ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" > <html> <head> <title>Connections Newsletter January 2010</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <style type="text/css"> #container p {font: 8pt Verdana, sans-serif;color:#858789;} #newsletter_title {font:13pt Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:#97989A;text-decoration:none;} #newsletter_subtitle {font:11pt Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:#E47F00;text-decoration:none;} #newsletter_subtitle a {font:9pt Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:#002D62;text-decoration:none;} #newsletter_subtitle a:hover {font:9pt Verdana,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:#E47F00;text-decoration: none;font-weight:bold;} #textnormal {font:9pt Verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;} #textnormal a {font:9pt Verdana,sans-serif; color:#002D62;text-decoration: underline;font-weight:bold;} #textnormal a:hover {font:9pt Verdana,sans-serif; color:#E47F00;text-decoration: none;font-weight:bold;} #smalltext {font:8pt Verdana, sans-serif;color:#676767;} #smalltext a {font:8pt Verdana, sans-serif;color:#002D62;text-decoration: underline;font-weight:none;} #smalltext a:hover {font:8pt Verdana, sans-serif;color:#E47F00;text-decoration:none;font-weight:none;} hr {border:0;color:#D3D2D3;background-color:#D3D2D3;height:1px;text-align:left;} ul { margin-top: 0px; } </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <table width="592" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <font style="font:21pt Verdana,sans-serif;color:#184678;text-decoration:none;"><b>Connections</b></font> </td> <td colspan="2" align="right"><!-- Change this a href link to the appropriate webpage link --><a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" target="_blank" ClickThruID="6" IncrementField="Click_Through_6"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/mtkopc_logo.JPG" width="182" height="32" alt="MatrikonOPC" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5"><hr style="color: #97989A; height: 1px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"></td> <td colspan="3" valign="top"> <div id="newsletter_title">January 2010</div><br> </td> <td width="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"></td> <td colspan="3" align="left"> <div id="newsletter_subtitle"> <a href="#0">Happy New Year from the VP of OPC</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#1">New Releases - Security enabled OPC Tunneller</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#2">Connect with an Expert - Security Gateway</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#3">Training - Become an OPC Expert</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#4">Integrators</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#5">Come see us</a><hr width="550"> </div><br> </td> <td width="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"></td> <td colspan="4"> <a name="0"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Happy New Year from the VP of OPC</div> <div id="textnormal"> Happy New Year! I hope this finds you relaxed after the holidays and looking forward to a prosperous 2010. For MatrikonOPC, 2009 was a year of growth and challenge; both our technology and customer service evolved significantly. Our goal has always been to remain #1 in technology and #1 in customer service; 2009 was a year where we invested heavily in both. In 2009, many companies were hit hard by the global economic crisis which, in many cases, forced the hard decision to downsize. Reducing staff usually implies there is greater responsibility put on fewer people. As a response to this, we saw an increase in the need for exceptional <a href="http://www.opcsupport.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=4590&?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" ClickThruID="17" IncrementField="Click_Through_17" target="_blank">Customer service</a> and <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/training/index.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" ClickThruID="18" IncrementField="Click_Through_18" target="_blank">OPC Training</a>.<br><br> <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/newsletter/content/happy-new-year-2010.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" ClickThruID="19" IncrementField="Click_Through_19" target="_blank">Read the full letter!</a><br> </div> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="14"></td> <td valign="top" width="282"> <a name="1"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">New Releases - Security enabled OPC Tunneller</div> <div id="textnormal"> The latest release of MatrikonOPC s Tunneller provides improved handling for unreliable communications and detects connection failures even faster than before. With its encryption and data compression features, Tunneller provides an easy, reliable and secure way to communicate between networked computers. <br><br> Look for the Achilles Level 1 Certified version of Tunneller scheduled for next month - our most secure Tunneller yet! The 2010 development roadmap also includes full OPC UA connectivity for Tunneller. <br><br><a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/products/opc-data-management/opc-tunneller.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" ClickThruID="7" IncrementField="Click_Through_7" target="_blank">Download today!</a> </div><br> <a name="2"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Connect with an Expert - Security Gateway</div> <div id="textnormal"> Our Automated Control Systems are currently running on Windows XP because our company was not comfortable moving to Windows Vista. Will Windows 7 have all the security features I need to protect my OPC applications or should I be looking at something else? <br><br>Insecure in Texas <br><br> <b>Answer (Sean Leonard, VP of OPC):</b><br> Windows 7 offers many security features including; increased Internet Explorer 8 browser security, built-in anti-virus and spyware software, the Action Center for monitoring firewall settings, and features like Data Execution Prevention (DEP) to prevent files that should only contain data </div> </td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" width="282"> <div id="textnormal"> from executing programs. While all these features go a long way to increasing the security over the XP operating system, they do not address operational security concerns like item level access for OPC Servers. Security to prevent unintentional changes by internal users is just as important as preventing malicious external attacks. Products like the MatrikonOPC Security Gateway allow administrators to controls who can browse, add, read and/or write to a tag on a per-user-per tag basis on any OPC DA server. <br><br> <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/products/opc-security/opc-security-gateway.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10" ClickThruID="8" IncrementField="Click_Through_8" target="_blank">Download the solution here!</a> <br><br> </div> <a name="3"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Training - Become an OPC Expert</div> <div id="textnormal"> <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td id="textnormal">Click <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/training/workshops/course-schedule.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-Training" ClickThruID="9" IncrementField="Click_Through_9" target="_blank">here</a> for the schedule!<br>Find training in your area.</td> <td align="right"><a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/training/workshops/course-schedule.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-Training" target="_blank" ClickThruID="10" IncrementField="Click_Through_10"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/training_icon.jpg" alt="Click here for the training schedule" border="0" width="65px" height="65px"></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <br> <a name="4"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Integrators</div> <div id="textnormal"> Top System Integrators provide clients with standards based OPC data connectivity that is future ready yet legacy friendly.<br><br> Top System Integrators also join the MatrikonOPC Integrator Partner Program to leverage the power of partnership with the world s largest OPC vendor. <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/partners/integrators.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-WPMIP" ClickThruID="11" IncrementField="Click_Through_11" target="_blank">Join Now!</a><br><br> Visit <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/partners/index.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-Partners" ClickThruID="12" IncrementField="Click_Through_12" target="_blank">www.opcintegrators.com</a> to learn more. </div> <br> <a name="5"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Come see us</div> <div id="textnormal"> Watch us using <a href="http://twitter.com/matrikonopc" ClickThruID="13" IncrementField="Click_Through_13" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/matrikonopc" target="_blank" ClickThruID="14" IncrementField="Click_Through_14"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/twitter_logo.jpg" alt="MatrikonOPC" border="0"></a> <br>or using your favorite <a href="http://matrikonopc.com/resources/feeds.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-Reg" ClickThruID="15" IncrementField="Click_Through_15" target="_blank">RSS Reader</a>. <a href="http://matrikonopc.com/resources/feeds.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=ConnectionsJan10-Reg" target="_blank" ClickThruID="16" IncrementField="Click_Through_16"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/rss_logo.jpg" alt="MatrikonOPC" border="0"></a> </div> </td> <td width="14"></td> </tr> </table> <br> </body> </html>