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ICONICS and Kepware have signed a partnership agreement to create what is said to be the world’s first total end-to-end OPC-UA solution. The ICONICS OPC-UA KEPServer integrates HMI/SCADA and visualization with an extensive library of device connectivity from Kepware. The OPC-UA, 64-bit solution, which handles several different I/O devices and is certified for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, aims to simplify the integration of plant floor visualization with Manufacturing Intelligence and Enterprise solutions.
“ICONICS and Kepware have been working together for more than 10 years,” said Russ Agrusa, President and CEO of ICONICS. “Both our companies were instrumental in helping create the OPC-UA standard and we are excited to be delivering products based on OPC-UA.”
“We see ICONICS as a leader in OPC technology” said Roy Kok, VP of Marketing and Sales for Kepware Technologies. “ICONICS is an early adaptor of OPC-UA and we are happy to have them as a partner, proving that OPC-UA technology is now ready. ICONICS is the first HMI/SCADA partner to deliver KEPServerEX with OPC-UA.”
Making OPC-UA a reality
“ICONICS and Kepware are both leading developers of OPC Unified Architecture solutions,” said Tom Burke, President of the OPC Foundation. “Both companies are pioneers in bringing OPC-UA from the theoretical into the physical and practical. This partnership agreement now makes OPC-UA a reality.”
According to Craig Resnick, Research Director, ARC Advisory Group, “OPC-UA is intended to expand the framework for moving information between applications in the enterprise space by taking the existing OPC specifications and integrating them all together, leveraging Web Services as the key technology enabler in the new architecture for deploying applications such as asset management and true resource modeling that can utilize the OPC-UA specifications to move data and information.
“This is why it is critical to manufacturers that any OPC-UA solution being implemented is sourced from partners who have extensive experience in deploying existing OPC solutions, which is certainly the case for both ICONICS and Kepware.”
