Jan 23, 2006
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has successfully completed the beta and market testing of OSIRIS™, an innovative and versatile secure Linux-based Remote Terminal Unit and has started delivery of production units to customers. The first orders were shipped on January 17, 2006.
Designed for the electric power, gas and water industries, OSIRIS was developed to address the security, network connectivity and general feature limitations of legacy Remote Terminal Units. (OSIRIS is an acronym for OSI Remote Information System.)
OSIRIS is a next generation Remote Telemetry Unit utilizing the open source Linux operating system and a very powerful RISC processor. OSIRIS features a small form factor and has multi functional capabilities; the unit is configurable as a slave or master device and can be used as a data concentrator, secure substation gateway or a secure and hardened communication router. OSIRIS supports SSL and encryption as well as other active built-in intelligent security measures. OSIRIS supports a variety of protocols including secure DNP, IEC and TASE2.
As the beta test was conducted, OSI was able to integrate many of the suggestions and comments of the test users into the production phase. This integrated approach allows OSI to bring to market a device that meets the varied needs of our current user-base and provides unlimited possibilities for future usage.
According to Gary Roskos, OSIRIS Product Manager, "We completed extensive conformance testing to make certain that OSIRIS met OSI's stringent quality requirements. Following this process, which was finalized as we moved through the production phase, OSI is highly confident of the success of OSIRIS in the field."
OSI (www.osii.com) provides open, state-of-the-art, and high-performance automation solutions to electric utilities worldwide. These solutions include Energy Management Systems (EMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, and Generation Management Systems (GMS), as well as individual software products and e-business solutions for electric utility operations. OSI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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