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Hopefully if you have found your way to this forum you already know the answer to this question.
For those that don't or are still a little vague please be sure to visit OSISoft for full details. http://www.osisoft.com/
To quote OSI:
Quote:OSIsoft delivers the PI System, the industry standard in enterprise infrastructure, for management of time series data and events. A global base of more than 14,000 installations across manufacturing, energy, utilities, life sciences, data centers and process industries relies upon the OSIsoft PI System to safeguard data and deliver enterprise-wide visibility into operational and business data in order to manage assets, mitigate risks, improve processes, drive innovation, make business decisions in real time, as well as identify competitive business and market opportunities.
Be sure to read specifically about the PI system at OSI here: http://www.osisoft.com/Products/PI%20System/
Quote: A Universal Platform that Improves Operations Across any Industry
The PI System™ brings all operational data into a single system that can deliver it to users at all levels of the company - from the plant floor to the enterprise level. The PI System keeps business-critical data always online and available in a specialized time-series database by:
* Gathering event-driven data, in real-time, from multiple sources across the plant and/or enterprise * Applying advanced analytical calculations and business rules to Contextualize and Analyze this data * Configuring smart and thin client tools to distribute and visualize knowledge/ information to display critical operational metrics and integrate the user experience across different roles within the enterprise.
The PI System functionality incorporates many features for analyzing, contextualizing, and visualizing real-time PI data, including:
* RtPortal™ smart and thin client applications to display real-time PI data. Includes RtWebParts for Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server and RtPortal iViews for SAP® Enterprise Portal (part of the SAP NetWeaver™ platform). * ProcessBook is a graphics package that enables users to create dynamic, interactive graphical displays * DataLink establishes a direct connection between the PI System and Microsoft Excel to create and publish reports and perform complex data analysis * RtReports™ is a process reporting solution that enables the production of reports for both real-time and historical data, from internal and external sources, such as relational and web service data * RtAlerts creates and manages alerts in response to certain conditions within a process or plant * Sigmafine is a data reconciliation and validation package for rigorous, mathematical data reconciliation, to generate trustworthy information * MCN Health Monitor™ unifies and displays the real-time status of networks, devices, and applications to improve performance, reliability, and security
Please note, quotes are extracts from the OSISoft website.Principal Consultant Real-Time Data Management @ Wipro Technologies
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OSIsoft vCampus is a subscription-based, online offering that consists of providing everything people need to develop applications on the PI System. We invite you to take a "tour" of the OSIsoft Virtual Campus - also feel free to consult the FAQ or contact OSIsoft vCampus for more details.
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