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Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud

John Dressel Fluor SI SME

Do you have Digital Nephophobia ?

Digital Nephophobia Benefits of Cloud Computing Cloud Environment Location Types Cloud Service Types Cloud Gateway Portals Cloud Security Standards Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud Smart Instrumentation Cloud Projects Intergraph’s Smart Cloud Smart Form Generator Intergraph Smart Licensing Summery


Good Cloud or Bad Cloud?

Nephophobia (n): is the fear of clouds. An extension of this phobia is Digital Nephophobia or the fear of cloud computing

Common fears when utilizing cloud computing are: Reliability – dependency on a remote service to host

your and maintain access to your data Security – risk management from hacking and

exposure of data to bad actors on the web Ownership – the lack of local control over company

applications and information

Digital Nephophobia

Phobias can be overcome by facing your fears and learning more about how cloud computing works and familiarization with the elements that bother you.

Some therapies for mitigating cloud data fears are: Education – learn all you can about cloud computing,

how it works and what it can do for you Communicate – consult with trusted advisors about

your needs and how cloud computing can help you Exposure – introduce yourself to cloud services a little

at a time until you are comfortable with working in a cloud environment

Curing Digital Nephophobia

Organizations downloading software apps on their computers, or on-premises infrastructure, to run their businesses is a thing of the past. Cloud computing offers many of benefits over conventional infrastructures. Scalability – Cloud computing enables immediate

scalability of infrastructure capacity depending on the business need or user demands

Accessibility – Cloud computing allows business to deploy their applications across the globe with high-speed internet connectivity

Speed – Ability to instantly scale their cloud capacity and resources by accessing bandwidth demands from remote servers of the cloud service provider

Benefits of Cloud Computing

Benefits of Cloud Computing continued: Cost Savings – Cloud costs depend on the

consumption rather than investing in hardware infrastructure and data centers that either remain idle, or underutilized

Updating – Dealing with several different kinds of software, operating systems, and applications require software and security updates from time to time. A cloud service provider can apply updates and patches automatically transparent to users

Recovery – Cloud providers have robust backup and disaster recovery systems in place for both large corporations and small enterprises


Benefits of Cloud Computing continued: Security – Protecting sensitive, personally identifiable

data and intellectual property is a considerable challenge for businesses. Advanced cloud security features and standards have reduced the risks of information loss and cyber stealth

Flexibility – Using web-enabled devices irrespective of the device type or global location accessing a cloud offers vast flexibility in access to applications and data

Collaborate – Cloud-based communication and file-sharing enable better collaboration between teams, departments and employees seated in different time zones


Public Cloud is a service providers deliver services to multiple organizations via the internet Amazon Web Services (AWS) Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Hybrid Cloud is a cloud computing environment that uses a mix of private and public cloud services VMware vCloud Air Hewlett Packard Enterprise Helion IBM's Bluemix

Private Cloud is a cloud computing environment that is dedicated to a single organization Vmware Cloud Dell technologies Cloud Oracle Cloud Intergraph Smart Cloud

Cloud Environment Location Types

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) have a hosting company serve up files for your applications and data from their servers Data center physical plant/building Networking firewalls and security Servers and storage

Platform as a Service (PaaS) your applications run on systems software and hardware provided by another company Operating systems, business applications, file management Development tools, database management, business analytics

Software as a Service (SaaS) means you use a complete application running on someone else's system Hosted applications/apps - SmartPlant suite and Instrumentation

Cloud Service Types

Web Based Emails - the benefits of adopting Cloud email services are most often realized in reduced costs and increased operational efficiency AOL Mail, Gmail, Outlook.com/Hotmail.com, Yahoo! Mail

Web Search Engines - Google, Bing and Yahoo are dominating the search engine market and are used daily by companies. General Web Search Engines: Google, Bing, Yahoo Business Specific Search Engines: Thomasnet, Nexis

Web File Storage - provide access to all your important data—Word docs, PDFs, spreadsheets, photos, and any other digital assets Web File storage: Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive Business File Storage: Dropbox Business, Microsoft 365 Business

Cloud Internet Web Service Types

Citrix Cloud Portal is a cloud-based platform for managing and deploying products, desktops and applications to end users using any type of cloud, whether public, private or hybrid, or on-premises hardware

Public Portal is an unsecure Web Page or a Web site on the World Wide Web or a local HTML home page including JavaScript and running through an Internet Web browser

Private Portal is a secure electronic gateway to a collection of digital files, services, and information, accessible over the Internet through a web browser

Vendor Portals for accessing vendor data and sizing selection data for procurement from Vendor applications or catalogs

Cloud Gateway Portals

The ISO/IEC 27000-series (also known as the 'ISMS Family of Standards' or 'ISO27K' for short) comprises Information Security Management Standards published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

Okta one of many companies offering Access and Identity Management (AIM) services for securing cloud resources and defining and managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users and the circumstances in which users are granted (or denied) those privileges

Cloud Security Standards

ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management System (ISMS) - An ISMS is a systematic approach to managing sensitive company information so that it remains secure

ISO/IEC 27002:2013 Security Controls - recommends controls that address security objectives involved in managing the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information

ISO/IEC 27017:2015 security for cloud services - additional controls with implementation guidance that specifically relate to cloud services


OKTA and other AIM providers offer a variety of practices for access and identity management in the following categories: Workforce Identity to protect and enable

employees, contractors, partners with Single Sign-On, Multi-factor Authentication, Universal Directory, Lifecycle Management, API Access Management, Advanced Server Access and Access Gateways

Customer Identity allows companies to build secure, seamless customer experiences with Authentication Authorization, User Management, Multi-factor Authentication’ Lifecycle Management, B2B Integration and Access Gateways


You already use Intergraph Smart Instrumentation (SPI) because intelligent data has tremendous value in your work processes and for populating both your project’s and your client’s operational instrument systems.

