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Sercos Safety and Industrial Ethernet webinars available
Sercos is making recordings of webinars on the topic of “CIP Safety on Sercos & EtherNet/IP” and “Common Sercos III and EtherNet/IP Infrastructure” available free and on-demand. -
Industrial Cyber Security Compliance & Enforcement
By Bill Lydon, Editor Cyber security is now becoming a hot topic with users and vendors of industrial automation systems. Brigadier General Rudolf Peksens fears a cyber-Pearl Harbor. The big question is, "Will companies make cyber security investments without legal enforcement?" -
EtherCAT Test Centers expanded
To best meet the rising demand for official EtherCAT Conformance Tests, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) has expanded the EtherCAT testing services. -
Moxa to supply communications equipment to Terra Ferma
Terra Ferma will use Moxa hardened communications equipment for a remote SCADA monitoring and IP surveillance system which Terra Ferma will market to the oil and gas industry. -
Reflections on the Progress and Future of ISA
Reflections on the Progress and Future of ISA -
Sercos International SPS IPC Drives show report
At the SPS IPC Drives show in Nuremberg, Sercos International displayed twelve demo points from different manufacturing companies as well as exhibits from more than twenty companies. -
PROFI Network Updates from the General Assembly Meeting
By Bill Lydon, Editor Four North American members presented why they support PI standards and are members of the board. User presentations further highlighted that existing plants have many types of networks that can benefit from efficient gateways and proxies to further enhance automation with new controls and instruments. -
Fieldbus Foundation updates Foundation Fieldbus Technical Specifications
The updated specification includes additional support for fieldbus device replacement and backwards compatibility, Device Description (DD) templates, field diagnostics and alarm/alert integration. -
Siemens Introduces Managed Security Service
Service includes assessment of security posture, implementation of recommended security measures and transitions into ongoing defense against cyber security threats in Industrial Control System environments. -
Cyber Security Lessons from a Military Leader
By Bill Lydon, Editor Major General Robert E. Wheeler gave a compelling and informative keynote presentation on cyber security at the ISA Automation Week conference in Nashville, TN on November 6, 2013. The cyber security challenges faced by the military and industrial automation systems are strikingly similar. -
Developers of Dream Report come out of hiding
By Bill Lydon, Editor I recently had the opportunity to discuss Ocean Data Systems – a little company you likely have never heard of - with Roy Kok, their VP of Sales and Marketing. Their product, Dream Report, is OEMed by a number of well-known software providers. Here is a synopsis of my interview with Kok. -
EtherCAT celebrates 10th anniversary
It has now been 10 years since the organization first began its activities at the 2003 SPS IPC Drives show with 33 official founding members. -
Industrial Ethernet growing in China
The usage of Fieldbus is not as common in China as in Germany or the United States. This is mainly because Chinese customers are encountering networking technology much later. -
COPA-DATA researches bridging geoinformation and process data
The objectives of the research are to connect geoinformation (device locations) to important data from industrial process monitoring and process control. -
Lantronix Announces M2M Design Contest
The design contest covers innovative machine-to-machine (M2M) applications that use Lantronix products, and is open to all designers worldwide. -
Festo Joins Sercos North America
Festo Corporation of Hauppauge, New York joined Sercos N.A., the North American promotional alliance for the Sercos interface, as an associate member. -
CC-Link Adds Balluff to Board of Directors
The CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) announced that Balluff is the newest member of the CLPA Board of Directors. -
Internet of Things – making every second count
By Jonathan Wilkins, European Automation If the IoT becomes a fully fledged reality, system compatibility would no longer be an issue. Automation parts would be able to recognize whether they are reconcilable with equipment or overall systems without being shipped to the customer. -
Sercos releases CIP Safety on Sercos Conformance Test Tool
The test tool offers the possibility to automatically test the full CIP Safety on Sercos protocol functionality of a device in order to prove the compliance with The CIP Safety specification. -
Japan joins ISA Security Compliance Institute
Japan’s Control System Security Center (CSSC has joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute (ISCI) as an Associate member.
