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by Stephanie Neil, MA Editorial Staff Posted on Saturday, September 30, 2006 12:30:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | Six months after the introduction of InFusion, Invensys's distinctively dubbed "enterprise control system," the concept of a single control architecture for business and plant applications seems to be resonating with manufacturers. |
Six months after the introduction of InFusion, Invensys's distinctively dubbed "enterprise control system," the concept of a single control architecture for business and plant applications seems to be resonating with manufacturers. As of August, Invensys says it has logged over $10 million in orders for InFusion. And the sales funnel -- i.e., orders pending -- was greater than company projections for the entire year, according to officials. Invensys took the industry by surprise this past April when it redefined distributed control. Prior to the public disclosure, only 60 people within Invensys had a deep understanding of InFusion, which means even competitors likely were taken off guard by the fact that the unveiling was more than mere re-branding. Rather, it was a major architectural overhaul that analyst firms like AMR Research have said blurs the application boundaries that have traditionally hindered shop-floor-to-top-floor information flow. [Click to continue] |
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