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EnOcean announces appointment of Neil Cannon as company president
In this position, Cannon will develop EnOcean's business in the North American market and strengthen the company's position as a supplier of wireless technology for self-powered Internet of Things applications. -
CC-Link announces ASCO CC-Link IE Field Certification
CC-Link is a family of open automation network technologies that enable devices from numerous manufacturers to communicate, resulting in a fast, deterministic control system -
Sole Focus on Cyber Security Could be Fatal – Security Requires 360 Degree Effort
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Cyber protection is certainly a major issue for industry, but a comprehensive security protection program needs to focus on the physical and personnel aspects of protection and detection as well. -
Moxa earns Aon Hewitt Best Employer 2016 award
The Aon Hewitt Best Employers Study, Asia 2016, was conducted in twelve countries across the Asia-Pacific region, including Taiwan, China, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. -
Evolving Towards the Industrial IoT
By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Amidst all the conversation and occasional hype about the Industrial IoT, there has been cautious but steadily increasing implementation. Here are some questions to consider when evaluating an IIoT solution, to help cultivate an evolutionary approach -
OPC UA PubSub: Bringing the Power of the Cloud to Industrial Automation
By Randy Armstrong, Sparhawk Software The widespread deployment of cloud based solutions has many factory operators wondering how they can take advantage of it to streamline their operations. The needs of these users have been the driving force behind the OPC UA PubSub Specification. -
OPC Foundation, PLCopen and OMAC start OPC UA communications collaboration
Collaborative efforts by standards organizations, such as OMAC, OPC Foundation, and PLCopen, align with the Industrial Internet Consortium's goal to ultimately identify and define building blocks for interoperability that help make smart factories and IIoT possible. -
Key Ingredients for Designing Smart Machines and Equipment
By Dan Seger, Rockwell Automation Today in the era of smart manufacturing, end users want to optimize their production and supply chain by bringing together islands of information – and they want OEMs to help. Delivering on the promise of smart manufacturing is paramount. -
UL announces Cybersecurity Assurance Program for industrial control systems
UL CAP is for control system manufacturers looking for support in assessing security risks while they continue to focus on product innovation to help build safer, more secure products, as well as for OEMs, machine tool builders, system integrators, and retrofitters. -
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. -
Intrusion Detection for the IIoT: How do we detect threats on the factory floor?
By Alan Grau, Icon Labs As industrial facilities become more connected, hackers are getting more sophisticated, resulting in greater vulnerabilities and increased risk of cyber-attacks. Intrusion detection, the ability to detect when hackers begin probing, is a critical first step to building a secure IIoT. -
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. -
Honeywell's Matrikon OPC UA SDK selected by Emerson for Machinery Health System
Honeywell’s OPC UA stack is initially deployed in the new CSI 6500 ATG protection system. Evaluation for further deployment within Emerson Process Management is ongoing. -
Book Excerpt + Author Q&A: Automation Network Selection
The third edition of Automation Network Selection can help you make better decisions about the selection of equipment and communications networks. -
How to Integrate Industrial and Information Networks
A converged IT & OT network architecture achieves seamless integration both horizontally, across multiple sites, & vertically, from shop floor to top floor. -
UEGA of Brazil turns to ABB to automate control system monitoring
The ABB ServicePort Service Delivery Platform allows users to view, scan and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that impact equipment and process performance, so that actions can be taken to improve site performance. -
ADLINK and Wind River announce joint R&D center
The Research & Development centers will feature Wind River Titanium Server software running on ADLINK’s hardware platform based on the Modular Industrial Cloud Architecture (MICA) open framework. -
HARTING and HIROSE reach product development agreement
To meet the challenging market demand for global digitalisation, both partners’ have therefore agreed to the development of a Ethernet interface for high-speed data transmission rates to set a new standard for ‘Industrie-4.0’ applications. -
JMA Wireless enables connectivity at World Trade Center Transportation Hub
The JMA Wireless’ Teko DAS (distributed antenna system) has been deployed to ensure wireless network coverage throughout the Vehicle Security Center (VSC), the subway platforms, bus station, loading docks, and the Westfield World Trade Center mall. -
NI announces Alex Davern to succeed Dr. James Truchard as CEO
Davern will succeed Dr. James Truchard, age 73, who has served as the Chief Executive Officer of NI since the company's founding in 1976, effective January 1, 2017. Dr. Truchard will remain as Chairman of the Board.
