brewster productions is a concert production and promotion company based in plymouth , massachusetts .

brewster productions is the producer of the acoustic nights summer concert series and the plymouth independent music festival .

the acoustic nights summer concert series is presented in association with the plymouth antiquarian society .

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you can catch bill brewster at this year ' s electric elephant festival in croatia .
brewster productions acoustic nights concert : 6 p . m . sept . 2 , hedge house museum lawn , 126 water st , plymouth . the big lonesome will perform , with molly brule opening .
plymouth – brewster productions is celebrating its 10th season of acoustic nights , its hugely popular , absolutely positively free summer concert series on the hedge house lawn . and this year’s lineup promises wonderful and inspiring entertainment .
jon dorn co - founded brewster productions back in 2008 with longtime friends scott mceuwen , harrison quinn and andrew carleen . as the series’ co - producer , dorn said he’s thrilled with the reception acoustic nights has received .
( c ) 1999 bill brewster and frank broughton all rights reserved . isbn : 0 - 8021 - 3688 - 5
dorn said that when choosing the acts that would play during the independent music festival , brewster productions aimed to include as many genres of music as possible . showcasing everything from jazz to rock , dorn said the event appealed to a large audience .
plymouth – brewster productions acoustic nights concert : 6 p . m . sept . 2 , hedge house museum lawn , 126 water st , plymouth . the big lonesome will perform , with molly brule opening . free . for information : www . acousticnightsplymouth . com .
if you ' re interested in finding out more about brewster productions or the artists they work with , dorn gave us a little tip on how to stay in the know .
we ' ll be posting our summer concert series schedules in april at urltoken and urltoken .
mark dale caught up with bill brewster to discuss his exhaustive book , previous and present dance music scenes plus his project plans moving forward .
brewster productions and its music series owe their lives to volunteers , sponsorships and grants . the 10th season is sponsored by the music box , and the venue has been donated by the plymouth antiquarian society . the series is also supported in part by a town of plymouth promotions fund grant .
because most of the bands that play at the festival perform only original tracks , dorn said the event is unusual for the waterfront area . although cover bands would most likely attract a larger audience , giving young musicians like derek measor , the chance to perform is extremely important to brewster productions .
jon dorn , co - founder of brewster productions , said the show has been held at since 2007 under the name school house rock , only receiving its new name this year . during the saturday afternoon event , six bands played on the main stage , while two acts performed on the side stage .
here you can find out more about some of our key past productions , giving you an insight into how they were staged and the directorial choices that were made .
talawa’s was the first all - black production in london , directed by yvonne brewster . rather than altering the script to accommodate ‘blackness’ or trying to subvert the play’s values , brewster reasoned that the theme of identity and trying to work out one’s origins made it relevant to all sectors of society in britain , black britons in particular .
brewster productions pushed the event back an hour to wait for the rain to stop , and the musicians took off their shoes and shirts to perform in the sweltering heat . during their free afternoon festival , everyone involved was working for a common cause : exposing residents of plymouth and beyond to original music from up - and - coming acts .
talawa was set up in 1986 by yvonne brewster , mona hammond , carmen munroe , and inigo espejel . talawa theatre company was the first professional black theatre company in britain .
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bill brewster also co - ran the influential dj history website and forum and , for 20 years , co - ran and dj ' d at an underground club night called lowlife . both of these projects he killed off in 2015 . we recently caught up with bill brewster to ask him about his long history in dance music and what ' s next on the cards .
there have been more than 300 professional productions of the play in the uk since 1900 , in every style of venue from proscenium arch and thrust stage to theatre - in - the - round and open air . casts have ranged from established west end stars to all - male , all - female and all - black actors and from modern dress to period setting . four notable 20th - century productions are highlighted below .
grimsby born bill brewster ' s first vocation was as a chef , but thankfully for us , the world of music and writing beckoned and he forwent a stressful life filled with cuts and burns to the hands .
his latest compilations have been an impressively annotated and thorough series of ten multiple cd sources packs for harmless records , covering the catalogues of the likes of trax , sam , sleeping bag , p & p records and dj international . these amazing collections are sadly the final releases from harmless , which has been one of the uk ' s premier reissue labels of the last two decades , but brewster ' s compiling continues . up next is a two cd set of larry levan productions and remixes for universal .
most stations could not afford the orchestras and productions that went into the network radio shows ,
explained ben selvin , who worked for the leading transcription disc company .
and so we supplied nearly 300 stations with transcriptions that frequently—but not always—featured the most popular bands and vocalists .
our productions of henry iv part i over the years have included many famous actors playing the pivotal roles of prince hal , hotspur , falstaff and henry iv : richard burton ( hal ) , michael redgrave ( hotspur ) and antony quayle ( falstaff ) in 1951 ; ian holm ( hal ) , hugh griffith ( falstaff ) and eric porter ( henry iv ) in 1964 ; alan howard ( hal ) and brewster mason ( falstaff ) in 1975 ; timothy dalton ( hotspur ) , joss ackland ( falstaff ) and patrick stewart ( henry iv ) in 1982 ; robert stephens ( falstaff ) and julian glover ( henry iv ) in 1991 ; david warner ( falstaff ) in 2007 .
i don ' t miss it because i go back there and it isn ' t the same city any more . but i miss that period of me living in it because i lived in the east village within walking distance of my office , northcott productions , king street , power music , nervous , tribal america , sub urban , for the record .
' [ yvonne brewster ] has not transposed the play to black territory , with different , if analogous manners and conventions . she has not turned it upside down with black masters and white servants . the revelation of this production is that the sight of black actors inhabiting the skins and minds of upper class white victorians does not seem strange or perverse ' .
at the moment i ' m just doing bits of journalism and djing at weekends . i ' ve just done a larry levan compilation for universal that ' s out at the end of march . well , i say i ' ve just done it , i actually did it two years ago , it ' s just taken two years to come out . it ' s larry levan productions and remixes , things like peech boys and man friday , over two cds .
directed at the time by gielgud , this version was regarded at the time as the definitive production of the 20th century . it was produced by h . m . tennent , one of the leading theatrical managements of the period who were famed for their lavish and starry productions . it was designed by motley who produced a detailed set which was very different from their usual minimalist style , but true to wilde’s elaborate stage directions . gielgud’s direction was similarly faithful to the text and the edwardian style . one critic noted that :
in the 30 years since its inception , talawa theatre company has produced more than 40 notable and acclaimed productions including : the black jacobins by clr james ; the importance of being earnest by oscar wilde ; antony and cleopatra , king lear and othello by william shakespeare ; the road by wole soyinka ; the lion by michael abbensetts ; ' tis pity she ' s a whore by john ford ; blues for mr charlie by james baldwin ; the crucible by arthur miller ; rum and coca cola by mustapha matura ; waiting for godot by samuel beckett , and all my sons by arthur miller .
on july 23 , a total of eight bands performed their original music at the plymouth independent music festival at pilgrim memorial state park .
with temperatures reaching well into the 90s and a rainstorm striking in the morning , the plymouth independent music festival faced its fair share of challenges on saturday . still , the members of , which hosts the show , and the musicians were willing to work through the obstacles .
we worked really hard to put the set list together and there is a lot of talented young bands around here ,
dorn said .
i think it can be surprising to some people how many awesome bands are around here . so we really try to find them , give them a stage and get their music out there because it should be .
this year , the bands came from towns between boston and cape cod and included plymouth ' s as well as emma ate the lion , the release and the brightest lights .
it is all over the place ,
he said .
especially with these shows , we try to not make it all just one genre . we kind of want to have something for everyone .
for dylan wheaton , a member of the band emma ate the lion , the presence of a wide variety of musicians was one of his favorite parts about performing at the festival .
it is definitely an eclectic assortment of different types of music , so it ' s cool to see that everyone ' s hanging out and supporting all the bands ,
wheaton said after his afternoon performance .
measor has been playing guitar with his rock band blacklight sunrise for about two years , and said he truly appreciated being given the chance to play at the event .
[ the festival ] offers an opportunity to up - coming bands ,
he said .
we are just trying to get out there .
