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ISA plans to take its messages to the market through every possible avenue, including via volunteers, sections, divisions and partners.

New ISA President Jim Keaveney details the priorities for 2016: alignment, leadership, globalization, and the voice of the customer.

ISA has made significant strides in achieving its five long-term strategic goals of content, data, coolest delivery, cybersecurity and advocacy.

As ISA continues to plan for a successful 2016, President Rick Roop surveys the many achievements of 2015 in his monthly message to members .

ISA is dedicated to delivering timely, relevant content on important topics to meet the career enhancement & professional needs of the automation community.

ISA delivers industry-leading content via multiple platforms in an engaging, easy-to-use, and interactive way -- ISA's commitment to "coolest delivery."

ISA is committed to using data to drive more purposeful and disciplined product development and management strategies and decisions.

ISA President Rick Roop recaps the 2015 Spring Leaders Meeting as ISA continues to build on its path to success.

Not enough is being done globally to implement basic industrial cybersecurity measures.

Advocacy is one of ISA’s long-term strategic objectives and at the core of the Automation Federation’s mission.

Each year, ISA organizes technical division symposia and conference events at different locations throughout the U.S.

ISA President Rick Roop spotlights ISA's strategic goals and shares details on achieving the organization's key objectives in 2015.

ISA President Rick Roop details the Executive Summit meeting and shares how deeper involvement from key leadership is key to ISA's strategic goals.

ISA President Rick Roop discusses how ISA will work toward achieving its five strategic goals in big data, content, coolest delivery, cybersecurity and career advocacy.

ISA President Peggie Koon recognizes the people who make ISA's accomplishments possible: the staff.

The Gift - ISA 2014 Fall Leaders Meeting

Linux has long been on the “wishlist" for control systems. Until now, most systems have been locked-in to the Windows operating system due to reliance on classic OPC—a ubiquitous communication standard based on Microsoft’s Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM). The name of the game is changing, however, with the arrival of the next-generation OPC standard, the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC-UA). The new standard was designed for cross-platform compatibility, which makes room for Linux to gain popularity in the automated control industry.

From Strategy to Execution – Leading Change

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