Inductive Automation Releases FactoryPMITM 3.1 and FactorySQLTM 4.1

SACRAMENTO, CA DECEMBER 11, 2007 - Inductive Automation is proud to release FactoryPMI^TM Version 3.1 and FactorySQL^TM Version 4.1. The main features of this release are SSL support for enhanced security over public networks, Java 6 support for easier deployment, and a new Historical Group in FactorySQL for easier data logging.

FactoryPMI^TM 3.1
SSL, or Secure Sockets Layer, is the industry standard encryption protocol for HTTP communication. This is the same technology that protects your sensitive financial information as you interact with your bank or purchase merchandise with a credit card online. FactoryPMI 3.1 natively supports SSL encryption for both its web-based server configuration and its web-launched HMI/SCADA clients. This technology is a natural fit with FactoryPMI, as its deployment and communication are completely web-centric. While most of our customers deploy their HMI/SCADA applications on their private intranet, we are getting more and more interest in deploying FactoryPMI's web-launched clients over the public internet. Interest in this technology ranges from simple internet-based deployment of a global SCADA system, to new hosted SCADA business models that only FactoryPMI's innovative web-launched clients can support. We are proud to be able to support applications that need the utmost level of security with SSL encryption in FactoryPMI 3.1.

FactoryPMI 3.1 has a host of other features as well. It is now compatible with the Java^TM Platform version 6, and still backwards compatible with Java version 5. Our popular SQLTags technology now supports the Oracle^TM database, as well as the PostgreSQL database. We now support licensing through hardware USB-dongles as an alternative to our software CD-Key based licensing. This is useful for customers who want a cold-standby server, because they know they can transfer their license by simply moving a USB-dongle. Last but certainly not least is the new Standalone Mode option for the FactoryPMI Gateway. This option lets FactoryPMI launch clients on multi-homed servers (computers that are on two or more networks), or over port-forward situations with no extra network setup, as long as the Gateway is not part of a load balancing cluster. Combine all of these features with a host of smaller improvements and bug fixes, and you have an upgrade that you don't want to miss. The full changelog can be found under the Support section of our website.

FactorySQL^TM 4.1
For years, the workhorse of FactorySQL has been its standard "Group". This unit of configuration can morph from a historical logger, real-time status and control synchronizer, downtime tracker, recipe manager, etc. With the introduction of SQLTags much of this can now be accomplished easily and quickly inside of FactoryPMI, leaving only the need to configure history in FactorySQL. Therefore, in this version we have added a new easy to configure historical group. By stripping the options of the standard Group down to only what is used in historical logging, the Historical Group couldn't be simpler to use. Our famous install-to-SQL-logging time of under 5 minutes is now even shorter, with an even flatter learning curve.

Additionally, version 4.1 boasts improved support for OPC properties such as Quality, Timestamp and item path in all group types, making it extremely quick and simple to log these properties for each tag.

FactorySQL 4.1 also provides support 64-bit Windows^TM, USB-dongle licensing, and Oracle^TM and PostgreSQL^TM databases in SQLTags.

About Inductive Automation
Inductive Automation pioneered the first full-featured web-launched HMI/SCADA system in the world. Its standards based, database-centric architecture receives accolades from plant managers, IT managers, and system integrators worldwide. With a commitment to software quality and technical support second to none, Inductive Automation is at the forefront of industrial software.

Contact
Jim Meisler
(800) 266-7798 x227
jmeisler@inductiveautomation.com