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The potential and the power of integration lies in what can be achieved when information is made available, in
context, to all of the devices, systems and individuals responsible for controlling, managing and maintaining production.

Realizing this vision requires seamless, transparent access to data and information from all traditional hierarchical
levels of plant information, from field devices to control system applications to business systems. Once the information is mage available, it can be used in any part of the system from the operator console, to the alarm management, to the integrated engineering tool to the common historian. Seamless integration to information regardless of the source - this is the Power of Integration.

Operator effectiveness is more than just one simple solution. It is a combination of products, strategies and programs. The four "pillars" of operator effectiveness - integrated system and applications, high performance design, attention to human factors and operator competency - all contribute to a control system environment that provides optimum operator efficiency.

ABB's integrated approach to safety and control is yielding more cost effective safety instrumented system (SIS) implementations while simultaneously deliverying operational benefits. The System 800xA architecture offeres the flexibility of hosting both safety and process critical control applications in the same controllers or on separate hardware if desired. Either way, significant benefits are achieved.

ABB's System 800xA distributed control system is perfect for enabling customers to increase their productivity. Our technology is focused on delivering the right information to the right person in the right context, thus enabling collaboration and increased productivity.

The purpose of ABB's LIfecycle programs ("Evolution") is to preserve our user's engineering and technology investments while proactively managing costs and risks on the path forward.