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December 2005
OPC Foundation's Year in Review
Thomas J. Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, summarizes key OPC Foundation activities during 2005, and highlights the Foundation's 2006 marketing and technology program plans.
Welcome to the December 2005 edition of "OPConnect," the official newsletter of the OPC Foundation. The OPC Foundation lit a fire in 2005, literally (a real fire was accidentally started at an OPC Foundation certification meeting in July) and figuratively.
Key activities in 2005, from a technology standpoint, included the OPC Foundation Unified Architecture Development Working Group (with over 30 vendors participating), the kickoff of the OPC Foundation Enhanced Certification Program, and the release of the OPC Foundation Unified Architecture Early Adopter Program. Each of these programs addresses the needs for vendor deployment of products that promote certified, secure, reliable interoperability.
From a marketing standpoint, one of the key activities in 2005 was the launch of the OPC Foundation newsletter program-you're reading the sixth issue of OPConnect. The newsletter is focused on communicating successful deployment of the technology from an end-user perspective. Other marketing activities included OPC Foundation vendors' participation at industry trade shows, and OPC Foundation evangelism at various vendor events. The OPC Foundation continues to campaign for image awareness in our quest to make "OPC" a household word. Read more
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OPC Maximizes Return on Assets
MatrikonOPC's tools improve the return on process historian assets by providing a standardized mechanism for data collection and supporting multi-vendor analysis solutions. . . . Read more
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New Tools for Gas Measurement SCADA System
Accelemetrics, a provider of gas measurement solutions, can focus on its core expertise by deploying OPC Data.NET tools from Software Toolbox.. . . . Read more
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OPC Gains Traction in Tire Manufacturing
By using OPC and servers from Cyberlogic, a systems integrator cuts its delivery time in half to develop supervisory control and monitoring systems for tire manufacturing plants. . . . Read more
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5 Questions for Tom Burke
Tom Burke, president and executive director of the OPC Foundation, discusses five hot topics surrounding OPC technology. . . . Read more
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OPC Automates Tank Farms
Tetra Pak Processing Systems relies on OPC servers from Siemens to handle large volumes of process data in its integrated automation solutions. . . . Read more
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A Winning Combination for the Paint Shop
Modernizing a paint shop's control and network technology with INTERBUS and OPC solutions from Phoenix Contact helps Opel Antwerp minimize maintenance costs. . . . Read more
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OPC Tutorial
Watch this vendor-neutral presentation for a quick introductory overview of OPC and information that will take you in the right direction with minimal effort.
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OPC Applications & Tools for All Types
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Find Out How You Can Implement True-Redundancy Below the Server Level
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