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in case you missed it : we launched a kickstarter project to help save our acoustic nights summer concert series at the hedge house lawn . here ' s our fancy launch video – if we can ' t raise $ 2000 by june 1st , we ' re gonna sell all of our sound equipment and buy a jet ski . either we have a great concert series , or we spend the summer cruising around the ponds of america ' s hometown on a sweet ski - doo – can ' t lose ! but seriously , please pledge and share : urltoken
concert dates : did you catch our video announcement last week ? the 2015 acoustic nights summer concert series is happening : june 27 , july 11 , august 15 , august 29 , september 5 at the beautiful hedge house lawn . lineup coming soon !
acoustic nights 2018 : july 7 + august 11 + september 1 . free concerts !
full series info at www . acousticnightsplymouth . com . artists to be announced soon !
2013 plymouth independent music festival - official announcement -
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the series kicks off next saturday , june 24 , with brooklyn folk and americana singer / songwriter dan mills and plymouth’s own star singer / songwriter hayley sabella , a featured performer on pbs . all shows start at 6 p . m . and are held at 126 water st . on the 1809 hedge house museum lawn .
the series features up - and - coming artists from all over the region who perform acoustic folk , pop , jazz and everything in between . the concerts are held monthly throughout the summer on four saturdays .
george woods performs with stephen macdonald july 22 . kaiti jones takes the stage , after savoir faire opens aug . 22 . and the popular band macalla will close the season sept . 2 with molly brule opening .
“we are so excited to celebrate our 10th season with this lineup , ” acoustic nights co - producer eva walsh said in the announcement . “it’s a great mix of genres and it showcases the richness of the independent music scene in eastern massachusetts . ”
“when we started the series , we were 21 - years - old , just trying to help young musicians find a place to perform their original music , ” dorn said . “we had no idea it would go for 10 seasons ; the community has been amazingly supportive . ”
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the universal themes of ‘the importance of being earnest’ and the witty way in which its author , oscar wilde , conveyed them have made it an enduring classic , popular with actors , directors , and audiences .
the emphasis on surface appearance which wilde satirises in ‘the importance of being earnest’ is strongly reflected in the design and production values of early 20th - century revivals of the play .
the sets and costume were highly stylised and actors employed a similarly heightened artificial style of speaking and moving . images from the lyric hammersmith production of 1930 , directed by nigel playfair , show this very clearly . the actors are all carefully placed and appear stiff and unnatural , conveying the restrictions of dress and manner dictated by victorian society .
this version starred john gielgud as jack . at the time gielgud was a rising star famed for his beautiful voice and striking profile . he went on to repeat the role three more times , as well as directing the play on two separate occasions .
' gielgud has wisely kept this little masterpiece as one of the objets d’art ` one saw on victorian mantelpieces , under a glass case . the diction is mannered , and the movements studied ; thus bringing out the best in the author ' s lines ' .
the cast contained some of the best , and best known , british actors of the time : peggy ashcroft as cecily ; gwen ffrangcon - davies as gwendolen ; margaret rutherford as miss prism , jack hawkins as algernon , gielgud as jack and edith evans , whose delivery of ‘a handbag’ is still mimicked today , as lady bracknell .
oscar wilde’s friend , lord alfred douglas , visited gielgud in his dressing room after seeing the show , but much to gielgud’s disappointment was unable to give him any idea of how the original production had been performed . instead : ‘he merely insisted that most of the best lines in it were his and that he had stood over wilde when he was writing it’ .
the critical reception of the play showed that this was a wise decision . every reviewer noted that the play was entirely faithful to the original in everything but the colour of the actors , and so judged the production on the strength of their acting rather than the interpretation of the text . as nicholas de jongh commented in the guardian :
costume for lady bracknell ( ' the importance of being earnest ' ) , by bob crowley , the aldwych theatre , london , 1993 . museum no . s . 108 - 1993
another all - star , period dress , version of the play , directed by nicholas hytner . maggie smith made her first stage appearance in london for five years as lady bracknell and critics were divided over her new interpretation of the role . for some , she exaggerated the comic elements of her character too much , but for others , her performance was a breath of fresh air :
' the role of lady bracknell has always been haunted by the formidable ghost of edith evans , but at last another theatrical dame has stolen the coveted crown and placed it firmly on her own head . maggie smith , with her handspan waist and sucked - lemon lips , is totally commanding . '
the production also featured margaret tyzack as miss prism , richard e . grant as algernon , alex jennings as jack and claire skinner as cecily .
designer bob crowley gave the set an exaggerated sense of perspective which foregrounded the constant distortions of the truth throughout the play and reinforced the idea that nothing is quite as it seems .
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he started djing in the 1980s and despite being a fan of grimsby town he managed to acquire enough knowledge of the game of football to become co - editor of much rated football fanzine when saturday comes .
while continuing his record collecting and djing sidelines he progressed through a writing career that took him to new york in the early 1990s , where he ran dmc office as editor of usa mixmag . he returned to the uk , full of inspiration from the new york house scene , to run the twisted uk label .
in 1999 the book last night a dj saved my life , co written by bill and frank broughton , was published and it was the first serious attempt to chronicle the history of the dj . they followed that book with dj manual how to dj properly .
it felt like we were giving dance music a culture , in a way . even though it was already a culture it existed only as an oral history prior to writing that book . obviously loads of articles had been written over the last 30 / 40 years , but it was pretty amazing that none of it had been documented in a book .
it felt like an amazing opportunity to set a marker for what dance music culture was and the history of it . i think that ' s what we ' re most proud of , we were the first people to document it as a whole , a holistic view . you look at all the books that have been written about dylan and the beatles and there ' d never been a single , proper book about djs . if you think about all the cultural impact they ' ve had over the years it just seems bonkers .
i ' ve always been , not anti that rock canon , but very suspicious of it , that idea that these are the great records and these are the great artists . it ' s almost always white artists and that really used to niggle me a lot . the greats always used to be couched in white rock critic language . that ' s not something i ever agreed with .
and , for me , one of the joys of djing is having an album that ' s crap apart from one track . but you love that track and you play it , it could be by queen or supertramp , and that really doesn ' t fit into that nme taking a line on a band , that kind of stuff . i found it liberating , when i discovered djs and djing , that you could find one track by an artist that you ' d always hated , that was brilliant . and that ' s ok . that ' s kind of what being a dj is all about . that really goes against the grain of how rock criticism is written .
well , there were things like the balearic scene , for want of a better description . we put a load of stuff in about belgian nu beat and popcorn , the cosmic and afro scene in italy , the balearic stuff that had been happening in ibiza and we kinda lumped all that in , in a chapter , which was sort of about europe .
we didn ' t exactly miss that out in the original version , although we did miss out cosmic , but it didn ' t really fit anywhere , so we created a chapter so we could go a little deeper into it . same with hi energy . we shoehorned hi energy into the disco chapter , but in the second edition we gave it its own space and gave it a bit more of the respect it deserved .
it ' s actually ten years since we did that and i actually can ' t remember what else we did , but i do know we wrote about 50 , 000 extra words , so we must have done something .
of the great amount of information revealed to younger folks , like myself , in the book , you were the first who ever documented the advances made by jimmy savile in club djing .
for a time that leant him a new air of respect amongst younger djs although it ' s now hard to read that he was so important to the story , knowing what we do about him . did you come across any rumour about him during your research ?
we had a lot of people who said ,
ooh , i could tell you a lot of stories about jimmy .
none of them ever did but i always assumed that they were bad . when the shit hit the fan there was nothing i heard that was a shock . those stories had been discussed as informal rumours in the entertainment industry for decades . the scale of it was shocking , but not the acts themselves .
i suspect that he ' s just one of several who were at it in the seventies . the seventies has been really tainted now , hasn ' t it , with operation yewtree , jimmy savile , jonathan king , rolf harris ? it just seems now that any time someone dies from the 1970s we ' re only weeks away from an expose of what they did with children or teenage girls . it ' s just neverending , so i suspect there may be very many more .
it ' s a strange , strange thing to come across now , because that ' s when i was growing up , that ' s when i was a teenager and it ' s almost like having your teenage years snatched away from you , in a way . so many of these people were a core part of my teenage years , not necessarily because i was a huge fan of jimmy savile , i always found him very creepy , as i ' m sure most people did . but the fact all that was happening is really disturbing .
for younger people today i think it ' s probably very difficult to imagine just how different britain was in the 1970s , the nf , skinheads on the street , the casual racism , the acceptance of misogyny . society has changed a lot since then .
yeah . that was the tenor of a lot of things in the seventies , the casual sexism , the casual racism . and also , if you dyed your hair and wore slightly strange clothes , which i did in the 1970s , you were never too far away from being chased down the street and having your head kicked in .
