Real Time Solutions of America

What Real Time Solutions of America does

Real Time Solutions of America Inc. is a Washington DC-based private software firm, incorporated in May 1997 as a US relocation of the Austrian Real Time Solutions spin-off from the Real Time @ Group. The company designs, develops and integrates computer software for real-time industrial systems, with primary specialization in the worldwide security printing industry. Its core products are RTA (Real Time Architecture), a proprietary development platform combining an active real-time database with relational database integration (notably Oracle), plus ancillary modules (RtRM redundancy manager, RtIpC interprocess communication, RtVar variables, and the proprietary RtPL language); and FLOWSYS, which the company describes as the only totally integrated production and security management system for currency presses worldwide, offering real-time tracking of loads and individual sheets, shop-floor data acquisition, statistical and management reporting, production planning, verification, strong-room management, and maintenance tracking. FLOWSYS is shipped pre-integrated with KBA-GIORI banknote presses, which the company states produce approximately 90% of the world's banknotes.

Name

Real Time Solutions of America

Legal name

Real Time Solutions of America Inc.

Website

https://rtsol.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Real Time Solutions of America Inc. develops real-time industrial control software, anchored by its RTA platform and the FLOWSYS security-printing production management system, primarily serving national banks, government printing agencies (including the US BEP), and press OEMs such as KBA-GIORI worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Automation Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHDAEAHAF

Digital Process Automation (DPA) & Orchestration Suites

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Business Process Management (BPM), Workflow & Automation Platforms

SECONDARYEUADAEAK

Switching, Tagging & Safety Procedures (Work Clearance) Software

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Electric Transmission & Distribution (T&D)/Grid Automation, SCADA/DMS/OMS & ADMS Software

Keywords

• Real-time software
• Industrial automation
• SCADA systems
• Security printing
• Production control software

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing - FLOWSYS: Licensing of the FLOWSYS software product for security printing operations. Includes standard modules and customized solutions.
2. Software Licensing - RTA Platform: Licensing of software products based on the RTA (Real Time Architecture) development platform.
3. Professional Services - Consulting: Consulting services for FLOWSYS implementation, IT integration consulting, and preliminary consultations for establishing systems.
4. Training Services: On-site training programs for FLOWSYS users including operator training, system administrator training, and management training courses.
5. Maintenance Contracts: Service maintenance contracts including System Maintenance Contract (SMC), Product Update Contract (PUC), and Release Update Contract (RUC) for ongoing support.
6. Custom Software Development: Design and development of customer specific applications for real-time front-ends and integration services.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Real Time Solutions of America designs, develops and integrates computer software for real-time systems based on the proprietary RTA (Real Time Architecture) development platform. Its flagship product FLOWSYS is a fully integrated production control, data acquisition, management information, and data mining software solution for the security printing industry, providing real-time tracking of loads and individual sheets as they are processed on currency presses. The company also provides consulting, training, and ongoing maintenance services to support deployments for government agencies, national banks, and industrial automation customers.

Product overview

Real Time Solutions of America offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on two primary products: RTA (Real Time Architecture), a software development platform for building real-time applications, and FLOWSYS, the company's flagship production control and security management software for the security printing industry. FLOWSYS consists of multiple modules organized into two tiers: Standard Modules (DCS for data collection at the press, INFO for database searching, STATISTICS for production analysis, SERVICE for maintenance tracking, PMS for production monitoring, Server2000 for database access, and BACKUP tools) and Customized Solutions (DENOMINATION for currency denomination management, AUTHORIZATION for user security, TREND for graphical measurand display, DVS for sheet verification, PLAN for production planning, TRACKER for output capacity tracking, SAFE for storage management, plus specialized management reports, integration services, and training programs). Together, FLOWSYS and RTA provide a unified solution for connecting high-speed automation processes to enterprise IT systems in real-time.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FLOWSYS: A totally integrated software solution for production control, data acquisition, management information and data mining applications for the security printing industry. It is the only totally integrated production and security management system for currency presses worldwide.

