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OPC UA Companion Standards
By Peter Seeberg and Jürgen Lange, Softing An overview of collaborations between different organizations—including ADI, FDI, FDT, ISA-95, MES, MIMOSA, ODVA and PLCopen—and the OPC Foundation, and the resulting OPC UA Companion Standards. Part 5 in a series of eight articles. -
Rockwell Automation Process Automation Review
Automation.com, September 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Rockwell Automation is clearly focused on building a process automation business to compete in segments that have traditionally been dominated by DCS suppliers. I recently visited with their PlantPAx experts to discuss the system and explore this business initiative. -
Automation Industry Career Tip: Be a Team Player
For a successful automation industry career, work together on a one-on-one basis, and seek inspiration and recognition as a team. -
How to Leverage Remote Video Monitoring for Industrial SCADA and HMI Systems
Software and hardware technologies are now available to create a comprehensive remote video monitoring solution. Advanced video management software technologies now provide integration of live video i -
Techy Stuff for Geeks Like Us! Join Me at Automation Week
Techy Stuff for Geeks Like Us! Join Me at Automation Week -
ISA Mentor Program: The Key to the Future
The ISA Mentor Program is an ad hoc and extra curricula activity worth sacrificing free time to advance the careers of young automation professionals. -
On Becoming an Automation Professional
A young college student charts his path on the way to becoming an industrial engineer. -
Should You Use Current or Voltage in Analog Transducer Readings?
By CAS Data Loggers Both types are low-cost and easy to find, and both have advantages and disadvantages depending on the environment in which they are being used. -
Alarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents
Alarm Floods and Their Connection to Plant Incidents -
What Your DCS Knows But Won't Tell You
What Your DCS Knows But Won't Tell You -
Demystifying the Semantic Model
Automation.com, August 2012 By Jay Funnell, et al, Honeywell Process Solutions A semantic model promotes a lower total cost of ownership within data environments used for operational, production and asset management functions. Here's how it works. -
CISCO's Connected Industries Business Unit poised for growth
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Cisco's newly-formed Connected Industries Business Unit, recently created to help customers realize the benefits of the transition to Ethernet and IP in manufacturing plants, launched a new switch series and is reaching out to a broad base of potential partners. -
Process Automation Vision at DuPont
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Yiannis Dimitratos of DuPont Engineering is charged with developing a competitive position in automation and process control technologies and shared his thoughts at the Siemens 2012 Automation Summit about future plant and automation developments. -
Niagara Summit 2012 - Fascination & Passion Continues
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor At the recent Building Automation summit, Steve Fey, President of Tridium, shared his thoughts on industry topics and provided an update on Tridium products. Topics included mobility growth, Web development, and security. -
Automation Industry Career Tip: Learn New Skills and Explore Technological Advances
An emerging opportunity is learning how to mine information from an asset management system and an instrument management system. -
Advantages of Pairing Experienced and Novice Automation Professionals
The addition of new people to the automation profession provides a great opportunity to avoid "reinventing the wheel," -
Automation Federation Partners with NC High School for Automation Curriculum
Automation Federation Partners with NC High School for Automation Curriculum -
Intelligent Device Management Standards Committee Seeks Members
Intelligent Device Management Standards Committee Seeks Members -
Siemens Digital Plant Vision
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Raj Batra of Siemens discusses how the process industries are moving to digitizing plants with virtualization and describes how greater productivity can be achieved with higher level software approaches for programming applications. -
ISA Toronto Day at Canada’s Wonderland
ISA Toronto Day at Canada’s Wonderland
