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Products Vision
The automation, monitoring, and control industries have changed and evolved extremely
rapidly in the last few years.
- Building Automation has been impacted more than most other segments
of this marketplace. Most BAS were designed around a set of requirements
and assumptions that they would be managing a single (but possibly very
large) building, or a campus of buildings. They also assumed that the
main user of the system would be the building operator.
- Industrial Automation Systems were typically designed around the
concept of managing a discrete process in a stand-alone system.
- SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems were once
isolated stand alone systems custom built for each application.
The new realities are that:
- Building owners want to manage their entire portfolio of properties as a
very valuable asset. They want to be able to determine that their facility is operating at peak
efficiency.
- Many more communities of interest and automation systems need controlled
and secure access to the information embedded in legacy BAS, SNMP Networks,
Process Control Systems, Industrial Ethernet, or Industrial
Automation Systems.
- Different amounts and types of automation, and degree of integration, are
required depending on the
facility size and the complexity and business criticality of the service or
operation the facility is hosting.
- The life cycle cost of automation systems must be tied to a definable ROI
for the customer.
- The automation system must utilize installed network infrastructure and adhere to all
customer specific IT and security standards.
- The automation system must conform to all Internet protocol, Industrial
Ethernet, network service, and
industry open systems standards.
The S4 Group, Inc. understands these requirements in detail and all
products and services offered complement existing vendor products by
allowing them to confirm to these current customer requirements and
enhancing the scalability, functionality, and usability of existing
systems.
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S4 Group is a member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partners Program. All S4
Open appliances are powered by the Windows Embedded Operating System. Microsoft,
Windows, and the Windows CE are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
in the United States and/or other countries
          
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