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Take Asset Decisions Off the Clock
April 2010
Field Data Historian project builds upon communications infrastructure to produce cost-effective condition-based solutions.
Catching Faults with Centralized Condition Monitoring
November 2009
Exelon selected InStep's PRiSM online condition-monitoring software and
interfaced it to Exelon's existing real-time plant data historian
infrastructure. Together, they provide a fleetwide centralized solution
requiring only two corporate-level individuals.
Pattern Recognition Software Monitors Nuclear Plants for Potential Equipment Failures
October 2009
Exelon looked into implementing a centralized performance monitoring system for its plants. The company chose a solution from InStep Software LLC, www.instepsoftware.com, Chicago, Ill., which offers its PRiSM (PRocess information Signal Monitor) software. PRiSM uses a series of advanced algorithms based on pattern-recognition technology to provide an early warning to problems that are occurring and often likely to lead to failure. PRiSM provides a quantitative comparison between current and historical data, alerting users to anomalies that are outside of normal operating regimes.
Looking Through the Prism of Condition Monitoring
June 2009
US-based InStep Software installed the eDNA real-time data historian and PRiSM online condition monitoring software at the Al Hidd power plant in Bahrain, in the Middle East.
Together, PRiSM and eDNA are providing the Al Hidd power plant with solutions that complement its state-of-the-art infrastructure, and have set a benchmark for other Middle Eastern energy facilities.
eDNA: Getting Measurable Value From Advanced Automation
May 23, 2007
The need for efficient and effective data management is escalating
rapidly as utilities continue to update their assets and business
systems. This, in turn, is driving the need for a highly scalable
enterprise historian that goes beyond its traditional function of
supporting operations. More and more, the enterprise historian serves as
a key application in effective asset management and overall business
success as well. eDNA plays a key and growing role for many of the most
successful utilities in their operational, reliability and asset
management efforts.
A Reason to Invest in IT
March 11, 2004
The recent blackouts bespeak the need for higher reliability standards. It's clear that information technology must play a key role. Apart from demonstrating the vulnerability of the electric grid, the American and European blackouts of 2003 put enormous pressure on energy companies to prove they're serious about raising reliability by investing in infrastructure. But how.
Partnership & Product Announcements
October 9, 2003
New partnerships and products designed to address the needs of the control and automation markets. InStep Software has partnered with Matrikon Inc. , a provider of industrial technology solution suites, to connect InStep's eDNA and Matrikon's ProcessNet. A web-server thin client application, ProcessNet provides reporting, trending and alarming tools as well as access to real-time process and business data.
Accesible, Organized, Secure
October 1, 2003
Put key information in front of the right people at the right time. What's the sense in gathering terabytes of data if the right information isn't available for decisions? Among available historians, InStep Software eDNA acquires plant and process data from existing control and monitoring systems, analyzes data real-time, and then provides a database archive, online, with the original time-stamped resolution.
Logical evolution in machine control and control systems
September 25, 2003
InStep Software's eDNA helps improve equipment reliability. Hardware has evolved from relays to programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems, personal computers, process automation systems, and software architectures. Software tools have expanded into unified development environments. Control systems can be embedded, centralized, or decentralized through I/O points into the thick of the processes they control, networked or stand-alone. They can come from a single vendor or multiple vendors, and can be customized or commercial off the shelf (COTS). In the end, users want to preserve existing assets, speed set-up, get the most for their money, and, ultimately, save their jobs.
AMR Alert: Of Note in Energy
September 16, 2003
InStep Software has formed integrations and alliances with Matrikon and SmartSignal, which should both bode well for the company. It is often difficult for data platform vendors to show their business value, but in conjunction with partners, the value of the technology shows through. The Takeaway: InStep's compression methodology is worth a look, especially for owners of nuclear generation fleets looking to operate more efficiently but unable to afford to miss a beat collecting status, time, and other time-series point data to meet the demands of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
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Blackout 2003: Prevention and Planning Are The Best Cures
August 20, 2003
InStep's eDNA is used by Southern California Edison to facilitate interfaces with five separate GE Harris SCADA systems widely distributed throughout the territory. The Takeaway:?Most utilities already use data historians in their engineering departments; IT should seek out these tools and support engineering in applying them.
