Mr. Marc Blanchet reports

H2O INNOVATION PARTNERS WITH SENRIO TO BRING VISIBILITY AND TRUST TO INDUSTRIAL IOT DEVICES IN WATER TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURES

H2O Innovation Inc. has partnered with Senrio Inc., provider of the leading IoT (Internet of Things) visibility and security solution, to provide users of its proprietary Intelogx system (performance monitoring software) with a greater level of awareness and visibility into IoT device health and safety. In addition to the collection of operational data from multiple devices on water and waste water plants, the integration of Senrio Insight with Intelogx will allow customers to rapidly respond when atypical patterns of behaviour are detected, or when unauthorized devices are discovered by Senrio's self-learning technology. After being analyzed by Senrio's predictive analytics engine and the world's largest device intelligence data store, it will provide the operators continuous surveillance on its infrastructure and trigger alerts when abnormal behaviour is detected.

Intelogx uses remote access to operating parameters of industrial IoT devices in order to collect, normalize and analyze data, all displayed on a comprehensive dashboard. The program helps operators to optimize their plant, generate reports and graphs, and analyze trends. "As the name implies, Intelogx brings intelligence and logical interpretation to operating data and uses the knowledge H2O Innovation has to monitor system health and predict maintenance requirements. The addition of Senrio in Intelogx addresses security and remote connectivity issues, one of today's critical topics of the global water infrastructure market. This combination of technologies will create a state-of-the-art monitoring solution available to the water municipal and industrial markets," stated Greg Madden, vice-president of aftermarket and digital solutions at H2O Innovation.

"Industrial IoT devices are a blind spot for most enterprises. This is especially true in situations where equipment is deployed into adverse environmental conditions where there is poor connectivity, potentially delaying awareness of abnormal device behaviour, or a compromise that might pose a risk to operations or operator safety. Integrating Senrio Insight into Intelogx provides added value to end-users, gives them unprecedented visibility and enables them to more effectively deal with safety or security concerns," added Stephen Ridley, Senrio founder.

This integration allows devices on systems built, serviced or operated by the company to easily report their location, status and behaviour data over WiFi or satellite links, from remote locations where network connectivity may be sparse or non-existent. It allows users to build profiles of device behaviour, enabling administrators and security teams to establish a higher level of trust with these devices by understanding their usage patterns and determining if they are operating normally.

About H2O Innovation Inc.

H2O Innovation designs and provides state-of-the-art, custom-built and integrated water treatment solutions based on membrane filtration technology for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users. The corporation's activities rely on three pillars which are: i) water and waste water projects; ii) specialty products and services, including a complete line of specialty chemicals, consumables, specialized products for the water treatment industry as well as control and monitoring systems; and iii) operation and maintenance services for water and waste water treatment systems.