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Website helps IT network and data center professionals understand the benefits of shielded twisted-pair copper cabling.

The E5 is mounted on the outside of the Pouchmaster packaging machine, thereby enhancing compliance to NFPA 70E.

MatrikonOPC supplies the only PKS Compliance Certified OPC connectivity for Honeywell’s Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS).

HALCON Embedded runs on the Nokia N900 mobile phone with the Maemo Linux-based operating system.

Emerson’s DeltaV with a Wi-Fi network and mobile operator stations are providing process and plant information to operators at the Novartis biotech production centre in France.

One element contributing to the price erosion is that controllers are rapidly becoming an automation commodity in some sectors.

Zicom is the largest independent electronic security systems integrator in India.

Industrial Network Security, 2nd Edition, by David J. Teumim, tells managers, engineers, technicians, and operators how to keep industrial networks secure amid rising threats from hackers, disgruntled employees, and even cyberterrorists.

The Maine Technology Institute gave Kepware $500,000 for its embedded product development efforts.

Softing integrated its OPC Unified Architecture (UA) software into an OPC UA based application that communicates directly with Raima Database Manager.

Redesigned web site features 18 product categories and enhanced search capabilities that make it easier for engineers to find electronic components.

The wireless handheld QTERM-G58 will be used by ATA Defense Industries to remotely control target systems for military training.

Web stie covers PCI Bus cards, Ethernet serial servers, USB serial adapters, PCMCIA cards, and PC/104 modules.

The kit includes building blocks for fully-integrated systems: energy generation, energy conditioning and storage, sensor power balance, low power timers and a microprocessor for OEM custom development.

The mobile solution will support Chevron’s upstream operations with configurable software and ruggedized mobile hardware solutions that enable workers to better manage workflow, procedural and general management tasks.

The new OPC UA technology provides an efficient and secure infrastructure for communications - from sensor to business enterprise computing for all automation systems in manufacturing and process control. OPC UA leverages web services to provide a single programming paradigm in a scalable architecture that can be implemented is a range of devices - from embedded to enterprise.

Honeywell will support efforts to develop a single, unified standard for integrating field devices with industrial facility control systems.

Kepware will deliver full support for Cisco networking products.

MergeOptics is a manufacturer of active optical cables (AOCs) and optical transceivers.

Automation expenditures by the refining sector are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly five percent over the next five years, according to ARC.