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Marketers Get Fresh Ammo
May 1, 2003
Though the studies came out before the Iraq conflict erupted, interviews with business owners and marketing experts indicate no change of heart. For example, John Kalanik, president of Chicago-based InStep Software, intends to hike his nearly $1 million budget by 50%. Because he will travel less, he figures he'll need more marketing to keep his name out there. At a recent peer-group meeting, Kalanik reports, 11 of the 12 business owners present revealed similar intentions.
Software Engineering is a Winner
Spring, 2003
Kathy Song is a senior project manager employed by InStep Software, LLC, Chicago, IL, a small firm with approximately 50 employees, about 40 of who are software developers. InStep was founded in 1995 by a group of engineers from Chicago-based Sargent and Lundy, LLC as a custom development shop focused on engineering-based software applications. In 1999, the company expanded and purchased a California-based software company called Industrial Peer-to-Peer (IPPC), LLC and began marketing IPPC's core product eDNA, a data historian used widely in the North American power and telecommunications industries.
Safety Smarts - Equipment and Services to Help You Avoid Injuries
April 1, 2003
While maintenance professionals have come to rely on software programs to avoid unanticipated equipment failures, similar technology can prove beneficial in the war against plant injuries. Chicago, IL-based InStep Software LLC offers eDNA, which behaves as a "real-time" historian. The customizable software allows maintenance personnel and supervisors to monitor and control critical plant systems.
Smooth Operators
March 1, 2003
Some vendors, however, warn that users need to carefully weigh core capabilities-like compression-when pondering plant intelligence. John Kalanik, president of Chicago-based InStep Software, which offers a plant data historian called eDNA, says the product uses a compression algorithm to accurately compress data for long-term storage. "It allows you to keep an accurate record of all that operational data, without clipping peaks or valleys, or taking out any of the meat of that data," Kalanik says.
InStep Wins U.S. Work
February 19, 2003
InStep Software LLC, the Chicago developer of engineering-based software products and customized applications for corporate and government customers, has been awarded a five-year blanket purchase agreement from the federal CADD/GIS Technology Center, which offers technical and professional services to the military branches, NASA, other government agencies and the private sector. The agreement makes available up to $15 million for projects.
InStep Software is Hitting a Healthy Stride
February 15, 2003
A five-year, $15 million contract landed this week with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will give the Chicago firm a prominent role in the continuing development of national standards for engineers working with computer-aided design tools. InStep's CAD software automatically makes changes that ensure a user's work conforms to standards.
Software Generates Competitive Advantage For Electric Utility
December 1, 2002
Engineers at Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Clemente, Calif. , determined eight years ago that they needed help managing real-time and historical operating data. They wanted an integrated system, accessible through any desktop, that would display current operating conditions and help them with analysis and modeling for preventive maintenance and troubleshooting.
SPEAK! New Tricks to Get Information Out of Legacy Systems
October 31, 2002
InStep Software, Chicago, says it has installed its eDNA process historian on just about everything. The company seems to relish tackling tough and obscure systems. Anthony Maurer, a partner at InStep, says the company can reach legacy systems with file-based transfers, serial interfaces, parallel interfaces, TCP/IP socket reads, DMA, and printer device sniffing techniques.
Data collection/analysis wizard harmonizes O&M
July/August 2002
Mining Factory Data
May 2002
Lloyd Pentecost, a manager at Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, uses eDNA software from InStep Software.
Utilities Gain Powerful IT Tools
May 1, 2002
Faced with an increasingly deregulated, more competitive environment and growing demands for more reliable customer service, . . . .
Blueprint for Success
April 29, 2002
The power industry is one of the biggest generators of data in the world," says John Kalanik, President of US-based InStep Software.
How to Optimize Equipment-Condition Information
April 24, 2002
In any manufacturing environment, the optimization of equipment assets is essential to increasing profits.
The future is recored in the past
April 2002
Managing a point effectively requires a good understanding of the history of a plant. This requires an effective data archival system.
eDNA Enterprise Management Software
April 2002
"Industrial Peer-to-Peer (Ip2) LLC introduces a new solution for Enterprise Energy Management, based on its proven eDNA process historian"
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Planning for Outage Season
February 2002
InStep Software President, John Kalanik, shares how eDNA can assist plant operators with outage planning by helping to track power demand and energy costs.
