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By Manny Mandrusiak, OPC Foundation The OPC Foundation has been receiving a lot of email lately regarding the different technologies that are now offered in the OPC portfolio in 2010. It is very easy to see where individuals could become overwhelmed with the number of options that now exist. Here at the OPC Foundation we have taken steps to bring some clarity to the marketplace by simplifying the OPC message regarding the three core OPC technologies: OPC Classic, OPC Xi, and OPC UA.

Users can download the Think & Do v8.04 Keyless Development Demo package for free, create software applications with Think & Do, and download these applications to an unlimited number of WinPLC targets.

QSI will offer Beijer Electronics’ line of iX operator panels and software.

Emerson will provide equipment, software, and services to modernize LUKOIL’s process automation at their oil and gas refineries, petrochemical plants, and related facilities.

Symbol Factory.NET and Industrial Gadgets.NET graphics technologies have been integrated with the Pulse SCADA/HMI application software.

zenon 6.50 industrial process control and visualization software has received certification for Windows 7.

Software Toolbox will provide its Symbol Factory technology to users of FactoryTalk View Site Edition and FactoryTalk View Machine Edition from Rockwell Automation.

HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system.

Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France.

One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

The new endorsed partners are Avanceon LP, located in Exton, Penn., and Tegron LLC, an operating unit of Glenmount Global Solutions, located in Irving, Texas.

The wireless handheld QTERM-G58 will be used by ATA Defense Industries to remotely control target systems for military training.

Automation expenditures by the refining sector are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly five percent over the next five years, according to ARC.

ISA issued a Call for Papers for the Water/Wastewater Automatic Controls Division Symposium (WWAC) to be held 3-5 August 2010 in Orlando, FL. The deadline for abstract submittals is 16 April 2010.

Hardware from MicroSys will be delivered with a test-CD containing the logi.cals system solution.

GE will supply Proficy software including Plant Applications, Historian, iFIX and Portal rolled out in a phased format led by a significant pilot project.

The industrial PC market structure is fragmented, with no dominant player on a regional or global level.

Longwatch, a supplier of video monitoring hardware and software products, was named by Wonderware as a Certified Software Partner.