Have recently had some email exchange with VP and CEO of ThinkingTools(TSIM). It seems that Think2000 is a tool that can be applied to "Mainframes, minis, PCs, and client/server systems,
telecommunications systems, embedded systems, computer controlled systems, external systems that the organization is dependent on (suppliers, etc.), and so on."
As most probably know, Think2000 runs virtual failure scenarios based on information provided by the client. Though ThinkingTools is not in the repair business, the programming business, the $200 report per controller business, nor is it using any such thing as an embedded system database, what they can do is run simulations for any level of
system function.
In other words, a "meta-analysis" can be set up with just a few entries into the Think2000 application, OR failure scenarios can be run after entering specs on any number of controllers that may be operating at a site. It isn't too much of a stretch to realize that a heavily loaded front-end analysis using Think2000 would identify(from the top of the pyramid down) primary critical controllers (which could then be replaced/reprogrammed)as well as secondary and tertiary levels of key controllers, indicating the system-wide consequences of failure at any level, for any controller whose specs have been submitted.
I was not aware of this info until now, though I've been trying to get it for some time. And I don't recall seeing this info on this thread. Does this make ThinkingTools a TPRO competitor? In some respects I think it does. (Please advise) But apart from that possibility, I think it also adds a powerful dimension to the alliance with AON for analysis, repair and documentation of embedded systems compliance efforts.
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