ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" > <html> <head> <title>Connections Newsletter March 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">March 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="#1">New Releases - OPC Desktop Historian</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#2">Connect with an Expert - OPC Hub-and-Spoke</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#3">Training - Become an OPC Expert</a><hr width="550"> <a href="#4">MatrikonOPC Integrator Partner of the Year - Novaspect</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 valign="top" width="282"> <a name="1"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">New Releases - OPC Desktop Historian</div> <div id="textnormal"> OPC Desktop Historian is an affordable, easy to install, configure and administer data archiving tool. <br><br> Unlike enterprise process historians that are designed to manage the needs of the entire corporation, OPC Desktop Historian focuses on data collection, not data presentation or processing. <br><br> The latest version of OPC Desktop Historian provides users with enhanced data management capabilities. Use it as stand alone storage or as part of a total enterprise data historian solution. <br><br> <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/products/opc-archiving/opc-desktop-historian.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-ODH-03-02-2010" ClickThruID="7" IncrementField="Click_Through_7" target="_blank">Click here to download!</a> </div><br> <a name="2"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Connect with an Expert - OPC Hub-and-Spoke</div> <div id="textnormal"> I m part of a project team tasked with increasing the reliability of OPC data transfer between our FPSO and drilling assets and the on-shore facilities. At times the satellite communications drop and we need to ensure that the correct data reaches the central historian. What do you suggest? <br><i>Data Gapped in the Gulf.</i> <br><br> <b>Answer (Sean Leonard, VP of OPC):</b><br> Dear Data,<br><br> An OPC Hub-and-Spoke architecture is based on several individual OPC technologies, built on the OPC HDA specification. Its purpose is to reliably move process and business data from remote locations to a central repository. Learn how it can solve your issues. <br><br> Download the solution <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/products/opc-hub-spoke.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-HubSpoke-03-02-2010" ClickThruID="8" IncrementField="Click_Through_8" target="_blank">here!</a><br> </div> </td> <td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td> <td valign="top" width="282"> <a name="3"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">Training - Become an OPC Expert</div> <div id="textnormal"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td id="textnormal">Learn from those who do - all our trainers have extensive on-site experience, bringing real world solutions and problems to the classroom.</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=Connections-training-03-02-2010" target="_blank" ClickThruID="9" IncrementField="Click_Through_9"><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> <tr> <td id="textnormal" colspan="2"><br>Find training in your area.<br>Click <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/training/index.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-training-03-02-2010" ClickThruID="10" IncrementField="Click_Through_10" target="_blank">here</a> for the schedule!</td> </tr> </table> </div> <br> <a name="4"></a> <div id="newsletter_subtitle">MatrikonOPC Integrator Partner of the Year - Novaspect</div> <div id="textnormal"> <div style="padding-top:7px;"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/mipofyear_logo.gif" alt="" border="0" align="right"></div> It is our pleasure to announce the winner of the first "MatrikonOPC Integrator Partner of the Year" award - Novaspect! We congratulate Novaspect for their exemplary achievements and thank all our integrator partners for their great work in 2009. We also extend our sincere thanks to all our integrator partners for helping MatrikonOPC win the prestigious "Best OPC Software" award in Control Global Magazine s 2010 Reader s Choice Awards. The high quality service our integrator partners provide to end-customers plays a key role in their experience with our software. <br><br> To learn more about the MatrikonOPC Integrator Partner Program <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/downloads/501/datasheets/index.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-MIP-03-02-2010" ClickThruID="11" IncrementField="Click_Through_11" target="_blank">click here!</a> </div> <br> <a name="5"></a> <div id="textnormal"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><div id="newsletter_subtitle">Come see us!</div></td> <td rowspan="2"> <img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/opc_foundation_charter_member.jpg" alt="" border="0" width="110px" height="62px" align="right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="textnormal" style="width:195px;"> OPC Foundation Seminar<br> Santa Clara, CA<br> April 29, 2010<br><br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td id="textnormal" colspan="2"><br> Watch us using <a href="http://twitter.com/matrikonopc" ClickThruID="12" IncrementField="Click_Through_12" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/matrikonopc" target="_blank" ClickThruID="13" IncrementField="Click_Through_13"><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=Connections-03-02-2010" ClickThruID="14" IncrementField="Click_Through_14" target="_blank">RSS Reader</a>. <a href="http://matrikonopc.com/resources/feeds.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-03-02-2010" target="_blank" ClickThruID="15" IncrementField="Click_Through_15"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/rss_logo.jpg" alt="MatrikonOPC" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> <td width="14"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" align="middle"> <br> <a href="http://www.matrikonopc.com/products/opc-archiving/opc-desktop-historian.aspx?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=MatrikonOPC&utm_content=Connections-ODH-03-02-2010" target="_blank" ClickThruID="16" IncrementField="Click_Through_16"><img src="http://www.matrikon.com/newsletters/images/connections/connections_odh.jpg" alt="" border="0"></a> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>