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HARTING and Arrow have agreed to expand their partnership to include EMEA and APAC. Arrow Electronics has been a HARTING distributor in North America for 22 years.

The free eBook titled "Becoming a Cybersecurity Expert" is intended to provide a career strategy and answer common questions for professionals and students who are contemplating a career in cybersecurity.

Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (BSR) will use Honeywell’s CPS technology which integrates Honeywell UOP’s deep process knowledge to improve refinery and plant performance at its naphtha complex.

The online training brings together the combined knowledge, best practices and application-specific expertise of three industry leaders to help engineers build a holistic IP-based network architecture.

By Alan Grau, Icon Labs Internet-based attacks are on the rise and, increasingly, these attacks target IoT devices like DVRs, web cams, and appliances. What are you doing to protect your connected devices?

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Cisco Live 2016 afforded the opportunity to discuss the necessity of IT/OT convergence in an IIoT environment with World Wide Technology's Don Rogers.

The LaserGuardian from SICK and The HawkEye Effect software provides the ability to know the exact location of an intrusion and pinpoint it on an overview of the facility or interior blueprint.

This year, five individuals were presented with awards at the recent ISA Leaders Meeting by Nicholas P. Sands of DuPont, the 2015-16 Vice President of ISA’s S&P Department.

The discussion at this year’s forum will focus, among much else, on standards for communication in the Industrial Internet of Things.

The global data center security market was valued at US$ 4.05 Bn in 2013 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 12.6% during the forecast period from 2014 to 2022

By Glenn Schulz, Managing Director, FDT Group FDT Technology holds the key to integrating a wide range of devices and networks in today’s complex process automation architecture. Ongoing development of this technology, driven by growing instrumentation supplier involvement, is enabling end users to realize the true potential of decentralization, transparency, integration, and a unified view of all data and functions within the manufacturing enterprise.

AAEON joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT).

The AVnu Alliance is a community creating an interoperable ecosystem of low-latency, time-synchronized, highly reliable networked devices using open standards

eWON SA is a Belgian Manufacturer of innovative hardware and internet services that provide secure internet-based connectivity.

Ethernet-based networks have been installed to support the control of 225,000 mirrors at the twin La Florida and La Dehesa concentrating solar power plants.

Each forklift is linked to ITAMCO’s ERP system through its GPS and an application on a smart tablet mounted in the forklift.

Sixnet series RAM industrial cellular RTUs now provide high-speed 4G LTE network support in Japan.

By Dave Hammond, M.A.C. Solutions For machine builders that offer remote access support and diagnostics for their installed machines, security is obviously a major concern.

By Moazzam Shamsi, Emerson Process Management The self-configuring capabilities of WirelessHART networks simplify the installation and configuration of WirelessHART field devices. This article walks through the steps required to successfully install and configure a WirelessHART network.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Automation Fair 2015 was described as a showcase of the latest advances in manufacturing and industrial automation enabled by the convergence of information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT). Here are highlights of a few interesting Encompass Partner products.