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Beckhoff to highlight IIoT hardware and software tools at IMTS
Visitors to booth E-4410 will have the opportunity to use their own smartphones and interact with PC-based control demos – including the ability to connect to an entire wall of IoT-enabled devices and a 6-axis robot arm using any mobile device with a web browser. -
Bill’s Deep Dive: Siemens MindSphere Cloud Leverages OPC UA
By Bill Lydon, Editor Siemens’ MindSphere, a cloud offering that links physical products and production facilities with digital data, and which leverages OPC UA, was a major feature at the 2016 Siemens Automation Summit. -
Sercos announces 2nd Machine Communication Forum
The event will take place in the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg on October 13, 2016 from 9 am to 4.30 pm. Various presentations will be given under the theme “Industry 4.0 from Various Perspectives” -
Open Process Control Architecture Standard is the Rallying Cry at ExxonMobil's Industry Day
A major driver for the effort for open process control standards, has been the widespread call for accelerative automation technology, along with an ecosystem of suppliers that can leverage the latest technology. -
VDMA Machine Vision and OPC Foundation to prepare OPC UA Machine Vision Specification
VDMA Machine Vision and the OPC Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the preparation of an OPC UA Machine Vision Companion Specification. The group will create a companion specification which will enable camera vision systems to be securely connected to controllers -
Building Automation and Embracing IoT - Case Study
CIAT decided it was time to investigate 64-bit monitoring systems that aligned with their values for innovation and sustainability. This search ultimately led them to ICONICS. -
Digital transformation leads agenda at Honeywell Process Solutions' annual Users Conference
The event, which began today and runs through Friday, will feature technology displays along with dozens of Honeywell- and customer-led sessions and technical discussions. -
Honeywell Leaps Ahead with Digital Transformation Unit
By Bill Lydon, Editor The rapid rise of the cloud and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) has spurred dozens of companies to harness the new technologies and drive the evolution of the manufacturing industry. In this article, Bill talks with Honeywell about their approach to IIoT and innovation -
Will IT and OT Converge?
By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet For decades, the world of Information Technology (IT) has been evolving separately from the Operational Technology (OT) world. Yet now, increasing demands within the enterprise are starting to force them to cooperate, and possibly even live under one roof. -
Industry 4.0 Blossoms at 2016 Hannover Fair
By Bill Lydon, Editor The 2016 Hannover Fair was full of energy and industrial innovation, highlighted by an abundance of evidence that shows Industry 4.0 is moving from concept to real-world applications. -
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) -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
MatrikonOPC announces OPC Training Schedule
Courses include OPC Workshops for OPC Classic and Cyber Security for OPC. -
Powering Industry 4.0 & Industrial IoT
By Bill Lydon, Editor Many industry experts believe OPC UA is an enabling technology for the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. OPC UA enables multivendor multiplatform secure reliable interoperability for moving data and information from the embedded world to the enterprise. -
Java-based Traffic Management System Uses OPC UA
FLIR Intelligent Transportation Systems develops a wide variety of hardware and software solutions for vehicular/pedestrian traffic video detection and monitoring. Many of these systems rely on the open standard OPC UA to obtain information from the different subsystems.
