The specialist software firm, which helps secure process control software assets, says it can ensure that backups of new and modern software are securely stored and easy to access from any locations, reducing associated downtime
Taqa has contracted Asset Guardian Solutions to provide its software management toolset for use on the operator’s offshore facilities in the UK northern and central North Sea.
A subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Taqa’s UK operations include five platforms that produce from 13 fields spread across the Northern North Sea and the Central North Sea. Asset Guardian specialises in protecting companies’ process control software assets.
ENSURING INTEGRITY AND AVAILABILITY
Asset Guardian says it can ensure that backups of new and modified software are securely stored and easy to access from any location, making certain that effective version control is in place. This reduces associated downtime caused by a potential process system software failure. As part of the project, Asset Guardian is also helping Taqa to electronically migrate its existing process control software files and data into Asset Guardian.
EFFECTIVE TRAINING
AGSL is also delivering an online computer-based training (CBT) programme so that employees can learn to use the Asset Guardian toolset.
'We are proud to have been selected by Taqa to provide them with our method of securing and managing process control software assets,' says Sam Mackay, chief executive officer of Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd. 'We look forward to working with them.'
BUILDING ON SUCCESS
Since 2004, AGSL has been supplying the process control industry with the Asset Guardian toolset. Total E&P UK, Nexen Petroleum UK Limited, Woodside Energy, GDF Suez, Inpex, Dolphin Drilling, Stena Drilling, BP, McDermott and nuclear energy provider EDF Energy are among those using Asset Guardian to protect and enhance management of their critical process control software assets.
Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd was born out of the recognition that most companies involved in the process industry had little to protect the integrity and safe-keeping of their Software Assets controlling their production processes.
Originally, it was part of Elite Controls Systems Ltd, a company that specialises in process automation, and has a global ‘blue chip’ client base, and boasts an enviable reputation.
By combining its control automation and IT expertise, in 2000 the company developed Asset Guardian, an innovative solution that ensures users compliance with ISO & IEC Standards, Government Directives and Industry Best Practices for the 'Configuration and Change Management' of process-critical systems.
Following 10 years of continuous growth involving detailed market research and collaboration with users, Asset Guardian has transformed from a 'product' to an 'integrated solution' for protecting the integrity of safety and process-critical systems. Its future development and growth will now be carried on under the leadership of Asset Guardian Solutions Ltd, a team that was formed by combining the original development team with a new sales and marketing team to maximise the company’s potential within the global marketplace.
Working in close partnership with its clients, Asset Guardian Solutions appreciates the need for rapid, demonstrable returns on client investments, and encourages them to follow the company ethos 'Take Control and Control Change'.
