Meridium Innovates APM Solution for Intelligent Machines and Asset Strategies

DALLAS, May 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Meridium®, Inc. (www.meridium.com), the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and services, today previewed its latest version of Meridium Enterprise APM Version 4.2. The latest offering combines machine learning, lifecycle costing, extended integration options and advanced mobile capabilities to help industrial organizations develop intelligent asset strategies and enhance reliability in any environment.

"Through long-term customer collaboration and investment in R&D, Meridium has undergone years of innovation and continues to bring the latest technological developments to our APM offering," said Eddie Amos, CTO of Meridium. "Our newest version incorporates advanced data science algorithms which have been trained against the Asset Answers Industry wide failure database, providing unique insights into failure patterns. We are excited to preview this technology at the Meridium Conference 2016 and it will ship in early Q3 2016."

Meridium's Enterprise APM helps companies connect their disparate plant systems and use the data to develop actionable, strategic plans to predict and prevent failures. Now Meridium customers will benefit from the next wave of advancements brought about by increased connectivity, cognitive analytics and accessibility for business analysts to mine data and draw critical operational insights.

New enhancements in Meridium APM Version 4.2 include:

• Cognitive Analytics: Data quality and the information organizations have collected over the years in their transactional systems, spreadsheets or with paper inputs poses a major organizational challenge today. With Cognitive Analytics, Meridium's machine learning framework and Asset Answers trained models, customers can organize, qualify and mine their data to identify failure patterns that have been missed through traditional analytical routines.
• Lifecycle Costing Analysis: Available on premise and in the cloud, Meridium's lifecycle costing functionality will help customers accurately determine the complete life cycle plan of their assets from acquisition to retirement. This insight provides analysts and accountants alike with a complete, upfront understanding of the costs associated with owning and operating assets at an expected performance level. By leveraging these capabilities, Meridium customers are able to make smarter vendor and service contract selection, as well as overhaul and maintenance strategy decisions, which are optimized from a complete life cycle perspective.
• Asset Strategy Library: Meridium's Asset Strategy Library is now available as a standard and embedded capability to the Meridium Asset Strategy Management solution. The library includes predefined strategies for over 650 equipment types that organizations can easily leverage to accelerate the development of intelligent asset strategies.
• Mobility for Field Inspections: Meridium is now extending mobile, offline data collection capabilities for field inspectors and instrument technicians working in Meridium integrity solutions. Regardless of device or location, field workers can now document their findings at the point of inspection leveraging API based inspection and safety system proof test applications, which ensure accurate, timely assessments of compliance activities and emerging threats.
• GE Analytics: GE Analytics provides both GE System 1 and GE Predix SmartSignal connectors with out-of-the-box analytics to deliver value quickly. Operators can easily configure these systems to meet customer needs with integration into Meridium Health Manager and Policy Designer, combining machine-to-machine alerts with other asset performance data.
• Data Visualization: Meridium Enterprise APM now provides advanced data visualization that allows customers to view their assets using geospatial information.
• APM Connect Cloud Edition: Meridium brings the power of APM Connect to the cloud providing customers with SAP connectivity for customers leveraging Meridium's SaaS offering, APM Now.

Customers can sign-up preview release of Meridium Enterprise APM Version 4.2 starting next week.

About Meridium

Meridium is the global leader in asset performance management (APM) software and services for asset-intensive industries. Meridium increases the availability of assets, improves safety, optimizes cost and lowers risk for our global clients in more than 80 countries with more than 1,200 licensed sites around the world. Through our unique software developed in collaboration with our clients, we predict and prevent asset failures with intelligent asset strategies. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Roanoke, VA (USA), with offices around the world, Meridium is the pioneer of APM and continues to drive innovation, leveraging the data from sensors, devices, systems and smart equipment to minimize unplanned events, incidents and downtime.

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