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Certification, Collaboration, Community
Ten leading vendors certified OPC products in 2011 using OPC Foundation-sanctioned test labs, with many more in the pipeline (see below). Important collaboration work is driving OPC success, including a cooperation between the OPC Foundation and PLCopen (more below). And we continue to support the “OPC Community” by sponsoring events throughout the world,...
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Example of the flexibility and ease of OPC Systems.NET interoperability.
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 | November 11, 2011

How open standards can increase OEM product sales

Increasing data visibility by using OPC Systems.NET from Open Automation Software to visualize real-time data directly from the source using popular Visual Studio-capable graphics packages.
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Feature Article
 | November 11, 2011

New automation concepts with OPC Unified Architecture

OPC UA technology complements the traditional OPC industrial standard by adding important characteristics such as platform independence, scalability, high availability, and Internet capability.
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Feature Article
 | November 11, 2011

New integrated industrial automation reporting capability requires no programming

Software Toolbox launches “Dream Report” that simplifies extracting information from almost any data source and then deliver reports automatically to anyone, anywhere.
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Product
 | November 11, 2011

Inductive Automation’s Java-based HMI and SCADA application built on OPC-UA standard wins award from Oracle

At the JavaOne conference in October, Oracle awarded Inductive Automation with the Duke's Choice Award for innovation in the industrial software industry.
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Product
 | November 11, 2011

Kepware Technologies Releases Three New Drivers in KEPServerEX Version 5.7

Kepware Technologies, the leader in Communications for Automation, announced today that it has released KEPServerEX version 5.7.
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Product
 | November 11, 2011

Canary Labs achieves OPC Foundation’s UA Certification

Canary Labs announced today that the Canary Enterprise Historian and Canary Trend Link products achieved the OPC Foundation’s UA Certification.
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August 1, 2011

Oil & gas explorer switches to in-house process control, data acquisition in 1,800-site project

Modern, Web-enabled application uses Kepware’s OPC UA solution for data collection, resulting in cost savings versus previous outsourced application, more efficient deployment of manpower, and bette
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August 1, 2011

Why OPC-UA will be on every automated control system in the future

Inductive Automation makes the case for upgrading to OPC-UA now versus later, and why OPC-UA will inevitably be incorporated into control systems in the future.
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August 1, 2011

Practical tips for planning redundancy in an OPC data communications network

New white paper from Cogent Real-Time Systems provides background information and practical considerations for plant engineers and managers interested in implementing redundancy in a data communicat
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August 1, 2011

Oil & gas blending systems benefit from OPC historian, data trending and analysis

Canary Enterprise Historian, Canary Logger, and Trend Link software run independent of the HMI, provide graphical display of trends to optimize maintenance and performance, and synchronizes/archives d
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Web-based HMI: View your process data from anywhere

 
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See Canary Labs at OPC interoperability workshop

 
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Kepware adds SNMP agent capabilities, major configuration enhancements to KEPServerEX Version 5.5

 
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May 3, 2011

Siemens PLC Drivers Added To Ignition OPC-UA Server

 
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Manufacturer uses OPC to integrate legacy control with A-B ControlLogix robotic controller

Company taps Software Toolbox to provide OPC solution that bridges legacy platform running on Linux to a brand new Allen-Bradley ControlLogix robotic controller.
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May 3, 2011

Measuring and monitoring energy consumption using OPC and Siemens technology

Using Softing's OPC Server with Siemens PAC 3200 for intelligent energy management can help determine where the “energy guzzlers” are in any industrial automation environment.
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May 3, 2011

Effective OPC security for industrial automation control systems

Recent security incidents such as the Stuxnet worm that attacked Siemens WinCC and PCS7 systems in Iran and the remote sabotage of a Texas power utility are a wakeup call.
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March 9, 2011

Certification: When it absolutely has to work as promised

Interoperability can and should be certified. A quick look at what industrial automation suppliers and end users should know about certification.
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March 9, 2011

How you benefit when standards bodies collaborate

Why standards groups must collaborate to achieve true plug-and-play products, and what OPC is doing to facilitate interoperability in the next generation of standards and products.
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March 9, 2011

Embedding smart communications into inexpensive field devices

OPC UA now comes on a chip, allowing automation manufacturers to embed "smart communication" functionality into inexpensive field devices, without the overhead of an operating system.
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