OSIsoft is a private company that can look back on over 25 years of steady growth in the IT field. In 2004, it had sales approaching $120 million, which should increase to $150 million by the end of fiscal year 2005 in December. The company employs 400 people and has Canadian offices in Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal.

From the beginning, OSIsoft has remained focused on systems for delivering real-time data to the world’s leading process manufacturing, life sciences, and utility companies, providing real-time operational metrics and fuel performance data anywhere from the production floor to the corner office. With over 10,000 installations in 1,000 companies and 400,000 users in over 100 countries, the RtPM platform powered by OSIsoft’s PI System is the most widely-used system in the manufacturing sector worldwide and now sets the standard for real-time technologies developed for industrial applications.

In fact, over 60% of the electricity generated and transmitted in the United States is handled by a PI system. Nine of the top ten oil companies worldwide use RtPM technology in their operations. In the pulp and paper sector, the ten largest paper mills in the world all use PI technology, and eight of the ten have made OSIsoft real-time technology their corporate standard.

With its strong commitment to software research and development, representing 30% of corporate revenue, OSIsoft is known for the great compatibility of its tools, which can be used with any existing system; this is especially important in the manufacturing sector, where technologies over 30 years old are still in place. OSIsoft has the flexibility to adopt emerging technologies, keeping the PI System aligned with the latest advances in all existing management and production systems across all disciplines.

Rapid development and the extensive interfaceability of the RtPM platform, combined with the technical support provided to customers, account for OSIsoft’s worldwide success and steady growth. The organization offers 24/7 technical support worldwide in several languages. As a result, 90% of systems installed over 20 years ago are still under contract – a rare occurrence in the IT world. Its RtPM platform has also become the standard in both the oil and the pulp and paper industries.