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Software Toolbox Inc. announced today that is has completed the acquisition of the OPC business assets, trade names, and goodwill of Northern Dynamic Inc.

Softing will integrate its OPC UA interface into ILS Technology's deviceWISE software that connects devices on the factory floor with enterprise systems.

InduSoft will endorse the Certified OPC Professional (COP) designation and offer OPCTI training for their customers.

OpenO&M is a cooperative forum where members can work together to solve automation challenges through standardization and harmonization of industry guidelines.

ICONICS announced its ongoing commitment to the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA) standard.

NI used KEPServerEX technology to create the new NI OPC Server.

Software includes Operational Insight, Alarm Manager, various OPC interfaces and Resolution Intelligent Plant Data Model to monitor equipment performance and reliability.

The Borealis Cracker operation is exceeding expected production targets, and discovering hidden process performance opportunities.

InfoWorld, May 2007 By Matt Hines The first remotely-exploitable vulnerabilities in Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have been identified by researchers.

Dinesh Paliwal, President, will leave ABB at the end of June.

Robert Owen Inc. will resell Kepware device communications software with its sensor and signal conversion hardware.

The web site showcases Junot's NLINK OPC to SAP Solution..

Siemens appointed Dennis Sadlowski President and CEO, succeeding Aubert Martin, who is retiring.

ICONICS received the Microsoft ISV Trailblazer Partner of the Year Award.

The OMAC HMI Working Group organized a joint project between Boeing, Okuma and NIST to evaluate the integration of CNC to ERP and determine if part accountability could be achieved with minimal integration efforts using OPC/OMAC technologies.

The code samples provided in this easy download will help developers who are interested in adding OPC client capabilities to their Visual Basic and Visual C++ applications. VB OPC client code follows the code structure found in the OPC Automation Interface 2.0 specification.

Strong economic activity in Asia is spurring the growth of manufacturing, which in turn is propelling the growth of the automation market in the region. The Asian market for Distributed Control Systems (DCS) is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.0% over the next five years, according to a new ARC Advisory Group study.

A committee of industry leaders and academia met at ISA headquarters to begin work on the learning objectives for an automation engineering curriculum for universities. "Our goal is to develop curriculum content for a 4-year automation engineering degree program," said committee chair Randy Buchanan of the University of Southern Mississippi.

According to the study, 83% of respondents had outsourced some or all of NPD activity, confirming that outsourcing of core product development is extremely important in today’s market.

ABB will supply burner management, boiler controls, and BOP controls for two 330 MW circulating fluidized bed boilers at Cleco Power's new $1 billion Rodemacher Power Station, a 660 MW generating unit near Boyce, LA. ABB will provide System 800xA with operator stations, Harmony Bridge controllers for monitoring and control, and PLC interfaces to the turbine controls via standard OPC technology.