1980 founder j. patrick kennedy headquarters san leandro ca usa key people j. patrick kennedy ceo jenny linton president products pi system pi processbook pi server pi datalink pi coresight number of employees 1000 2013 website www.osisoft.com osisoft llc is a manufacturer of application software for real time data management called the pi system . founded in 1980 osisoft is privately held and headquartered in san leandro california . contents 1 products 1.1 pi data archive 1.2 pi asset framework af 1.3 pi processbook 1.4 pi datalink 1.5 pi web api 1.6 pi coresight 1.7 pi interfaces 2 external links 3 references products edit osisoft develops and supports software used to capture process analyze and store any form of real time data . osisoft s target markets include oil and gas ; chemicals and petrochemicals ; materials mines metals and metallurgy ; power and utilities ; pulp and paper ; pharmaceuticals food and life sciences ; critical facilities data centers and it ; and federal . 1 the pi system is a suite of software products that are used for data collection historicizing finding analyzing delivering and visualizing . it is marketed as an enterprise infrastructure for management of real time data and events . the term pi system is often used to refer to the pi server but the two are not the same . the pi system refers to all osisoft software products whereas the pi server is the core product of the pi system . data can be automatically collected from many sources control systems lab equipment calculations manual entry or custom software . most information is gathered using one of the many osisoft and third party pi interfaces . users can then access this information using a common set of tools such as microsoft excel web browser or pi processbook and look for correlations . some examples include analyzing seasonal trends determining if utilities are meeting the demands of production comparing the performance of different lots of raw material determining when maintenance is required on equipment optimizing the utilization or performance of a production line on january 5 2011 osisoft announced a 135 million minority investment by technology crossover ventures and kleiner perkins caufield & byers . 2 lit san leandro 3 a business associated with osisoft has built a fiber optic network in the city of san leandro linking high tech and other businesses . they have also proposed providing a high speed fiber optic network for the industrial corridor in nearby hayward . 4 pi data archive edit the pi data archive collects stores and organizes data from data sources providing an information infrastructure . the pi server also includes tools for analytics alerts and auditing . the pi server may be connected to almost any existing automation lab or information system . operators engineers managers and other plant personnel can use client applications to connect to the pi server to view data stored in the pi server or in external data archive systems . pi asset framework af edit pi af allows the definition of consistent representations of organizational assets and or equipment and uses these representations in analyses that yield critical and actionable information . pi processbook edit pi processbook is a software tool used to display data in a graphical manner . a display can be created with single values trends x y plots and other items and populated with data from the pi or af server . it is mainly used by end users as a comparison or monitoring tool . additional functionality can be applied to processbook through the use of custom scripts developed with an embedded version of visual basic for applications . pi datalink edit add in to excel for tabular data analysis . provides an end user the ability to import data from the pi or af server for manipulation comparison or report generating . data can be imported in a variety of ways including archived calculated and filtered data . pi web api edit the pi web api provides a resource oriented http s based interaction model to data contained within the pi system . pi coresight edit a simple web based tool for quick ad hoc displays . pi coresight is a thin client tool and can be used anywhere an internet connection is available as opposed to the other end user tools that are considered fat client and require a local installation . pi interfaces edit interfaces designed to gather data from a data source convert to a pi readable format and send to the pi server to be stored . the most common interfaces are opc pitopi modbus and rdbms . external links edit official website yahoo biz bnet managing automation rockwell automation announces osisoft joint development and licensing references edit osisoft industry overview . osisoft . retrieved 2013 12 28 . http www.businesswire.com news home 20110105006161 en osisoft announces 135 million minority investment technology lit san leandro website kqed jan 18 2012 osisoft and lit san leandro bringing fiber optic to tech firms mes 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