For projects that are still fresh on the drawing board, AltaStream brings decades of experience to the task of analyzing system-level architecture and design concerns. These concerns typically include whether the execution environment should be centralized or distributed, data collection and transmission levels, operating system selection, network environment definition, user-classes and user needs, interfaces to the factory, the human user, and the controlled components and subsystems. Defining the architecture appropriate to the expected system features and behavior is critical to the success of product development. AltaStream’s expertise in this area is unmatched.