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Open Process Automation Movement Taking Form at ExxonMobil's 2nd Industry Day
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The event, a follow-on to the successful 1st End User Industry Day event in June, provided the opportunity for more users to learn about and consider joining the new open process control standards initiative. -
Bedrock provides SCADA RTU platform for Clarksville Light and Water
The project is part of Clarksville, Arkansas' plan to save up to $2M over the next five years through improved control, monitoring, and security of its electric grid and water treatment facilities. -
Trihedral announces opening of VTScada office in Houston
This is the latest move in Trihedral’s strategy that recently included a new office in Calgary, Alberta, and the addition of Alan Hudson as the VTScada US Sales Manager based in Trussville, Alabama. -
The Benefits and Challenges of IT/OT Convergence: Rewriting the rules
By Martyn Williams, COPA-DATA UK In the modern industrial realm, automation should provide a consistent way of executing tasks and processes – including those usually associated with information technology (IT). This article explains the changing responsibilities of IT and OT. -
Visibility and Inventory of Manufacturing Assets – The Baseline for OT Security Management
By Shmulik Aran, NextNine A manufacturer and its connected production environment are exposed to a full range of cybersecurity threats. Mitigating the risk of cyberattacks is a rigorous process that requires the hardening of security controls around the IT, ICS and SCADA platforms. -
ISA launches SCADA Systems Standards Committee
ISA112 will develop standards and technical reports intended to improve the overall reliability of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system design, installation, integration and operation of the infrastructure for pipelines, water and wastewater, power, oil and gas, and other industries. -
Global Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Market will reach USD 11.0 Billion by 2020
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) is a software application program which monitors and controls the gathering of data in real time from remote locations in order to control equipment and conditions. SACDA warns the applications when the conditions turn into perilous situation by sounding alarms. -
When Is Remote Management the Right Move for Your Industrial Application?
Engineers can now look securely at a plant through its automation systems and see exactly what is happening in real time from anywhere in the world. -
Westermo's SCADA control system connects railway stations in Croatia
The project involved implementing a SCADA remote control system to connect railway stations, sectioning facilities and substations on the Moravice-Rijeka-Šapjane, and Škrljevo-Bakar lines in the far north-west of the country with the Remote Control Centre in Rijeka. -
NexRev LLC announces expansion to Canada
Supported by a qualified network of Canadian resources and industry veterans, NexRev Canada ULC will introduce DrivePak and Freedom—NexRev’s two key energy management solutions—to commercial, institutional and industrial markets -
OSI's SCADA system selected to support Spain's hydro generation assets
The newly acquired SCADA system will replace and merge two independent Spectrum 4.5.1 systems into one system to allow centralized control, operation and maintenance of all hydro generation assets in Spain. -
Bedrock Open Secure Automation ICS platform passes EMP test protocol
The test involved repeated 50,000 V/m nanosecond EMP strikes to emulate the energy of a High Altitude Electromechanical Pulse (HEMP), as would be created by an atmospheric nuclear detonation -
Siemens announces launch of WinCC OA Mobile User Interface for iOS, Android
The mobile user interface from Simatic WinCC Open Architecture is a native client for iOS and Android devices which offers the same possibilities and functionality as a standard client. -
Emerson helps HRSD wastewater utility automate remote assets in Virginia
Emerson Process Management is replacing an outdated SCADA system as well as remote terminal units (RTUs) used throughout HRSD’s vast wastewater collection system. -
OG&E selects OSI technology for Advanced Distribution Management System
The OSI ADMS would provide an integrated real-time solution that enables OG&E to implement the next generation of advanced smart grid capabilities. -
CarrefourSA implements COPA-DATA's zenon for energy management
The solution for fully automated retail markets consisted of implementing central and remote SCADA servers with the ability to handle large numbers of parameters, installing new energy meters, automation panels and PLC control panels. For CarrefourSA, zenon was the best solution. -
Booz Allen releases report on cybersecurity threats to ICS and critical infrastructure
The report examines cybersecurity threats to ICS and other critical infrastructure that analyzed hundreds of cross-industry threats, breaches and vulnerabilities that have occurred over the last 18 months. -
The Era of Mass Connectivity: Why Industry Cannot Neglect ICS Network Infrastructure
By Loney Crist, NexDefense Today’s ICS networks still generate our power and water, move people and make the products we demand; yet, they have become complex intra- and inter-connected systems that are no longer as simple and straightforward as their original design intended them to be. -
Advantech B+B SmartWorx partners with B-Scada, Inc.
B-Scada will offer the Advantech Wzzard preconfigured for Status Device Cloud, the real-time data monitoring and analytics solution for devices by B-Scada. -
Siemens upgrades Ruggedcom Elan software suite
Elan enables protocol conversion and data concentration within SCADA networks. The latest version 8.5 offers enhanced usability and even greater stability.

