B-Scada (or Beyond–Scada) is a company based in Crystal River, Florida. B-Scada's product offerings include on-premises Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Human Machine Interface (HMI) software platforms, a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) software platform, and wireless sensing hardware.[2] It is one of the first companies to use data modeling in SCADA systems to create virtual representations of real world physical assets.[3]

B-Scada, Inc.
Company typePublic
SCDA
IndustrySoftware
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ronald DeSerranno (CEO) Brian Thornton (VP) [1]
ProductsStatus Device Cloud, Status Enterprise, Status Machine
Websitewww.scada.com

Data modeling

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B-Scada uses data models as the basis of end users toolkits, which allow representations of assets with immediate interactions. It provides “templating,” where a data model is created for a type of object instead of for a specific object. Conventional HMI and SCADA products bind data from programmable logic controllers (PLCs) or other data sources directly to the graphics. Data modeling in HMI/SCADA[4] allows the virtualized model of assets to be bound to the HMI/SCADA screens. The PLC or OPC Server memory addresses plus any additional associated information can then be referenced at run time, allowing one generic data model template to be used for many different specific assets.

History

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B-Scada was founded as Mobiform Software in 2003 by Ron DeSerranno, former Senior Software Engineer of Rockwell Software, Inc./Dynapro, Inc., where he served as the Development Lead and Architect for its industrial automation product, RSView.[5]

Beyond SCADA

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In October 2012, Mobiform Software announced it had changed its name to B-Scada (Beyond SCADA).[6] It continued trading under the stock ticker symbol MOBS until announcing in October 2014 its new stock ticker symbol, SCDA.[7]

Fuzz Mobile Marketing Solution

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In July 2019, B-Scada launched Fuzz Mobile Marketing Solutions Inc., an online platform for sending bulk SMS messages.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "SCDA | B-Scada Inc. Company Profile & Executives - WSJ".
  2. ^ "B-Scada to Announce Exciting New Product Line". 21 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  3. ^ "B-Scada Releases Status Enterprise". 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ^ Rich Hunzinger. "All About SCADA - Data Modeling - Building a Smarter, More Organized SCADA System". b-scada.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Bloomberg Business Executive Profile: Allen Ronald DeSerranno". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Mobiform Software, Inc. Changes Name to B-Scada, Inc". 19 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  7. ^ "B-Scada To Trade Under New Ticker Symbol "SCDA"". 2 October 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  8. ^ Inc, B.-Scada. "B-Scada Inc. Launches New Text Messaging Marketing Platform". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 6 February 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)