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___location = Tunis, Tunisia; Genova, Italy; Houston, Texas |

key_people = Samy Achour, FounderPresident and CEOFounder <ref name="profile">[http://www.webmanagercenter.com/management/article.php?id=37525 Profile of Samy Achour in Internet Management Magazine Jan 08, 2008]</ref> |

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'''Integration Objects''' is a software development firm that was created in 2002.<ref>[http://www.lesafriques.com/africain-de-la-semaine/samy-achour-prophete-chez-lui.html?Itemid=195 Les Afriques: Le journal de la finance africaine, "Samy Achour: Fondateur d’Integration Objects," 11 October 2008]</ref> The company is a [[systems integrator]] and solutions provider for [[knowledge management]], [[automation|automation and plant process management]] and [[decision support system|decision support applications]].

They develop OPC software products and knowledge management platforms for manufacturers primarily in the [[Petroleum industry|oil and gas]], [[Petrochemical|refining and petrochemicals]], [[Chemical industry|chemical]], [[food and beverage]], [[steel]] and [[Pharmaceutical industry|pharmaceutical industries]]. They also provide consulting services.<ref>[http://www.controlglobal.com/articles/2009/DCS0909.html Control Magazine, "Connecting the DCS Dots," by Adel Ben-Duheash and Mohammed Batouq, September 2009]</ref> Integration Objects is a member of the OPC Foundation<ref>[http://www.opcfoundation.org/About/MemberList.aspx OPCFoundation.org, "Member List," 12 November 2009]</ref> and of MIMOSA.<ref>[http://www.mimosa.org/membership/directory.aspx MIMOSA.org, "Members Directory," 12 November 2009]</ref>

Integration Objects has also collaborated with other IT companies such as [[Invensys]], Gensym <ref>[http://www.gensym.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=108 Gensym.com, "Gensym Partners," 12 November 2009]</ref> and [[ABB Group|ABB]] for large projects and its clients include [[ExxonMobil]], [[Saudi Aramco]] and [[Solvay (company)|Solvay Chemicals]].

== OPC Standards ==

[[OLE for process control|OPC]] technology follows a set of open standards specifications, created and managed by the [[OPC Foundation]], to ensure [[interoperability]] between devices and systems in industrial automation and within other enterprise systems.

[[OLEThe fororigins processof control|OPC are based on [[Microsoft|Microsoft's]] OLE, COM and DCOM technology followsand atoday's OPC set of open standards specifications,allow createdfield bysystems theand OPCother Foundationdevices, automation and control applications and business applications to ensurecommunicate interoperabilityacquired betweenreal-time devicesand historical data and records to enterprise systems inand industrialbetween automationproduction devices from multiple vendors. The standards are evolving and withinare othercreated enterpriseor systemsrewritten to account for emerging technologies and trends.<ref>[http://www.http://www.opcfoundation.org/Default.aspx/01_about/01_whatis.asp?MID=AboutOPC OPC Foundation, "What is OPC," 10 November 2009]</ref>

== Relevance of system integration ==