now you can dress as outlandishly as you want . people might stare at you , but i don ' t think most people would do anything . in the 70s and early 80s you were literally taking your life into your hands by dressing weird .
i thought how to dj properly was a great manual . djing has changed a heck of a lot since it was written . was the book aimed at beginners ? would you agree that you approached the book ' s guidelines in a very old school fashion ? if you were to revisit that would , what changes would you make ?
i wouldn ' t say the book was aimed at beginners . the core people who bought it were mums , dads , aunts and uncles of beginners . i know from a lot of people who are now djs that these people bought it for them . but we never really aimed it at them .
we knew it had to be inclusive , so we made sure that if you were a beginner you got a lot out of it , but i like to think that it was really for music enthusiasts . the things we really wanted to hammer home were that it ' s entertainment and it ' s about being into music and wanting to share that music with people . we bang on a lot about that in the book . forget the helicopters and the dancing girls , if you ' re not passionate about music you really shouldn ' t be doing it .
yeah , we did approach the guidelines in an old school fashion . at that time cdjs were pretty new and not many people were using them , whereas now , technologically speaking , it ' s a whole different ballgame . but i don ' t think the fundamentals of what makes a good dj has changed . the tools that you use have .
really we should do an updated , digital version with traktor , record box and serato and all the newer technologies included . from that point of view it is really out of date . but in terms of what a dj does i don ' t think anything ' s changed . you still need the same skills , you just might do it in a different way . it ' s about building bridges , relationships with crowds through music .
yes , although building bridges and relationships with crowds these days also incorporates the daily update of a twitter feed and a facebook page . would you cover that if you were to update it ?
we would definitely cover that , yeah . having said that there are plenty of people i can think of who have no digital profile , like andy weatherall , villalobos , and that just adds to their mystique . people queue up for them , so you can go both ways , you can be enigmatic with it and it might not affect you , you can still build a career without engaging in that way .
i personally enjoy it , meeting people who ' ve seen you play and , being a writer , which is quite a solitary occupation , it ' s not so often you get to meet people who read what you do . djing is great for me because people bring their books to be signed and it ' s really nice meeting them .
it ' s interesting the two examples you ' ve given , it ' s true the mystique doesn ' t damage them . if i think about approaching someone from europe , in paris or berlin , i can go on to their social media , see exactly what they ' ve been up to and more or less guarantee that i can get them on skype within a couple of days .
but if i want to interview someone like juan atkins or someone else in detroit , chicago or new york , quite often i ' ll have to fill in a questionnaire request form to which i might not get a reply and if i do , skype won ' t be an option , i ' d have to call their mobile , dig for information about what they ' ve been doing and these are the kinds of people who , love them though i do , might complain that these originators are being left out of dj polling charts .
well partly i think it ' s a generational thing . certain members of my generation do not engage with things like social media because it ' s completely alien to them . even the average joe in the street doesn ' t have a twitter profile , i don ' t think . so , there ' s that and then there ' s the racism , no doubt .
you may well be right that it doesn ' t affect villalobos and weatherall yet it does affect those others . but , you know , villalobos and weatherall are still making music that feels very modern and current .
as much as i also love some of those old techno guys , with many of them i ' m struggling to think of a record that they ' ve done lately . . . i got a juan atkins record a couple of years ago , but that was literally the only thing i ' d heard from him in 10 years . so i suppose you could argue that the music a lot of them are making is just not keeping up with today ' s trends .
there were literally 30 record labels within 400 yards of the office and maybe 20 within 150 metres , so on a friday i would just walk round and come home with maybe 30 test pressings from all these labels . you really felt like you were in the middle of something really special . and you were .
you look back to those days now and that ' s where many of the great house records of the period were coming out . mood ii swing were fantastic at that time , danny tenaglia was hungry and trying to get a residency , morales and knuckles were still doing interesting things , there was a lot happening .
i was in the middle of it and i was friends with a lot of them . i don ' t look back wistfully and wished i still lived there but it was a really special time and i felt very privileged to be a part of it , even in such a small way .
as you say , you were there during some of the seminal years of new york ' s contribution to house music . chicago and detroit get perpetual props , would you agree that new york ' s contribution is somewhat undervalued ?
yeah , it probably is , to be honest . it ' s hard to say . prior to house music new york was indisputably the musical city of the world . no question . from avant garde jazz , punk rock , hip hop , latin music , disco , there ' s just so much amazing music coming out of new york from so many different angles .
it was amazing in the 1970s and early 1980s . i wouldn ' t necessarily say it got overtaken by chicago , because i think chicago house was almost like a temporary blip in the city whereas new york moved seamlessly into the house era .
it kinda went from those mid eighties records that paul simpson , tony humphries were making to people like victor simonelli releasing stuff shortly after on nu groove , so it just felt like house music was a continuation of what was happening in ew york and new jersey anyway . it wasn ' t the revolution it was in the uk , there were different circumstances in the uk that made it more dramatic .
but i don ' t think you can ever overestimate just how amazing new york was from the late sixties right through to the late nineties . it hasn ' t been the same place for the last 15 years , for a lot of different reasons , but there are still interesting things happening there .
but you have a lot of european artists now trying to make acid records that sound exactly like the ones that were made in chicago in the late eighties . i don ' t hear anyone really trying to sound like masters at work , mood ii swing or todd terry . that whole danny tenaglia , junior vasquez or victor calderone sound also hasn ' t aged so well , for me .
some of it has not aged very well . there was that victor calderone record that came out on yoshitoshi , that hasn ' t aged very well at all although that record was huge towards the end of the sound factory .
but mood ii swing , i still play a lot of their stuff now . i think it ' s the benchmark for quality house music , it ' s a real combination of soulfulness and a real tough , sort of demonic sound underneath it . i love that mixture of the soul influence of lem springsteen and the tougher ideas of john ciafone . i think their stuff has really stood the test of time . some others , maybe less so .
other stuff like murk who , although they were from miami , were absolutely huge in new york . everyone played them and , when they stopped releasing on their own labels , they released on new york labels . to me that stuff really sounds good . it might just be cyclical , we might not have moved far enough away from it for people to start aping it .
i have noticed in sets by people like motor city drum ensemble that the mid - nineties sound is now something that they ' re digging for and they ' re looking for the ones that are harder to find than the ones that are more obvious . defected have put out that mood ii swing compilation quite recently so some of it is being remembered .
well , we had a 20 year anniversary this time last year and the more i thought about it , that was a really nice way of ending it . we ' d done 20 years , at some point it was going to start going wrong , but it was still really good , we were still selling out , people loved it .
i ' d rather finish it when it was really good , even though you think ' fuck , that ' s such a great crowd to play for ' . i do miss that , but equally i know it was the right decision . 20 years is an achievement of some sorts .
also , you stopped running your website dj history last year . are you interested in keeping these brand names alive in any way and , if so , how ?
well , i ' m in the middle of building my own website at the moment , so some of the content will move over there . we sold all of our interviews to red bull music academy and gradually they ' re going to put them all online , which we never got chance to do . we did over 250 interviews , lots of which were never published anywhere .
we ' ve had offers from people who would want to host the forum , just to keep it alive , so people can use it as a resource . so , hopefully it will all continue to exist in some form or other . but it just became a bit like commuting to london on the back of a cow . laborious . massive . unwieldy .
we spent so much time doing it and not earning any money out of it , we just thought , let ' s put it all to sleep and it just feels liberating . we never took money out of lowlife , even though it was very profitable . we always invested it in cockamamie schemes like publishing books , keeping dj history running . over the years we probably spent hundreds of thousands of pounds running dj history for no other reason than that we ' re fucking mental .
i don ' t know . maybe there ' s a bit of mao tse - tung in me . i honestly can ' t say why . i don ' t spend a lot of time dwelling on the past . even though we ' ve become known as these people who document the past , once we ' ve done something i don ' t sit there daydreaming about how amazing it was .
i tend to concentrate on the future , what i want to do next . so , i don ' t find it painful stopping doing these things , as much as i ' ve enjoyed them .
you ' re a writer . in many ways coverage of dance music has grown incredibly since you first started doing it and a lot more coverage is now in the video format , thinking about dj sets that you can watch or lecture style interviews that are filmed .
it ' s now possible to get immediate access to some of these histories . how do you feel about that ? would you agree that although it ' s a lot more accessible for the consumer , some of the journalistic skill is often lost in these new formats ?
