News Releases - 2009

Date: 29 July 2009

RALEIGH, N.C. …Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation today announced the availability of Foreseer® 5.0, giving users the ability to proactively monitor critical power, environmental, safety and security systems from hundreds of manufacturers to identify dangerous trends and prevent future failures. Foreseer 5.0 is a combination of software technology, data acquisition strategies and professional services that provide a much-needed window into the operational state of enterprise-wide facilities infrastructure equipment.

Foreseer 5.0 supports Eaton’s Power Xpert® Reporting software that aggregates power and energy data into standard report formats. It also features enhanced WebView tools with automatic scaling and filtering capabilities, as well as a new Web browser portal widget that utilizes HTML iFrame technology. The new Foreseer browser widget embeds multiple iFrame objects on a single WebView page, allowing users to conveniently add several media streams for continuous monitoring on a single Foreseer screen. Typical iFrame objects could include Webcams overlooking mission-critical equipment such as generators, switchgear or control panels, media streams of weather forecasts, news and audio feeds, or system alerts.

“Foreseer simplifies critical facilities equipment management and delivers business intelligence based on trending information analysis, which helps expedite decision-making,” said Marcus Maxwell, product manager, Eaton software and meter products. “With Foreseer, our customers can see the solution before the problem.”

Users have the option to tailor Foreseer to a wide range of organizations accommodating single locations with thousands of data inputs or widespread global enterprises with hundreds of remote locations. Foreseer connects equipment and users anywhere in the world through an intuitive graphical interface, Web access, multiple views from global to individual components, multi-level alarm thresholds and complete asset management.

Additional benefits of Foreseer 5.0 include:

• Dependable trend analysis and forecasting tools allow for proactive management and monitoring, as well as the creation of performance reports.
• Extensive, multi-vendor device-driven library interfaces with most major manufacturers of power and environmental equipment, as well as subsystems such as fire, security, fuel and building controls.
• Customizable graphic user interface (GUI) accurately depicts individual sites, allowing for personalized views based on individual preferences.
• Web browser access allows users to gain a remote, customizable view of critical facilities from anywhere in the world.

Foreseer 5.0 is available for shipment. For additional information about Foreseer, visit www.eaton.com/foreseer.

Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader in power distribution, power quality, control and industrial automation products and services. Eaton’s global electrical product lines, including Cutler-Hammer®, Moeller®, Powerware®, Holec®, MEM®, Santak®, and MGE Office Protection Systems™ provide customer-driven PowerChain Management® solutions to serve the power system needs of the data center, industrial, institutional, government, utility, commercial, residential, and OEM markets worldwide.

Eaton Corporation is a diversified power management company with 2008 sales of $15.4 billion. Eaton is a global technology leader in electrical components and systems for power quality, distribution and control; hydraulics components, systems and services for industrial and mobile equipment; aerospace fuel, hydraulics and pneumatic systems for commercial and military use; and truck and automotive drivetrain and powertrain systems for performance, fuel economy and safety. Eaton has approximately 75,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.