At
the Invensys Software Conference in Dallas last week, everyone from the product managers to the
executives clearly delineated the company’s product and services vision (read
more about Invensys Product Roadmap strategy). To better understand how the
company is positioning itself to deliver on that vision, Ravi Gopinath,
president of the company’s software business, shared his insights into the
company’s actions.
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“When
we began to pull the software division together three years ago, we already
knew we would need to extend our offerings to address three major trends:
mobility, cloud/SaaS and Big Data,” said Gopinath. “Market acceptance of these
emerging technologies has accelerated beyond our initial expectations, leading
to increased focus on these areas.”
As
evidence of Invensys’s investment in these areas, Gopinath pointed to recent
releases such as its Wonderware InTouch Access Anywhere software, which
“further extends our mobility solution set to embrace all aspects of our
portfolio.” He added that the new InTouch and Wonderware System Platform 2014
and Wonderware Historian Online Edition, announced at this week’s event,
directly address Big Data, supporting enterprise historians with up to
2,000,000 points and availability in the Cloud. “These are examples of how
continual investments in our technology help us maintain a leadership
position,” he said.
Gopinath
added that the software division’s predictions on next-gen visualization and
simulation have also proven to be very accurate as industrial companies
increasingly seek to replace a retiring workforce with fresh talent. This issue
looms so large for industry that Gopinath said, “We are accelerating our
investments in this area, including new methods for delivering operator
training and embodying workflow and best practices in our solutions.”
During
his keynote presentation to kick off the Invensys Software conference, Gopinath
noted that a primary focus for the software division would be to increasingly
“verticalize” the company’s offerings, to make them even more specific to the
industries in which they are used. To further clarify his vision,
Gopinath said, “Verticalization will manifest itself in how we deliver
industry-specific solutions that address unique industry challenges. These
solutions will include the appropriate integration and pre-configured
components that embody those industries’ appropriate standards and best
practices.”
To
support this verticalization path, Gopinath noted that Invensys is expanding
its service delivery capabilities under a “formal practice model to ensure that
the implementation of these packaged solutions consistently delivers full value
to our customers with little risk.” He added that this practice extends to
Invensys’s system integrators to provide additional consistency across
industries and expanded reach.
The
expansion of Invensys’s service capabilities is occurring in parallel with
development of verticalized technology components, Gopinath said.
Despite
all the changes that have occurred in the past three years, across the industry
and within the Invensys software division—from new vision alignment and new
technology directions to stepped-up acquisitions and an increased focus on
industry verticals—Gopinath said one thing hasn't changed: his underlying
commitment to delivering integrated solutions built on an open, standards-based
platform.
“We
have a proven track record of delivering solutions and services that sustain
value over the lifetime of the plant’s investments,” Gopinath said, citing the
company’s consulting, training, implementation and engineering services, all
delivered directly by Invensys experts.
“Additionally,
our unmatched global partner network extends that expertise, solutions set and
value-add services even further, then we back it up with our industry-leading
Customer FIRST program, which helps sustain value and improve the performance
of the asset over time.
“In
the short and long term, you will see Invensys continuing to focus on enabling
revolutionary value for our customers,” he concluded. “We’ll continue to
develop and deliver new technology innovations, like those we announced this
week. We’ll continue to enhance, extend and integrate our software portfolio,
like we’ve done with Spiral and SmartGlance and soon InduSoft. And we’ll
continue to expand and improve our network of global partners, who deliver a
wide range of unmatched software, solutions and services.
“The
market is poised for accelerated growth, driven by industrial software, and we
are uniquely positioned to help our customers achieve revolutionary levels of
value, performance and profitability."
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