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SCADA Security's Air Gap Fairy Tale  
Automation.com, August 2011
By Eric Byres
This tale doesn't have princes or frogs in it, but instead it deals with SCADA and industrial control system security. It is the myth of the "air gap" between control systems and the rest of the world. Believing in it leads to a false sense of complacency by both end users and vendors, making it a very dangerous fairy tale indeed.

An alternative to DCS or PLC/SCADA?
Control Engineering Europe, September 2011
By Richard Sturt, Rockwell Automation
A true 'Plant-wide Automation' approach takes the best features from DCS and PLC/SCADA systems and combines them into a single system. It combines the 'systems approach' of a DCS and flexibility of a PLC/PAC to provide a solution for multiple applications.

This is war and your SCADA is the target
South Africa Instrumentation & Control, August 2011
Stuxnet has irrevocably changed the future of automation practitioners, SIs and end users. If you use a SCADA system, any SCADA system, you are almost certainly just as vulnerable to determined attacks by suitably motivated groups.

Users Discuss Remote Operations Experience  
Automation.com, July 2011
By Bill Lydon, Editor
At HUG 2011, four users shared their remote operations & monitoring experiences along with lessons learned. Included are recommendations of first steps for other companies considering remote monitoring and operations.

Real-Time Visibility, Operational Agility and Flexibility driving growth of Industrial Networks  
Automation.com, June 2011
By J. Timothy Shea, VDC Research Group
VDC Research partnered with Automation.com to conduct an extensive initiative into the market for wireline and wireless industrial networking infrastructure product markets. Recent research found that the demand outlook for wireline and wireless industrial networking infrastructure products will be quite healthy through 2015.

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Invensys releases Wonderware Well Field Application
The Well Field Application allows users to see, at a glance, how the entire field is producing, as well as drill down for intimate knowledge about any individual well.

Honeywell adds virtualization support for Experion PKS
Virtualization support was added to Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) for both Distributed Control System (DCS) and SCADA applications.

Other Product Announcements

• Tatsoft Announces FactoryStudio SCADA/HMI mobile App
• InduSoft releases Service Pack for Web Studio
• SEL announces SEL-2240 Axion modular RTU and PLC
• AFCON enhances Pulse SCADA/HMI software
• Semaphore secures T-BOX RTU
• Viklele enhances Black Diamond SCADA

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Automation Made Easy: Everything You Wanted to Know about Automation - $79.00
Whether you are a student just starting out or are a top-level executive or manager well-versed in one domain, but have limited knowledge of the industrial automation industry, it's easy to find yourself adrift in this evolving industry. That is where this easy-to-read book comes in; it provides a basic functional understanding in the field of industrial automation.

Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide, 2nd Edition - $89.00
In this second edition, various problems of alarm systems are covered with precise guidance on how they come about and how to effectively correct them. It is written by individuals with vast experience in the different plants, processes, and environments requiring effective alarm management.

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SCADA as you've never seen it before  
Nuclear Engineering International, May 2011
By Zilvinas Binisevicius and Aleksej Penkov, Baltic Information Systems
The Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia uses BISMARC, a universal SCADA developed for nuclear power plants.

PcVue SCADA Supervises Hadron Collider Ventilation and Cooling  
Control, June 2011
CERN required a control and supervisory software package that would suit the enormous size of this application, which houses over 200 pieces of automation equipment, at a competitive cost.

Taking Control  
Process & Control Today, June 2011
Wessex Water tackled a legacy control system upgrade at its sewage works in Poole, UK. Siemens provided control and monitoring system components, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA and other associated networking and communication equipment.

Wessex Water undertakes control system upgrade  
Control Engineering Europe, May 2011
Siemens provided PLCs, HMIs, SCADA and other equipment to replace a 20-year old control system at Wessex Water in the UK. The site's SCADA system was completely replaced with a system that now contains nearly 30,000 tags, over 4,500 alarms and over 300 mimics

Monitoring disparate equipment not designed for fieldbus use  
Control Engineering Europe, June 2011
Genzyme used about 30 HMS Anybus Communicator gateways to enable consistent SCADA management across a variety of mixed laboratory equipment, which was not initially designed to communicate with fieldbuses.