well the standard of writing is now really bad . but i think that ' s a product of the standard of pay for writers being so bad . writers who are really good generally can ' t make a living and go and do something else .
i couldn ' t make a living as a writer if i wasn ' t also djing and doing compilations , stuff like that . all of those things make up a living , but one on their own i couldn ' t survive on and i ' m pretty well established and get quite a lot of offers .
the other stuff i think is really good . i don ' t see things like video lectures replacing what is written in a book or a magazine piece . they ' re all adjunct to each other . so you can view a video interview by moodymann then go and read a book on detroit techno like dan sicko ' s . they ' re different sides of the same coin .
i often watch lectures like that and i think they ' re an incredible resource . interviews with people who have a lot to say over an hour or an hour and a half ? what ' s not to like .
you ' ve recently compiled 10 sources compilations for harmless records . and you ' ve written the sleevenotes too . and notes on each track ! that ' s a hell of an undertaking .
yeah [ laughs ] . i reckon i could ' ve gotten away with writing a quick 1 , 000 words on each compilation , but things like that , to me , present themselves as a real opportunity to go a little bit deeper into a particular subject , so i did fresh interviews and research .
i think each compilation averaged over 5 , 000 words , so over ten compilations that maybe 60 , 000 words . so , yeah , maybe i ' m a bit mental for doing it , but maybe i just a bit of a nerd . i find it interesting , exciting . it satisfies the noseyness and nerdiness inside me . i always think , well , i want to know that , so why wouldn ' t anyone else want to know that ?
oh , god . that is really hard . maybe sleeping bag , just for the variety of music that they released . early on , loads of stuff by arthur russell , hip hop , electro , house music . but it ' s such a hard call . there are a lot of really good labels there .
it ' s the final releases for harmless . that ' s quite sad . it ' s been such a pivotal reissue label since the mid 1990s . is it just a sign of the times ?
yeah , it is . it is sad . but there are other labels that have stepped up and are doing interesting compilations . harmless is basically owned by the bbc and it ' s about economies of scale for a company like that .
the way they did it was they would buy the rights to particular catalogues then rinse them before the terms of the license expired and i guess it was no longer financially viable for them to do that . i think the only way to do compilations now is on a much smaller scale and they ' re not really set up for that . but it is really sad .
as well as the sources compilations i did the make music compilations for them , one called spiritland and i ' ve worked with lots of different people there , gavin fraser , who works at universal , quinton scott , who runs strut , ian dewhirst , who i actually met through writing last night a dj saved my life . they ' ve done some amazing compilations .
you ' ve now had free head space to think what to do next . so , what next ?
i ' ve had a couple of really interesting offers actually . two of them are really exciting , but they ' re in the early stages of planning so i can ' t really talk about them . i think i ' ll have to choose between them as they ' re both pretty demanding .
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talawa theatre company is led by artistic director michael buffong . talawa theatre company is the ' go to ' company for producing new black work , enabling emerging artists to showcase their work before influential audiences through initiatives like talawa firsts , the script reading service and studio firsts . in addition , talawa produces a touring production annually . the touring production is a high quality production of a classic piece of theatre , re - imagined for the 21st century .
funding from the greater london council ' s race equality unit as part of the ' black experience arts programme ' enabled talawa’s first production , clr james’ the black jacobins . since then funding from the arts council of england has enabled talawa to become a national portfolio organisation and the primary publicly funded black theatre company in the uk .
the entry of broadcasting into the history of music has changed all forms of musical creation and reception . radio music is a kind of magic and the radio set becomes a magic box .
thomas edison , who invented the cylinder phonograph in 1877 , hardly conceived of putting music on it , and in any case his equipment could only just be heard by a single person , let alone a group . emil berliner , who gave us the flat - disc gramophone in 1887 , would still probably fail on the volume test . a decade later the radio waves were tamed , but it would take another full ten years before marconi & apos ; s equipment was able to send more than morse & apos ; s dots and dashes . however , when the gramophone and radio signal were finally combined , we find our first dj candidates .
in 1907 an american , lee deforest , known as the
father of radio
for his invention of the triode , which made broadcasting possible , played a record of the
william tell overture
from his laboratory in the parker building in new york city .
of course , there weren & apos ; t many receivers in those days , but i was the first disc jockey ,
he claimed . deforest was wrong , however—he had been preceded .
at the end of 1906 , on christmas eve , american engineer reginald a . fessenden , who had worked with edison , and who intended to transmit radio waves between the u . s . and scotland , had sent uncoded radio signals—music and speech—from brant rock near boston , massachusetts , and astonished a number of ships & apos ; telegraph operators out in the atlantic . he made a short speech explaining what he was doing , read the bible text
glory to god in the highest and on earth peace to men of good will
and played a few solos on his violin , together with some singing , which he admits
was not very good .
in between all this , he became the world & apos ; s first disc jockey , because he also played a record over the airwaves .
what was the very first record played by a dj ? it was a woman ( probably clara butt ) singing handel & apos ; s largo .
and the radio dj was undoubtedly powerful , almost from his inception . his promotional muscle was the major factor in the creation of the modern music industry ( and the broadcast advertising industry , too ) . he was instrumental in founding new genres of music , by bringing together unconnected stylistic strands and by creating pride and ambition in the local folk musicians who played them . in a similar way , the early disc jockeys were key in fostering understanding between different races and cultures .


wonderware is a brand of industrial software sold by schneider electric .

wonderware was part of invensys plc , and invensys plc was acquired in january 2014 by schneider electric .

invensys plc. was formed in 1999 by the merger of btr plc and siebe plc , and wonderware was acquired by siebe plc in 1998 .

wonderware software is used in diverse industries , including : automotive assembly , facilities management , food and beverage , cpg , mining and metals , power , oil and gas , chemicals , energy , and water and wastewater .

wonderware

wonderware united kingdom & wonderware ireland are trading names of solutionspt , an independent wonderware software distribution partner . all rights reserved .
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purchased the remaining 85 % interest in ict - wonderware gmbh which it did not already own ( see note 13 ) . ict - wonderware gmbh is the principal distributor of wonderware ' s products in germany . revenues derived from ict - wonderware gmbh for the years ended
wonderware development studio consists of a suite of cooperative tools designed to enable rapid construction and maintenance of wonderware applications . find out more and try a demo
expects that its product mix will continue to change in the future as new products , such as the wonderware factorysuite , are introduced and gain market acceptance and that the share of revenues contributed by the wonderware intouch line will decline as sales of wonderware intouch development systems are replaced by sales of the wonderware factorysuite .
pcs global was founded in 2014 and is a certified system integrator for wonderware .
wonderware system platform is an enterprise - class supervisory scada and operations management system .
klinkmann distributes the wonderware software in russia + cis and in finland + baltics .
history of triconex and wonderware : 47 consecutive months of copies sold since published .
the wonderware approach to iiot establishes a framework that enables closed loop business & operations .
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at wonderware we believe in the limitless potential of technology to empower people and transform businesses .
this tech note from insource shows how to view history blocks created by the wonderware historian .
wonderware has been a leader in hmi and scada software since its beginning . recently wonderware introduced a new industrial software category called operations management interface ( omi ) . this vide . . .
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wonderware supplies easy - to - use application development tools and connectivity products , rather than finished applications .
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wonderware solutions enhance value and provide sustainable development by applying technology and expertise to continually improve production operations .
wonderware finland & baltics is your local source for wonderware industrial software solutions . we have delivered wonderware software to over 20 . 000 work stations during our 20 - year wonderware partner history and whether you need application questions or assistance , customer service , workshops , training , consulting services , sales and licence purchases they are all available locally . our dedicated technical support , training and system integration channel are here to serve you !
control software solutions was founded in 2002 and is a certified system integrator with both wonderware and schneider electric .
in schneider electric software samc conference in california in march 2017 , klinkmann was recognized as the leading wonderware software licenses supplier in europe in 2016 . klinkmann wonderware technical support was evaluated to be on the highest level .
' s line of i / o servers . this toolkit is the same toolkit wonderware uses to develop all of
wonderware develops , manufactures , licenses , sells and supports pc - based software products for the industrial automation market .
wonderware industrial information management helps make use of the data generated for improving efficiency , quality , compliance and profitability .
