloud as an option

8. Our approach is driven by years of experience with
large industrial system integration projects
encompassing real-time data integration, alarm
management, control performance monitoring and
corporate MES/PIMS implementation strategies.
Our Goal is a software system engineered to centrally
manage operational real-time data throughout an
enterprise.

9. Complete and Scalable
Real-Time Data Infrastructure
• One software from data source to
data access interface or client application
• Includes OPC network tunneling,
consolidation of data source namespaces,
and interface security
• Can communicate through any number of
network boundaries
• Single point of access to the entire namespace
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10. Consequent Central Management
• All remote components can be configured
centrally
• All logs stored centrally
• No individual licensing
• Automatic version updates of the entire
component network
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11. Open Data Store/Storage Format
• Based on NoSQL technology (MongoDB)
• Single data store for all data stream types
(time-based, event-based, structural, etc.)
• Scales to any requirement (size, redundancy,
performance)
• Big Data ready
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12. Enterprise Cloud

13. Enterprise Cloud

14. Data Worker Office
system:inmation supplies a true real-time information
infrastructure to companies and organizations of any
size and operational complexity. Any industry -
manufacturing, processing, supplying goods and
services - can leverage existing data sources from any
location to form a global data backbone for human and
machine analysis, ultimately creating fast data systems
and real-time business intelligence. system:inmation
provides the required front-ends to simplify global
monitoring, rapid prototyping, rapid deployment and
uniform access to any information stream. The system
your data analysts are waiting for, ultimately turning any
organization into a truly informed workforce.
Enterprise Cloud

15. Data Center
In the ERP domain, it is common to have one system for
worldwide operations. With system:inmation and the
underlying power of NoSQL databases, you may now
create a central data store for all your real-time data,
streaming in from any number of global sites, facilities
and assets. This data store then supplies standardized
interfaces available for your enterprise analytics tools.
Contact inmation to learn how incredibly cost-effective
such a real-time data store can be for you. The benefits
of decreasing on-site IT complexity in favor of a
centralized approach are more than convincing.
Enterprise Cloud

16. Mobile Data on any Device
enterprise:inmation supplies web-based access to any
KPI you consider important, whether it comes directly
from any underling system such as the control system
layer, the automation device, any on-premise IT system
or even from any web server on earth. You may create
derived information, math, logic, statistics of any kind
and deploy the information to any device your workforce
is using – being in the office or abroad. Seamless real-
time information flow, from any source to any device –
can you afford not to unveil this operational treasure?
Enterprise Cloud

18. ARCHITECTURE &
SYSTEM COMPONENTS

19. ACCESS LEVEL
BROKER LEVEL
STORAGE LEVEL
CORE LEVEL
CONNECTOR LEVEL
DATA SOURCE LEVEL
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY
…
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY

20. Airport Data Demo
Azure inmation Server
Azure Transpara Server
http://demo.transpara.com/inmation
http://services.faa.gov

21. Central
Configuration
Flexibility &
Adaptability
MongoDB
Repository
Secure
Access
Unlimited
Scalability
Rich Data Source
Support
Namespace
Consolidation
Decision Support &
Technical Analysis
Statistics &
Diagnostics
system:inmation
SOFTWARE FEATURES

22. Rich Data Source Support

23. Rich Data Source Support
• OPC DA, XML-DA and UA Server interfaces
• OPC A&E, TCP streams, UA A&C, Text File
and ODBC interfaces for alarm & event
data
• Dropzone file interface for any file-based
structured data or complete files

24. OPC HDA
Client
File Client
OPC DA
Client
OPC AE
Client
Ole DB
Client
OPC
XML-DA
Client
OPC UA
Client
AnyProcess
Data Source
Any Event
Source
Any
Historian
Any OPC UA
Server
Any XML-DA
Server
Any
Historian
Any OPC UA
Server
Any XML-DA
Server
Database
Control
Systems
Control
Systems
Control
Systems
MS Access,
MS Excel
Files
Processing
Native
Provider
ODBC
Provider
Generic DB
Access
ACE
Provider
XML, Text,
MS Excel
Files
processing
Runtime
Env
Local
Networks
Availability
LAN(s)
Host
Availability
Deep
Statistics
Own
Events
AnyProcess
Data Source
Any Event
Source
Control
System
Control
System
inmation:
Connector
Win OS
Client
inmation:
SPROX
Runtime
Metrics
PROX
Session
Mgmt
Local Host in Production LAN
(inmation Middleware Data Source)
Remote Interface Host X
in Production LAN
Rich Data Source Support

25. Configu-
ration
Request
Logical Network
socket
tcpip::singleport
Media
LAN WAN
IPv4 IPv6
Satellite Link
Ethernet
FO
Transport Provider
Generic InternetTP
Cellular (UMTS…)
Directional Radio
QoS (Contract)
Other
Bandwidth
Reliability
Security
Context
Core User
& System
Ad-Hoc
Requests
inmation:
SPROX
Late Data
Supply
Statistical
Data
Fast Process Data
Slow Process Data
Event Streams General Data
Binary
File
Distri-bution
Win OS
Patches
Inmation
Software
Patches
Custom
File
Exchange
Real-time
Data Supply
Classified
Data A+
A
B+
B
B
B
C
PROX
Session
Mgmt
inmation:
Connector
Network
Characteristics
Configuration
Attributes
Session
Characte-
ristics
Self
Deter-
mination
Structural
Queries
(Address
Spaces)
Out-of-Band
Data
Requests
Remote
Connector
Registration
Configu-
ration
Request
inmation:
SPROX
Late Data
Supply
Real-time
Data Supply
A
B
B
PROX
Session
Mgmt
inmation:
Connector
Rich Data Source Support

