New PAS Solution for Disaster Recovery Dramatically Reduces Automation System Downtime after a Disaster

Houston, TX – November 11, 2009 – PAS, a leading provider of automation and operational effectiveness solutions to process industries worldwide, is now providing an automation disaster recovery solution comprised of Integrity™ Software and expert services to facilitate timely restoration of power and processing plants to commission in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.

Automation systems are crucial to plant operations and delays in restarting these systems after a disaster are costly. For example, based upon typical operating margins, a 250,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery may lose as much as $67,000 per hour of lost operation. Similar lost production costs apply to other industries as well. Recognizing this threat, PAS has developed a comprehensive set of services, which in combination with Integrity Software enable the fastest and most robust automation recovery possible.

“The Integrity Disaster Recovery solution is very different from conventional backup regimes in that we are able to provide a centralized recovery mechanism for all automation systems, including legacy systems that are not supported by standard IT tools,” said Chris Lyden, PAS President.

The Integrity Disaster Recovery solution from PAS includes a complete survey of all automation assets within the plant, the creation of a site-specific recovery plan that includes the details of the backup and restoration processes, a comprehensive restoration procedure for all of a plant’s automation systems, a disaster recovery change management process, and recurrent validations of the procedure to ensure successful execution on demand. These services are complemented by the inherent capabilities of Integrity Software, including automatic archiving, periodic health check of the archive, and onsite and offsite storage of the archive to provide the fastest possible recovery from a natural or man-made disaster.

About PAS
PAS (www.pas.com) improves the automation and operational effectiveness of power and process plants worldwide by aggregating, contextualizing and simplifying relevant information and making it universally accessible and useful. We provide software and services that ensure safe running operations, maximize situation awareness, and reduce plant vulnerabilities. Our comprehensive portfolio includes solutions for Alarm Management, Automation Genome Mapping, Control Loop Performance Optimization, and High-Performance Human-Machine Interfaces. PAS solutions are installed in over 1000 industrial plants worldwide.
 

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