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as a result , wonderware became one of the fastest - growing software companies in the country during the early 1990s .
johannesburg , south africa . – 25 july , 2017 – wonderware southern africa today announced that system integrator . . .
wonderware supplies microsoft ( r ) windows ( r ) - based software products for the industrial automation market . the components of
the ampla manufacturing execution system ( mes ) now publishes data directly to the insight - powered by wonderware online . . .
this video provides a fast overview of the improvements delivered with the 2017 update 2 releases of wonderware system platform and intouch .
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wonderware delivers solutions that help you operate safely , efficiently and in an environmentally sensitive context . whether you are concerned about minimizing costs , creating sustainable environmental operations , reducing energy consumption or maximizing asset availability , all while maintaining or improving production , wonderware can help .
leading power generators and distributors rely on wonderware to provide a wide range of automation solutions that address increasing and evolving demands . from the plant level through the enterprise , solutions from wonderware enable 20 % of the power worldwide . wonderware solutions enable power - delivery companies to layer their optimization and monitoring solutions on top of their existing systems and connect to almost any device , regardless of the manufacturer .
siebe plc will pay $ 24 a share for irvine - based wonderware - - 50 % more than monday ' s closing price .
has established relationships with several oems , including moore products , motorola , and yokogawa . moore products uses several components of the wonderware factorysuite software in process systems that it sells . motorola bundles wonderware intouch with motorola ' s remote monitoring and control terminals . yokogawa purchases wonderware intouch for use in its darwin product which is part of its line of chart recorders . the company is pursuing additional oem relationships to broaden the distribution of its products to new market segments . supplying premium quality product support to every customer is a primary wonderware objective .
insight powered by wonderware online updates smartglance mobile app june 2018 : to enable users to set alerts based on predefined zones . . .
wonderware offers comprehensive , award - winning support and services programs to help protect and extend the value of your software products and solutions .
also supports a user group that has established a program information exchange to allow users to share their evaluations of third - party hardware and software devices for use with wonderware intouch . the user group is led by an advisory board of directors comprised of representatives from a number of wonderware end - user customers including philip morris , lockheed missiles & space , texaco , weyerhaeuser and nestle . wonderware has a comprehensive training department that offers a number of different courses covering each of the company ' s products and communications technologies . see products - wonderware technical services .
wonderware ' s stock surged 48 % on news that it is being acquired by a british electronics group . details on the two firms :
wonderware hmi / scada software enables operational excellence across all industries , providing deep operational insight as the basis of real - time performance management .
wonderware is here to provide you with the tools , training and support you need to break free from the average and achieve the amazing .
x - change 2017 , wonderware southern africa’s 25th annual user conference was held at sun city’s brand new conference facility from 2nd to 5th april .
established in 1987 , wonderware was the world’s first hmi built on the windows platform . almost 30 years later , wonderware is the world’s most acclaimed hmi continuing to empower users with rapid creation of standardized , reusable visualization applications and one - click deployment across an entire enterprise including mobile users .
' s revenue grew 18 % in 1996 to $ 64 . 9 million and 27 % in 1997 to $ 82 . 5 million . the sales increase in 1996 was primarily from increased unit sales of the wonderware intouch product line and to a lesser extent from increased sales of the wonderware intrack products and the introduction of wonderware inbatch . the increase in 1997 was primarily related to the sales of factorysuite and also to the acquisition of ict - 19
' s 1994 investment in ict - wonderware gmbh of $ 800 , 000 , and was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting . accordingly ,
the most significant release of wonderware ever , including a massive amount of new features and new software raising the bar for the next decade . show less
innovative wonderware solutions are used by manufacturers around the world to achieve optimal performance and improve overall operations in key areas like quality , production tracking , performance , inventory , order fulfillment and asset management . wonderware manufacturing execution systems ( mes ) and technology platform address the demands and complexities of contemporary manufacturing systems .
a revolutionary new service which complements your wonderware development studio software to help you with rapid project creation , project archiving , capacity and storage on - demand .
wonderware staat klaar met de tools , de trainingen en de support die u nodig hebt om aan middelmatigheid te ontsnappen en uitzonderlijke zaken voor elkaar te krijgen .
wonderware mes are scalable and configurable solutions for an incremental approach to operational improvements where low - risk deployment of increased functionality can be realized . find out more
wonderware offers a comprehensive set of validation and operations improvement solutions to address regulatory compliance , production performance and quality and foundationally address a risk - based approach .
this annual report on form 10 - k contains forward - looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties . the actual future results of wonderware ( r ) corporation (
streamlining its operations related to the product strategy from many individual products into the single wonderware factorysuite . restructuring and severance costs . during the fourth quarter of 1995 ,
welcome to our online newsroom , a good resource to find out what is happening at wonderware southern africa . from here you can access recent and archived news .
wonderware upstream oil and gas industry solutions enable safe operation for personnel and the environment while helping to generate the greatest profitability , production and productivity from existing assets .
discover the new itmeviewapp object and how it will cleanly integrate your intouch machine edition hmi applications into wonderware system platform for both centralized configuration and a unified . . .
wonderware is the global leader in human machine interface ( hmi ) , scada and real - time operations management software , enabling production and industrial operations to synchronise with business objectives to achieve speed , flexibility and sustained profitability . wonderware software delivers significant cost benefits for designing , building , deploying and maintaining robust applications for manufacturing and infrastructure operations .
believes that selective assistance to specific distributors may promote revenue growth from those distributors . wonderware maintains a sales , marketing and technical support organization to support the distribution channel . on
wonderware solutions provide stable performance and flexibility to meet ever - growing market demands . in addition , a global partner ecosystem has been created that provides additional benefits in a short time .
wonderware software is based on a distinctly unique , powerful and elegant approach to delivering what customers most need in their real - time industrial software systems . find out more about system platform .
( most valuable player ) in gcs connect emea 2014 conference , bratislava 3 - 5 of june . developed by klinkmann add - ons for wonderware system platform were presented during the conference .
i met roy slavin twice , and he also had some colorful things to say about his predecessor . they both gave a significant part of their lives to a remarkable company , wonderware .
the leading global food , beverage , consumer packaged goods and tobacco manufacturers rely on wonderware solutions to manage preparation , batch and packaging operations for better manufacturing visibility , performance , quality and productivity .
wonderware is a pretty solid company , but siebe must have really , really wanted them to pay this much ,
said dion cornett , an analyst who tracks industrial automation with first analysis .
alvaro martinez , portfolio manager at wonderware , introduces the web service client oi server and provides a set of tips to help you get started using it and leveraging its capabilities with wonder . . .
new belgium brewing changes the game with software from schneider electric . wonderware performance software configured by apex manufacturing solutions helps new belgium brewing increase efficiency by providing the data analysts need to make better decisions .
monitor , control and optimize production and asset performance , quality and energy consumption . wonderware connects to all leading vendors of control systems equipment to help reduce costs while continuing to maximize asset reliability and performance . wonderware pulp and paper industry solutions provide measurable performance improvements that help overcome the rising cost of energy , obtain more from your production assets and maximize profitability in the face of challenging business conditions .
cornett noted that wonderware , which had been trying to offer different solutions for small to medium - sized businesses , would be able to draw on siebe ' s technologies to round out its product lines .
wonderware has had a roller - coaster history . founder dennis r . morin started the company in 1987 after he had been laid off as a software designer at another company . at the time , there were other software companies making programs to automate production processes . but wonderware was the first to introduce a program designed to be used with windows , the microsoft operating system now running on most personal computers .
wonderware ' s products are sold in 58 countries principally through a network of more than 80 technically skilled , independent distributors specializing in industrial automation products . with the exception of the company ' s wholly owned
insource partners with wonderware to bring you the best in industrial software solutions . together we are able to anticipate and solve connection , control and optimization challenges through the alignment of people , process , and technology . used in over one third of the world’s industrial and manufacturing plants , wonderware empowers you to unleash the value within your organization . insource brings you that power with an aim to revitalize manufacturing in america .
over a third of the world’s companies trust wonderware software to run their plants . our industrial software is at the heart of businesses in every imaginable industry . find out what it means to be truly empowered .
wonderware makes industrial software for a connected world ; open , scalable , easy - to - use , secure and versatile industrial software that empowers people to connect , control , understand , and optimize their operations .
wonderware has over 750 , 000 active licenses in over 100 , 000 customer locations , and has customers in virtually every global industry - including food & beverage , power , water & wastewater , facilities , transportation , upstream oil & gas , mining , metals and many more . wonderware offers software solutions that tie together multiple fleets of plants and facilities , and enables new ways for customers , suppliers and producers to collaborate .
on april fools day , 1987 , laguna beach visionary dennis morin co - founded technology company wonderware with technology wizard phil huber and partners cole chevalier , bill urone and jerry cuckler . wonderware ' s employee - centric culture also set an industry standard , presaging the silicon valley based startup policies by years . they have been number one in their technology field for over 25 years , an astounding achievement in the digital era .
line and premise of the book was the founding of triconex , and the software engineers leaving to start wonderware until the ceo ' s of both companies left ( remarkably at the same time in december , 1995 ) .
wonderware specialists work hand - in - hand with you to understand your specific issues – and then offer solutions based on reusable components and extensible structures that can empower you to more quickly fulfill both customer and regulatory demands .
