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by Diane Himes, MA Editorial Staff
Posted on Thursday, July 05, 2007 5:38:00 PM Sign Up to receive Daily News Alerts in your E-mail Inbox    | Abstract: | OPC Foundation announces the formation of the Technical Advisory Council to guide the development of open factory floor technology that will enable smooth data exchange across the enterprise. |
| Keywords: | OPC Foundation, connect shop floor to enterprise, Unified Architecture, enterprise interoperability, plant data, proprietary standards, systems integration, integration standards |
The OPC Foundation has announced the formation of the Technical Advisory Council to ensure collaboration among competing vendors as they develop technology based on OPC's Unified Architecture standard. Such technology, which is platform- and operating-system-independent, is intended to provide a secure and reliable connection between plant floor systems and enterprise applications. The 19-member group — composed of hardware and software vendors, as well as end users and third-party organizations — includes ABB, Emerson, Fieldbus Foundation, Honeywell, Iconics, IEC, Invensys, Kepware, Matrikon, Microsoft, OPC Foundation, OSIsoft, Rockwell, SAP, Siemens, SISCO, WBF, Wonderware, and Yokogawa. OPC Foundation President Tom Burke told Managing Automation that the thrust behind forming the council was to expand the driving interests of Unified Architecture beyond OPC members to include stakeholders, such as end users and other standards organizations, including the Fieldbus Foundation, ISA, and IEC. [Click to continue] |
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