PAS

Industrial Operations & Maintenance Softwarepas.com

PAS is a Houston-based industrial operations and maintenance software company, founded in 1993, that provides alarm management, control system effectiveness, automation integrity, and procedure lifecycle solutions to energy, petrochemical, chemical, and manufacturing facilities. Its products now operate under the Octave Tempo brand following a Hexagon acquisition and subsequent spin-off.

Company typePrivate
Founded1993
HeadquartersHouston, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2B
OfferingSoftware

What PAS does

PAS is an industrial operations and maintenance (O&M) software company founded in 1993 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. It develops software for industrial control system cybersecurity, process safety, alarm management, and asset optimization, serving manufacturing, energy, petrochemical, chemical, mining, and utilities facilities. Its core platform is organized into four product lines — now consolidated under the Octave Tempo brand following corporate restructuring: Tempo Control System Effectiveness (formerly PAS PlantState Integrity) for alarm, control, and protection layer monitoring; Tempo Automation Integrity (formerly PAS Automation Integrity) for OT/ICS configuration management and change automation; Tempo Operating Procedures (formerly AcceleratorKMS) for procedure lifecycle management; and Tempo Operations Management (formerly j5 Operations Management) for shift operations and safety-critical process documentation. The platform collects and contextualizes operational data from sensor to cloud, integrating with facility DCS/PLC/SCADA systems to deliver alarm rationalization, procedure automation, and asset visibility.

PAS was acquired by Hexagon and subsequently the operational technology division — including the PAS product lines — was spun off into Octave Intelligence plc, an independent UK-domiciled company. Revenue is generated through enterprise software licensing on a recurring basis, sold via a direct enterprise field sales motion targeting industrial facility operators and management teams. Implementation and ongoing support are bundled into the deployment model. Reported customer outcomes include 60% improvement in alarm rate reductions, 40% reduction in sensor configuration errors, and 90% improvement in time to create operating procedures. The company has held market leadership in alarm management software for seven consecutive years. Following the Hexagon acquisition and Octave spin-off, PAS-branded products continue to be sold as the Octave Tempo portfolio with a global, multi-language commercial footprint.

PAS firmographics

Firmographics

Name: PAS
Legal name: PAS
Website: https://pas.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 1993
Operating status: Acquired
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: PAS is a Houston-based industrial operations and maintenance software company, founded in 1993, that provides alarm management, control system effectiveness, automation integrity, and procedure lifecycle solutions to energy, petrochemical, chemical, and manufacturing facilities. Its products now operate under the Octave Tempo brand following a Hexagon acquisition and subsequent spin-off.
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PAS industry classification

Industry

Product category: Industrial Operations & Maintenance Software
NAICS: Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)
SIC: Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
akta.pro primary industry: Process Safety & Major Hazard Risk Management (PSM) (BPAHAJAE)
akta.pro secondary industries: Operational Controls, SOPs & Environmental Work Instructions (EUAHAIAJ), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Suites (HDAEAGAB)

Keywords

Industrial control system software
Alarm management software
Process safety software
Automation asset management
Operational technology solutions

Where PAS is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Houston
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Markets served

PAS business model

Business model

GTM type: B2B
Offering type: Software
Cost components: Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Enterprise Software Licensing: Enterprise software solutions sold to industrial facilities for operations management, alarm management, and automation integrity. Revenue appears to be generated through software licensing, potentially with implementation and support services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

PAS product offering

Product offering

Core offering

PAS provides enterprise software for industrial facilities spanning procedure lifecycle management, operations management, alarm and control system effectiveness, and OT/ICS automation integrity. Its solutions, now offered under the Octave Tempo brand, centralize operations, optimize procedures, strengthen automation and alarm management, and improve safety and reliability across manufacturing, energy, petrochemical, and utility sites.

