Established in 1973, Citect, a Schneider Electric company, has grown to become a leading, global provider of world class industrial automation software solutions.

Specialising in the delivery of innovative, reliable and cost-effective solutions, its offerings connect people in business and industry, to real-time information in ways that improve business strategies and decisions.

The recent integration with parent company and global energy management specialists Schneider Electric, brings together more than 200 years of collective automation and control management expertise.

Research and development has long been at the heart of the group’s operations. The added backing and expertise of Schneider Electric enables Citect to expand this focus and deliver an increasing portfolio of world class and cost-effective automation and control solutions.

Citect by Schneider Electric’s product suite integration with Microsoft includes:
· CitectSCADA v7.1, which is based on comprehensive integration with Microsoft, including Windows Integrated Security and Vista and Windows Server 2008 support
· CitectSCADA Reports, which ensures the exchange of information and security between business and manufacturing systems is seamless and secure. CitectSCADA Reports v4.1 builds on high performance data storage using a standard Microsoft SQL server
· Citect by Schneider Electric’s Mobility solution provides freedom to mobile operators taking advantage of Microsoft’s terminal services technology. Client devices such as Pocket PC, Tablet PCs (TPCs) and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPCs) put the power of Windows into the palm of the operators’ hands
· The CitectSCADA Web Client uses an ActiveX control that is hosted inside Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and takes advantage of the .NET Framework, which makes control system information more easily accessible, wherever you are and anywhere you go through the Internet.

By leveraging Microsoft’s vision and market leadership, Citect by Schneider Electric continues to lower the cost of acquiring, deploying and managing large-scale industrial control and monitoring systems.