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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. -
IEC-1131 - The First Universal Process Control Language
IEC-1131 is the first international standard for process control software. By using IEC-1131, a programmer can develop a control algorithm for a particular brand of controller, and import that same program to another brand with minimum modifications, primarily to process input/output subsystems. -
FirstLight Fiber announces partnership with Intelisys
FirstLight Fiber is a fiber-optic bandwidth infrastructure services provider operating in New York and Northern New England. -
Servotronix supplies controls for Gleason machines
Servotronix’s motion-control system for Gleason includes the softMC motion controller and four CDHD drives, running over an EtherCAT bus and controlling three linear axes and one rotary axis -
Rockwell Automation Delivers Fully Automated Control System for SAB Maltings
The new control system will integrate traditionally disparate, malt-production processes into a single, networked, EtherNet/IP-based solution to provide plant-wide visibility and actionable data from the malting plant’s production floor to SAB’s top floor. -
OPC Foundation Announces Support of Publish / Subscribe for OPC UA
The OPC Foundation addition of publish/subscribe communication functionality to OPC UA provides the necessary infrastructure to achieve seamless interoperability for IIoT, IoT, and industry4.0 applications and devices. -
OPC Foundation Announces Collaborative Strategy with OMG for the OPC UA and DDS Standards
The OPC Foundation and OMG have developed a technical positioning and FAQ document for usage of both the OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and the OMG Data Distribution Service™(DDS) standard. -
OPC Foundation Announces OPC UA Open Source Availability
The OPC Foundation has committed resources to moderate/maintain and extend the technology to keep pace with technology changes in the industry as well as the extensions to the OPC UA architecture and corresponding companion specification. -
Ultra Electronics appoints Nick Khoubbieh VP
Khoubbieh will lead 3eTI's solutions-consulting business to deliver comprehensive applications that improve customer experience in line with emerging cyber threats. -
Alpha Wire shrinks coaxial cables down to 50 AWG
Micro Coax cable is available in smaller sizes to meet the growing need for signal transmission in confined spaces. -
Faurecia Improves Parts Traceability with IoT Implementation
By Alex Herbert, Kepware Technologies Since implementing the IoT Gateway for KEPServerEX, Faurecia was able to decrease its transparency project from a complicated six-month scope to a functioning solution in just a couple of days. -
MatrikonOPC announces OPC Training Schedule
Courses include OPC Workshops for OPC Classic and Cyber Security for OPC. -
SignalFire Ships 20,000th Wireless Node
SignalFire, a telemetry equipment manufacturer for the oil and gas market, has shipped their 20,000th unit while maintaining a low rate of field-failure -
Hilscher Enters IIoT in a Big Way
By: Bill Lydon, Editor Automation.com's editor spoke with executives at Hilscher about their new NetIOT line and how they can enable better data-driven decision making from the plant floor. -
QSFP-DD plans to increase pluggable module speeds to 400 Gbps
The QSFP-DD interface expands on the QSFP pluggable form factor, a widely adopted four-lane electrical interface used across Ethernet switches that enables interconnection between switches or to servers.

