Case Study: Remote Site Monitoring

Sep 28, 2017 2:35:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Case Studies, Data Historian, Products

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Since 2008, the East West Power Renewable Corporation (EWP) has used Canary software to assist them in the remote monitoring of power generation facilities across the United States. Using more than twenty remote loggers, EWP can centralize all site data to a corporate historian, while still making data available to plant operators, supervisors, and engineers.

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Enterprise Historian Data Sheet

Mar 21, 2017 8:39:00 AM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian

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Founded in 1985, Canary specializes in centralizing, distributing, and analyzing time-series process data.  The Canary Historian is a proprietary, non-SQL database that can gather millions of data points without data loss or purging.  
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How to Adopt a Predictive Analytic Solution

Feb 9, 2017 12:20:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, Predictive Analytics

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SAP recently posted an article titled "10 Myths About Predictive Analytics".  It is a great read and worth your time, and can be found here.  The article makes the following points regarding current Predictive Analytic Myths:

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The Four Necessary Steps to Predictive Asset Management

Jun 30, 2016 2:52:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, Products

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Tired of reacting to unexpected equipment failures, power outages, and unplanned downtime? If you are not actively transitioning from a reactive to a predictive asset management program, you are likely to deal with the same frustrations a year from now as you have in the past. Although hindsight will always be twenty-twenty, foresight has the potential to save your company millions in operating dollars.

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A Guide to the Best Data Historian Software: A Review of the Canary Historian Versus Rockwell FactoryTalk or AVEVA PI

Jun 27, 2016 4:22:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, feature

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When a company decides to make a capital investment in data historian software, it can often be overwhelming.  Searching through the complete list of data historians in the process database family will reveal nearly a dozen data historians in the marketplace, not to mention open source options that an IT team may decide to attempt.  By definition, data historian software should be:

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Data Historian Performance Test: Pushing Canary to the Limit

Jun 27, 2016 3:39:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Case Studies, Data Historian

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In 2014 Gary Stern and the engineering team at Canary Labs sought to test the full capabilities of the Canary Data Historian. Published below are the complete findings from their study. As this was originally intended for use as an internal document, please excuse any grammatical or spelling errors.

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Data Historians and Their Necessity

Jun 24, 2016 4:11:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, Products, Trending Software

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Many companies do not realize the advantages that historical process data can offer, helping them to save both time and money. Ed Stern, Vice President of Canary Labs, discusses his experience in the matter:

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Canary Data Historian and the 12 Reasons You Can't Live Without It

Jun 8, 2016 12:04:00 PM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, Products

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When shopping for a data historian, we know that you have serveral choices.  Here are the 12 reasons that Canary will be your best return on investment.
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Data Historian and Trending Software that Meets User's Requirements

Jun 3, 2016 11:37:00 AM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Data Historian, Products, Trending Software, Life

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I recently received an email from a potential system integrator customer that wanted to see how the Canary data historian and trending software would meet their client's needs.  After addressing all concerns, I thought it would be worthwhile to share as it demonstrates how well the Canary system works in comparison to other products like Pi, GE, or Rockwell software.

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Case Study: Practical Use in the Field

May 31, 2016 10:34:00 AM / by Jeff Knepper posted in Case Studies, Data Historian, Products, Trending Software

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Time and time again, companies who make an investment in the Canary data historian and trending software solutions see great returns on their investment. An independent oil and natural gas company made a $22,500 investment in the Canary data historian and Axiom trending and analytic software and saved over $250,000 through monitoring and improving the efficiency of their equipment.

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