Dec02

OPC UA: An End-User’s Perspective

I was encouraged by people's response to OPC UA during last week's SPS Drive Show in Germany.  It's exciting to know that vendors are working hard to release their UA products.  So I thought I would check with my friends at the OPC Training Inst ...[Read More]
Published: Dec-02-09 | 0 Comments

Nov16

OPC UA Training for System Integrators & end-users

I have been getting a lot of questions in the last several months from end-users wanting to learn about OPC UA, now that there are some very significant companies developing and shipping OPC UA products.  So I started doing some research to find t ...[Read More]
Published: Nov-16-09 | 0 Comments

Aug26

OPC UA Vendor Commitment to Certification and Quality

We've long believed in the importance of making sure that the OPC Foundation produces the best specifications, technology and process to enable our OPC Foundation members to build and deliver the highest quality interoperable products. The OPC F ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-26-09 | 0 Comments

Aug03

Smart Grid SDO Workshop, Chantilly, VA August 3 - 4 2009

I had the great opportunity to attend and actively participate in the Smart Grid SDO this week.  This particular workshop was hosted by NIST and EPRI,   and very well attended.   There were over 300+ people in attendance at the keynote this mornin ...[Read More]
Published: Aug-03-09 | 0 Comments

Apr01

Manny Madrusiak in action on OPC UA.

Manny MandrusiakHow a video store proves the need for real-time data accessAutomatedBuildings.com (press release) - USAUnder the hood, OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) is designed to maximize the power of XML For those of you ...[Read More]
Published: Apr-01-09 | 0 Comments

Mar26

ABB Automation & Power World March 24-26, 2009

I attended the ABB Automation & Power World March 24-26, 2009.   Unofficially I heard there were over 3200 people in attendance.    From the number of people that I saw in attendance, they had at least that many people in attendance.   I'm ...[Read More]
Published: Mar-26-09 | 0 Comments