OPG to shed 2000 Jobs
February 1, 2002
ASP's Poised to Strike It Big As Sales Grow
January 28, 2002
InStep Software, which helps utility companies track internal production, systems and customers' power use, has signed Ontario Power Generation, one of North America's largest power generators.
Ontario Power Generation Selects Industrial Peer-to-Peer's eDNA for Corporate License Agreement
January 14, 2002
Industrial Peer-to-Peer LLC today announced that Ontario power Generation has signed a corporate license agreement
Ontario Power Generation Selects Real-time Data Historian for 77 Power Plants
January 14, 2002
Industrial Peer-to-Peer LLC today announced that Ontario power Generation has signed a corporate license agreement
eDNA Enterprise Energy Management Software
January 2002
Industrial Peer-to-Peer introduces a new solution for Enterprise Energy Management
Distributed Data for Distributed Generation
January 2002
When used properly, the data produced in the production of power can be key in predicting generator health and scheduling maintenance, according to this article by InStep Software's President, John Kalanik, and systems integrator, Walter Walejeski.
InStep Software Chosen By SCE; Other Pacts
December 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer has been selected by Southern California Edison.
Business end PC Devotion; Turn Thinner
November 26, 2001
More businesses are exchanging PCs for thin-client computing as a money-saving strategy. InStep Software's President, John Kalanik, gives advice on the topic.
Next Generation in Monitoring Systems
November 2001
To replace the 20-year-old central radiation monitoring systems in nuclear plants worldwide, Industrial Peer-to-Peer, developed RadServ, a software-based monitoring system based on eDNA.
Predictive Maintenance Technologies Come Together
November/December 2001
Using eDNA as a predictive maintenance tool, Exelon engineers have taken corrective action on equipment before problems ensued. , InStep Software's President, John Kalanik, explains how in this article.
Internet Eases Energy Management Tasks
November/December 2001
John Kalanik, InStep Software's president, explains the Internet's use as a tool for reducing energy use in university buildings to power plants.
Web-enabled Energy-monitoring Software
November 2001
Web-enabled, energy-monitoring software used by some of the largest utilities is now available to corporate and industrial power consumers.
Leveraging Power the eDNA Way
November 2001
InStep Software's President tells Chicago how large energy users can negotiate their energy bills using eDNA for Enterprise Energy Management.
Nuclear Monitoring System
November 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer has introduced a new software-based monitoring solution for the nuclear industry. This product addresses.
CIOs Gain Influence, Head Toward Top Job
October 24, 2001
John Kalanik, president of InStep Software, hopes that power utilities will begin to offer the eDNA software to their customers as a way to predict their monthly energy bills.
Southern California Edison Engineers to Use eDNA Software as Decision Support Tool
October 18, 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer LLC, announced that Southern California Edison is leveraging eDNA software
Industrial peer-to-Peer Forms Relationship With Matrikon
October 17, 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer forms partnership with Matrikon
Industrial Peer-to-Peer to Install Enterprise Energy Management Solution at Two Universities
October 10, 2001
Two large universities have selected an energy management system designed to help industrial clients monitor
RadServ Radiation Monitoring Terminal Systems
October 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer, introduces RadServ
Local Corporations Trying to Energize Cost Savings
September 28, 2001
In a city known for its overwhelming energy use, John Kalanik, InStep Software's president, explains why Chicago offers the perfect market for a high-speed process historian, like InStep's eDNA.
New Nuclear Plant Software Developed to Replace Old Central Radiation Monitoring Systems
September 19, 2001
A new software-based monitoring system has been developed to replace aging central radiation monitoring systems
Enterprise Asset Management Software Comes of Age
September/October 2001
InStep Software's Vice President, Tony Maurer, describes why processing plants are increasingly seeing a need to use data historians for saving time and money.
InStep Software, LLC
May 28 2001
President of InStep Software, John Kalanik, shares his views and business advice on software development, challenges, opportunities and lessons learned within the industry.
Ontario Power Generation selects eDNA in preparation for competition in newly deregulated market
July 25, 2001
Industrial Peer-to-Peer today announced that Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has selected eDNA. .
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