' s product families are scaleable from entry - level through high - end products , permitting end - users to upgrade easily as their requirements increase . wonderware factorysuite ( tm ) 2000 factorysuite 2000 , first shipped to customers on
, will offer similar suites of products . there can also be no assurance that the wonderware factorysuite will gain further market acceptance . general economic conditions . based in part on the growth in the overall industrial automation software market and
reports provide the information for improvement and also provide a record of what has occurred . wonderware has a selection of reporting tools , providing you the best solution for your particular reporting requirements , depending upon your manufacturing it architecture .
wonderware scout ( tm ) the scout component of factorysuite 2000 is a web server add - on and client browser that provides the user read - only remote viewing of factorysuite data and visual objects and a variety of other data sources over the internet and intranets . wonderware intrack ( tm ) the intrack component of factorysuite 2000 is a production management and tracking application generator . applications developed using intrack allow manufacturers to model computer - controlled manufacturing processes and then track material flow and resource usage through that process . it provides real time views of work in process and shop floor inventory as well as order status , equipment utilization and process performance . the wonderware intouch graphical user interface provides operators with a
at wonderware we believe in the limitless potential of technology to empower people and transform businesses . we focus on creating the most innovative and reliable industrial software to empower individuals , teams and businesses of all sizes , to become extraordinary .
wonderware offers products and services designed to help deliver secure and reliable operations , meet regulatory compliance , manage operation performance and control costs . this enables water and wastewater companies to provide an affordable service to customers while pursuing sustainability goals .
irvine — automation software maker wonderware corp . , on the rebound from a two - year slump , said tuesday that it is being bought for $ 375 million in cash by one of britain ' s largest engineering and electronics firms .
the announcement surprised analysts , who said wonderware had not been looking for a buyer . noting the company ' s strong position in the software manufacturing arena , industry watchers said the merger would allow both companies to expand into new markets .
wonderware visualisation solutions gives developers and operators stunning graphical representation of the production process and enables the right level of interaction bringing the right information to the right people at the right time . operators are empowered to act and be more productive .
based on the industry - leading wonderware mes / performance , the line performance suite is a turnkey oee ( overall equipment effectiveness ) and monitoring package , ensuring you of a professionally delivered , expertly designed system with integrated reporting and analysis .
wonderware , which has about 445 employees , including nearly 300 in its irvine headquarters , does not expect any layoffs , said roy h . slavin , chairman and chief executive officer , who expects to stay on after the deal is closed .
entered an out - of - court settlement agreement in the matter of delivanis , et . al . vs . wonderware corporation and all related cases . the settlement included mutual and general releases of all claims by all parties and cash payments by
with the broadest installed base of any industrial software and the most feature - rich products available , wonderware has been the driving force of innovation in the industrial software market for decades . together we can change the face of industry and infrastructure .
the deal , which has been in the works since late january , is expected to close in early april , officials said . wonderware will become a wholly owned division of siebe , merging into the british firm ' s control - system group .
the company ' s stock , which had been trading as high as $ 42 . 75 per share in early 1995 , tumbled to the low teens . over the next two years , wonderware posted net losses of $ 20 . 4 million .
offers several customer support services including the wonderware information exchange , a bulletin board service designed to facilitate communications with and among end - users . users who dial into the bulletin board can leave or retrieve messages or files and can access a library of
expects that sg & a expenses will continue to increase in absolute dollars as it expands its worldwide sales distribution and customer support network to penetrate new markets for its production management products , as well as to increase worldwide market penetration for its wonderware factorysuite product line . pay and participation model . wonderware employees currently receive salaries , incentive bonuses , other fringe benefits , and stock options . new accounting rules and regulations , poor stock price performance or other factors could diminish the value of the option program and force
wonderware ' s software solutions are proven in over 100 , 000 plants around the world and cover a broad spectrum of business - critical applications across manufacturing and industrial enterprises . these integrated software solutions are categorised into a variety of customer - orientated offerings .
invensys , the invensys logo , avantis , eurotherm , foxboro , imserv , infusion , skelta , simsci , triconex and wonderware are trademarks of invensys plc , its subsidiaries or affiliates . all other brands and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners .
bij wonderware geloven we in het onbegrensde potentieel van technologie om mensen effectiever te maken en bedrijven te veranderen . we willen de meest innovatieve en betrouwbare industriële software maken om mensen , teams en bedrijven van elke omvang in staat te stellen uitzonderlijke prestaties te leveren .
wonderware earned $ 4 . 3 million , or 29 cents a share , last year as sales climbed 27 % to $ 82 . 5 million . the software maker ' s stock closed the year at $ 14 . 13 a share , up 59 % .
you didn’t start your career to be average or to settle for just “good enough” . at wonderware we never settle , we are driven by an uncompromising quest for improved efficiency and performance , and we transform that into industrial software that lets you do amazing things .
siebe plans to raise the money for the buyout through its existing credit lines , and will begin a cash tender offer as soon as possible , officials said . the deal , which was approved by wonderware ' s board of directors , is subject to regulatory approval .
when morin left the firm in 1995 to pursue a leisurely lifestyle , the company ' s stock began to drop . trouble on wall street continued as wonderware ' s executive offices remained in turmoil and the firm acquired a couple of technology firms with lackluster balance sheets .
as the first major hmi software offering to begin running on microsoft windows more than 20 years ago , the company’s wonderware brand has been synonymous with continuous innovation and ease of use . over this long history , the arc advisory group’s hmi software and services study has consistently listed the wonderware brand as one of the top market share leaders . in the 2011 arc report , which covers the 2010 calendar year , invensys operations management outpaced market growth to gain the # 1 position in market share , increasing its percentage lead over its nearest competitor .
' s total investment in ict - wonderware gmbh was allocated to the assets acquired , including in - process research and development , and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair value of such assets and liabilities . the purchase price allocated to in - process research and development was charged to
invensys operations management continues to innovate with new products and solutions . its wonderware intouch 2012 , archestra system platform 2012 and archestra workflow 2012 solutions are being demonstrated and highlighted at the company’s opsmanage’11 customer and partner conference series , which kicked off this month in paris and nashville , tenn .
has shipped its products to a wide range of industries , including chemical , oil and gas , food , public utility , pharmaceutical , pulp and paper , automobile , aerospace , electronics , telecommunications , water treatment , transportation and numerous other industries . end user customers include anheuser busch , at & t , boeing , coca - cola , ford , lockheed , mercedes benz , nestle , philip morris , procter & gamble , shell oil , texaco and weyerhaeuser . wonderware was formed as a partnership in april 1987 and was incorporated in california in june 1988 as wonderware software development corporation .
' s distributor in germany . revenues subsequent to the close of the acquisition in mid - december 1996 reflect higher unit sales prices because there is no longer a distributor markdown associated with such sales . revenues from the wonderware intouch product line represented 90 % , 85 % , and 69 % of
provides links to information regarding the version history of wonderware intouch , starting from version 7 . 1 to 11 . 1 , which is the current version at the time of this article . the article will help the reader understand the progressive changes from version to version of intouch over the years .
u bent niet aan uw carrière begonnen met de intentie om middelmatig te presteren of om tevreden te zijn met ‘goed genoeg’ . bij wonderware worden we gedreven door een compromisloze honger naar hogere efficiëntie en betere prestaties , een honger die we transformeren tot industriële software waarmee u uitzonderlijke zaken voor elkaar kunt krijgen .
