President’s Welcome – December 2024
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening – wherever you are in the world! It’s my pleasure to not only summarize lot’s of information, but also… Read More »President’s Welcome – December 2024
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OPC Foundation: Updated bylaws, new affiliate policy, Board of Director election results, updated member fees and recordings from General Assembly Meeting 2024
The OPC Foundation is providing information about important topics – in case you have questions, please contact office@opcfoundation.org Updated bylaws and new affiliate policy… Read More »OPC Foundation: Updated bylaws, new affiliate policy, Board of Director election results, updated member fees and recordings from General Assembly Meeting 2024
President’s Welcome – September 2024
OPC Foundation and OPC UA are scaling! Good morning, good afternoon, good evening – wherever you are in the world! The world is very big,… Read More »President’s Welcome – September 2024
President’s Welcome – June 2024
Building the Cloud Interoperability Standard Good morning, good afternoon, good evening – wherever you are in the world! Listening to End-users: The Cloud Initiative OPC… Read More »President’s Welcome – June 2024
OPC UA in Vending and Coffee Machines
The vending and coffee machine industry has chosen OPC UA for standardized, secure information exchange The European Vending & Coffee Service Association (EVA) and the… Read More »OPC UA in Vending and Coffee Machines
OPC UA for AI: Enhancing Automation with Artificial Intelligence
The OPC Foundation, initiated by its member companies, is forming a new OPC UA for AI group, which is open to all its members. The… Read More »OPC UA for AI: Enhancing Automation with Artificial Intelligence
Field Level Communications Corner – Mar 2024
The FLC (Field Level Communications) Initiative is in the process of launching a second project phase as completion of the Controller-to-Controller (C2C) Minimum Viable System (MVS) approaches. The FLC Initiative’s Project Phase 2 will focus on the Controller-to-Device (C2D) use-case, and will operate for a term of 4 years.
President’s Welcome – Dec 2023
This time my greeting does not start with a thoughtful look at crazy things happening in the world of standardization -but with something unexpectedly very pleasant. In preparing for the SPS trade fair, we noticed that the first OPC UA workgroup meeting was held on 3-7 November 2003 and that we were, therefore, celebrating 20 years of OPC UA standardization. We quickly bought confetti cannons and had a lot of fun at the OPC Foundation booth. Actually, come to think of it, it was crazy!
Mike Bryant Retires as Secretary of the OPC Foundation
In light of Mr. Bryant’s upcoming retirement at the end of the year, the OPC Foundation would like to thank Mike Bryant for his outstanding 22 years in his role as Secretary of the OPC Foundation.
Field Level Communications Corner – Dec 2023
Over 40 participants have participated in the kick-off meeting of a new working group to develop an I/O Device Profile for OPC UA. Finally, the FLC Initiative will start phase 2 of the project at the beginning of 2024 with a focus on Controller-to-Device (C2D).