New OPC DataHub Distributor in Switzerland

Georgetown, Ontario (February 2, 2009) Cogent Real-Time Systems announces a new sales partnership with Logicpark, a Swiss computer science and engineering firm specializing in connecting industrial applications with management and IT systems. Logicpark will market the OPC DataHub in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and other parts of Europe.

"The OPC DataHub helps our customers gather control data and bring it to one central location," said Bruno Maurer, Solutions Leader for Logicpark. "Production management in the future will need ever-faster access to data, and the OPC DataHub can provide this."

"We are pleased to be able to work with Logicpark," said Andrew Thomas, President of Cogent. "They are strong in business and process data management, and see the value of the OPC DataHub in today's data-dependent environment."

"In all our years of experience with OPC integration, we find the OPC DataHub to be the best solution available," said Mr. Maurer. "It combines many capabilities in a single program and is much easier to configure than other popular products on the European market."

The OPC DataHub gives quick, reliable, and secure access to valuable information direct from the factory floor. It is an integrated tool that can present live process data directly on an engineer's or manager's desk in a form most suitable: database, spreadsheet, or web page. It provides OPC tunnelling, bridging, and aggregation, and has a free API to support virtually any requirement for OPC connectivity.

Logicpark GmbH is a computer science engineering office specializing in consulting, training, software development, and project management, implementing extensive nationwide service packages. Logicpark applies the OPC DataHub to network machines and devices, to visualize and analyze process and machine data, and to meet the requirements of central data management.

Founded in 1995, Cogent Real-Time Systems is the leader in real-time cross-platform data integration between Windows, Linux and QNX. Customers include the Bank of Canada, Cadbury Chocolate and the European Space Agency. Cogent leverages its experience in real-time data communications to provide the next generation of OPC products.