Product overview

PAS (now part of Octave/Hexagon) was an industrial operations software company whose product portfolio has been integrated into the Octave Tempo platform. The PAS-branded products include Tempo Control System Effectiveness (formerly PAS PlantState Integrity) for alarm management and control system monitoring, and Tempo Automation Integrity (formerly PAS Automation Integrity) for OT/ICS configuration management. Additional related products under the Tempo umbrella include Tempo Operating Procedures (formerly AcceleratorKMS) for procedure lifecycle management and Tempo Operations Management (formerly j5 Operations Management) for operations documentation. Together these solutions form Octave's Operations Intelligence quality assurance suite designed to improve safety, reliability, and automation across industrial facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

60% improvement in alarm rate reductions
+2 more outcomes

Companies that use PAS

Customer profile

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

PAS technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

PAS partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

PAS competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Aspen Technology: AspenTech provides industrial asset performance, process optimization, and reliability software to process-industry operators. It directly competes with PAS in operations management, alarm management, and asset integrity for petrochemical, chemical, and energy customers.
Emerson (DeltaV / AMS): Emerson's DeltaV and AMS suites include alarm management, asset management, and operations management capabilities sold to the same process-industry operators as PAS, with comparable integration to control systems.
Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk): Rockwell's FactoryTalk suite covers operations management, alarm management, and analytics for industrial operators, with overlapping functionality to PAS Tempo and shared target customers in process and discrete manufacturing.
Yokogawa: Yokogawa's industrial software (Exaquantum, CENTUM VP) targets the same process-industry operators with operations management, alarm/event analytics, and OT data contextualization adjacent to PAS Tempo capabilities.

Broad incumbents

Honeywell Forge: Honeywell's industrial software business bundles process safety, alarm management, and OT analytics into its Forge platform, serving overlapping heavy-industry customers with broader portfolio offerings.
AVEVA (Schneider Electric): AVEVA's industrial software portfolio (PI System, operations management, asset performance) competes directly with PAS Tempo modules for plant operations and OT data analytics budgets.
ABB Ability: ABB's Ability industrial software suite targets the same process-industry OT buyer with operations management, alarm/event analytics, and automation asset management functionality overlapping PAS Tempo offerings.
Siemens Opcenter / SIMATIC IT: Siemens sells process-industry operations management, manufacturing execution, and asset performance software through Opcenter and SIMATIC IT, competing with PAS for plant operations software budgets in discrete and process manufacturing.
GE Vernova (GridOS / APM): GE Vernova's industrial software (formerly GE Digital Predix/APM) provides asset performance and operations analytics for power, energy, and process customers, addressing similar reliability and operational intelligence use cases as PAS.

Emerging players

Bentley Systems (iTwin / AssetWise): Bentley Systems offers asset performance and industrial digital-twin software for infrastructure and process-industry operators, intersecting with PAS's automation integrity and operations management use cases for plant reliability and lifecycle management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

PAS financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

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PAS leadership team

Management profile

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PAS funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

PAS M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about PAS

What does PAS do?

Is PAS a public or private company?

PAS is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently acquired.

When was PAS founded?

PAS was founded in 1993. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is PAS based?

PAS is headquartered in Houston, United States, in the North America region.

How does PAS make money?

One revenue line is on record: enterprise Software Licensing.

Who are PAS's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Aspen Technology, Emerson (DeltaV / AMS), Rockwell Automation (FactoryTalk) and Yokogawa. Broad incumbents are Honeywell Forge, AVEVA (Schneider Electric), ABB Ability, Siemens Opcenter / SIMATIC IT and GE Vernova (GridOS / APM). Bentley Systems (iTwin / AssetWise) is listed as an emerging player.

Does PAS have an API?

No public API is recorded for PAS.

What industry is PAS in?

PAS's product category is Industrial Operations & Maintenance Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHAJAE, Process Safety & Major Hazard Risk Management (PSM), with a secondary code of EUAHAIAJ, Operational Controls, SOPs & Environmental Work Instructions. Its NAICS code is 54151 and its SIC code is 3829.