Bentley Adds Process Safety and Risk Management Capabilities to AssetWise APM
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Bentley Adds Process Safety and Risk Management Capabilities to AssetWise APM

Single Platform for Asset Reliability and Asset Integrity Analyses Now Also Manages Integrity of Safety Systems and Hazardous Processes

ORLANDO, Fla. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 10, 2015 — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the immediate availability of AssetWise APM V7.3. This enhanced version of Bentley’s asset performance management (APM) offering – an all-in-one analysis and information management software platform for asset reliability and asset integrity – now also advances process safety.

Alan Kiraly, Bentley senior vice president, server products, said, “Our AssetWise APM V7.3 meets the demanding requirements of reliability, integrity, safety, and maintenance managers and engineers in industries ranging from oil and gas, petrochemical, and mining and metals to power generation and other utilities. The software ensures assets are safe and reliable and that they are inspected and maintained to reduce or eliminate risk. Users further benefit from the elimination of unexpected downtime, increased asset availability and utilization, reduced maintenance costs, and support for regulations and safety standards, including ISA 84, IEC 61511, IEC 61508, and IEC 61882.”

AssetWise APM V7.3’s new process safety features help users manage the integrity of safety systems and hazardous processes, thereby preventing failures and catastrophic incidents and keeping people, assets, and the environment safer. Capabilities include safety instrumented function (SIF) analysis, safety instrumented systems (SIS), safety integrity level (SIL) and safety provisions, overrides, and incidents. AssetWise APM V7.3 also provides version control and approval, the analysis of loss of containment scenarios, and the identification and assessment of risks at the system level, as well as for related assets (risk matrix).

Other features of AssetWise APM V7.3 include the following:

With AssetWise APM V7.3, users can also:

For additional information about AssetWise APM V7.3, visit Bentley Communities.

About AssetWise

Bentley’s AssetWise provides information management supporting an asset strategy for improving and maintaining performance, regulatory compliance, risk avoidance, and optimizing maintenance, all built on a common platform. AssetWise provides the means to maximize asset performance aligned with asset management standards, including PAS 55 and ISO 55001.

AssetWise makes certain that assets are delivering value and meeting the needs of the business by providing operations, maintenance, and engineering with accurate and trusted information, when it is needed, to make smarter decisions, from capital planning through proactive asset care.

AssetWise applies leading information modeling and information management technologies to asset operations and, when combined with ProjectWise, provides a complete lifecycle information management solution for owner-operators.

More than 380 of the Bentley Infrastructure 500 top owners of infrastructure around the world are Bentley software subscribers. AssetWise solutions are advancing intelligent infrastructure, including for such owner-operators in oil and gas, mining, transportation, power generation and utilities with combined net infrastructure value of over $4.5 trillion.

For additional information about AssetWise, visit www.bentley.com/AssetWise.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancingthe design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.

Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2006 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com and in Bentley’s annual report. For Bentley news as it happens, subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts. Visit The Year in Infrastructure Conference for highlights of Bentley’s premier thought-leadership event. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, access Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbooks. To access a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit Bentley Communities.

To download the Bentley Infrastructure 500 Top Owners ranking, a unique global compendium of the top public- and private-sector owners of infrastructure based on the value of their cumulative infrastructure investments, visit www.bentley.com/500.

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