, and cash flow from operations will be sufficient to meet its working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months . outlook : issues and uncertainties although wonderware does not provide forecasts of future financial performance , this annual report does contain forward - looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties .
ned a partnership agreement with jerry cuckler , cole chevalier and bill urone to start wonderware . it was a culture of hard work , a relentless comittment to quality , innovation , and daring to be different . 30 years and 750 , 000 licenses later . . . . . . the legend continues .
assumed all outstanding options to purchase shares of enatec stock in exchange for options to purchase 73 , 000 shares of wonderware corporation common stock . such options are outside of the 1989 plan and are incentive stock options which vest 25 % one year following the date of grant , with the remaining vesting occurring ratably over the 35
ogy wizard phil huber and partners cole chevalier , bill urone and jerry cuckler . wonderware ' s employee - centric culture also set an industry standard , presaging the silicon valley based startup policies by years . they have been number one in their technology field for over 25 years , an astounding achievement in the digital era .
' s total sales in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 , respectively . the decreases as a percentage of total revenue are directly related to the introduction of new products and in 1997 are primarily related to the introduction of factorysuite . in 1997 , revenues from the wonderware factorysuite represented 14 % of total revenue . also in 1997 ,
' s growth outlook . integrated suite pricing . the price of the factorysuite is less than the sum of the prices for the individual components included in the suite when such components are licensed separately . the discount available to customers that purchase the wonderware factorysuite or who purchase under enterprise license agreements could have a material adverse impact on
leading chemicals and fertilizers companies rely on wonderware to actively drive value and sustainability by applying its technologies and expertise to continuously improve plant and facilities operations , lower waste , provide more flexible and agile production capabilities and reduce unit costs , energy and greenhouse gas intensities and plant emissions , all while simultaneously raising yields and quality compliance .
industrial software solutions , also known as wonderware pacwest , is an industrial automation software company , providing solutions across monitoring & control , information & analysis , operations & optimization , and asset performance . we are a premier channel partner of aveva , auvesy , matrikon , comark , ocean data systems , win - 911 and more .
as if the ict - wonderware gmbh acquisition had been consummated as of the beginning of 1996 . the pro forma information is presented for information purposes only . it is based on historical information and does not necessarily reflect the actual results that would have occurred nor is it necessarily indicative of future results of operations of the combined enterprise . [
, will offer similar suites of products . there can be no assurance that the factorysuite 2000 will gain acceptance in the industrial automation market . wonderware intouch ( tm ) intouch , version 7 . 0 , a principal component of factorysuite 2000 , is a microsoft windows based , 32 - bit object - oriented , graphical human - machine interface (
' s products incorporate object - oriented , graphical user interface concepts , support popular communication standards , and run on low - cost , high - performance personal computer hardware . each new release of a wonderware product is typically designed to offer users application compatibility with all prior releases , providing continuity as the capabilities and performance of the product are improved . in addition ,
incurred pre - tax charges of $ 33 . 1 million ( $ 23 . 4 million net of taxes of $ 9 . 7 million ) to reflect direct transaction costs and the allocation of a portion of the purchase price to in - process research and development costs based on management ' s estimates . as a result of the acquisition of ict - wonderware in december 1996 ,
our industrial software solutions address production operations , production performance , manufacturing intelligence , business process management and collaboration . by relentlessly focusing on solving our customers’ most pressing operational problems , and delivering robust , secure and easy to use software solutions to solve those problems . wonderware has grown to become the pre - eminent name in industrial software and the global leading supplier of hmi , scada and industrial operating system software .
the incontrol i / o toolkit allows the user to develop i / o drives to communicate to the incontrol client . the inbatch toolkit enables the user to access the different inbatch databases . the user can also control certain inbatch processes . the scout toolkit allows the user to develop data agents to their database . the scout client can then access the information through the data agents . wonderware technical services product training .
' s york , pennsylvania development center . from 1989 to september 1995 mr . kissling was president and chief executive officer of soft systems engineering , inc . which was acquired by the company in september 1995 . victoria stowe , 47 , has served as vice president , wonderware studios since january 1995 . from february 1991 to january 1995 , ms . stowe served as the company ' s director of marketing communications .
the little history book ? well , for 5 years it has sold copies all over the world every month since it has been published on amazon . a rich author ? hardly , but that ' s the book business . but i ' m much richer for the experience of meeting the incredible folks that started the wonderware journey with dennis and phil through the sale of the company under roy ' s watch .
wanneer u vertrouwt op missiekritische software die een centrale functie heeft in uw bedrijfsvoering , eist u de zekerheid en gemoedsrust die voortkomt uit een supportprogramma dat specifiek is afgestemd op de unieke behoeften van uw bedrijf . daarnaast kunnen softwareonderhoud en support ook deel uitmaken van een strategie die uw operationele prestaties ondersteunt en verbetert . wonderware biedt uitgebreide support - en onderhoudsprogramma’s om de waarde van uw softwareproducten en - oplossingen te beschermen en te verhogen .
' s object - oriented software development tools enable customers to rapidly develop personal computer applications that provide dynamic , graphical representations of physical processes in a factory . these applications gather and display information about an automated manufacturing process and can interact with and control that process . wonderware has offered industrial automation software development tools since 1989 that feature ease - of - use and an intuitive operator interface typical of windows applications . in april 1997 ,
' s flagship product , factorysuite ( tm ) 2000 , provide object - oriented software development tools that enable customers to rapidly develop personal computer applications that provide dynamic , graphical representations of physical processes in a factory . these applications gather and display information about an automated manufacturing process and can interact with and control that process . wonderware has offered industrial automation software development tools since 1989 that feature ease - of - use and an intuitive operator interface typical of windows applications .
according to craig resnick , research director for arc advisory group and author of the recent study , “invensys operations management has a multi - faceted strategy to enhance its market position , as well as to further its infusion® enterprise control system concept . the company continues to update its wonderware intouch and archestra system platform product lines and is placing strategic emphasis on the scada and geo - scada arena , which is reflected in the functionality delivered by the latest release of its software products . ”
' s deferred tax assets based on an evaluation of the recoverability of such deferred tax assets , offset by the tax effect related to the write - off of in - process research and development costs in 1995 . the increase in the rate from 1996 to 1997 , was primarily due to non - deductible write - offs of in - process research and development from the acquisition of ict - wonderware in 1996 , offset by a decrease due to the utilization of operating loss and tax credit carryforwards .
november 09 , 2011 / plano , texas – invensys operations management , a global provider of technology systems , software solutions and consulting services to the manufacturing and infrastructure operations industries , has achieved the # 1 market share position as a global provider of human machine interface ( hmi ) software and services in a recent arc advisory group market study . the report affirms the market share - leading position of the company’s wonderware® intouch® and archestra® system platform software products for use in hmi , supervisory and scada applications .
april fools day , 1987 . . . . . but this was no joke . . . . . . one of the greatest entrepreneurial stories of our time began as co - founders dennis morin and phil huber signed a partnership agreement with jerry cuckler , cole chevalier and bill urone to start wonderware . it was a culture of hard work , a relentless comittment to quality , innovation , and daring to be different . 30 years and 750 , 000 licenses later . . . . . . the legend continues .
maintains several sales and support offices throughout europe , asia and latin america . international sales accounted for 46 % , 42 % and 43 % of total revenues in 1997 , 1996 and 1995 , respectively . see management ' s discussion and analyses of financial condition and results of operations , and note 7 of notes to consolidated financial statements . wonderware seeks to establish relationships with oem providers of industrial automation solutions , as well as value - added resellers and systems integrators , to broaden the distribution of its products and to pursue additional market segments .