Having Smart Instrumentation in the cloud offers you advantages over traditional distribution: Reduced Time spent in installation and deployment Lower Costs since you do not need to provide server

hardware and IT infrastructure Scalability and integration – it easer to add and

remove users and integrate with other applications in the same cloud

New Hot Fix Upgrades can be automatically installed


Most Smart Instrumentation users are already implementing Projects in the Cloud by work sharing over the web using Citrix or Terminal Services connections

Examples of past SmartPlant Instrumentation projects using Internet access: EPC Citrix access to Private client servers for SPI

users in O/O As-built Projects mode Company global Multi-offices work sharing via the

Cloud using Citrix with SPI in EPC mode Involved with O/O beta testing of Cloud programs Using SPI Web access to Vendors software for

sharing Instrument Sizing and Selection Data


Recent Fluor Cloud Project Scope: Fully integrated SmartPlant suite of a large process

plant in a Fluor server farm Cloud platform IaaS: Fluor server farm with all tools residing in one

central server farm location PaaS: Fluor IT and Fluor Automation Team Citrix

distribution of business software to all users SaaS: Intergraph SmartPlant suite including SPI

with SPF integration Project has multiple EPC’s so Fluor provided

individual SPLM License Servers for each Very successful execution with excellent speed

loading data into SPI and deliverable generation


Hybrid Cloud Project Scope: New SmartPlant Instrumentation project with

provisions future data integration IaaS: LoadSpring Cloud Platform hosted by

TecSurge PaaS: TecSurge provided Operating System and

Engineering applications SaaS: TecSurge provided SPI with ProLytX

governance Owner Operator adopting SPI as a new corporate

standard for plant operations and maintenance Planning Cloud Owner Operator distribution of

multiple projects in the future


Intergraph Smart Cloud Project Scope A government project using the SmartPlant product

suite on an Intergraph Smart Cloud platform IaaS: Intergraph Smart Cloud with all tools in one

Intergraph central server farm PaaS: Standard Intergraph provided Platform with

Operating System and Utilities SaaS: Intergraph SmartPlant suite including SPI

with SPF integration SPI System administration by Intergraph and

Domain administration by Fluor Excellent portal dashboard provided by Intergraph

for user access


Intergraph Smart Cloud Project Advantage The Intergraph Smart Cloud environment is

optimized to leverage SmartPlant Instrumentation and other Intergraph Smart product solutions

Security and Control with full ISO/IEC 27001 and okta compliance

Support and Optimization with 24/7 Smart Cloud service team

Digital Transformation with Foundation integration for the Internet of Things and Data Analytics

Agility and Flexibility for faster startup and scalability specific to SmartPlant products


Typical SPI Administrator Applications: SmartPlant Instrumentation applications SmartPlant Utilities applications Scratchpad file handling applications SmartPlant Foundation applications

Administrator SPI Sub Applications in addition to SmartPlant Instrumentation Applications: External Editors SPI Import Utility SPI Rule Manager Other Applications as needed

Smart Instrumentation on Intergraph's Cloud Portal

Intergraph Smart Cloud Applications Portal

For SPI User Applications: SmartPlant Instrumentation Sub

Applications Scratchpad for Downloading Files

or Folders User Sub Applications:

SmartPlant Instrumentation SPI Share folder SPI Symbol Editor Other Applications as needed


Intergraph Smart Cloud Administration Portal for management of the Cloud environment Enables faster startup Adding and Removing Users and Groups Real-time usage reporting Application access level control Self-service estate & user management Integrated support filing & tracking Automatic Monitoring & Alerts


A single solution to create specs and forms for all Intergraph Smart applications

It is a completely web based solution including cloud storage for form templates

Initially Read only capability; will eventually be able to write to application databases

Flexibility to create forms including graphics Will be delivered with existing forms template

libraries Will eventually connect to all existing Smart

application data sources

Intergraph's Smart Form Generator

Intergraph Smart Licensing monitors usage for internal billing or analytical purposes

Applications built with SmartPlant License Manager will continue run in Intergraph Smart Licensing environment

Once an Intergraph Smart Licensing application is installed on the client, it can no longer use SmartPlant License Manager

Limited monitoring for SmartPlant License Manager built applications

Client computers use either be SmartPlant License Manager or Intergraph Smart Licensing but NOT both

License checkout procedure for disconnected users

Intergraph Smart Licensing

Flexibility Benefits Control over Smart Instrumentation environment Scalability to respond to fluctuating workloads Storage options to reduce on-site resources

Efficiency Benefits Savings on capital expenses and physical resources Reduced downtime in event of upsets Global availability across the internet

Strategic Value Benefits 24/7 Accessibility for collaboration and support Managed IT and SPI infrastructure Access to Up-to-Date technologies Managed Data Security and backups

Don’t get left behind when others move to the Cloud

Smart Instrumentation in the Cloud Summery

Reliability – Smart Instrumentation has a proven record in Cloud environments Security – Cloud solutions offer robust ISMS and AIM assets as needed for your data Ownership – Users have global access to data while Cloud administrators have central control over access points and data governance

“The cloud is about how you do computing, not where you do computing.” ~ Paul Maritz, CEO of VMware


Questions? John Dressel Fluor SI SME

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