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Improving SCADA Operations Using Wireless Instrumentation  
Automation.com, June 2011
By Hany Fouda, Schneider Electric
Integrating wireless instrumentation with SCADA systems can drive operational efficiency and reduce deployment costs. The purpose of this paper is to explore the particular ways in which operators can tightly integrate wireless instrumentation networks with SCADA and realize the full benefits of such an integrated solution.
Wireless Instrumentation

SCADA Security: Challenges and Solutions  
By Metin Ozturk and Philip Aubin, Schneider Electric
This paper presents the case for improving security to SCADA systems. It examines the factors that have contributed to the growing vulnerability of control systems, and presents new standards designed to protect critical infrastructure including the use of encryption and authentication for SCADA systems.

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OPC Foundation certifies Control-See alarm software  
Control-See's alarm notification and remote control software - U.C.ME-OPC version 2010 SP5 is now certified.

ARC says SCADA Market growing in Water & Wastewater  
The worldwide market for SCADA systems for the water & wastewater industries is expected to see above average growth over the next five years according to ARC.

Business Conditions Lose Steam in June  
NEMA says its Electroindustry Business Confidence Index had climbed as high as 69.6 as recently as February 2011, but slipped to 45.5 in June.

Semaphore signs Applied Products Group as distributor  
Applied Products Group is now a Semaphore distributor for Arizona and New Mexico.

Semaphore corrals Lasso as distributor  
Lasso Distribution is now a Semaphore authorized distributor for Mexico.

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OSI to Supply SCADA System to University of Western Ontario  
OSI will provide a SCADA system to monitor power distribution for the campus's 87 buildings.

Advantech to supply computers to Industrial Video and Control  
IVC provides IP-based video solutions by combining high-quality cameras, enclosures, and software for industrial, commercial, and military applications.

OSI to supply SCADA system to EPB of Chattanooga  
Open Systems International will supply a Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition and Distribution Management System (SCADA/DMS) to EPB of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Flow-Cal to monitor El Paso Pipeline  
El Paso Pipeline will be installing Flow-Cal's Enterprise Version 8, to replace a legacy system internally developed.

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OPC Security
October 20, 2011 - October 21, 2011
Location: Houston, United States
Students apply security measures that comply with IT policies, industrial best practices, and government (SOX) regulations for cybersecurity. Students learn how to configure the Windows Firewall, and the minimal set of users and groups that are necessary to include in the System Access Control Lists.

Advanced OPC Projects
October 26, 2011 - October 27, 2011
Location: Houston, United States
The class regularly covers OPC Best Practices that ensure vendors, integrators, and end-users avoid common pitfalls. These are the unpleasant problems that consistently cause emergency activities such as late-night calls, international travel, and conference calls with C-level personnel.

NERC CIP Compliance Training
November 3, 2011
Location: Garland, TX, United States
This course, taught by former NERC CIP auditors, will address cyber security solutions and methods to help secure the power grid and meet the NERC CIP standard requirements.

DCOM 101 Training
November 8, 2011
Various Times/Time Zones
In this webinar, find out how OPC works with DCOM communication infrastructure. We will discuss the top 5 problems people experience with DCOM when they connect to OPC applications on remote computers, and how to overcome them.

Introduction to Industrial Automation and Control (FG07)
December 5, 2011 - December 9, 2011
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
This popular course combines lecture and hands-on labs to provide an overview of industrial measurement and control.

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ISA Automation Week 2011
October 17, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Location: Mobile, AL, USA
This world-class conference will cover seven technical tracks in depth and will be designed with information critical to several identified automation and control career paths. ISA Automation Week provides you with the opportunity to get the best unbiased knowledge available to help you in your jobs and your future.

2011 Emerson Global Users Exchange
October 24, 2011 - October 28, 2011
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Exchanging Ideas...Creating Solutions is the theme of this year's conference, to be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center. Attendees overwhelmingly feel the different ideas and proven solutions from the presentations of users and experts at the conference is the main driving force to attend.

Brazil Automation ISA 2011
November 8, 2011
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Brazil Automation ISA 2011 is the largest instrumentation, systems, and automation enterprise in South America. The event is honored with 120 exhibitors, 13,000 visitors and 600 participants at the congress.

Invensys OpsManage'11
November 8, 2011 - November 10, 2011
Location: Nashville, TN, USA
Invensys Operations Management hosts a multi-discipline event for collaborating on your journey towards manufacturing enterprise optimization.

Automation Fair 2011
November 16, 2011 - November 17, 2011
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Join us in Chicago as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Automation Fair. A great opportunity to explore a wide variety of smart, safe, sustainable manufacturing solutions geared toward improving your business profitability. And, best of all, it's FREE.

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