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Hilscher announces Craig Lentzkow as IIoT Business Development Manager
Mr. Lentzkow will be responsible for developing business opportunities for Hilscher’s netIOT Edge Gateways, through partnerships with global Cloud Services companies, large End-User companies, and IT and automation integrators and consultants. -
To Replace or Service Automation Systems: That is the Question
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com For cost and efficiency purposes, most vendors will try to minimize downtime with already existing automation systems and manufacturing equipment, instead of buying new equipment. This may be a prudent decision in some cases but it does beg some questions -
CC-Link Partner Association and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International announce interoperability specification
The new specification builds on an initial announcement at the 2015 SPS/IPC/Drives fair, where both network organizations promised to maximize the transparency between the two protocols. -
Mission-Critical Operations: When Failure Is Not an Option
In the industrial space reports indicate a tenfold increase in the number of successful cyber attacks on infrastructure control systems since 2000. -
Talent Bridges the Gap Between IT and OT in the Industrial Internet of Things
By Dave Vasko, Rockwell Automation & IoT Talent Consortium Only about 14 percent of companies have been able to fully connect their manufacturing floors with their IT departments, because manufacturers just don’t have the talent they need with skills in security, cloud, industrial communications and data analytics technologies -
EtherCAT Technology Group publishes EtherCAT P technology specification
EtherCAT P is a new industrial Ethernet technology that combines EtherCAT communication and power lines into one standard 4-wire Ethernet cable. -
Opto 22 announces joining of Dell IoT Solutions Partner Program
This combination brings together a hardware platform, data visualization for mobile and web clients, industrial automation protocol support including Modbus/TCP and OPC UA, and data flow processing with software development environments like Node-RED. -
IBM and EnOcean Alliance announce partnership to standardize smart building solutions
Together, IBM and the EnOcean Alliance will bring sensors to the cloud and develop self-powered solutions as a standard for the Internet of Things (IoT). -
Molex and MB Connect Line partner to deliver IIoT connectivity to manufacturers
The areas of opportunity include the Molex supply of connectivity as it relates to Industrial Ethernet protocol support for new and existing MB Connect Line products and solutions. -
ISA's 2016 Process Control Symposium draws over 300 attendees
Attending engineers, technicians and plant managers gained the latest insights, news and trends in process measurement and control across key process industry sectors. Particular attention was placed on the critical issues in instrumentation, communications, control systems, safety and security. -
Creating the Next-Generation Historian with the Cloud
By Jan Pingel and Matthew Burd, Honeywell Process Solutions Having a greater handle on the IIoT technologies that will be required to support massively scalable enterprise historians is more important than ever. -
ADLINK to highlight MICA's IIoT capabilities at CNV event
ADLINK will be highlighting its Modular Industrial Cloud Architecture, providing demonstrations for edge and NFV computing based on the modular platform and vCPE using Wind River Titanium Server, as well as hardware and/or software from partners Brocade, RiverBed, CheckPoint and netElastic. -
Industrial Automation Technologies to Shape 2017
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Innovation is the driver of progress in industrial automation. This article discusses a few key technologies that will shape industrial automation in the year ahead. -
Top-Down Security Approach – The Final Stage for OT Protection and Compliance
By Shmulik Aran, NextNine This article, the fourth and final article in a series on OT security management for the manufacturing industry, will discuss a top down approach for protecting ICS systems -
HARTING to introduce MICA with EtherCAT at SPS IPC Drives
MICA’s modular Open Source Software Architecture makes it a solution for developing edge and cloud applications in production. The first EtherCAT production model will be available at the beginning of 2017. -
Weidmuller announces purchase of Bosch Rexroth Monitoring Systems
The new subsidiary, located in Dresden, Germany, employs 25 people and effective immediately, will operate under the name of “Weidmuller Monitoring Systems”. -
Samsung SDS chooses Cyberbit to implement cybersecurity solutions
Samsung SDS and Cyberbit will collaborate to deploy Cyberbit’s SCADAShield, a deep-packet inspection system, optimized for ICS/SCADA networks, in the Korean market. -
Recruiting, Training and Retaining: How to educate the future manufacturing workforce
By Mark Humphlett, Infor The fast pace of change creates many challenges for manufacturers, including difficulty in keeping the workforce up to date on new tactics and industry-wide emerging strategies. -
Red Lion's industrial RTUs earn NEMA TS2 compliance rating
Red Lion’s industrial RTUs are designed to enable system integrators, municipalities, engineering firms and network integrators to benefit from cellular connectivity. -
When Do You Consider Using A Managed Switch?
Many applications will operate properly when using Plug and Play (PnP) switches. Consider the PnP switches as “smart” terminal blocks that you supply power to, plug in RJ-45 connectors with CAT5 cable and devices begin to communicate without any intervention by you. Remember, with a PnP switch,
