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  • Smart Environment Management and Control in Buildings

    Smart Environment Management and Control in Buildings

    By Stefan Schauer, Texas Instruments Stronger legal restrictions, a higher awareness of the growing consumption of natural resources and increasing energy prices are all driving the installation of more intelligent and cross-linked environmental control systems in buildings.
    17 January, 2018 | 5 minutes
  • 3S-Smart Software Solutions announces opening of CODESYS Corporation in North America

    3S-Smart Software Solutions announces opening of CODESYS Corporation in North America

    3S-Smart Software Solutions will open the CODESYS Corporation in Chicago/Illinois to provide the U. S. customer base with optimal service. Sales, technical support, consulting and training are then available locally for all customers in North America.
    11 January, 2018 | 1 minute
  • 3S-Smart Software announces enhanced PLC application performance for CODESYS tool

    3S-Smart Software announces enhanced PLC application performance for CODESYS tool

    Manufacturers of automation devices can now offer their customers the functionality to manually distribute the various tasks of the PLC application to symmetrical processor cores of the control CPU in CODESYS.
    08 January, 2018 | 1 minute
  • AAEON earns COMPUTEX d&i and Taiwan Excellence Awards for IoT computing products

    AAEON earns COMPUTEX d&i and Taiwan Excellence Awards for IoT computing products

    Organized by the Taiwan External Trade and Development Council (TAITRA) and iF (The International Forum Design), the awards are chosen by an international panel of jurors who consider applications from companies around the world.
    22 December, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Dell Accelerating IoT Focus from Enterprise to the Edge

    Dell Accelerating IoT Focus from Enterprise to the Edge

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things into manufacturing has seen several companies, many - like Dell - not previously associated with manufacturing, working to leverage the new technologies to enhance the industry with connected industrial solutions
    12 December, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Micro PLCs Bring Macro Capabilities to a World of Applications

    Micro PLCs Bring Macro Capabilities to a World of Applications

    By Don Pham, IDEC The processing power, data storage and I/O handling capabilities of micro PLCs allow them to be used as the main automation driver for complex machines, processing lines, or even an entire plant or facility.
    05 December, 2017 | 7 minutes
  • Sercos introduces Sercos-on-a-Stick live demo system

    Sercos introduces Sercos-on-a-Stick live demo system

    Sercos International offers a means to evaluate the Sercos SoftMaster. Within minutes, Sercos-on-a-Stick converts almost every x86 based PC to a Sercos Master Test System, making it possible to realize real-time communication without hardware extensions
    01 December, 2017 | 1 minutes
  • The Push for Industrial Cyber Security Standards: A Look at Underwriters Laboratory Efforts

    The Push for Industrial Cyber Security Standards: A Look at Underwriters Laboratory Efforts

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com While industrial automation suppliers can claim products are cybersecure it is hard to prove. Standards and certification, like electrical and safety device requirements, today for cybersecurity are one such way for companies to illustrate that proof.
    By: Bill Lydon
    06 November, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Essential Tasks to Automate in Active Directory Management

    Essential Tasks to Automate in Active Directory Management

    By Anton Pozdnyakov, Softerra If your IT staff is buried under a load of simple but time-consuming manual tasks, this means that you’re also stuck business-wise and can’t move forward. So, you either slowly go down or you finally start automating.
    19 October, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Siemens to focus on the Digital Enterprise at SPS IPC Drives 2017

    Siemens to focus on the Digital Enterprise at SPS IPC Drives 2017

    Exhibiting under the banner “Discover the Value of the Digital Enterprise” in Hall 11 across an impressive 4,400 square meter exhibition space, the company will be presenting the latest additions to its Digital Enterprise portfolio.
    18 October, 2017 | 3 minutes
  • Dell Technologies announces new IoT division

    Dell Technologies announces new IoT division

    Dell Technologies unveiled its Internet of Things (IoT) vision and strategy, a new IoT division as well as new IoT specific products, labs, partner program and consumption models
    12 October, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Abaco Systems names Rich Sorelle as Chief Executive Officer

    Abaco Systems names Rich Sorelle as Chief Executive Officer

    Mr. Sorelle brings over 30 years of experience as a defense electronics executive across a variety of roles, with deep professional experience in manufacturing, engineering, program management, and business development
    02 October, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Wibu-Systems announces status as Dell IoT Solutions Partner

    Wibu-Systems announces status as Dell IoT Solutions Partner

    Through this partnership, Dell customers can deploy Wibu-Systems IP protection and IoT software licensing and license tracking solution on their Dell Edge Gateway 5000 Series and Embedded Box PC 3000 and 5000 Series systems.
    14 September, 2017 | 1 minute
  • Industrial Internet of Things: Why Mobile Applications are becoming increasingly important for the industry

    Industrial Internet of Things: Why Mobile Applications are becoming increasingly important for the industry

    By Paulo Jorge de Almeida, ecom Why are applications and software solutions becoming increasingly important in the industry? And, how will they enable process improvement within hazardous areas? This article aims to help provide answers to these questions.
    12 September, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Elmo Motion Control Provides Intelligent Turret Control for Israeli Tanks

    The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) chose Elmo's Gold Eagle servo drives for use in the Israeli Merkava tanks after a demanding set of testing both in the lab and in the field.
    01 September, 2017 | 2 minutes
  • Are IP 67 PoE Ethernet Extenders the Answer for Industrial Connectivity?

    Are IP 67 PoE Ethernet Extenders the Answer for Industrial Connectivity?

    By Brad (Biju) Oommen, Networking Solutions Consultant With rapid digitization, Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Ethernet extenders can greatly benefit PoE enabled network devices such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers, IP Paging systems, IP cameras, IP phones, IP Horn Speakers, Sensors and Wireless access points.
    25 August, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • EdgeX Foundry and the Quest for Multivendor Interoperability

    EdgeX Foundry and the Quest for Multivendor Interoperability

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com EdgeX Foundry is an open source project to build a common open framework for Internet of Things (IoT) edge computing and an ecosystem of interoperable components that unifies the marketplace and accelerates enterprise and Industrial IoT.
    22 August, 2017 | 4 minutes
  • Comark announces acquisition of DLI

    Comark announces acquisition of DLI

    The combination of Comark and DLI brings the consolidated customer base an choice of industrial computing solutions. DLI’s mobile computing technology is a complement to Comark’s industrial computing solutions.
    21 August, 2017 | 1 minute
  • noax earns 2017 Red Dot Award for S21WP industrial PC with PCAP touch technology

    noax earns 2017 Red Dot Award for S21WP industrial PC with PCAP touch technology

    The Red Dot Award tracks the most prominent trends and appraises the best products worldwide. The award is divided into three disciplines: Product Design, Communication Design, and Design Concept.
    07 August, 2017 | 1 minute
  • BCMI announces acquisition of Arduino AG

    BCMI announces acquisition of Arduino AG

    Following the acquisition, Mr. Massimo Banzi becomes the new Chairman and CTO of Arduino. Dr. Fabio Violante will be appointed as the new CEO, replacing Mr. Federico Musto who will pursue other opportunities outside Arduino AG.
    07 August, 2017 | 1 minute
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