MatrikonOPC introduces History Link data transfer tool

March 18, 2008
MatrikonOPC

EDMONTON, AB - March 18, 2008 - MatrikonOPC announces History Link, a total historical data transportation system that provides a reliable, low-cost platform for the transfer of historical data with no vendor-specific protocols or proprietary interfaces. Users will immediately eliminate serious historical data collection problems such as: isolated-islands-of-data, incompatible historian formats, and historical data loss. Unlike other OPC Historical Data products, History Link is a truly agile and flexible tool that is perfect for anyone who is currently collecting or storing historical data. No more mixing and matching products to architect a workable solution, History Link isa total package product that is fully compliant with the latest OPC Foundation HDA specifications.Developed with users in mind, History Link is the most advanced, yet easy to use historical data transfer tool on the market. Using History Link you can finally stop wasting time on script development, being at the mercy of vendor specific competitive-upgrade-conversion-tools, and jumping through proprietary data exchange hoops and dead-ends. Instead, users will breeze through a comprehensive setup-wizard that asks the right questions at the right time and lets users focus on using historical data rather than trying to acquire it.“History Link is the 'missing piece' in any geographically separated architecture. SCADA users will reveal in the ease of use and complete communication reliability for data transfer to the enterprise level, or long term storage," says Sean Leonard, VP OPC, Matrikon.Features include:

Reliable and robust data transfer between geographically separate locations, departments, or applications

Provides relevant data delivery

Unparalleled ease of use and performance

Schedule regular transfer of historical data from one source to another

Transfer archived data from an off-site facility to a local database for long-term storage and/or analysis

Fully redundant historical data delivery

Complement the Enterprise Process Historian solution by capturing only the event-relevant high-speed data About MatrikonOPC (a division of Matrikon Inc. [TSX:MTK])With a collection of more than 500 OPC products and over 100,000 installations worldwide, MatrikonOPC is the world's largest OPC company. Matrikon is a charter member of the OPC Foundation, and has demonstrated a commitment to developing OPC as the industrial connectivity standard.A wide range of global companies rely on MatrikonOPC products for their connectivity in industries such as: discrete manufacturing, process control, building automation, alternative energy production, commercial and military applications. With clients and installs throughout North America, Australia, Europe and the Middle East, the reach of MatrikonOPC Connectivity is truly global.

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