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December 2014

OPC UA progress highlighted at SPS show

    Security and interoperability for data and communication are key topics for the Industry 4.0 initiative and the Internet of Things. An efficient network of sensors, field devices and controllers up to the Cloud for new services and Big Data can be realized with the OPC-Unified Architecture (OPC UA). That was the message delivered at the OPC Foundation press conference during November’s SPS/IPC/Drives 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany.

    Smart watch meets smart factory with OPC UA

      by Tesla

      Tablet PCs are playing a growing role in helping workers monitor industrial processes as they move around a factory. Smart watches may soon prove equally useful.

      To showcase the application potential of smart watches, Tesla, a company that enables real-time mobile SCADA access to industrial communications platforms using OPC UA technology and the Android operating system, recently participated in a…

      Events Update

        The OPC Foundation conducts and attends several events throughout the year that showcase OPC technology and its member’s solutions. See what’s coming up next and what you may have missed.

        New Product Releases

          Check out the latest product releases from our members:

          ● National Instruments LabVIEW : enabling OPC communications in LabVIEW-based systems

          ● Kepware Technologies and Splunk alliance : accelerating new insights from industrial data

          ● Kepware Technologies KEPServerEX update : improving big data analytics

          ● Kepware Technologies local historian plug-in : improving operating efficiency