Web Service Gateway From Advanced Control Systems Passes MultiSpeak Interoperability Test
Web Service Gateway, a solution for cross-application data communication developed by Advanced Control Systems (ACS), Norcross, Ga., has been certified by MultiSpeak(R) under that group’s Version 3 interoperability specification. ACS is the first SCADA vendor to achieve this milestone.
MultiSpeak announced earlier this year the release of its Version 3 specification, which offers real-time systems integration using Web services. This popular transport method can tightly integrate functions from different software providers and improve productivity. MultiSpeak is a collaboration between the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and more than 30 software providers and consultants serving electric utilities.
“MultiSpeak offers an exciting new level of data exchange and application integration,” said Terence Fernandes, manager of enterprise development for ACS. “Our Web Service Gateway provides an ideal way for utilities to deliver on-demand access to real-time operations information across their enterprise. Now that it has passed an interoperability test against MultiSpeak’s testing harness, cooperatives and utilities of all sizes can move ahead with confidence”
The ACS Web Service Gateway is a dynamic link for the cooperative’s real-time systems: SCADA, distribution automation and energy and distribution management, and any compatible system that needs real-time information.
The MultiSpeak Initiative has always provided independent, third-party verification of interfaces, but the introduction of Version 3 marks the first time that MultiSpeak has used interoperability testing.
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