Products and services

• RTA (Real Time Architecture) A software development platform for implementing real-time applications, supporting distributed computing, real-time database operations, redundancy management, and integration with Oracle databases. Licensed to customers building real-time front-ends and machine consoles.
• FLOWSYS Fully integrated production control, data acquisition, management information, and data mining software solution for the security printing industry. Provides real-time tracking of individual sheets through the production process on currency presses and is currently the only totally integrated production and security management system for currency presses worldwide.
• FLOWSYS Enterprise System Fully integrated security system combining Intel hardware, Windows 2000, Oracle 9, and Crystal Enterprise with FLOWSYS enterprise functionality for large-scale security printing operations.
• FLOWSYS Training Programs In-house training programs covering management, operator basics and advanced, press maintenance, system administration, and database/console programming delivered at customer sites.
• FLOWSYS Services and Maintenance Contracts Services including on-site installations, upgrades, project management, training, maintenance contracts (System Maintenance Contract - SMC, Product Update Contract - PUC, Release Update Contract - RUC), and consulting, backed by 20 years of experience in factory automation and real-time applications.

Quantifiable outcome

• RTA can handle 100,000 events per second on standard Intel-based hardware
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KBA-GIORIcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998KBA-GIORI SA of Lausanne/Switzerland is the global supplier of security printing systems for the worldwide banknote printing industry. They have provided almost all security printing presses worldwide with 90% of all banknotes in the world printed on their presses. FLOWSYS was developed by Real Time Solutions of America and comes equipped with KBA-GIORI presses.
• SiemensminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1995In 1995, Siemens bundled RTA-PLS and its SICOMP/SORIX product line to create PDM (Process Data Manager). Siemens developed RTA-PLS as a process-control and management system based on RTA - Real Time Architecture.
• ABBcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerABB uses Real Time Solutions technology in their MPS730 newspaper press console product. ABB won the 1994 contract to refurnish Dow Jones newspaper presses using RTA-based technology. ABB also uses RTA for PDM (Process Data Manager) products.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB Industrial Automation: ABB's 800xA and Ability industrial-automation suites compete in real-time process control and integrate with third-party real-time stacks; ABB has historically embedded RTA inside MPS-730 newspaper consoles and its PDM product family, giving it direct exposure to the same workloads RTA targets.
• AVEVA: AVEVA (including the former Wonderware and OSIsoft/PI businesses) provides industrial software platforms for real-time operations, SCADA, MES, and process data — directly comparable to RTA/FLOWSYS but serving many more verticals at much greater scale.
• Honeywell Process Solutions: Honeywell's Experion and related SCADA/DCS offerings compete head-on with RTA-style real-time process control and operations software, particularly in regulated and continuous-process industries where FLOWSYS-equivalent functionality is required.
• Emerson (DeltaV / PAC Systems): Emerson's DeltaV distributed control and PACSystems offerings are direct functional equivalents to the SCADA/process-control workloads RTA/FLOWSYS serve, particularly in power and continuous-process deployments.
• Rockwell Automation: Rockwell's FactoryTalk and PlantPAx platforms target industrial real-time control and MES workflows that overlap with RTA's high-speed automation integration capabilities, especially in manufacturing environments where error-free 24/7 operation is required.
• Yokogawa Electric (CENTUM VP): Yokogawa's CENTUM VP DCS and ExaopM MES solutions serve the same real-time process-control and operations-management needs as FLOWSYS, particularly in power and high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Siemens (Industrial Automation / Digital Industries): Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 / WinCC competes with RTA in the SCADA and process-control space; notably Siemens previously bundled RTA-PLS inside its SICOMP/SORIX PDM product, making it both a historical partner and the most direct large-scale functional competitor.

Direct peers

• Aspen Technology: AspenTech's process-optimization and manufacturing execution software is a focused peer for industrial real-time data, asset performance, and operations management capabilities similar in scope to what FLOWSYS provides in security printing.
• OSIsoft (PI System, now part of AVEVA): OSIsoft's PI real-time data infrastructure is one of the closest functional analogs to RTA's combination of an active real-time database, relational integration, and event-driven process variables — addressing the same 'high-speed events on commodity hardware' problem for industrial customers.
• Inductive Automation (Ignition): Inductive Automation's Ignition SCADA/MES platform is a directly competing real-time industrial software stack with a modern, web-based architecture — overlapping with RTA/FLOWSYS on data acquisition, reporting, and enterprise IT integration for industrial customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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