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MQTT (formerly MQ Telemetry Transport) consistently ranks as the most popular IoT-specific messaging protocol. However, there are several obstacles to bringing the power of MQTT to an industrial environment. From Volume 1 of the Automation 2021 Ebook: IIoT & Industry 4.0.

When selecting a PLC, there are several considerations a customer must first address to ensure the proper fit for their application.

COVID-19 has been an object lesson in risk management and continuity planning, especially in terms of cybersecurity, for many businesses around the world.

To meet the new demands of today, hardware must evolve from control and rules-based systems to data-centric environments to accommodate edge AI.

With some estimates placing high levels of automation at just 3% of all goods produced, there is a clear need for business owners to wake up to the benefits technology can provide in building the factories of the future. Here, Ian Millington, MD of adi Automation, a division of the multidisciplinary engineering company, adi Group, discusses how an accelerated adoption of technology can help fix supply chain vulnerabilities and boost business prospects in 2021.

Careful sourcing of remote access devices and their components is critical to ICS cybersecurity, in order to safeguard against supply chain attacks.

In this post, I will briefly go over the steps we took to build a 7-axis robotic arm, some of the things we learned along the way, and a way to do it with less components.

Too often, industrial automation marketing lacks modern methods and approaches. This part of ISA's blog series focuses on SEO and content marketing.

ICS security leaders and security operations centers face three major hurdles in 2021.

AI can best be described as a collection of different technologies brought together to enable a system—a process, asset or machine—to act with intelligence. For businesses, that means helping a system sense, comprehend, perform and learn, most often with the goal of optimizing performance, accuracy and quality.

Automation professionals from the ISA Mentor Program answer a question about how to improve and prioritize feedforward and fast feedback control.

Filled with unimaginable change caused by the pandemic, the manufacturing industry witnessed a perfect storm: a significant disruption in terms of business continuity, operational visibility, remote work, employee safety, and the list goes on. However, manufacturers have responded and are continually adapting as we all go through the recovery process. To help you accelerate this journey, announcing the Microsoft Cloud for Manufacturing, available for public preview by the end of June.

The premise behind zero trust access (ZTA) is that it’s not safe to trust anything inside or outside the network without first identifying and classifying all users and devices seeking access. The goal of ZTA is to eliminate all threats, whether they come from outside or within the network. This adoption of this strategy is vital in protecting OT systems, which often must interrogate both network users and a rapidly growing array of enabled Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices.

At this year’s ARC Industry Forum, held virtually, discussions covered how pandemic-related disruptions have pushed digitalization efforts, enhancing what can be delivered. Insights came from 200 speakers, including ExxonMobil, ADNOC and many others.

Cobots, or collaborative robots, take over gaps in manual labor and boost productivity for manufacturers as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

Wrapping up a blog series discussing ICS cybersecurity myths, this post reviews current 2021 ICS cybersecurity trends.

A transaction manager controls the world between the operational-technology-centric PLC and the information-technology-centric SQL database so OT and IT systems can interoperate successfully and deliver promised benefits of digitalization.

In process charging eliminates the plug-in charging, making AGVs (automated guided vehicles) truly autonomous.

The latest Nozomi Networks OT/IoT Security Report finds supply chain and persistent ransomware attacks have increased security risks for enterprises worldwide.

The success of a digitalization project in a production facility depends on the organization's current position and its identification of areas of focus.