Bit Stew and RoviSys Partner to Transform the Digital Oil Field by Delivering Real-Time Intelligence from Field to Enterprise

HOUSTON, April 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Bit Stew Systems, a leader in Software Defined Operations for the Industrial Internet, and RoviSys Corporation, a leading provider of automation and industrial control system integration for the Oil and Gas industry, announce a new partnership that brings the power of Bit Stew's MIx Core™ platform and MIx Director™ application (formerly Grid Director) to the upstream and midstream oil and gas markets.

RoviSys offers extensive industry experience integrating process automation and information solutions for upstream, midstream and downstream applications. Bit Stew's MIx Core is becoming the platform of choice for industrial enterprises seeking a comprehensive way to integrate, visualize, and gain intelligence from their disparate data sources. MIx Director, powered by MIx Core, is the application industrial companies rely on to provide actionable insights into their operations, assets and customers. With this partnership, RoviSys and Bit Stew will enable customers to protect the integrity of their assets on the pipeline by detecting geographically, major risks such as leaks, power loss, environmental impacts and other hazards.

"RoviSys has a history of identifying technologies that will help our customers solve real operational problems and provide a high return on investment," said Gary Humble, Director of Oil and Gas at RoviSys. "We worked with Bit Stew to deploy their MIx Solutions at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). We immediately realized the benefits we could bring as partners to the oil and gas industry, which experiences similar automation challenges as utilities."

Ron Pequette, Vice President, Sales at Bit Stew says, "Bit Stew has a proven history in helping utilities simplify the integration challenge of managing billions of data points in order to gain actionable insights into operations. We're thrilled to partner with RoviSys to bring our powerful MIx Core and MIx Director solutions to the oil and gas industry which is a natural fit for both our companies."

Bringing improved visualizations to PG&E
This partnership builds upon the two companies' existing and successful deployments in the utilities sector, where they have helped joint customers such as PG&E improve operational and business processes, decrease downtime and lower costs.

Bit Stew showcases MIx Solutions at Entelec
Bit Stew is showcasing MIx Director at the Entelec Spring Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas from April 7 – 9. Visit the Bit Stew team at booth #344 to view a demo, schedule a meeting, and learn more about how the company is bringing Software Defined Operations to the upstream and midstream oil and gas industry.

About RoviSys
Since its founding in 1989 as one of the first control systems integrators in North America, RoviSys (www.RoviSys.com) has evolved to become a leading independent provider of comprehensive process automation solutions and services. The company has completed more than 3500 projects for more than 400 companies in a variety of process industries.RoviSys is a Gold Level System Integration and Consulting Partner with OSIsoft. Very few integration companies have achieved this high standard and RoviSys was one of the first companies to be invited by OSIsoft to receive this distinction. With a significant number of trained and experienced engineers as well as OSIsoft Certified Installers on staff, RoviSys has the necessary expertise to make your PI project a real success.

About Bit Stew Systems
Through data-driven automation, Bit Stew Systems removes the complexity of industrial operations and connected machines to give clarity and control back to the operator. Purpose-built for the Industrial Internet of Things, Bit Stew's MIx Core™ platform automates data ingestion, applies machine intelligence to learn patterns in the data, allowing industrial companies to discover actionable insights that optimize operational performance. MIx Director™ (formerly Grid Director™) is powered by the MIx Core platform, and is the application that industrial enterprises rely on for a contextual and real-time view of their operations, assets and customers. Incorporated in 2009, Bit Stew is a venture-backed private company that is headquartered in Canada with offices in the USA, Australia and Europe. Bit Stew was named on the Gartner Cool Vendors in Energy & Utilities list for 2014 and the Frost & Sullivan Entrepreneurial Company of the Year – North American Service Solutions for Utilities. Visit www.bitstew.com to learn more.

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