OPC is excited to be a participant and sponsor of ConnectivityWeek. This is a very exciting opportunity for end-users and vendors to really look at the opportunities for interoperability between industrial automation and other domains inclusive of ...[Read More]

There is a really great article in automation world about one of my favorite topics: EDDL & FDT, Competing or Complementary?  The link for this article can be found here: http://www.automationworld.com/feature-5370 OPC has been actively en ...[Read More]

I'm very excited about the new working group that the first kickoff meeting was held today May 6, 2009.   A charter for the group was initially developed and approved by the OPC Technical Advisory Council, and approved as well by the OPC Foundat ...[Read More]

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]

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]

I have heard alot about the OPC Training Institute, and I wanted to get a first hand view of the vendor-neutral training they are doing. The intention of the training is to really help the end-user maximize their use of OPC. I am working with th ...[Read More]

The first OPC UA Developers' Workshop will be held on June 16-18, 2008 at the Marriott McDowell Mountain Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. This three-day training event will include a full day of instruction on OPC UA and two full days of specific instr ...[Read More]

The OPC independent certification test lab opened the first week of February.  The first company that tested their products successfully through the lab was Cyberlogic.  Cyberlogic has been very active in the development of all the processes and t ...[Read More]

I thought I'd mention that I've run into a number of people who were part of the real first wave when OPC first got started in 1995 and before.   There are probably a hundred other people that I should mention here, but for now here are a few ...[Read More]

A lot of things happened during the first quarter of 2008 for the OPC Foundation.   This is not an all inclusive list but it's a quick ramble as I'm on my way to Germany for one of my important collaboration steering committee meetings. (FDI). ...[Read More]