26. Corporate Data Center / Cloud
Rich Data Source Support
inmation:
Connector
Any transport provider
inmation:
SPROX
WAN / PN / VPN
OPC UA
Server
inmation:
Core Service
inmation:
Data Studio
Web
Server
Classic OPC
Server
{}
JSON/
BSON
NoSQL
Data Stores

27. Flexibility & Adaptability

28. Flexibility & Adaptability
• system:inmation’s inner architecture is a Enterprise
UA Server
• It consolidates any number of data sources,
supplying interfaces to any legacy and future
production system
• It is not build to process numerical data only, but
any type of data
• It scales to any extent – from single machine to
hundreds of CPUs

29. Flexibility & Adaptability
• system:inmation itself provides OPC Servers for any
3rd party product integration
• inmation OPC Servers can be run in any number
on any number of host computers
• Prog ID and Address Spaces can be configured to
support limited access for a certain user group
( e.g. External Partners)
• OPC Security supported

30. Flexibility | Adaptability

31. Flexibility | Adaptability
Support for Various Information Sources

32. Flexibility | Adaptability
Interface Standards

33. Flexibility | Adaptability
Connector & Data Source System
Integration Scalability

34. Flexibility | Adaptability
Network Security

35. Flexibility | Adaptability
Core & Computing Scalability

36. Flexibility | Adaptability
Central Repository

38. • Powered by Lua Script
• Unlimited number of used system items and used system
item properties within a calculation
• Unlimited number and any kind of calculation in one
calculation item
• Write calculation results to different system items or archive
• Calculation execution can be set to periodic or event-
driven
• Use freedom of LUA Script to realize any kind of control
Powerful Calculation Engine

39. Powerful Calculation Engine
Example: PID control algorithm

40. Repository

41. Repository
• MongoDB is the world-wide leading NoSQL
Database
• NoSQL is highly adaptive to changing data
structures
• NoSQL is suited for High Frequency Bulk Inserts
• NoSQL scales easily at much lesser cost than
traditional RDBMS
• MongoDB in detail in the next session

42. MongoDB Repository

43. Remote Data
MongoDB Repository

44. Core Service
MongoDB Repository

45. Operating System Support
MongoDB Repository

46. Simple, scalable Data Redundancy
MongoDB Repository

47. Data Sharding (Clustering)
MongoDB Repository

48. Enterprise Data Store
MongoDB Repository

49. Secure Access

50. Secure Access
• system:inmation allows for role-based access
definitions, based on configurable profiles
• Active directory user and groups information
is incorporated
• Virtual Namespaces can be freely defined,
consisting of any high or low level entity, to
grant access to a limited scope of information
(e.g. business partners)

52. Unlimited Scalability

53. Unlimited Scalability
• One system:inmation can consist of a single
or up to any number of Connector Services,
Core Services, Data Stores and Interface
Servers
• There is no local licensing
• System communication which requires
protection is encrypted
• European-style: No patriot act, no backdoor

55. Central Configuration

56. Central Configuration
• Remote components do not require any local
configuration
• inmation:DataStudio is based on configuration
by drag & drop
• All detection mechanisms of underlying data sources
are used in conjunction with Engineering Templates (no
counter-engineering)
• JavaScript API for mass engineering or replicated
system setups

58. Namespace Consolidation

59. Namespace Consolidation
• system:inmation lets you build a logical asset
structure (ISA-95) on top of the I/O model
• Heterogeneous namespaces from subordinated
systems can be re-aligned according to corporate
standards
• Designation systems can be enforced by simple
storage of key value documents in the system’s
Data Store

60. ISA-95 applied

61. Decision Support &
Technical Analysis

62. Decision Support & Technical Analysis
• Classical Trend Analysis for Numerical Data
(Raw and Aggregated History)
• Alarms & Events Integration
• Management of Change Support
• Central Log Access, Filtering, Search

64. Statistics &
Diagnostics

65. Statistics & Diagnostics
• system:imation collects all significant status
& performance indicators
• External Server Performance
• Network Performance
• General System Performance
• Performance Data and logs are centrally
accessible

67. Summary

68. • Centrally managed Real-Time Infrastructure
• One logical access point for systems, applications
and users
• Simplified engineering and Change Management
• Data Storage option allows for massive scale
towards the Private Information Cloud
• Multiple point-solutions and tools to be obsolete

69. WORKSHOP LIVE SYSTEM

70. Data Centers
Remote
Connectors
Core Server

71. Data Centers
Remote
Connectors
Core Server

72. Thank you.

73. Contact
Zollstockgürtel 57
50969 Köln
Germany
+49 221 168 144 16
www.inmation.com
info@inmation.com