The OPC Foundation, established in 1994, is an industry consortium dedicated to developing and maintaining open standards for interoperability in industrial automation. The foundation's flagship specification, OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA), enables secure and reliable exchange of data among devices and systems from multiple vendors. By standardizing communication protocols, the OPC Foundation facilitates seamless integration across diverse platforms, enhancing efficiency and scalability in industrial processes.
Major IoT vendors including AWS, Google Cloud, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and SIEMENS leverage secure, standardized information exchange in edge-to-cloud applications based on OPC UA