OSIsoft, a provider of data infrastructure offerings for management of data and events, has unveiled new PI System 2010 that includes PI Server 2010, PI Data Access 2010, and expanded functionality in PI for Office 2010.
According to the company, the Server 2010 combines the time-series data archiving capabilities of the PI Data Archive with asset metadata management in the PI Asset Framework (AF), which empowers OSIsoft customers to leverage an asset-centric view of their entire PI System.
OSIsoft said that through PI AF, users can now organise data so they can find, access, and visualise key information in PI Client products and the new PI Data Access products. OSIsoft allows the user to migrate from MDB to AF without impacting existing deployments such as PI ACE calculations or other MDB-based applications.
In addition, PI Server 2010 enhances the current analytics functionality of Performance Equations (PE), Totalisers, and Statistical Quality Control (SQC) by including new capabilities with PI Advanced Computing Engine (ACE) and PI Notifications.
According to OSIsoft, the new PI Data Access 2010 family enables development of custom applications on the PI System, plus integration of the PI System into products such as Microsoft Office, SQL Server, SharePoint, SAP systems and amongst others.
The new products in the PI Data Access group include PI OLEDB Enterprise, PI Web Services and PI JDBC, which together provide a wide variety of data access possibilities, on many operating systems and in various programming languages.
The company said that with the new enhancements in PI for Office 2010, PI System users have access to all functionality needed to use PI System data in Microsoft Office 2010. Users can create reports in Excel 2003, 2007 or 2010, can build dashboards in their choice of SharePoint 2007 or 2010, and can integrate system alarms and status notifications with Office Communicator 2007 R2, and can enter data or launch workflows with PI Web Services 2010 and Microsoft InfoPath.
