PROCESS SIMULATION

TECHNOLOGY

Flexible SLM Token System

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 WHAT IS THE TOKEN?
• In networking, a token is a special
series of bits that travels around a
token ring network.
• As the token circulates, computers
attached to the network can capture
it. The token acts like a ticket,
enabling its owner to send a message
across the network.

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 NOC COMPANIES LICENSES

H UPSTREAM
H DYN AMICS

H PIPESYS
H REFSYS
H AMINES

FLARNET
H CRUDE

PROFES

Tokens
+ACOL
HYSYS

+TASK
ACX

DYN

ASP
STX

IPE
ENI OIL 2 1 2 1 1 49
AGOCO 1 1 1 1 1 1 44
ARC 3 42
TOTAL 2 28
NOC 2 1 37
PRC 3 1 1 82
RASCO 3 1 2 2 51
REPSOL 1 1 36
SOC 3 2 1 58
VEBA 1 1 14
WAHA 1 1 1 14
ZOC 1 14
TEKNICA 2 2 46
Licenses 25 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 515
Tokens 14 3 3 22 18 9 * * 7 7 10 * 18 24 1 136
Tokens 14 17 17 36 32 23 * * 7 7 10 * 32 24 1 220
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* Embeded in other softwre
 How Real-Time Token System Licensing Operates

Log Files
300 Tokens
Usage
HYSYS
Network Monitor
Optional:
License 2nd server
FLARENET
Server
Teknica, 14(286)
HYSYS
Tripoli

Repsol H DYNAMICS
Teknica
TASC+ London
36(175) 36+7(211) Aspen RefSYS 32(254)

At Home/Hotel/
Travelling
Sirte Oil Company PRC
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 How Real-Time Token System
Licensing Operates
• Each product requires a fixed number of
tokens to run - product’s token value.

• A pool of fixed real -time tokens are available

on a network license server - real-time token
limit.

• When a product is started - a check for the limit

is made - the number of real-time tokens
required is temporarily removed from the
network license server.
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• When the product is exited, the
real-time tokens are returned to the
network license server.

• Product usage is recorded in a log

file for analysis.

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 Flexible SLM Token System
Main Benefits
• Customers can exchange tokens to
run an agreed number of Aspentech
software products where all
Software licenses are made available
to all users in the same time.

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• Licenses can be downloaded from
the pool to a user’s personal
computer / laptop when needed for
any period of time as requested.

• Distribution of the investment over

multiple affiliates and/or offices.

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 Cost comparison
Sample Case

POOL ENI OIL

License fees $/YEAR 900000 181865
No. of Tokens 300 92
No of software Packages 13 6
$/Token - year 3000 1977
4 hrs/Day utilization cost $/Token -year 1500 1977
yearly savings $ 43865

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 Generally we can achieve:

• Better Utilization of the software.

• Saving Expenses.

• More flexibility.

• More utilisation records for each

client.
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 Asp-Tek Proposed Scope
• Optimizing the technology utilization
within NOC companies.

• Identifying, implementing and

sustaining value from the Aspentech
Engineering software products and
knowledge-based solutions.
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• Establishing a service Center to
achieve:
– Software accessibility.
– Educate on new Software features.
– Identifying the training needs.
– Organizing & Conducting the training.
– Technoloy Transfer.
– Project Support.
– Evaluate new applications.
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•Value Identification Workshops
Evaluating current operations and
processes to identify opportunities for
improvement.

•Software Implementation and Configuration

Assisting the clients to deploy the AT’s
Engineering software products within their IT
infrastructure.

•Training
Developing customized product-training
program that meet the clients engineering and
employee career development goals. 13
Technology Transfer
Organizing seminars, coaching, and joint
projects to enable NOC companies to
understand and apply the advanced
technologies of AT´s products.

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AspenTeck will reimburse the
prepaid license fees not
consumed to date to those
companies who renewed the
Licenses or still have valid ones.

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Who are using SLM Token System

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