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Using the ANSI/ISA-18.2-2009 standard for alarm management early in the DCS selection and specification stage can eliminate a number of project problems.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Previous standards wars resulted in higher costs for users. This same pattern could develop again with Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). But, there are some positive developments that might allow us to avoid new standard wars. Hopefully, the various “camps with agendas” will converge their approaches and standards to leverage the latest Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, big data and analytics technologies.

Veronika Schmid-Lutz is Chief Product Owner for manufacturing products at SAP SE.

The OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA) specifications and technology will be made available to companies without requiring membership in the OPC Foundation.

Lee Lane, Business Director at Rockwell Automation, is now Chairman of the FDT Board of Directors.

In the category “Communication Layer“ the OPC UA (IEC 62541) standard was thoroughly examined as adequate for RAMI 4.0.

The two will cooperate on Industrie 4.0 and Internet of Things (IoT) communications.

The certification of Netbiter EC350 device will offer improved cellular network coverage in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

By Janet Brumfield, Verizon Many Cyberattacks still use decades-old techniques such as phishing and hacking.

By Alan Grau, Icon Labs Security can no longer be thought of as a “nice to have”. Investment in security cannot be viewed through the lens of ROI or competitive advantage. Security must be considered a fundamental requirement – like air bags in automobiles. Everyone involved in the development of technology for critical infrastructure needs to recognize the threats and begin investing today in security solutions.

ICF-1180I and ICF-1280I PROFIBUS-to-Fiber converters now have Class 1 Div 2, IEC Ex, and ATEX certification for deployment in hazardous locations.

ICONICS announces its portable new ReportWorX Express app for Office at Hannover Messe 2015.

eWON is a Belgian manufacturer of industrial routers and the designer of Talk2M, an innovative cloud-based remote access service.

Selecting the right Ethernet cable can make the difference between success and failure of any network communications infrastructure and its systems.

sensorFact Services provides data acquisition, monitoring, and analysis for the Internet of Things (IoT).

The lab, located in Duluth, Ga., includes a model of a complete process control network that Honeywell cyber security experts will leverage for research, training, and to develop, test and certify industrial cyber security solutions.

There are many things a business can do to manage its cybersecurity. Improving the reliability & uptime of systems delivers a high return on investment.

The BIG-EU is the European trade association for the application of the global BACnet standard ISO 16484-5.

By Andy Chang, NI The Factory of the Future is a research and technology initiative aimed to push emerging technologies to improve the competitiveness of manufacturing processes by leveraging cyber-physical systems and big data analytics to enable a smarter, operator-centric production.

The computer science master and system electronics engineer has been working as a developer for the automation manufacturer since 2009.