anticipates that it will continue to increase spending in absolute dollars on research and development for both the enhancement of current products , the addition of new product capabilities and the integration efforts associated with the wonderware factorysuite . costs incurred in the research and development of new software products and enhancements to existing software products are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility has been established . after technological feasibility is established , any additional costs would be capitalized in accordance with statement of financial accounting standards no . 86 , accounting for the costs of computer software to be sold , leased or otherwise marketed . because
expects gross margins to decrease slightly in the future as more third party software is incorporated into its products . research and development expenses . wonderware invested heavily in research and development ( r & d ) primarily related to the factorysuite and its components . r & d expenses increased 77 % in 1996 to $ 18 . 8 million and 5 % in 1997 to $ 19 . 8 million . as a percentage of total revenue , r & d expenses were 19 % , 29 % and 24 % in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 , respectively . in 1996 , approximately half of the increase in cost is attributable to operating expenses of entities acquired during the latter half of 1995 . the remaining increase was primarily due to the addition of development personnel associated with
' s management . our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits . we conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards . those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement . an audit includes examining , on a test basis , evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements . an audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management , as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation . we believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion . in our opinion , such consolidated financial statements present fairly , in all material respects , the financial position of wonderware corporation and its
merged with sse by issuing 173 , 000 shares of its common stock in exchange for all of the outstanding common stock of sse . the transaction was valued at approximately $ 9 , 764 , 000 and was accounted for as a purchase . the purchase price was allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair value . the purchase price allocation included a $ 572 , 000 allocation to developed technology and an allocation to in - process research and development that was charged to the company ' s operations , resulting in a non - recurring charge of $ 9 , 192 , 000 . the accompanying consolidated statements of operations include the results of operations of ict - wonderware gmbh , enatec and sse from their respective acquisition dates . the following unaudited pro forma information presents results of operations of
used cash in investing activities totaling $ 10 . 3 million . of this amount , $ 5 . 2 million was used to purchase property and equipment , $ 2 . 3 million was invested in two distributors , standard automation and softcell ( see note 5 of notes to consolidated financial statements ) and $ 2 . 8 million was used for net purchases of short - term investments . during 1996 , the company generated cash from investing activities totaling $ 2 . 1 million . net proceeds from sales and maturities of short - term investments generated approximately $ 18 . 4 million in cash . this was offset by $ 11 . 5 million used for the purchase of property and equipment and $ 4 . 8 million used for the purchase of the outstanding shares of ict - wonderware ( see note 13 of notes to consolidated financial statements ) . during 1995 ,
believes that its ability to develop , acquire and support such a broad range of controllers is a significant competitive advantage . factorysuite toolkit the factorysuite toolkit is a set of product - specific tools that allows the user to extend factorysuite 2000 components to meet the user ' s specific application needs . the factorysuite toolkit contains five development kits . the intouch extensibility toolkit contains the following three tools : the wizard development kit facilitates creation of preconfigured graphical objects or command sequences . the script development kit allows creation of complex algorithms and embedding them directly into the intouch scripting language . the intouch database extension apis ( idea ) toolkit lets users give external applications access to the intouch database . the i / o server toolkit enables programmers to quickly and easily develop their own i / o servers that use dde , wonderware ' s fastdde or suitelink protocols , to connect intouch with custom equipment or communications protocols not served by
began entering into enterprise license agreements . revenues from such agreements totaled $ 3 . 4 million , or 4 % of total revenues in 1997 . under an enterprise license agreement , the customer pays a fixed license fee for unlimited copies of specified components of the wonderware factorysuite and runtimes for the term of the agreement . under terms and conditions that are separate from the license fee , the customer also pays annual maintenance charges . international sales in 1995 , 1996 and 1997 were $ 23 . 6 million , $ 27 . 0 million and $ 37 . 7 million , respectively and as a percentage of sales were 43 % , 42 % and 46 % . despite overall growth in international sales during 1996 the rate of growth slowed relative to total sales . the decline in international sales growth in 1996 was primarily due to the increased competitive pressures and a general economic slowness in europe . in 1997 , international sales increased due to factorysuite and also due to the elimination of the distributor discount on certain sales in europe following
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merger : irvine - based software maker ' s stock soars 48 % on surprise announcement that it will be acquired by siebe plc .
wall street embraced the news , pushing the company ' s stock up nearly 48 % , or $ 7 . 63 a share , to $ 23 . 63 on the nasdaq market . more than 3 . 7 million shares changed hands , compared with the average volume of about 117 , 000 .
siebe gives us a tremendous amount of credibility because they ' re a $ 5 - billion company and one of the major players
that make automation software for industrial , manufacturing and production plants , slavin said .
if nothing else , we ' ll be able to sell products to all siebe ' s companies .
morin cultivated a whimsical corporate image , from the purple neon lights lining the halls of the company headquarters to the picture of a talking milk cow on the cover of the company ' s 1994 annual report . yet analysts always respected his business acumen .
but by 1997 , the firm was on the rise again after reorganizing its manufacturing systems group as part of its effort to cut costs .
sources : bloomberg news , reuters ; researched by janice l . jones / los angeles times
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' s products enable customers to reduce operating costs and improve product quality by providing access to real - time information throughout a manufacturing enterprise .
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in the 1960s , electronic equipment and computers were generally believed to be unsuitable for the manufacturing environment , primarily because of their insufficient reliability for mission - critical production management and control tasks . pneumatic controls and electromechanical devices were the preferred methods for controlling production equipment . however , as improvements were made in the capability and reliability of analog and digital electronics , production control tasks were increasingly assumed by controllers employing integrated circuits and early microprocessors . in the 1970s , the programmable logic controller ( plc ) was introduced . plcs were thought of as
computers , designed to function in the hostile environment of the factory floor and to be programmed by electricians . plcs found early acceptance in
manufacturing segments , such as the automotive industry . in parallel with this trend , distributed control systems ( dcss ) evolved to provide computerized control capabilities for
processes such as oil refining and chemical production . both plcs and dcss were based on proprietary hardware and software technology . today , these and other computer - based control systems are widely used throughout both the discrete and continuous process manufacturing industries . 2
that were generally unable to communicate or share data with other systems throughout the manufacturing enterprise . software for a manufacturing operation typically had to be developed or customized to satisfy the unique requirements for that operation . in addition , mastery of multiple proprietary programming languages was required to modify and maintain applications once developed . as a result , high initial cost and high cost of ownership have characterized the application of computer hardware and software to each facet of the manufacturing enterprise . manufacturers have also become aware of the importance of accurate and timely data capture on the factory floor and the value of the data for decision making throughout the manufacturing enterprise . manufacturers increasingly need cost - effective mechanisms to connect the
that characterized manufacturing automation throughout the 1980s and early 1990s . with the advent of low - cost , high - performance , standard personal computers and open operating environments , such as microsoft windows , the economics of the mass market can now be brought to the factory floor to solve the problems inherent in the traditional automation solutions . personal computers have become the platform of choice for human - machine interface (
) and other manufacturing automation functions , including plc and dcs capabilities . however , low - cost , standard platforms alone do not address the problem of delivering cost - effective solutions to complex industrial process and control problems . manufacturers are increasingly seeking software products that allow the rapid development and deployment of automation systems built on standard hardware , operating system and networking platforms .
) system . factorysuite 2000 runs on the microsoft windows nt ( r ) 4 . 0 operating system and the human - machine interface (
provides process visualization , process control , a real - time relational database , an internet / intranet tool for remote data viewing , tracking and management of production operations , batch management and i / o servers to connect the factorysuite 2000 components to the data on the plant floor . factorysuite 2000 is sold at a reduced price when compared to the cost of buying each of the components of the suite separately . the large discount available to customers when buying the factorysuite 2000 packages is designed to produce additional volume , but could have an adverse effect on
' s future revenues for other products . further it is expected that some of
) application generator for industrial automation , process control and supervisory monitoring . applications developed using intouch allow personal computers to act as
that are used by operators to monitor and manage computer - controlled processes . with intouch , a developer uses an object - oriented graphics editor to create an animated , graphical representation of a manufacturing process . changes in data values cause immediate changes in the appearance of the graphics images . the size , color , location , orientation , or other attributes of objects , such as tanks , gauges or pumps , may change in response to changes in the data values acquired from the manufacturing process via dynamic data exchange (
' s new suitelink i / o servers enables time and quality stamping at the data acquisition level to assure quality data . factoryoffice ( tm ) , a pack of desktop applications new with factorysuite 2000 , allows users to view , graph and analyze industrialsql server data without significant prior knowledge of sql . as the factorysuite 2000 database , industrialsql server is tightly integrated with the other components of factorysuite 2000 . 4
offers comprehensive training programs . intouch basic training and intouch advanced training teach application development for the intouch component of factorysuite 2000 . incontrol training teaches users to design , create , test and run control applications for controlling manufacturing processes . intrack foundation and modeling course is designed for systems integrators , plant floor managers , project managers , evaluation team members and other s who want to use intrack in their manufacturing process . the intrack developer course provides experienced intrack users with advanced product knowledge to help them develop and implement high - end intrack solutions in an enterprise systems environment . industrialsql server training provides participants with information on topics including industrialsql server architecture , hardware , configuration , data retrieval and client tools . inbatch training includes instruction on topics like modeling the plant , creating recipes , managing materials produced and consumed , scheduling and executing batches , recording history and generating reports on all batch processing activities , along with the procedures required to set up a redundant inbatch system . recipe , spcpro and sql training addresses the subjects of recipe , statistical process control pro ( spcpro ) and structured query language ( sql ) .