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Simplifying Security for IoT Device Engineers and Manufacturers
By Dave West, Icon Labs In this white paper, Icon Labs describes the challenges and potential solutions of ensuring network and device security in an IoT industrial environment. -
Sercos International releases version of Sercos Monitor as free download
The version supports the new features of Sercos version 1.3.1, as well as the recording and analysis of CIP Safety frames, the S/IP protocol and hot-plug procedures in a Sercos III network. Special highlights are the oscilloscope function and a graphical visualization of the Sercos timing. -
Microsoft announces partnership with OPC Foundation
Microsoft will work with the OPC Foundation to enable industrial Internet of Things (IoT) scenarios through interoperability between the millions of applications and industrial equipment compliant with the OPC UA standard. -
Honeywell announces formation of Digital Transformation unit
Andrew Hird has been named vice president and general manager of the Digital Transformation unit, which was created to help manufacturers harness the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) -
If You Want a Solid Network…Put a Ring on It
By: David Zaveski, Antaira No single technology is ideal for every application. ERPS rings have found a niche where they not only excel but may provide the best option. -
Siemens introduces Digital Services for Energy powered by Sinalytics
Siemens Digital Services for Energy are “intelligent knowledge systems” that are enabled by advanced algorithms, sophisticated data analytics and machine-learning, to create new business models that are continuously fed by fleet and unit-specific data. -
Rockwell and Cisco developing DPI technology for enhanced security
Deep-packet-inspection (DPI) technology will be brought to market in industrial network devices from both Rockwell Automation and Cisco in 2016. -
ODVA to develop standards for a Common Industrial Cloud Interface
ODVA’s scope of work for developing the Common Industrial Cloud Interface will encompass two elements: a cloud gateway appliance and an application program interface for the transport of data from the Gateway to the cloud and from the cloud back to the ICS and its devices -
Wireless and Wired Network Reliability and Maintenance
By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management This article discusses the maintenance and reliability aspects of wired and wireless infrastructure, and the mechanisms employed to ensure sustained performance of wired and wireless field networks -
Rockwell Automation qualifies Symantec security for its industrial PCs
Rockwell qualified the Symantec Embedded Security: Critical Systems Protection solution for interoperability with a range of Rockwell Automation software products in industrial control systems. -
ISA delivers cybersecurity training courses at National Guard’s Cyber Shield exercise
More than 900 soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines will focus on training cyber teams on network defense, forensic analysis, reporting and mitigation, and incident response through interagency partnerships and collaboration. -
ISA publishes third edition of Automation Network Selection: A Reference Manual
The new edition is intended to help bring clarity to a marketplace marked by a rapidly increasing number of automation networks. -
Dell announces IoT Solutions Partner Program
Initial members include GE, Microsoft, OSlsoft, SAP, and Software AG. -
R Stahl releases free ISbus DIAG app
App turns Android Smartphones into mobile diagnostic devices for the physical layer parameters of a Foundation Fieldbus H1 network. -
Qorvo to acquire GreenPeak Technologies
GreenPeak is a developer of wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications. -
Closing the Gap between Cyber Security and Operational Safety
By Barak Perelman, CEO, Indegy Both external attackers and internal threats put the safety of industrial control systems (ICS) and critical automation controllers at risk. This article examines the biggest challenge that companies face in trying to secure their ICSs and maintain their safe operation. -
CC-Link Partner Association opens office in Mexico City
The new office serves all of Mexico including the Bajio region of North-Central Mexico where the CLPA has produced a series of seminars and workshops. -
OPC Foundation elects Matt Vasey, Microsoft to OPC Foundation board of directors
The new board seat is an extension of Microsoft’s support for OPC Foundation since the company first became a member in 1995. -
Wibu-Systems offers CodeMeter as a secure licensing platform
CodeMeter creates secured code and licenses that can be bound to a secure element in the target system, ensuring that the code and the licensed features are only used on that system. -
ISA100 certifies Flowserve's PMV D3 Wireless enabled valve positioner
The PMV D3 improves operational efficiency by allowing communication to and monitoring of process control/sensor equipment, wherever they are sited, but especially for remotely located valves.